Why Independent Minded Voters Don’t Put Much Stock In What McConnell/Boehner/NRCC/NRSC/RNC Have To Say These Days…

…because it’s fairly easy to bitch slap all the spin dried nonsense that’s come out of their mouths over the last 12 months: The Republicans will (probably) pick up seats (everywhere) in 2010. But not because the Party has new ideas or new leadership. Just because the pendulum is swinging back the other way. And [...]

The NRCC’s Money Problems

What Team Bass and Team Guinta are (probably) reading very closely this morning. Via Politico: “With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House next year, … one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents. The National Republican Congressional Committee, the key cog in helping to finance GOP campaigns, has banked less [...]

DiStaso Column: NRCC Communications Operative On The Ground In New Hampshire, Will Be Here For The Next Year

Ah, the NRCC. Doing their absolute best to fuck up local primaries absolutely everywhere. Jennifer Horn, Bob Bestani (and about 30 other people) call your office!

Am I A “Squishy Republican”?

Am I a “squishy Republican” if I believe that the #2 national security threat to this country – second only to a terrorist getting his hands on a nuclear bomb – is the $56 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities currently on our Federal government’s books? And I support “paying more for less” to balance our [...]

Bestani Declines Biundo’s Facebook Invitation To Sit In Audience At Guinta’s Upcoming Town Hall “Rally”, Bestani Again Requests A Formal Series Of Debates

Congressional candidate Bob Bestani’s below email to Guinta campaign manager Mike Biundo – forwarded to Bestani’s supports last night – should resonate with my friends at the Union Leader editorial board. And with other editorial boards around the state. Both Mr. Guinta and Mr. Bestani are declared and legitimate candidates for the Republican nomination in [...]

An Anti-Incumbent Cycle

Chris Cillizza, writing about NY-23, finally arrives to where I’ve been for months: How has Hoffman galvanized independents? His messaging has been focused almost entirely on the idea of him as a political outsider who wants to shake up the way things are being done in Washington. And, it’s clearly working. So, while Republicans will [...]

Frank Guinta Hearts The DC Republican Establishment

Read Frank’s latest press release here.

NRCC Raising Money Off Of Charlie Bass In NH CD2 (UPDATED)

(UPDATED) Uh, Charlie Bass is in CD2, not CD1, as Pete claims in his fundraising email below…. Someone might want to tell Sessions and the NRCC. ——— The NRCC, not content with running just a single Congressional race in New Hampshire this cycle (Frank Guinta’s), is now raising money off of Charlie Bass’s candidacy in [...]

The “Has Washington Changed Carol Shea-Porter?” Narrative

The narrative pops up again in this morning’s Union Leader. And, as narratives go, it’s a loser. You don’t beat Congresswoman Shea-Porter by trying to go negative on her. Polling (and a good sense of history) tell us why. The latest UNH poll (10/2/09) shows that even after Carol Shea’s “disastrous” summer: First District Congressperson [...]

Driving The Day Among The NH Chattering Class: “Rich Ashooh”

John DiStaso lights the fuse. Meanwhile, “that other candidate” Bob Bestani is quietly getting good press and “that other candidate” Mike Castaldo is quietly going door-to-door in the First Congressional District. The 2010 Republican nomination in NH CD1 was, is and will remain up for grabs for some time. Remember, it’s only October of 2009.