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NH GOP Annual Meeting – Micro-interview with Leigh MacNeil

Leigh MacNeil, Merrimac GOP Chair, sat down with GraniteGrok at the end of the NH GOP Annual Meeting to dicusss the day’s happenings with Jack Kimball being elected the new NH GOP Chair, possible future scenarios, and the upcoming event with Tim Pawlenty on Monday night at the Grappone Center in Concord, NH  

“Bold & Brash” loses to “Send me reinforcements!”

A tale of two tales – "Bold & Brash" was the phrase that Gov. Sununu tried to use to characterize Jack Kimball as being unfit to be his replacement.  "Send me reinforcements" was the battle cry of NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien (who also noted that Jack is the guy that the NH Democrats fear most) gave in nominating Jack to the next Chair of the NH GOP.

  

  

On the left is Gov. Sununu’s last Chairman’s speech.  While he did review the immediate past good results, he spent the majority of the time speaking to the future in that the minutiea is of the prime importance and needs to be managed, that the "watch is now ticking well".

Unfortunately, that "future speak" very much also included his determination to determine the outcome of that that day’s upcoming election to replace him.  Several times, it was evident that he was disparaging the Liberty & Freedom candidate, Jack Kimball, by using the phrase "Bold & Brash" and by the "below the surface" political slur" meme that Prez candidates might not be welcome in NH due to a litmus test (picked up from NH Journal in a political questionaire that was then used against Jack).

On the right is NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien’s nominating speech for Jack.  The obvious comparison almost does not need mentioning (but hey, why not?): where Sununu’s could be construed as "anti-Jack", O’Brien completely avoided the negatives of either candidate and was a rousing "Pro-Jack" stemwinder.  He realizes that we are still in a war against the Democrats and they will try anything to regain power.  Bill knows Jack, knows his stances, and agrees with the political philosophy.  He realizes that in this time to come with attacks on the way, the NH GOP needs a person on the parapets willing to take on all comers and defend the Party as the "face of" the Party.

The Sununu’s contention was that…

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NH GOP Annual Meeting – Gov Sununu announcing the New NH GOP Chair: Jack Kimball!

Yesterday was the 2011 Annual Meeting of the NH GOP Party where several internal Party positions were up for grabs including the Chairman’s position (Sununu was retiring).  Here is the announcement:

And yes, the entire auditorium EXPLODED in cheers – I apologize for the quality of the video as I also got caught up in the moment…

We’ll leave this one up on top for a bit…

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NH GOP Annual Meeting – Nominations for NH GOP Chair: Lynn Blankenbeker, Peter Angerhofer, Maureen Mooney

I already posted the nomination of Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair that NH Speaker Bill O’Brien gave here.  Each of the candidates, however, had two folks nominating them for the position: Lynn Blankenbeker for Jack Peter Angerhofer and Maureen Mooney for Juliani Bergeron Lynn Blankenbeker   Peter Angerhofer    Maureen Mooney The "seconding" nomination … Read more

Jack Kimball Wins

Most everyone will know by now that the GOP convention was a rousing affair, very goodhearted and unifying overall, and that Jack Kimball is the New Party Chairman.

Greg Carson For Republican Secretary

Greg Carson has a very impressive resume, one which makes him more than qualified to serve as the Republican Party Secretary. He has already served several years as the assistant secretary, the job I endorsed Pam Manney for yesterday.

Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair – an endorsement

A guest-endorsement from Ted Maravelias, of Windham, NH.  Ted is a Conservative Activist, and has been a significant contributor to New Hampshire grassroots political action in recent years. *** Dear Fellow Committee Member, Recently, you may have received an email from Jim MacEachern citing his concerns aboutJack Kimball and a recent newspaper article concerning his candidacy … Read more

Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair Endorsement

Guest-endorsement from the Hon. William O’Brien, Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and State Committee member. *** January 21, 2011 Dear Fellow State Committee Members, I am writing to ask you to join me in voting for Jack Kimball tomorrow for NH GOP Chairman. Jack is a successful entrepreneur who has a proven … Read more

Gordon Humphrey endorses Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair

Republicans won a landslide victory in November, because our message was conservative and it was clear:  we believe in freedom from excessive government and freedom from excessive taxes; we believe freedom best promotes widespread prosperity. If we are to deliver on our promises, we must now insistently stick to our principles.  We must insist those … Read more

Nottingham GOP Co-chairs – Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair

Nottingham Republican Committee Co-Chairs Endorse Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair. We, Mary Bonser and Brian Stucker, co-chairs of the Nottingham Republican Committee, would like to add our support and endorsement to Jack Kimball as the next New Hampshire GOP Chair. We got to know Jack during the 2010 NH Gubernatorial Campaign and were very … Read more

Pam Manney For NH GOP Assistant Secretary

I would like to give a personal endorsement for Assistant Secretary for the New Hampshire Republican Party to Pamela Manney. Ive known Pam for several years now, and worked along side her as an activist. She has a level of commitment and dedication to the party and the platform that make her an exceptional asset.

