In a hotly contested 4-way House primary far too close and convoluted to call, endorsements like this matter. In my humble opinion of course. The Union Leader this morning: Ashooh for Congress: Best person to fight for NH We have waited on an endorsement in the 1st Congressional District race because, frankly, we weren’t sure [...]
ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Huh? What? Where am I? I must have fallen asleep. Because the real question of the week isn’t who’s playing campaign kindergarten games. The real question is what CD-1 candidate has the Message, Money and Momentum heading into the final week of the primary. And that’s the only question.
New Hampshire license plates? Check! In New Hampshire? Check! With a Paul Hodes for Senate bumper sticker? Check! Finally!!! A documented touchdown for Team Hodes !!!
It’s been well over 2 years since Johnny Mac shocked the (uninformed) political world in the 2008 NH Primary. And small signs of the ground game Team McCain ran in the Granite State still abound. Like this lonely soldier, keeping watch from the back of a street sign up by the Mall of New Hampshire:
I’ve mellowed in my old age, so I’ll refrain from the snark. But this LTE is insulting. To everyone involved. And I don’t understand why The Concord Monitor would print it.
I’m just grumpy. It’s a late summer Monday, it’s hot and it feels as though this primary, which has been mostly fought over 20th century ideas, has been going on FOREVER. Yucka. Take it away, boys!
Which primary campaign’s morning staff meeting sounded a whole lot like this? Follow-up question for double points: Why?
Billboard on Bridge Street in Manchester:
On this issue, for now, I’ll keep my opinions to myself. Here are a couple of classics going out to all the NH campaign staff working late this August Thursday night: