Is Ann Kuster a Uniquely Unifying Candidate?, Pt. II

Yes. Absotively. Most assuredly! (0.00 / 0)

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 08:01:25 AM CST

Bow House Party for Ann Kuster tomorrow night Tuesday 1/19/10 (4.00 / 1)

Please join Congressional Candidate Ann McLane Kuster for a house party in Bow, NH at the home of

Paul Burkett and Tracy Hahn-Burkett
41 Ridgewood Drive
Tuesday, January 19th
6 p.m.

To RSVP, please email Tracy at tracyrhb@comcast.net
or call (603) 230-2415
All are welcome to attend! Bring your friends!

Thank you to our host committee
Jon & Mary Bresler, Paula Hutson & Rear Admiral John Hutson, USN (Ret.), Steven & Cathy Lauwers, Kathryn Michaelis, Allan Moses, Mary & Peter Sheffer, Jane Valliere, Jim & Susan Hatem

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by: JonnyBBad @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 13:11:04 PM CST

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I like the idea (0.00 / 0)

of having a house party in Swett's front yard the week after she announces her candidacy.

I am a Republican, but she seems very impressive. Very personable, from what I have seen.

I don't follow the line with Bass, though, that is mentioned in this post. I don't see how the moderates would go to Kuster because the GOP nominates a moderate. The moderate Republicans would be MORE likely to get behind Bass than they would Horn.

If Horn is the nominee, there is more likely that chance of people who say that "their party left them". Bass is the old, moderate Republican who would need to reach out to conservatives to win. Horn would be the new-wave, Tea Party Republican who will have a conservative base but will need to work on getting those moderates.

And don't forget, there's always Bob Giuda. He is a unique candidate, very articulate, and he could come out of nowhere to win - and would be a tough challenger in the general election.  

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by: Chris Crawford @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 13:18:45 PM CST

dude: unh-unh (0.00 / 0)

this was on the calendar a couple weeks ago, before anybody heard any announcement date from Katrina...

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by: JonnyBBad @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 14:50:49 PM CST

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Not the gist of it: (0.00 / 0)

I don't see how the moderates would go to Kuster because the GOP nominates a moderate.

Presuming Bass makes it through a GOP primary (a tremendous presumption), by virtue of his former incumbency he will have some contacts from the days when the GOP in NH was a different creature that could spell support and votes.  This doesn't make Bass a "moderate" per se, simply part of a different era than Horn.

Ann also has those contacts.  So she may have the capacity to neutralize that factor, while at the same time bringing in progressives.

(Standard disclosure: there are things I really like about all three candidates, and I am far from knowing whom to support.)

birch paper; on Twitter @deanbarker

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by: Dean Barker @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 17:21:12 PM CST

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Obviously (0.00 / 0)

I know how these things work, Johnny. But it's good to be promoting it, as you are, in order to make it a big event right in the opponent's home town.  

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by: Chris Crawford @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 15:10:22 PM CST

Its my home town (0.00 / 0)

The 'opponent' is kicking off in Nashua.What does that tell you?

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by: JonnyBBad @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 17:09:41 PM CST

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We don't need no stinking enclaves (0.00 / 0)

That's what a Nashua kickoff tells me.

Ye olde NH politics.

PS. Lesson from the Coakley campaign: Don't dally when the race is on.

"Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors." - John Dryden

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 22:17:43 PM CST

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