Romney, 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 […]
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RE-LAUNCH UPDATE: Covid Pause, Henry A. Sanders, Tara Reade, and Mary Meyer novel
It seems like years ago, rather than months ago, that the Granite State Observer (GSO) launched amid the home stretch of a presidential impeachment and competitive New Hampshire Presidential Primary. In short order, the Primary results became irrelevant and Granite Staters, along with the rest of the world, coped with a stealthy, dangerous and historic global pandemic. This has put commerce, civic culture, and most other human interaction on hold. We picked an interesting time to launch this enterprise and […]
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Book Reviews: NH Primary Reading
Barack and Joe The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership by Steven Levingston Review by Mike Billings The story of how an aging Senator Joe Biden teamed up with a young Senator Barack Obama, well told by Washington Post book editor Steven Levingston, will do much to explain the mix of affection and unease that many Democrats feel about Biden and his current run for president. There is affection for this obviously big-hearted man, intolerant of bigots and bullies, impatient since […]
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