Shhhh, Phillips & Williamson are running for president in the NH Dem primary, but keep it to yourself
By Mike Billings Two candidates, one quite traditional and one not, are running long shot campaigns for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. Some of the dynamics are familiar to Granite Staters. The incumbent president is perceived as vulnerable, but commands great power, and is heavily favored. The president assumes a posture of distance from his primary campaign, to the point where the incumbent president’s name is not even on the ballot. There are status quo centered efforts to minimize the […]
Read MoreRomney, Christie and Mea Culpa Republicans
By Natalie Blumenstock Could it be the tough guys from the Tea Party era are sensitive new age guys? Before he grudgingly took Chris Sununu’s advice, and left the presidential race, Chris Christie cut a TV spot that was downright confessional. Christie had known Trump a long time. Christie new Trump’s flaws from Trump’s years in New York City. As a prosecutor in near by New Jersey, Christie put Jared Kushner’s father in jail. After Christie’s own 2016 presidential bid […]
Read MoreThe Bolduc Primary?
As the Thursday prior to the primary, after Iowa, the two most recent polls give Trump a 14 point lead over Haley. Who turns out, and the role of “undeclared” voters seems key. Haley received a big lift when she won what we called The Sununu Primary. This was the coveted endorsement of the Granite State’s affable, anti-Trump GOP governor. But does it matter/ Voters here are famously contrarian. They may like Sununu fine, but may not listen to him […]
Read MoreWill Haley’s Comet fade in South Carolina?
By Lynn Levesque Nikki Haley is having her moment. New Hampshire is her big play. She appeared to surge past Ron DeSantis in Iowa late last week, but Ron had bet all on Iowa, and Haley under performed in upscale Iowa counties, allowing DeSantis to edge her out for second place, in a caucus dominated by The Donald. At least Iowa counted their votes on time for a change. Haley rolled into the Granite State with polls still showing her […]
Read MoreIs the DNC on Trump’s payroll?
For reasons detailed in an article in the GSO last month (It’s bad enough to betray NH, but for South Carolina?) the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has already set a kind of record for arrogance and colossal political stupidity with their heavy handed assault on the venerable grass roots First in the Nation (FITN) New Hampshire presidential primary tradition. Developed by the Granite State for a century, the NH FITN tradition has become law in NH, and made a unique […]
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