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RightOnline – an Americans for Prosperity event

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    We are at the Right Online conference in Las Vegas, NV!   The radio show gig was canceled but we are in the Bloggers Lounge area:     while things are getting situated and bloggers are still rolling in (Maggie from Thurber’s Thoughts is sitting next to me)  Still early – events have … Read more

Laconia (NH) Fourth of July parade – local, State, and National candidates

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Yesterday, being July 4th, I went to the next town over for their Parade as it is one of the bigger ones in NH.  This year, I expected to see a lot of Republican candidates marching – and was not disappointed.  Indeed – a far cry from what has been the norm the last couple or few election cycles.

Lots of candidates there (a Hodes group was there but I didn’t see the senator-wanna-be myself) and other Republican folks.  A couple of quick interviews.  The first Micro-interview was with Frank Tilton, chair of the Belknap County Republicans (also running for NH House); we chatted about his outlook for the fall elections (BTW, the float behind him is by Bill & Faith Tobin; Faith is the lady in the blue top):

I would also be remiss if I pointed out that Jack Kimball (running for NH Governor, also after the jump) may not have had a large group of supporters, but DID go "unique" – the only candidate with his own personal bagpiper (Joe Barton)!  I learned two things:

  • recording smoothly and walking backwards is something I am going to have to practice – a lot!
  • Ever hear the Star Wars theme on bagpipe?  It does tend to grab one’s attention and go "REALLY!"

Next was with Jim Forsythe (running for NH State Senate) who was with his Mom – drat, she didn’t reveal much about her son (smart lady, there, Jim!).  Apparently, Jim comes from good stock – she’s active in the TEA Party movement in her home state!: 

Also caught up with Andy & Laurie Sanborn; Andy is running for the NH Senate & Laurie is running for the House – only the second Republican couple to ever attempt this. Platforms – the same! This should be very interesting!

However, unlike most of the micro-interviews I usually do, I decided to go a bit non-political with this next batch; with very few exceptions, there were three questions:

  • How many events have you already done?
  • How many more before the day is done?
  • And before you started running, you must have had some idea of the time and effort it was going to take.  Has it turned out to be less, spot on, or more than you thought?

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NH Politics w/John Burt Gov. Debate – Micro-Interviews after the Debate

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Well, after the debate, the Flip Cam was full and didn’t have the chance to unload it.  However, the trusty Edirol audio recorder was in the blogger vest, so I took the time to talk to Leigh Bosse (long time Republican activist), Grant Bosse (former NH Congressional candidate and currently the Lead Investigative Reporter for … Read more

Live Blogging – Ovide Lamontagne house event

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  Ovide Lamontagne invited GraniteGrok to his house event in Rochester, NH (hosted by Warren Groen who is running for re-election for the NH House of Representatives).  These events tend to be much smaller than the regular campaign event, much lower key, and more of a meet and greet than the regular, much more involved … Read more

Wanna tick off a Progressive – show them your pocket videocam – with the red light on!


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update: Thank you, Professor Reynolds for the Instalaunche!  Welcome to GraniteGrok, folks!  We are the rabble rousers here in NH – thanks for stopping by! ====================== 1984 has come and gone. And Big Brother is watching every move you make. But so what? That’s not even always bad. Know why? Because We the People are … Read more

NH Democrats: Try as they may, there really is NO defending their position on health care reform

At the end of Monday’s press conference featuring State Senator Jeb Bradley and former NH HHS Commissioner John Stephen strongly condemning the effects of the House-passed "Pelosicare" Democrat health care "reform" bill, a spokesman for the NH Democratic Party faced the media. And GraniteGrok… He was NOT very receptive to our questions. Then again, he … Read more

Right of Center Bloggers Pick Their Least Favorite People on the Laft

Our buddy John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com put out the call for his "2009 poll of your LEAST FAVORITE people on the LEFT" asking for an unranked list of 1-10 people that you LEAST like and respect on the Left. Bloggers were allowed to choose anybody on the Left or generally perceived to be on the Left with the … Read more

Dope of the Week: Creigh Deeds. If all media in America did this, we be further along in exposing and fixing what’s wrong… and ID-ing the perps!

