Shorter Republican Status (03/04/10)

With Gregg, the attention hog, promoting the Republican brand in (0.00 / 0)

New Hampshire, one could argue that the party is on a kamikaze mission--i.e. aiming to fail big time.

Perhaps what we're seeing is the morphing of "designed to fail" into the "planned destruction" of new conservatives (neocons), still hoping for a new majority to rise, like the phoenix, from the ashes.

Gregg does like that word "majority."  But, now that the Republican majority has been lost, instead of "the very model of a major general," he's obviously content as "the very model of a Republican obstructionist."

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by: hannah @ Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 05:45:12 AM CST

$1 million salary = "middle-class" (according to the NRCC) (0.00 / 0)

The calls targeting the Democratic incumbent will be made throughout the 1st Congressional District to Republicans, Democrats and independents, according to Tory Mazzola, NRCC spokesman.

"Carol Shea-Porter has already voted for a government-run health plan that raises taxes on middle-class families. . . "

As far as I know, the only tax increase in the House bill is on married couples with adjusted gross income of over $1,000,000.  That, clearly, is the Republican definition of a "middle-class family."

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by: Dartmouth Dem @ Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 06:55:41 AM CST

Sad... (in a cackle-with-glee sort of way) (0.00 / 0)

If Sean Mahoney is your upgrade, you're in a world of hurt.  

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by: jvwalt @ Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 07:19:31 AM CST

Typical of Hynes (4.00 / 1)

Hynes has a record of blogging about candidates without disclosing that he, or one of his companies, has a professional relationship with, or is negotiating to have a professional relationship with, a candidate.
http://tks.nationalreview.com/...

There was a point a few months back when Hynes was taking shots at Kelly Ayotte on Faux!Hampshire; I wondered at the time if he had a dog in that fight. It all makes sense now, as at the time Sean Mahoney was looking at the U.S. Senate race.  

Then there was an incident in 2008 when Hynes wrote an op ed in the UL regaridng some pending legislation, without disclosing his company was doing work for a company with an interest in the legislation.
http://blogs.unionleader.com/a...
If you look at the comments to Drew Cline's blog, there are a couple of other incidents mentioned, including a reference to an attempt to manipulate a blogger in Massachusetts. That also is an interesting story, so if anyone has any interest in reading about Hynes, here is a link to that blogger's story about his experience.
http://borderlinenewtonwaltham...    

That David Carney may also be a part of the Mahoney cabal, along with Hynes, portends a fairly nasty and expensive first district primary race.

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 07:27:26 AM CST

Ughh - Mahoney moves closer to the Baggers (4.00 / 1)

Have you read his diatribe in Business NH magazine?  Jeebus, I think he really believes what he's writing...is it possible to be that stupid?

I keep trying to see his point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my, well, you get the idea.

"Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world." A. Einstein

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by: StraffordDem @ Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 07:59:09 AM CST