Republican Liberty Caucus of NH: Endorsements for the NH GOP Executive Board

At the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire (RLCNH), we have been working feverishly since well before the 2010 GOP primary elections to ensure that the number “New Republican,” conservative legislators is increased in the state house. As we know from the results of the mid-term election, then the subsequent Speakership and Majority Leader elections, … Read more

Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair…an endorsement

Guest-endorsement submitted by Jeff Chidester.  Jeff is a well-known New Hampshire political analyst and commentator and has his own radio talk show, New Hampshire Perspective, on WGIN and WGIR AM.  Jeff also has his own political blog. * * * While most kids dream of getting their drivers licenses, I could not wait to vote.  I … Read more

So, did Julian Bergeron authorize this Facebook ad?

Just another Facebook ad, you say. Looks like it came from us, doesn’t it.  But, this has Pat Hynes written all over it in my opinion.  I’ve only called him despicable…not stupid.  He certainly is the master of dirty tricks and this is one example of such (so, if you’re into winning at all costs, … Read more

Bend It For The Benjamins

As a follow up to this, yesterday or maybe the day before, the NH Journal (NHJ), New Hampshire’s prominent internet news source if the news is whatever Hynes communications is being paid to call news, decided to float a lie called pin the conservative blogger to Jack Kimball.  Someone the NH Journal staff knew would stir the pot was fingered as Kimball’s communications director if he won the job as GOP State party chairman, even though no one–including Kimball and the blogger–knew anything about it until after the digital ink was dry.

The goal for Hynes and Millerick, (owner and editor respectively at NHJ)  appear to have been to send the RINO’s into a mad stampede.  RINO’s stampede easy so it worked.  Some RINO’s were so miffed, and wanting so badly for just such a story to jump on, they picked up the lie and ran with it. (Just like a progressive if that’s not too provocative a statement to make.)

There was a bit of damage control but once it’s out there, it is out there, no different than when CNN or MSNBC does it.  But the story did not end there.

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Why Jack?

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You know what I’m talking about here – I’m talking about the next Chair of the NH GOP, and about the direction this Party takes over the next couple of years, too.  While we’re at it, consider these arguments when thinking about the next NH RNC Committeeman.

Here’s where my thinking takes me on the subject:

Recent Republican History

Republicans lost their way, somewhere between “read my lips”, immigration "reform", David Souter, rare stamps, the "New World Order", No Child Left Behind, NAFTA/CAFTA, and “sure, TARP sounds like a good idea.”  And to be honest, both Bush Presidents were closet-globalists.

It’s no wonder we’re angry; angry with Obama and the Progressives, then angry at those who didn’t push government growth and spending back to 1850-levels BEFORE Obama and his minions got their hands on the national checkbook.

As a country, we are fiscally screwed, upside-down, and inside-out, and so many Republicans in DC helped mix the mortar of the concrete shoes Obama just put on us, ever-so-ready to give us a little shove off the pier.  Honestly, I’m not sure there aren’t a couple of RINOs standing by to help him do it.

We needed better than that then, and we need better than that now.

To me, Gov. Sununu smacks of this era – being dead-center in GHW Bush’s staff and NH Governor – a virtual life of politics.  He can make claims to appreciate these “new Republicans” to the obedient press and even invite a couple of “safe” activist groups into his tent, but I honestly don’t get the feeling that he fully appreciates the active, liberty-oriented crowd.  Our problem is that we say what’s bothering us, and we aren’t afraid to call anyone out – Sununu and RINOs, or anyone who doesn’t follow the Conservative path.  If you think about it, that’s the Tea Party community’s biggest contribution to the game – someone had to finally do it.  And Gov. Sununu’s just never took steps to make us feel like he’s in OUR tent.

If he were smarter about this, he would have offered a powwow caucus, making nice with us all a long time ago (pre-election) – and it probably would have worked out for him.  Now, he’s whining to the press about us being “divisive” when we simply dare to challenge fellow Republicans – those days are long gone, Governor.

And so, Juliana is his hand-picked, endorsed successor.  She could be Mother Theresa, but she’s John Sununu’s Mother Theresa, which rubs me the wrong way.

Party Experience (more after the jump….)

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It seems that RedHampshire fell hook, line and sinker….

UPDATE:  I got an email from Matt, the Managing Editor over at RedHampshire asking if a clarification could be posted – Sure! Skip, I saw your post earlier concerning a post that was posted in the Community Section of Red Hampshire this afternoon from one of our users.  I should note that "Red Hampshire" did … Read more

How To Know You Have A Winner

You can just tell when you have a winner. It becomes more important for your opponents to smear your candidate than to promote theirs. It’s all about scare tactics. The noise machine. The echo chamber. Creating a narrative. And the media and the career party folks all seem like they are on the same side frantically offering doomsday scenarios.

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