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Thank you Carol Shea-Porter

by: Dean Barker

Tue Nov 02, 2010 at 22:32:40 PM EDT
(I haven't heard word of a concession yet, but the split is obvious at this point with 45% reporting.)

Thank you, Rep. Shea-Porter.  

My only regret of your years of service for the "rest of us" is that living in CD2, I never had the chance to vote for you.

I can count on one hand the number of national level politicians - of either party - that I truly admire and am inspired by.

And you are number one on that list, Congresswoman.
Dean Barker :: Thank you Carol Shea-Porter
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Thank you Carol Shea-Porter | 7 comments
She deserved it (4.00 / 4)
I remember Election Night 2006 well.  Was so elated about Charlie's defeat that I didn't notice the real stunner until late in the evening.  Like most people, I underestimated Carol Shea-Porter.

She was a truly outstanding congresswoman. As I learned while phone banking and canvassing this past week in Manchester, the more people who know her true record -- on veterans, economic justice, and other issues -- the more people that supported her.  We just weren't able to communicate that record to enough people.

Carol Shea-Porter is a leader and a fighter.  I hope that she runs again after Giunta's mid-term indictment.

Dartmouth Dem has it right .. (0.00 / 0)
Carol will be back in office before we know it.  
Such a class act (4.00 / 1)
The two results I feel the worst about are my congresswoman CSP and my state senator, Betsi DeVries.



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
Head held high (0.00 / 0)
There is no good way to lose, but she lost the best possible way. Thank you CSP.


NHDP statement (4.00 / 1)

Concord - New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement on Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter's loss this evening.

"Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter served the people of New Hampshire with extraordinary distinction and she ran a race to be proud of.  From the first day she was sworn into office she has held true to her convictions and been a strong and consistent fighter for the rest of us.

"Over the past four years, it has been an absolute pleasure to know that as a resident of Manchester, she was my voice in Congress."



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Carol (0.00 / 0)
Carol gave a terrific and upbeat speech at the Frank Jones Center.

No one involved in Carol's campaigns is doing any head hanging.

Dean--you are so right. Carol emerged as a very special person in 2006. I was already close to her when she began her campaign.

The first day she spoke publicly I told her that I had "underestimated her"  ( how was I to know what she was capable of ???)  She did two events that day on four hours sleep and I just watched people react to her. After that she got better with every talk to the people of the first district--whether to 4 people or 40 or 400.

It was thrilling to watch.

The story isn't finished. Carol and her circle of supporters are too much of a family to just fade away.

But for the moment it's good to remind ourselves just how lucky we've been to have her in New Hampshire.

Very proud (0.00 / 0)
The two people I have been most proud to vote for, and whom I most expected to care for the interests of their constituents and to vote their conscience are Granny D and Carol Shea-Porter.  Few people, let alone politicians, have as much integrity as Congresswoman Shea-Porter, and while I'll miss having in her office, I'm sure it won't be long until she's able to serve the people of New Hampshire and the other 99% of us again.
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