While the 2024 New Hampshire First in the Nation Presidential Primary has come and gone, the debate about which state should hold the first Primary continues. As usual, the metrics used to determine that have nothing to do with why New Hampshire is the best place to start.
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NH Dems SHOULD Write-In Biden – “Hunter Biden”
New Hampshire Democrat Colon Van Oscopy (Colin Van Ostern) sent an email out to his list last week in which he implored Democrat primary voters in New Hampshire to ignore the galactic-sized snub of their historic role in presidential politics and Write-In Biden™.
As The FITN Republican Primary Approaches, where are the Op-Eds For “Other” Candidates?
GraniteGrok has a full-service woodshed. We’ll take anyone out there and give them a verbal thrashing regardless of political party or lack thereof. Democrats often, Republicans, almost as much. Everyone else, as needed. The Principles are more important.
In Latest GOP Primary Poll Trump has 23-Point Lead Over the Never-Trump Basket of “Plorables”
The part-time left (Never-Trumpers) and the full-time left have been working the Trump-popularity-decline narrative for a while. Convince people he’s old news or toxic in hopes the deplorables will move on to something more to the establishments liking. Yeah, that’s not working.
White NH Dems Lost Their Presidential Primary And They Only Have Themselves to Blame
NH Dem Chair Ray Buckley has all but admitted defeat as regards the DNC kicking NH a few rungs down its primary calendar. Michael Graham explores it in a piece at NHJournal, and the observations are good overall, but I think he left something out.
Joe Biden Has Been Here Long Enough to Know Better
by Ray Cardello
Joe Biden is trying to make significant changes to the Democrat Primary process in time to be ready for 2024. He is trying to change the sequence of the primaries to insert South Carolina into the number one position bumping the Iowa Caucus and the traditional First in the Nation Primary, New Hampshire. This action is not going to happen, it is a futile effort, and he should no better than to try. Let me tell you why.
The DNC Just Screwed the NH Dems and It’s Glorious
If you missed it, the Democrat National Committee is about to move its First in the Nation Presidential Primary out of New Hampshire and into South Carolina. New Hampshire’s primary would follow a week later on the same day as Nevada’s. But that’s not what’s going to happen.
Presidential Primary Politics – If NH Is Too White to be “First” Then We “Identify” as Black
It’s never too early to attack New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary (FITN). An old ploy made new in recent years with accusations that we’re just too damn white.
Prediction: Pete Buttigieg is Done! (Klobuchar too, with Warren not Far Behind)
Is Mayor Pete in a primary tailspin? After robbing Bernie of Iowa he appeared poised to take the role of Vanilla Obama (previously held by pasty white Robert Francis O’ Rourke – remember him?). But Pete was first loser in NH and second loser in Nevada where he barely qualified.
Deval Patrick considering Presidential Run?
Former MA Governor, Deval Patrick, is reportedly considering jumping into the Democrat field of President. Just as we thought the field was starting to dwindle down, two candidates have ‘announced’ their entrance to the primary field this week. I don’t know what the count is now on candidates, but I do know Deval Patrick doesn’t … Read more
Will Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer Guarantee Trump’s Victory in 2020?
You’ve probably seen it; billionaire Tom Steyer’s presidential ad. It’s everywhere, online, streaming. There’s plenty to say about the ad and the effort. Like, why isn’t he pictured stroking a white Cat?
While Everyone is Pissed Off at Rick Perry
Romney is not the presumptive winner, not because of Rick Perry, but because most Republicans really are still looking for a candidate they can get behind and Perry is the best high-profile “not Romney” candidate to come forward.
Can Romney Do It?
by Rick Olson
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” -President Harry S. Truman 33rd American President.
Mitt Romney came to New Hampshire Thursday and formally announced he will seek to unseat President Obama in 2012. Despite his formal announcement being overshadowed by Governor Sarah Palin’s visit, it’s official: Romney is in for 2012.
Can Romney win the nomination? The former Governor of the People’s Republic of Massachusetts has a very well-documented laundry list of problems. Romney supporters cringe at similarities between the Bay State’s health care program and Obamacare. Romney has shown himself to be a clear and unadulterated flip-flopper on the hot-button issues such as abortion, gun control, immigration, and gay rights.
In his 1994 bid for Senate, Romney said, “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I believe since Roe v. Wade has been the law in this country for 20 years, we should sustain and support it. I sustain that law and the right of a woman to make that choice…” Romney would ultimately go on to proclaim himself to be “pro-life.” The late Senator Edward Moore Kennedy, when campaigning against Romney in 1994, quipped, “(My opponent isn’t pro-choice or anti-choice, he’s multiple choice.”