CONCORD, N.H.— The Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, an alliance of current and former constitutional-conservative lawmakers, is endorsing candidates for public office in the upcoming Republican Primary.
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CNHT Picnic – The Advocacy Groups Part 3
Next batch of Groups! GraniteGrok – Skip Murphy Republican Liberty Caucus of NH (“RLCNH”) – Spec Bowers 603 Alliance – Jim Kofalt House Republican Alliance (“HRA”) – Carol McGuire OK, GraniteGrok isn’t quite the normal advocacy group compared to all the others that spoke at CNHT’s Annual Picnic. Most are single issue groups: Education, … Read more
Republican Liberty Caucus of NH: 603 Alliance’s Freedom Trumps Socialism
Please forward this message to your liberty-minded friends. If you have seen how Democratic State Reps vote, If you have heard their Presidential candidates talk, It is clear that the 2020 election will be about Liberty vs. Socialism Arm yourself with the facts. Attend the most informative event of the season. Join us at the Liberty … Read more
We let Democrats define the terms of our defeat
When Democrats set the terms of the 2012 campaign for state and federal offices, Republican leaders blew their horns about jobs and the economy and counted on their position of strength and the glaring weaknesses in their enemy’s lines to secure victory. Republicans lost because they forgot to tell the troops about the Democratic weaknesses. Democrats took advantage of the oversight and rolled over the field.
Democratic victories last Tuesday quite simply reflected a tactical failure of top-ticket Republicans to defend the party’s message. This wasn’t a failure of Republican principles, but a failure to define and defend Republican principles. Democrats successfully distracted voters with complete fabrications of reality, and Republicans let them do it without response.
Predictably, Republican Party leaders assumed that the people had enough of the social issues and wanted to focus on the economy instead—and by in large, Republicans successfully governed on economic recovery issues during the past two years. Democrats understood the visceral nature of social issues and successfully tarnished liberty as the enemy of their carefully crafted relationship between business and government. Republicans didn’t respond, despite the prescient need. They thought that by ignoring the problem it would go away.
“We are going to cure cancer…”
One of the great things about my chosen home of New Hampshire—like a majority of people in the state, it’s not where I grew up—is the extraordinary number of friends and people I get to visit and talk to (thank you RLCNH and GraniteGrok.com and NH GOP).
One such conversation recently was a true eye-opener. Scary even….
NH Democrat State Senator Matthew Houde’s Conflict of Interest
Nowhere on New Hampshire State Senator, Democrat Matt Houde’s Bio Page does it mention that he is employed as a Lobbyist for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) . I guess they forgot to update it?
So when the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire (Disclosure- I am on the RLCNH board), asked Senator Houde to step down from the Joint Health Care Reform Oversight Committee (not knowing that he was a paid lobbyist), you might be surprised to learn why?
The problem is simple. Decisions Houde will make on the committee will have a direct effect on his employer, Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Decisions that could result in a massive expansion of Medicare, which given DHMC’s near monopoly in the Granite State, would ensure it access to millions of taxpayer dollars, a fraction of which could then be used to continue to pay Houde between $76,482.00 dollars to as much as $104,957.00 dollars for being a senior community communications specialist with DHMC.
RLCNH Releases Endorsements & Recommendations for 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2012
Media Contact: Carolyn McKinney, chairman, RLCNH, 603-769-4264, chair@rlcnh.org
RLCNH RELEASES SESSION SCORECARD, USES BOLD VOTING RECORD STANDARD TO ENDORSE INCUMBENTS
In Order to Ensure Best Republicans Win Primaries, RLCNH Introduces New ‘Recommended’ Candidate Level
CONCORD, N.H.—With the premiere of its Legislative Scorecard that rates representatives and senators on their faithfulness to conservative values, the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire is setting a new bar for incumbents that will hold them accountable to the only political direction that will ensure liberty and prosperity in New Hampshire.
“The RLCNH intends to drive the agenda for the Republican Party in the coming years, and our new scorecard will be one of the tools that we use for this end,” said Carolyn McKinney, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire. “While we still intend to promote the best outcome for Republican primary elections by recommending candidates who perform well on our incumbent scorecard or candidate survey, we will only endorse and actively support candidates who have truly exhibited a strong commitment to the principles that make our state and country great. Our endorsements will be reserved for the best of the best.”
