NH GOP

It is looking, more and more, that while Gov. Sununu’s legacy is going to include his successes such as being Governor, White House Chief of Staff, and the job that he has done as NH GOP Chair, added to the negative of having to resign from being WH CoS will be this slow motion explosion of hand picking a successor for NH GOP Chair. Frankly, it is looking like what happened to Obama (nominating person after person who turned out to be tax cheaters) may well be happening to Sununu in a different fashion – a failure to do proper vetting. Why do I say this?

I’ve had a number of pieces of information come my way – mostly from other conservatives rather peeved over the railroading process that is now happening and challenging the "conservative cred" of Juliana Bergeron.  One such story shows a problem with several of the "Sununu Values" from his letter – it follows:

The time is the Spring of ’09 when a number of Swanzey residents were at a Cheshire County GOP meeting (Juliana Bergeron, Chair; Bill Hutwelker, Vice-Chair).  Seeing a sufficient number of folks, they decided to form a Town GOP Committee.  They elected a Chair, Vice Chair, and a treasurer and met through the rest of 2009.

Well, problems started soon after at the Town GOP level.  The Swanzey Chair said she was having a problem with Bill Hutwelker (who supports gay marriage supporter and is a social liberal).  He wanted to run for state rep again – and was asking the Town Chair’s support.  Unfortunately, there was a sticking point – his liberal stance.  Thus, a battle ensued in which, the Town Chair being a true Conservative,  support was denied  due to that social attitude.  His insistence was such that at the end, she no longer wanted to talk or work with him. 

A few months passed with no meetings held because of the remaining enmity.  However,  Hutwelker decided, as County Vice-chair, that he was going to start his own Town meetings, and called such a meeting.  The Town Chair called him out on it with the NH GOP Platform in hand with the Town Vice-Chair in attendance, and a whole lot of new folks that previously had never attended in the past. 

It became clear from the start that this was an attempted coup over a difference of political outlook; he was not willing to support the Platform and the Town Chair made the argument that he was not in favor of the Platform.  In fact the claim was that he was trying to skew the group away from the fact that the Platform is the actual set of beliefs of the NH GOP.

I tend to agree – it is the written contract of, and the basis of, what makes up the philosophical base of the GOP.  Why belong to the Party when you do not believe in its tenets?  And this is where it begins to affect this current NH GOP Chair race – as Sununu said, the Chair must support the Platform.

What about when a candidate for the Chair refuses to support the Platform wholeheartedly?

At that point, Juliana Bergeron stepped in where Hutwelker had left off and SHE started to rant about and against the Platform.  Her claim was that that very few people were in agreement with it, that she didn’t not want to hear about it all, and that they had to forget about the social issues entirely [as Papa Sununu said, we should] and ONLY focus on the fiscal.  It was obvious that not only did the Platform have no status, she wanted it to have no role whatsoever.

She, at this time, admitted to have voted against traditional marriage as outlined in the Platform. "A lot of us are not for that" indicating that 49% also voted against traditional marriage in the Platform.

At that point in time, the coup plan was triggered…

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This Wednesday, December 8, Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph Petrone cordially invite everyone to join them at a Holiday Reception, in honor of Jennifer Horn, with special guests, Ovide Lamontagne and John Stephen.

The Petrone’s ask you to "please join us to ring in the holidays and honor Jennifer for her commitment to the people of the Granite State and congratulate her on bringing character and integrity to politics."

In addition, you will have the unique opportunity to fill out Christmas cards for the members of the New Hampshire National Guard who are serving our country in Afghanistan.  This is a great way to show your support for our brave citizen-soldiers – who are also our neighbors.

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I have one thing to say – with the following news, and with other Movement Conservative names dropping out, it is time to say it:

Draft Jennifer Horn for NH GOP Chair

Haven’t paid the paywall price, but some of what Pindell has up is free for us poor eyeballs (emphasis mine):

James Sununu, a political and business consultant, is seriously considering a run for New Hampshire Republican Party Chair if his father John H. Sununu officially declines to seek another term, WMURPoliticalScoop.com has learned.

You know, way back when, I made no points with the Sununu clan when I pointed out that Shaheen was shaping the political battlefield as Son #1 did nothing for a campaign. Did that post spur him into finally turning on spigot in keeping his Senatorial seat?  Who knows?  Was his elongated silence as Shaheen clobbered him for a couple of months a factor in the race?  Most likely.  My post?  Hardly….other than it got picked up, at the time, by a couple of DC based publications.

Son #2 is now an Executive Councilor – congratulations (really!).  Serve well.

But this is a bit much. First Juliana Bergeron’s name was floated out as being "The Pick".  Now, Son #3’s name?  Another handpicked name for successor?  Let’s be fair – Gov. Sununu has done a lot of good work the last two years cleaning up the mess that the previous Chair left (fled?).  And the ‘Grok thanks him for it – with many thanks and heartily given.  But also "let’s be clear, here";…

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On Sunday, October 31st, Erick Erickson posted "An Open Letter to the Freshman Republican Victors" who are about to be elected to Congress. To me, the future of New Hampshire is more important.

In New Hampshire the majority Democrats and their leader Gov. Lynch have done enormous damage over the past four years. The General Court—both House and Senate—will be at the forefront of mending the damage. Accordingly, I’m going to "copy" Erickson’s letter, but change it to apply to the freshman Republicans about to be elected in New Hampshire. Please read it, and send send it to every GOP candidate you know. As Erickson said: "I am putting this up the Sunday before the election because in the noise and hubbub after the election it will be drowned out and it is very, very important."

Please read on:

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Frank Guinta, Charlie Bass, and Kelly Ayotte also gave their addresses to to NH GOP State Delegates.  Of the three, I do believe that Frank gave the best address (and yes, I’m a bit biased in that outlook) but hey, that’s why the ‘Grok goes to the event, the ‘Grok does the work, the ‘Grok does the presenting, but YOU get to decide!

In fact, let us know who did the best of these three running for Congress:

The Videos:

Kelly Ayotte, US Senate               Frank Guinta, NH CD-1

Charlie Bass is after the jump:

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