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Earlier this morning, after a great pancake breakfast with more than 200 supporters, I officially filled out the paperwork to become a Democratic candidate for the US Senate.
I want to thank those of you who joined me this morning at the Statehouse. Not only was it a truly humbling show of support for Peggo and me, but it was also a great sign of things to come as we get close to November 2.
Kathy Sullivan had a great post on this earlier today, but I wanted to take a second and talk about Kelly Ayotte's statement this morning that taking drilling in New England "off the table" would be a "huge mistake."
It was unbelievable, especially as millions of gallons of oil continue to pollute Gulf waters and coastlines
(Thanks for stopping by Congressman. Only 160 days until we get to vote for you to be the next Senator from the great state of New Hampshire. - promoted by Mike Hoefer)
For 43 days, thousands of barrels of oil have been spilling into the Gulf Coast. 43 days of environmental disaster because big oil companies were given a blank check on offshore drilling with little regulation and poor oversight.
Now, with the recent failure of the "top kill" strategy, there is no end in sight to the amount of oil that is spilling into the Gulf. This spill is poisoning our waters, suffocating our plants and wildlife, and jeopardizing the health of our citizens - threatening jobs, businesses and communities along the Gulf Coast.
My thoughts and prayers are with the people and communities down on the Gulf, who are dealing day and night with the devastating aftermath of the spill.
This disaster was a warning sign. When government puts the profits of Big Oil first, when politicians listen to special interests instead of the people they are supposed to represent - then we put the safety of our workers, communities and economy at risk.
With terrified Republicans getting the vapors over the prospect of being crushed this election cycle, they keep clinging to the meme-raft of "DRILL! DRILLLLL!!!!!" as more and more people feel pain at the pump.
Meanwhile, Carol Shea-Porter calls their bluff and has a better idea: how about those oil companies do some actual drilling on the acres and acres of permitted land they already have?
"I am calling for domestic drilling; I want to make that perfectly clear. We have short-term and long-term solutions here," Shea-Porter said. "The issue is we've got 68 million acres of land that the oil companies are holding permits on and they're not drilling."
Shea-Porter said oil companies are not drilling on the land because they are using profits to buy more company stock and reward executives.
And in somewhat related news, the DCCC has set aside 35 million dollars for September-October TV time on targeted races (both offense and defense), one of which will be right here in NH-01. That will be most welcome as Jeb or Stephen will no doubt try to blame the last 8 years of Bush's failed energy policy on Carol.
Well, what do you do when you've been caught peddling propaganda? You just drop the word "China" and hope nobody notices.
Too bad for John E's integrity that someone noticed and it ended up at TPM:
So now Sununu has simply subtracted China from the story, making Cuba the lone culprit -- but this version isn't true, either.
We've asked his campaign and Senate offices for clarification, but they have not gotten back to us.
I wouldn't be waiting too long by the phone, Eric.
But don't worry about the shamelessness of using misleading statements to prop up Big Oil. Remember - the smartest guy in the Senate votes with New Hampshire 100% of the time, and that's all that matters.
