A Question For Timothy Robertson, State Representative From Keene And Democratic Candidate For Governor

Keen Sentinel article (h/t Blue Hampshire for highlighting): Only Timothy Robertson, a state representative from Keene, took aim at a politician from his own party. Robertson is challenging incumbent three-term Gov. Democrat John D. Lynch for the corner office in the Statehouse, though he’s said it’s mainly for the opportunity to get his views heard [...]

Richard Brothers, Earlier Fired By Team John Lynch Under The Glare Of TV Cameras, Is Found Innocent Of All Charges Against Him

Mr. Governor, I agree with Fergus Cullen. You owe Richard Brothers a big, public apology. Big.

Deep Thought Of The Day (that everyone is already yapping about)

Governor Lynch’s falling poll numbers don’t mean jack if the Republican Party can’t find a credible statewide candidate to run against him. Young, successful New Hampshire small business owners who are fiscally conservative and socially moderate, call your office!

“It Is A Widely Accepted Principle Of Good Governance That Significant Changes In State Tax Law Are Aired At Multiple Public Hearings”

Opposition to the LLC tax gathers steam. Today’s Union Leader editorial page: It is a widely accepted principle of good governance that significant changes in state tax law are aired at multiple public hearings. The point is to make sure that everyone affected by the change has the opportunity to tell public officials what the [...]

NH Chattering Class Starts To Chatter: Governor Lynch And The Dem Majorities In Concord Really Screwed Up With Their New LLC Tax

Sage political advice: Don’t tick off New Hampshire’s thousands and thousands and thousands of small business owners. Ever. But Governor Lynch and the Dem majorities in Concord might do just that with a new business tax that they slipped into the state budget in the dead of night last summer. Tom Thomson and the New [...]

Is John Lynch Beatable In 2010?

Perhaps. But that’s not the first question you ask as you try to crack that political riddle, it’s the third. The first question is where does New Hampshire’s broader unemployment rate go between now and next summer? The second question is will one of the only two or three total Republican statewide challengers to Lynch [...]

Depending On Where Obama’s Poll Numbers Are In 12 Months, Ray Buckley Might Have Jumped The Gun On This Email Banner

It would be hard for a Congressional delegation (and Governor) to lash itself to the White House more than this:

The NH Republican Party’s 2010 Candidate For Governor Is Pretty Much Next Cycle’s Whole Shooting Match (aka “Spending More” vs “Spending Better”)

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch is currently more politically vulnerable than he has been in a very long time. Maybe ever. It’s the economy/state budget, stupid. Via Sunday’s Union Leader newspaper editorial: Shortly after he had been elected to lead a nation sliding toward war, Abraham Lincoln dined with a prominent Ohio journalist who tried [...]

Mr. Secretary

Well, once again, no one can accuse New Hampshire politics of being dull. Two points: 1. The blue part of purple New Hampshire is still trying to digest Democrat Governor Lynch’s decision to replace Gregg with another Republican (honestly, so am I, but in a far more academic way). And how the Left’s grassroots community [...]

Judd Gregg

The current bets being placed by New Hampshire’s chattering class (as near as I can tell): 1. Senator Gregg has been offered the position of Secretary of Commerce 2. Senator Gregg, with great regret, will turn Obama’s offer down. 3. However, if Senator Gregg accepts Obama’s offer, Governor Lynch will appoint a no-nonsense Democrat to [...]