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Here’s a mail piece Republican Linda McMahon is using against Dick Blumenthal in the CT Senate race. Paul Hodes was at the same event – and you see his name on the invite on the mail piece – and the same piece could basically be used on him in NH.

This morning, Rep. Carol “I work for you not the special interests” Shea-Porter held a Capitol Hill fundraising breakfast for “labor only.” What, no business groups are supporting CSP? Shocking. Anyway, hosts included the AFL-CIO, IAFF (firefighters union), the Ironworkers, SEIU, Letter Carriers, and food processors. Hosts ponied up $5,000, sponsors $2,500, and guests $1,000. [...]

State Rep. Bill O’Brien is holding a fundraiser in support of his committee to elect him as speaker on Wednesday. With Republicans likely to regain a majority in the house, and with the GOP caucus likely to have dozens, if not scores, of new members, the speaker’s race may be wide open. Event hosts are [...]

Here are the fundraising numbers of the candidates for NH House:

Candidate
 Q2 Raised
 Total Raised
 Q2 Spent
 Total Spent
 Cash on Hand
 Loans/Debt

Ashooh

 105,606

 319,030

 115,155

 145,940

 171,490

 0

Bestani

 41,736

 202,416

 36,438

 79,684

 120,116

 0

Guinta

 125,779

 577,627

 180,110

 400,404

 421,138

 245,000 loan

Mahoney

 125,484

 485,805

 125,484

 485,805

 441,278

 801,598 loan

Bass

 178,749

 480,628

 70,146

 142,778

 370,899

 0

Giuda

 4,749

 34,083

 18,139

 40,406

 115,377

 121,675 loan

Horn

  50,611

 152,626

 58,394

 155,524

 31,407

 238,833 debt/loan

Shea-Porter

 209,469

 927,018

 85,047

 410,542

 605,596

 0

Kuster

 316,307

 1,157,156

 134,385

 410,317

 745,048

 0

Swett

 187,984

 513,005

 124,617

 272,393

 1,150,607

0 

Note: I have not calculated how much candidates have counted that is for the general election and can’t be used for the primary. And, a reminder than in the case of those contributing significant [...]

In response to an FOI request I made, Manchester School District Superintendent Thomas Brennan provided me with a copy of Congresswoman Shea-Porter’s request for the names and mailing addresses of graduating seniors at Memorial High School. The email was sent from Shea-Porter staff assistant Selina Taylor to Martha Manni, secretary to school principal Arthur Adamakos, [...]

The Union Leader has a good update Saturday on Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s taxpayer-funded, politically motivated mailing to Manchester high school graduates. Key points:
1) Manchester schools had a policy, heretofore somehow overlooked, against providing student names and addresses to outsiders like CSP.
2) Memorial High’s principal says his office gave CSP the data.
3) Memorial’s principal further says [...]

Retirements by Sens. Sgambati and Janeway improve the GOP’s already good shots at winning these seats. SD4 (Belknap Co / Lakes Region) was already leaning Republican with Jim Forsythe and George Hurt in a primary to take on Sgambati, and SD7 was looking like a toss up with Andy Sanborn in a rematch against Janeway. [...]

The Steve Schmidt who filed to run for state rep from Wolfeboro today is the father of Steve Schmidt, the political consultant who was a top strategist for the McCain campaign. No word on whether the younger Steve will be consulting on this race, but given that the Wolfeboro-Tuftonboro-Moultonborough district is reliably Republican, I don’t think [...]

“I think the evidence is pretty clear: There was a failure of management. And I believe there needs to be accountability.” – Gov. John Lynch, Concord Monitor, 5/27/10, passing the buck on who was responsible for the Financial Resources Mortgage mess instead of accepting at least a share of the responsibility for it.

More evidence that the Brits and Americans are two peoples separated by a common language. Maybe this will make an appearance at next year’s Demers St. Patrick’s Day breakfast for CHAD? Or on a car spotted in Hudson?