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NH Democrats say they're ready to go
By
Tom Fahey
New
Hampshire Union Leader
November 6, 2008
CONCORD – Democrats who got a vote of confidence from Granite
State voters this week said they are ready for the tough jobs
they face in the next two years…
The day after, Democrats happy to clean up
By
Dan Tuohy
New
Hampshire Union Leader
November 6, 2008
MANCHESTER – A mess of assorted greens, yellows, reds, whites
and blues littered the lot behind the Democrats' headquarters as
weary workers amassed and ripped apart hundreds of campaign
signs…
Judd Gregg: Don't blame Fergus Cullen
By
John DiStaso
New
Hampshire Union Leader
November 6, 2008
The
day after a second consecutive losing election for New Hampshire
Republicans, Sen. Judd Gregg gave the chairman of the state GOP
a vote of confidence…
At least 713,000 cast votes during record NH turnout
By
Paula Tracy
New
Hampshire Union Leader
November 6, 2008
CONCORD – New Hampshire did have a record voter turnout Tuesday.
Unofficial numbers show at least 713,000 made it to the polls…
Women make up majority in state Senate
By
Garry Rayno
New
Hampshire Union Leader
November 6, 2008
MANCHESTER – Democrats retained their control of the State House
after Tuesday's election for the first time in ages, but did
lose a bit of their majority in the New Hampshire House…
Tax cap: Rochester, yes; Somersworth, no
By
Clynton Namuo
New
Hampshire Union Leader
November 6, 2008
ROCHESTER – Voters overwhelmingly approved a tax cap for
municipal government Tuesday, making Rochester the second such
city in the region to have one, while a similar measure in
Somersworth was defeated…
Lefty handled New Hampshire crowds
Obama scouted state before his candidacy
By
Shira Schoenberg
Concord Monitor
November 6, 2008
At
Barack Obama's first event in New Hampshire, it wasn't the
soaring rhetoric that captivated his host and his staff. It was
his left-handedness…
Iraq at war, finances lost, party broken
Bush 'like an anchor on the whole ticket'
By
Lauren R. Dorgan
Concord Monitor
November 6, 2008
Time
was, New Hampshire was the fiercely conservative home of Mel "Ax
the Tax" Thomson and Union Leader publisher William Loeb, the
state that breathed life into Ronald Reagan's 1980 candidacy and
provided electoral votes key to putting George W. Bush in the
White House in 2000…
Democrats' 2006 majorities confirmed
GOP silver lining: Margin narrowed in House
By
Daniel Barrick
Concord Monitor
November 6, 2008
New
Hampshire's House and Senate kept their Democratic leanings in
Tuesday's elections, giving Democratic Gov. John Lynch
substantial majorities as he prepares to grapple with a growing
budget deficit and other economic troubles in the next
legislative session…
Younger voters heed the call
Nashua Telegraph
November 6, 2008
NASHUA – Lauren Hassett voted because she wanted her voice to be
heard. Chris Hatcher took the trouble to mail an absentee ballot
to New Jersey because of strong political beliefs. Brian
Sobodacha voted because he felt guilty for missing the
presidential primary…
Older voters look to past and future
By
Karen Lovett
Nashua Telegraph
November 6, 2008
After
Terry Bernier cast her vote for Barack Obama on Election Day,
she did the only thing left in her power. She prayed. The
83-year-old Nashua resident then spent Tuesday night "glued to
the TV," watching the returns until well after Obama was
declared the nation's next president…
Blue Hampshire: A passing phase?
Associated Press
November 6, 2008
CONCORD — Fed up with the financial meltdown and the unpopular
Bush administration, New Hampshire voters gave Democrats a sweep
of races for federal office on Tuesday. But political analysts
question whether there’s enough of a groundswell to keep New
Hampshire a blue state…
Pundits to Blue Hampshire: Stop Celebrating
By
Dean Barker
BlueHampshire.com
November 6, 2008
Let
the record show that it took the interval of one whole day
before the local punditocracy got out in front to knee-cap a
historic two-cycle shift to the Democrats in the Granite state…
The Fundamentals of NH Dems are Strong: Part One
By
Dean Barker
BlueHampshire.com
November 6, 2008
There
will be a great effort by the Union Leader and other predictable
statewide outlets of the GOP to define last night's returns as
another "fluke," to be blamed on Bush, or Iraq, or
Massachussetts, or some other bogeyman…
Packard, Wendelboe running for minority leader
By
Brian Lawson
PolitickerNH.com
November 6, 2008
State
Reps. Sherman Packard (R-Londonderry) and Fran Wendelboe
(R-North Hampton) have decided that they will run for House
minority leader. Both state representatives decided earlier this
fall that they would run for House Speaker but since the
Republicans failed to regain the majority, both said they will
now run for the top minority post…
Moore says GOP should turn right
By
Brian Lawson
PolitickerNH.com
November 6, 2008
Greg
Moore, a New Hampshire political consultant and former campaign
manager of John Stephen's congressional campaign, has written an
editorial that says the Republican Party should return to its
conservative roots… |