Judd Gregg sees a GOP comeback in NH
May 20, 2009Judd Gregg understands what’s going on in NH. Sen. Gregg dropped by The Wall Street Journal recently and spoke of how we, Republicans, are poised for a comeback in 2010. Not surprisingly, I believe that Gregg is dead on.
Live Free – or Become Massachusetts Jr.
On his way out of the Senate, Judd Gregg’s outlook is mostly downbeat. He sees an Obama administration determined to grow the government beyond all historical bounds and a Republican Party without the votes to stand in the way.
But in one respect, the senior Senator from New Hampshire was remarkably upbeat: He believes the GOP is poised to come surging back in 2010 — at least in his native New Hampshire. “This election,” he said during a visit to the Journal offices recently, “will settle the future of New Hampshire — whether we stay the refugee camp for entrepreneurs in New England, or whether we become New Hampshirechusetts.”
He acknowledges it may be too soon to say whether his state’s voters have fully grasped what the Democratic-controlled legislature is up to. “The legislature is moving dramatically in the direction of Massachusetts. I mean, basically anything that gets passed in Massachusetts, the Democratic legislature introduces the next week and tries to pass in New Hampshire.” But he likes the GOP’s chances. “We have a lot of talented people in the Republican Party right now,” he says. “We’ve got 10-20 good people” capable of contesting for top state and federal offices, including New Hampshire’s Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, a rising GOP star recently renominated by Democratic Gov. John Lynch despite grumbling in his party, and Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta, who just unveiled a challenge to Democrat Carol Shea-Porter for her House seat next year.
Mr. Gregg says New Hampshire Democrats “have performed so poorly in the area of fiscal responsibility, in the area of pushing a very, very liberal social agenda that I think [voters] are beginning to realize that they made a mistake. And they didn’t let those folks in because they thought the policies at the state level were incorrect. They were just voting straight tickets against Bush and the Iraq policy.”
With that “overhang” gone, Mr. Gregg smells a comeback.
johnstark
May 20, 2009
Gregg “smells a comeback” and decides not to run for re-election. Seems like he’s smelling something else besides a comeback.
gth
May 21, 2009
I think, Gregg just doesn’t want to waste bullets right now. Lets face it, the economy is in shambles, everyone is demo drugged and crying for a free fix and, speeking the word Republican is like saying “get a job” to an alcoholic on welfare.
Patience my friend! The people will soon come around when the obama drug starts to wear off.
Mean while, we should fall back and reorganize, which is what Gregg is doing I would imagine.
gth
May 21, 2009
Damn It! That would be “S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G.” Why do I keep getting that wong?