Man, talk about getting a politician to screw himself into the ground. "I’m NOT going to raise taxes. I’m just going to collect more money to pay for stuff. Everything’s on the table. Except taxes. The new ones. That I’m not gonna raise. For anything. Except transportation. Never, I say! Got that?" Hmmm. You think … Read more

DEAN BARKER AND BLUE HAMPSHIRE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT POLLING

   Blue Hampshire- the print edition? Guest Post by Steve DeMaura  Over the weekend liberal blogger Dean Barker made his best attempt to critique the latest Populus Research/Now Hampshire survey. Unfortunately for Dean his stunning lack of knowledge of survey research and his ever moving compass of what he deems acceptable or not disqualifies his … Read more

BREAKING NEWS: NH Dem Chairman calls the people “thugs”

Steve MacDonald

  NH Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley Using what could be best described as an "ugly" term for someone in the chairman’s position in one of the mainstream political parties here in New Hampshire, Democrat leader Ray Buckley shows signs of becoming completely unhinged in the face of the groundswell of anti-socialized health care sentiment. In what … Read more

Recovery from the disaster in Concord IS possible, but it depends on good people getting active.

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Disaster in Concord

Guest post by Karen Testerman

NH’s General Court is proposing to tax anything that is moving or breathing.  However, you the taxpayer know their focus is misdirected.  The whole of the current administration is looking at the symptoms, what they term, "a lack of revenue."

However, the current economic disaster with a growing $150 million deficit is in reality a SPENDING problem. 

It is a sad commentary that the Governor continues to speak out of both sides of his mouth.  On the one hand he told the residents of this great state that we are facing a budget deficit and he would not approve further spending.  Oh, by the way that was several months ago while the corner office worked with both houses to make social reconstruction the number one issue in our state. 

Taking advantage of a self-created "crisis" to re-engineer the foundational institution of society to divert your attention, while the General Court passed spending measure after spending measure to create the current $150 million disaster.  One wonders what underlying activities are taking place while the attention is now focused on the self created "spending spree" crisis.

And now, to address the created budget deficit, the Governor and both houses are proposing tax increase after tax increase and other potential ONE TIME revenue resources like gambling to make up the difference.

However, any of you who sits at the kitchen table knows that if there isn’t enough coming in (revenue) then some how the spending (proposed budget) must be reduced.

 

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Not government-approved news, I guess

From the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy… (CONCORD)  Senate President Sylvia Larsen this morning revoked the press credentials of Josiah Bartlett Center Lead Investigator Grant Bosse, and barred Bosse from filming today’s Senate session from the floor, just as the Chamber was preparing to take up the state’s two-year $11.5 billion budget. Bosse had … Read more

Veteran Granite State political analyst James Pindell returns to the Web with new online venture

  James Pindell dropped a note informing us that he has opened the doors to his new online venture, NHPoliticalReport.com. Along with the latest news from the world of Granite State politics, the online report features a handy listing of events and happenings involving the state’s varied politicos and players, keeping readers informed should they want to attend. Based … Read more

Top Republican in Granite State to seek higher office.

Mayor Frank Guinta (GG file photo) Back in January, we wrote: It is no secret that Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta is one of our favorite Republican leaders in the state. While others pay lip service to the basic tenets of the Party’s platform that includes fiscal restraint, Guinta is actually putting such notions into practice, … Read more

High Tech Watchdog

Steve MacDonald

During his campaign seeking the Republican nomination for NH’s 2nd Congressional District seat, one of the things that impressed us about Grant Bosse was his use of new technology and the new media. He continues to do so in his position as Lead Investigative Reporter at the Josiah Bartlett Center and the resident NH Watchdog: (CONCORD) … Read more

First Report Cards Are In. Right & Left Bloggers Rate the President & Congress

National Journal Online has just posted its latest polling results taken from political bloggers on the left and right. This week’s questions and answer choices were as follows: Grade (A, B, C, D or F) President Obama’s job performance so far this year. Grade (A, B, C, D or F) congressional Republicans’ job performance so far … Read more

Bloggers Poll: “No bipartisanship? No problem…”

National Journal Online has just posted its latest polling results taken from political bloggers on the left and right. This week’s questions and answer choices were as follows: Have events of recent weeks made you more encouraged or less encouraged about prospects for bipartisanship this year on major issues that Congress has yet to tackle, such … Read more

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