August 26, 2010Fergus Cullen
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.
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July 27, 2010Fergus Cullen
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. [...]
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July 26, 2010Fergus Cullen
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 [...]
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July 16, 2010Fergus Cullen
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 [...]
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July 13, 2010Fergus Cullen
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, [...]
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July 3, 2010Fergus Cullen
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 [...]
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June 9, 2010Fergus Cullen
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. [...]
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June 7, 2010Fergus Cullen
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 [...]
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May 27, 2010Fergus Cullen
“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.
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May 16, 2010Fergus Cullen
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?
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