If there is a First Congressional District there has to be a Second District as well.  Continuing on with the candidate parade are the two folks running to unseat present US CongressCritter Annie Kuster:

• Marilinda Garcia:  Brain Drain problem, Innovation economy, high tech, regulatory reform in healthcare, fight back from Federal intrusions into NH
• Gary Lambert: All he knows is how to work hard, won’t take Congressional pension, Congressional subsidy for Obamacare, 6 years max in Congress, fight for opportunity, free market healthcare, and vets (as a retiring US Marine Col)

Marilinda Garcia                                               Gary Lambert

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At Party meetings, there are reports galore and this year’s NH GOP Annual Meeting was no different.  After hearing from NH’s RNC Committee folks, it was the turn of those in leadership in the NH State Senate and NH State House.  For the former, it was NH State Senate President Chuck Morse and because NH House Minority Gene Chandler had other priority event (grandson’s baseball game), NH State Rep Laurie Sanborn gave the report.

NH Senate President Chuck Morse                               NH State Rep Laurie Sanborn

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Next up at the NH GOP Annual Meeting was the “meet and greet” of the candidates for the top State and Federal offices.  NH GOP Vice-Chair JP Marzullo (and now candidate for the NH GOP nomination in NH State Senate District 8)

Walt Havenstein                                                Andrew Hemingway

• Havenstein pushed his Big Business expertise in being able to handle Big Government.
• Andrew pushed his entrepreneurship and its required nimbleness and also his ability to attract a following that is all but impossible for other Republicans to do – the youth.  Along with Jim Rubens, the top two speeches of the day.  It is clear from both the introductory applause as well as the applause afterwards that Andrew was the clear favorite of the activists present at the NH GOP Annual Meeting.

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From the Corner Office / NH Governor primary race, the next set of candidates to have their three minute speech to the Party faithful were the four vying to be the NH GOP nominee for the US Senate and retire the Federal Government’s Ambassador to NH, Jeanne Shaheen.  A couple of quick observations:

• Scott Brown – polite applause at introduction and ending.  Mostly railed against Shaheen vs telling folks what he is specifically for or what he will do in the policy arena – very open ended.  The only positive takeaway is that he would be the 51st Republican Senator (meaning that Republican would have the majority).  Did not say what would happen then,

Sidenote: Darn, I was so disappointed – not ONCE did he point at me like he did when he spoke at Mike’s house when talking about naysayers….and was up on the Press riser with my camera!

• Jim Rubens – A big contrast with Brown in that he filled his speech with stuff that he WOULD be doing when he goes down there as well as a litany of accomplishments that he had legislatively here in NH.  Along with Andrew Hemingway, the top two speeches of the day.
• Bob Smith: Slap at Brown for looking forward to debating the issues. Good defense of Principles that often times gets one “thrown into a corner somewhere, be quiet and shut up. That’s not right”. Who shows the clearest distinction – mentions other Conservative wing politicians: stand on Principles or lose. Urged folks to show the difference between them and us (another slap at Brown). Freedom! Republican are not always right – criticism is not negative, it is looking inward.
• Karen Testerman: we have walked away from the best guides for the best life: our Constitutions.

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And now onto the US House races.  As JP Marzullo (NH GOP Vice-Chair and now candidate for the NH GOP nomination in NH State Senate District 8) did the introductions, the US Congressional District One was the first up – two candidates at this time:

• Frank Guinta:  As a unified Party, we will restore the fundamental principles that we all stand for not just as Republicans but as Americans.
• Dan Innis: Two weeks after announcing to run against CSP, he got a letter from the IRS that he owes money.  Coincidence?  He knows how to get things done.

Frank Guinta                                                          Dan Innis

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There were two main keynote speakers at yesterday’s NH GOP Annual Meeting were US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and former US Congressman (and current MSNBC host) Joe Scarborough).  Kelly talked about Obamacare and its effects on NH, tax code, foreign policy, the Benghazi coverup:

Note:  A lighter moment right at the beginning of her speech.   Heh!  I thought lawyers were taught to already ask questions (in court)  to which they knew the answer to in court – I guess she was out that day

“What I want to talk to you about today is what I’m hearing and I’m sure what you are hearing the same thing from the people of NH and why it is so important why we win in the elections this year. I know when I stood before you when I ran for office, in 2010, What was one of the main issues in that election?”

What was yelled out in response was not what was expected – and a bit embarrassing: “Immigration“.  She QUICKLY said “Obamacare” (and it seemed that the whole crowd laughed, recognizing the problem).   But the moment was set.

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