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Lauren Dorgan goes there... to the scary world awaiting our next budget: That budget will start out with a $550 million hole, estimates Steve Norton of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Research, who gets to that number by tallying up about $450 million in federal stimulus money, primarily for education programs and Medicaid, plus the $110 million the state plans to seize from a state-est...
Blue Hampshire - 5:19 a.m. - 2 clicks 
I'm delighted that the Sentinel took up some of what I said about what Gregg said in their editorial today . But I'm afraid that in this case my affection for snark needlessly obscured the point I was after, which is really a simple one. So let me lay it out as clearly as I can: I'm more or less agnostic on the question of requiring people to have insurance. It was, however, ...
Blue Hampshire - Sun 7:29 p.m. - 5 clicks
Todays's columns by Fahey and Dorgan have a hodge-podge of information about the budget, candidates and wanna-be candidates, the usual New Hampshire mash-up. I'm noticing even when it's quiet , it's not quiet in New Hampshire politics. Although the rumblings in Alaska and the bumblings in South Carolina give us a run for our money. That's good news for those of us who just love this kind of ...
Blue Hampshire - Sun 6:10 a.m. - 6 clicks
Dorgan looks into Man of the People Against Big Government Spending Fred Tausch : Tausch is dropping more than $100,000 on campaign-like advertisements on WMUR between June 24 and July 7. In the ordinary campaign playbook, that is weeks-to-go-before-election spending. It looks like Tausch is not planning to run an ordinary campaign. Well, I don't know if it's ordinary or not, but it's sure cy...
Blue Hampshire - Sun 4:44 a.m. - 4 clicks
Stephanie Seacord : New Hampshire was the second colony to sign the Declaration of Independence. Then this daring document traveled by horseback to be read aloud in the colonial capital of Exeter NH. It took until July 16th to reach Exeter -- so the annual Independence Festival is celebrated on the weekend closest to that date (July 18, 2009). On this occasion the American Independence Muse...
Blue Hampshire - Sat 5:02 a.m. - 2 clicks
Oh, goodie . Our Attorney General is getting advice on a political career from a locally famous former member of the Justice Department. Meanwhile, former U.S. Attorney Tom Colantuono said he spoke to Ayotte recently about the Senate, but he couldn't say anything about it. The conversation was under the condition it remain private, Colantuono said. ...
Blue Hampshire - Sat 4:42 a.m. - 5 clicks
Sarah Palin resigning in a few weeks. No, really . Of course, this probably marks the beginning of the Long New Hampshire Nightmare of her primary visits. Jennifer Donahue will be so pleased. More : A few random thoughts (below the fold): Will Mark Sanford leave office before Sarah Palin? It's a race! How insulting to the Alaskans who voted for Palin that she is giving up o...
Blue Hampshire - Fri 1:02 p.m. - 7 clicks
This is, um, huge : Now Ayotte is talking with Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn, Susan Collins, and Judd Gregg about running for the seat being vacated by Gregg next year. Though speculation surrounds Ayotte's ambitions, she has yet to say anything publicly on the matter. But now Lynch's camp in joining the fray suggesting that if she does run she is going back on a promise she made just in Apr...
Blue Hampshire - Fri 9:22 a.m. - 4 clicks
Real Clear Politics just posted a poll from UNH that has Ayotte beating Hodes by 4%... Hmmm this poll looks highly questionable. I also highly doubt that Tausch would get 25% in a Hodes match up and at the same time have 5/4 Fav/Unfav ratings. Does anyone really know who he is? I hope this turns out to be inaccurate, but either way, I think this is a really good time to Act Blue . More ...
Blue Hampshire - Thu 1:02 p.m. - 2 clicks
Rock and Rally for Health Care! "Featuring local musician Josh Logan" What: Rally Host: New Hampshire Change That Works Start Time: Thursday, July 2 at 12:00pm End Time: Thursday, July 2 at 2:00pm Where: Manchester City Hall Contact us at 603-227-0883 www.seiu.org/changethatworks/ ...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Tue 6:20 a.m. - 5 clicks
SOURCE: Black Box Voting Below are the editorials from Black Box Voting , Open Voting Consortium , VotersUnite.org , and Nancy Tobi of Election Defense Alliance and Democracy for New Hampshire opposing and rebutting the latest incarnation of Holt's perpetually flawed proposal for election reform, currently known as "The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 (HR 2894)"...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Jun 24 - 5 clicks
StudentLoanJustice.Org is a national grass roots organization dedicated to convincing congress to restore standard consumer protections to student loans. My name is Ed McKinley. I am a social worker and a resident of NH. In 1996 I graduated Salem State College with a masters degree in social work, a desire to help underserved and disenfranchised populations and @ $40, 000 in student loan ...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Jun 24 - 4 clicks
Hmmm, haven't been around here for awhile. Let's dust things off and start with something simple. How has the playing field changed since 2002? Increase in number of registered voters, New Hampshire, 2002-08: 268,369 Of those new voters: 50.5 percent......
Granite Prof - Jun 19 - 4 clicks