As Morally Repugnant as The Healthcare Plantation or How About Economic Collapse?
Statton Rice of Wolfboro finds it morally repugnant that someone might object to legal plunder to advance the Democrat Health care agenda. In a recent editorial (Concord Monitor) Rice wheels out the moral outrage in an attack on RLCNH chairman Carolyn McKinney. Here is the closing paragraph.
Apparently, McKinney does not realize that there are citizens in this state who can’t eat, heat their home, drive to work, pay for child care and also buy a “free market” health insurance policy. There is something morally repugnant in her plan to deny health insurance to these citizens in order to express her dislike for the Affordable Care Act and the man who signed it into law. At least, she shouldn’t brag about it.
Note to Statton Rice. The only way they would not be able to eat is if they tried to sign up for food stamps from NH HHS without the required picture ID.
Audio Blogging? Podcasting? SteveCasting…uh…GrokTALK! [Updated]
This is a bit rough, but I figured I’d best give it a go. It’s an angle I have been thinking about for a while but had not had the time to explore–and may not actually have time to explore–but nothing ventured nothing gained. Yes, audio blogging, podcasting, SteveCasting if you like. An aural adventure … Read more
How Will You Support Liberty and Freedom In New Hampshire?
The New Hampshire Republican State Committee is looking for new donors willing to set up recurring monthly donations of $12.00/month anywhere from 2 to 12 months. It’s called the Grassroots giver program and you can check it out here. Or… If you feel like you would like to support Republicans in New Hampshire but you … Read more
Running for NH state Rep or Senator? Take the RLCNH survey!
The RLCNH is celebrating a successful legislative session and gearing up for campaign season! We just released our 2012 candidate survey (www.rlcnh.org/survey), which is the most comprehensive survey of its kind. We ask future representatives and senators their positions on taxes and spending, Second Amendment rights, local control of education, standing up against judicial tyranny, … Read more
We support liberty-minded Republicans to encourage a more perfect New Hampshire
Now that the filing period for state elected positions has come to a close, the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire (RLCNH) will begin its evaluation of Republicans running for office to determine if they truly understand what it means to support liberty.
Generally, conservative Republicans—those who have a deep commitment to liberty— will support legislation that advances the principles of limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility and free enterprise, and oppose legislation that violates these standards.
Unfortunately, many Republicans genuinely believe themselves to be “conservative,” but vote against these core principles of liberty when it comes down to the day-to-day job of serving as an elected official. That is precisely why the RLCNH takes so seriously its role of recruiting and supporting Republicans who have a deep understanding of these principles and the fortitude to uphold and defend them.
A liberty-minded Republican is grounded in doing what is right, not what is politically expedient or what has been requested by a lobbyist or an official from another branch of government. The ideal official works for the people by following through on his or her campaign promises and uses his or her judgment to make independent decisions. He or she does not bend to the whim of the media, special interest groups and their e-mail or phone campaigns, or other elected officials.
Most importantly, however, a conservative Republican will always live by the core principle: “first, do no harm.”
RLCNH Chairman Carolyn McKinney on the proposed education funding amendment
Damn. This lady is looking more and more like New Hampshire’s own version of Michelle Malkin. Some Republicans—even some good ones—are supporting CACR-12, the proposed state constitutional amendment which would constitute a state takeover of education and guarantee unending future pressure for ever-more spending and ever-higher taxes. In explaining why we must oppose the harmful and unacceptable proposal, McKinney breathes fire:
“I am looking realistically at this situation. I cannot tell the future, and neither can you. You can guess that there might be a point in time where the court may mandate additional state funding of education, and you can guess that a legislature will go along with the court. And you can gamble away your liberty, hedging your bets that someday that may happen and reacting out of fear.
And who knows what will be feasible in 5 years, 10 years, or 18 years from now? If I have anything to do with it (and the Free State Project continues to attract good constitutionalists like Andrew Manuse, Laura Jones, and others)…
Op-Ed by Carolyn McKinney (Chair, RLCNH) “The Legislature must reestablish its place above the courts”
The Legislature must reestablish its place above the courts
By Carolyn McKinney, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire.
While many in Concord are clamoring over language for an educational-funding constitutional amendment (CACR 12), what’s being lost in the final debate of the 2011-2012 session is a constitutional amendment proposal far more important to the people of New Hampshire as they work to regain control of their government.
