Until recently (as in, this morning) Governor Sununu has met every question about challenging Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen with the same answer. No. No interest. He likes being governor. Managing. But something changed.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is featuring herself as the only woman on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the Trump era. I found this news cluttering up my inbox this morning. In it, she is promoting a Politico story about how she Fills a Void in Trump’s Foreign Policy. Well, it’s true. She’s the only woman on the …
WMUR is reporting that former New Hampshire House Speaker Bill O’Brien is considering a run for the US Senate. Democrat Jeanne Shaheen is up for re-election in 2020 and O’Brien says he’s been asked to think about challenging the sitting Senator.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced that the US Senate is going to vote on the Green New Deal. Give everybody an opportunity to go on record. When that vote happens is unclear. But the upper chamber will take the temperature of elected Senators to see where everyone stands. On the green new deal. …
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What can we say about Sen. Jeanne Shaheen that has not already been said? Quite a bit. And we’ll have more opportunity to say it. The 72-year old two-term Democrat is so addicted to the money and power in Washington that she can’t find a way to retire. She is running for a third term in 2020.
Next to repealing Obamacare, immigration has been a hot topic amongst the conservative base. Trump knew it and campaigned heavily on it: The Wall. Forget whether you like the idea (I do) or not, it was a campaign promise. It was for a lot of other Congresscritters as well but even with owning all three …
Well, it looked like the US House Republicans got Trump’s message – they passed a bill Read More »
The endless 24/7 news feed leading up to November 6, 2018, has only one person less visible than Paul Ryan and that is Democrat Senate leader Chuck Schumer of New York, the guy to whom our NH Senators answer. Maybe it is because his hardest supporters are suddenly rejecting him. In this case enough to …
With many a Democrat Senator on the hook and in a tough fight to keep their play-dates in Washington come 2019, Mitch McConnell has decided that the check is due on all the obstruction they engaged in over the past two years. He’s using their burning desire to get home and campaign to get the backlog of Mr. …
Mitch McConnell – We’re Moving on All of Trump’s Judicial Nominees Before Year End Read More »
I watch the Sunday shows (now that I have DVR capability back) so you don’t have to. I’ll tell you, Chris Christie (former NJ Governor and former Prez wannabe), was absolutely beside himself (no small order, that) and full of glee after the words of Politico’s Rachel Baid’s description of what would happen if the …
The old technique is called “Pairing”: Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski announced that although she opposes Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, she will be listed as ‘present’ in the final vote tomorrow so that Montana Senator Steve Daines can stay at his daughter’s wedding. The announcement comes hours after [Republican Senator] Daines revealed he was willing to jet to …
