Political Blogging

Oh Harrell, get that stuff off your shoe…please? The spokesman for the New Hampshire Democratic Party said O’Brien is surrounding himself with those who share his “extreme right-wing” views. “Speaker O’Brien has already shown a propensity for having around him extreme, right-wing clones and this hiring is the latest example of that,” Harrell Kirstein said … Read more

I ran into Bill O’Brien at the Jack Kimball’s campaign debt retirement event in Portsmouth tonite.  Given the rumor that is flying around the state, and the fact that GraniteGrok has put its credibility on the line by endorsing him, I confronted Bill with the question: "Have you offered ANY NH House Representative a Committee … Read more

Back on 10/26, the ‘Grok went to that event – one that was described as "a pep rally" for conservatives.  We live streamed that event and pretty much captured much of the activity.  However, we also recorded some of it, and I decided that since we went, we’d put up two of the speakers.  Certainly … Read more

Yup, three nights in a row, the ‘Grok is on duty!  We are in Manchester at the Actor’s Loft as John Stephen will be debating John "Do Nuttin’" Lynch.  As always, tweeting (some) and Facebook updates (some). Live Stream (usual caveats):

We are at the Alpine club in Manchester where Ovide Lamontagne is hosting a "Return to Red" event.  As always, am tweeting out and follow us on Facebook! Live Stream:

Ah yes, strains of "…On the road again…." We are back at Jillian’s in Manchester to participate in and cover the Debate Party that the Guinta campaign is holding as he debates Carol SEIU-Porter in WMUR’s televised debate to be held at St. Anselm’s Institute of Politics. The actual debate starts at 7pm, there are … Read more

Although not part of the official agenda of the Rochester 9/12 meeting last night, there is one last part to the coverage from last night.  At the end of the meeting, there was an informal discussion concerning "does the NH Constitution allow for school vouchers" – what could be constitutional and what might not be? … Read more

Almost done (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) – one more after this! Frank Guinta, running for US Congress in NH CD-1, was also one of the two special speakers last nite at the Rochester 9/12 meeting.  Like John Stephen, he had the opportunity to speak to the crowd and then had an extensive … Read more

Following along from Part 1 and Part 2, John Stephen was one of the two special speakers (the other being Frank Guinta).  Here we see his talk to the crowd, the Question and Answer time, and then Dan Itse add a commentary on what the NH Constitution says on one of John’s answers (hint: John … Read more

Following on the initial ceremonies, we had the first two speakers: Jack Kimball, founder of the Granite State Patriots, co-founding member of the NH TEA Party Coalition, and ran to be the Republican nominee for NH Governor.  He gave a short, crowd pleasing speech, exhorting the assembled to get out and vote and made the … Read more

Well, like I said last night, the Rochester (NH) 9/12 Project group had its meeting last night.  No Wifi at the church meant no live streaming, but hey, there’s YouTube and Blip.TV.  Jerry and Sue DeLemus were kind enough to invite the ‘Grok to do our stuff. Speakers included Jack Kimball, Dan Itse, Frank Guinta, … Read more

More coming – video and pics!  Tonite, the Rochester 9/12 Project had a special meeting where the following spoke: John Stephen, Republican nominee for NH Governor (and was introduced by his primary opponent, Jack Kimball) Frank Guinta, Republican nominee for US Congress, NH CD-1 Dan Itse, Republican running for the NH House Here, a group … Read more

GraniteGrok is here at the 10th Annual Cornerstone dinner with keynote speakers: Herman Cain (radio host, syndicated columnist and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza) & Rick Santorum (former US Senator, R-PA) Tom, Steve, and I are here – live stream is up at UStream and here (normal WiFi caveats apply).  Follow our tweets and our … Read more

Well, I took a little break from the whirlwind of the campaign trail – back on it today.  The ‘Grok has been invited by the Frank Guinta for US Congress (NH CD-1) to attend this lunchtime fundraising event in Manchester at the Radisson.  As usual, if WiFi is available and accessible, we’ll live stream the … Read more