CACR 26, a constitutional amendment proposal that would remove the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court’s rule-making authority by repealing Part 2, Article 73-a of the constitution, is probably the most important effort still up for consideration this year. By passing CACR 26 and repealing Article 73-a, the Legislature, which is directly elected by the people each biennium, would regain sole authority to write the laws, rules and general policies of the state as our founders intended.
Since 1978, when Article 73-a was adopted under a description of the measure that called it a “housekeeping effort,” the language has given the Supreme Court the power to write court rules that have “the force and effect of law.” This language has severely upset the balance of powers in government to the benefit of the unelected five-member Supreme Court. Since 1978, the court has been using the language of Article 73-a to order the Legislature and the people of this state around, in effect creating the likes of an old-world oligarchy.
Making this analogy far too real is the language in Article 73-a that says the Chief Justice of the N.H. Supreme Court is “the administrative head of all the courts.” Because the Legislature is known in the Constitution as the “General Court,” some have interpreted Article 73-a as a constitutional change that gives the Supreme Court and the other courts it controls unrestrained authority over the Legislature, and by extension, the people. Such an understanding is intolerable in a free Constitutional Republic and it is also inconsistent with the rest of the N.H. Constitution, which makes CACR 26 that much more important to pass.
The court originally advocated for Article 73-a as a way to control the internal procedures of the courtroom, but it has since used the language to go much further than that.
RLCNH Report for March 28, 2012
The RLCNH Report March 28, 2012 On every day, in every way, the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire keeps politically aware! individuals—and everyone else, too—on top of what’s happening with the state legislature in Concord. Read the latest issue HERE.
The NHRVC Merges with the RLCNH
Last Friday I announced that some changes were coming with the New Hampshire Republican Volunteer Coalition, the NHRVC. Well, they are upon us. Effective today, we have joined forces with the RLCNH, in an effort to create one of the largest Grass roots groups in the state dedicated to supporting and electing principled conservative and pro-liberty Republicans to office in New Hampshire.
Every member of the NHRVC is welcome to participate in any capacity that suits them, just as it always was with the NHRVC. And while I will be contacting everyone personally, I have provided links here to help you along.
For those interested in the joining the Facebook Group you can request to do that here.
Join the RLCNH Yahoo! Group here. (Much like the NHRVC Yahoo! Group but quite a bit more active.)
Please feel free to follow the RLCNH Twitter Feed here.
You can subscribe to the RLCNH Report and email updates here. The sign up box is on the right.
You can provide contact info and sign up as a volunteer here, to do the kind of on the ground, hands on work the NHRVC was created for.
You can even become a full Dues paying member by signing up here.
You decide your level of involvement, from Facebook lurker, to comment junkie, to full membership or anything in between, just like before. But whatever your speed is, I encourage you all to come an join us so that we may continue to find, support, and elect principled Republicans to office in New Hampshire.
[Updated – I added the RLCNH Yahoo! Email group]
The formal press release is on the jump.
Here’s the latest RLCNH Report on the State Legislative Session
RLCNH REPORT for March 6, 2012: TOP ACTION ITEMS Expose TSA Abuses HB 628-FN would allow citizens to report to a police officer on the scene or the county sheriff any invasive search by TSA agents, and that report will be sent to a designated directory for public viewing with the state police. This bill … Read more
Good stuff: The RLCNH Report for the week of January 9
Hot off the presses: This week’s RLCNH Report features a long list of bills that the legislature did not vote on last week, plus a calendar full of House committee hearings. Top action items for the week include: HB 574 to restore property rights during a time of emergency HB 1382 to allow parents to … Read more
RLCNH Report for June 5, 2011
The RLCNH Report JUNE 5, 2011 | subscribe to this list ACTION ALERT! Liberty lovers, please spend some time today contacting the members of the Committee of Conference on SB 148, which will determine what action the State of New Hampshire takes against Obamacare. SB148, relative to health insurance coverage and declaring that the attorney general … Read more
The RLCNH Report: Hot off the presses!
May 30, 2011 | subscribe to this list ACTION ALERT! Jury Nullification: Let Justice Truly Be DoneThe full Senate will vote on HB 146 on June 1. This bill would require juries in all criminal proceedings that they have the power not only to judge the case, but also the law. This is an incredibly important pro-liberty bill, … Read more