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State Senator Jeb Bradley’s take on the midterms: “Governor Sununu had no coattails and didn’t campaign with House and Senate members. He is going to pay a price for that certainly,” Bradley said. “He won, but Sununu under-performed; there’s no question about it. We did fine with in-state fundraising but we’re going to have to … Read more
Back in May, I questioned whether Republican behavior, especially Governor Sununu’s, which had gotten decidedly progressive, could weather the electoral storm in November? And while Governor Sununu may be able to weather the loss of thousands of votes… what of elected members of the party he (at least figuratively) leads? Candidates who need a handful or … Read more
I just got back from voting. Long lines of cars. Lots of people voting. An impressive display of civic duty. And that’s at one of three polling places in my town. To the town’s credit, once you got parked and to the polls, things went smoothly. Even with the crowd things moved along and I was … Read more
If you didn’t catch President Trump’s Mid-Term GOP GOTV Campaign ad on Sunday Night Football, and I suspect a good number of our readers did not because they don’t watch that crap anymore, we’ve got it here. CNN Refused to run it. The left flipped out as you’d expect. So, we’re here to do our part … Read more
We boosted our video showing the years and bill numbers of Democrat votes from 2011 to 2018 to raise taxes in New Hampshire. The results of that boost have been amusing. We have ‘Democrats,’ I assume, claiming this expression is some sort of fraud. That we made it up. We didn’t. The bill numbers and … Read more
Following in Grokster Mike’s footsteps, my recommendations for my hamlet are:
Please go out and vote.
A Senate is typically the single biggest barrier to prosperity in government. State Senators are few in number, lobbied heavily, prone to moderate their positions and easily influenced by donors.
So when I reviewed AFP New Hampshire’s 2018 Legislative Scorecard and found no A+ grades and only two A’s in a Republican majority State Senate, I was not the least bit surprised.