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The Frank Guinta Enthusiasm Gap

by: Dean Barker

Sun Oct 31, 2010 at 07:24:37 AM EDT
Here it is, the Sunday before election day, and the Union Leader, New Hampshire's most right-leaning, Manchester-centric, statewide newspaper has so far refused to endorse former Manchester Mayor and Republican Frank Guinta for Congress.

I'm guessing this is a big reason why:

Think a Union Leader endorsement doesn't matter to the GOP base?

Union Leader: While the rise of Ovide Lamontagne and Rich Ashooh were due to many factors you have to give credit to editorial page of the Union Leader for endorsing both and giving them extra conservative credibility.
Think New Hampshire isn't in play?
The Democratic National Committee transferred loads of cash to state parties across the country in a final get-out-the-vote push as they attempt to save the House from slipping from Democratic control and face multiple competitive Senate contests.

...The states where Democrats are spending are home to some of the closest and most critical contests on Tuesday.

New Hampshire: $200,000

GOTV!
Call NHDP at 603-225-6899 to find out how to help.  
Call the Shea-Porter campaign at 603-531-9653 to find out how to help.
ALL HANDS ON DECK: WE CAN WIN THIS RACE!
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Viz in Northwood (0.00 / 0)
Busy, busy Rt. 4, at the entrance to the transfer station near Northwood Meadows State Park 10-12 am.  If people are interested we can do another this afternoon at the traffic light at the Rt. 4, 202/9 and 43 intersection.  I have some signs and totems.  
IT'S FUN, WE CHAT, WE WAVE, WE GET HONKS AND THUMBS UP!  People know we are enthusiastic about our candidates.  IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!  
The Money or the Bar Fight? (0.00 / 0)
I think the mystery bank account was just the last straw. There is a statement in the police interviews from the bar fight at the Fish that it wasn't the first time the then mayor had been there. Hanging out drinking Captain and Diet Coke at a Manchester "institution" like the Fish while mayor of the state's largest city and a congressional candidate isn't smart.  



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
Saturday may not have proved much, but it is Sunday now... (0.00 / 0)
The fact that the Union Leader didn't run an editorial on Saturday doesn't prove much: they don't publish a dead-tree edition on Saturday (although they do update the web site.)  But it does prove something that they didn't publish a pro-Guinta editorial on Sunday.

Joe McQuaid used his column-inches on Sunday morning to publish an anti-Lynch editorial.

The lateness period is the big factor for me. (4.00 / 1)
The UL spent a lot of time between endorsements and primary day pushing Ovide and Ashooh. They've spent nothing on Frank so far.

birch, finch, beech
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Tea Party Express Rally in Concord (0.00 / 0)
Are there any plans to rally in Concord on Monday to counter a visit by the Tea Party Express?
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