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In her first term, Shea-Porter proved to be a quick study. She hit the ground running. She quickly became known as a friend of veterans and sponsored legislation calling for every state to have at least one full-service veterans hospital, something New Hampshire does not have. She fought to restore habeas corpus protections, to increase federal Pell Grants for needy college students and to allow Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for lower prescription drug prices.
Like Bradley, Shea-Porter excelled at constituent service and accessibility. She supports an end to President Bush's tax cuts, a change that would benefit the vast majority of the state's residents. She is strong on defense and serves on the House Committee on Armed Services. Her belief in the right of a woman to determine the fate of her own body is in tune with the sentiments of most of the state's residents. Meanwhile, Bradley followed his party, backed President Bush and moved to the right.
There are two reasons behind that exclamation point above. First, it's worth remembering that this is the most competitive federal race in New Hampshire, so every little bit counts.
The second is that there are really only two leading statewide newspapers, and one of them can never be counted on to help a Democrat in any way, shape or form. So in essence there is really only one major newspaper endorsement to snag inside the Granite State, and it's the Monitor.
