Ladies and gentlemen, the math is crystal clear. For the last 30 years or so the federal government, Republicans and Democrats alike, have been making promises that we can’t possibly keep. At last count, we have $60 trillion (trillion with a “T”) in unfunded entitlement liabilities on our books. This isn’t news: At the state …
Though I have no dog in the fight, I have watched with some interest the ongoing battle between New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Jack Kimball and what’s left of the 20th century GOP establishment here in NH. It seems like everyone has an opinion about what’s happening in Concord. And why not? The battle for …
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Meghan McCain Sits Down With MMC To Talk Blogs, Bikers, Politics & Why She Only Takes Off Her High Heels To Swim Meghan McCain is an American blogger and daughter of the 2008 Republican nominee for President, John McCain. Most recently, Ms. McCain spent almost two years on the campaign trail helping her father run …
Outgoing New Hampshire GOP Head Fergus Cullen: The Republican Base Is Not Enough It’s about time somebody said it. And, from a simple electoral math standpoint, Fergus is absolutely right. Both for New Hampshire Republicans and for Republicans across the country. No swing voter appeal by Republican candidates = no election night party. But Fergus …
Keen Sentinel article (h/t Blue Hampshire for highlighting): Only Timothy Robertson, a state representative from Keene, took aim at a politician from his own party. Robertson is challenging incumbent three-term Gov. Democrat John D. Lynch for the corner office in the Statehouse, though he’s said it’s mainly for the opportunity to get his views heard …
What Team Bass and Team Guinta are (probably) reading very closely this morning. Via Politico: “With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House next year, … one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents. The National Republican Congressional Committee, the key cog in helping to finance GOP campaigns, has banked less …
The RNC just released a statement from Governor Pawlenty on Michael Steele. I believe (looking back through my press releases) that this is the first statement on Steele released today by the RNC coming from a Republican leader outside of Washington. Very interesting. Maybe. Governor Pawlenty’s statement: “Michael Steele brings precisely the type of dynamic, …
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Budget Reality: Senator Gregg: A Republican senator on the president’s fiscal commission said Thursday it will likely recommend tax increases as part of a solution for the nation’s fiscal woes. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) said on ABC’s “Top Line” webcast that he believes the large majority of the proposal should be composed of spending cuts, …
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Here is Ms. Constable writing on the “Demise of the Foreign Correspondent” in the Washington Post in 2007: Today, Americans’ need to understand the struggles of distant peoples is greater than ever. Our troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, countries that we did not know enough about when we invaded them and that we …
