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This leaves only Govs Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Pro-abortion Ridge and Dem-Lieberman were never real considerations, despite relentless media goading. Pawlenty’s lackluster TV performances, coupled with Palin pizzazz, the primacy of oil drilling and the ticked off women/Hillary voters, does now portend a McCain/Palin checkmate on the Dems. This is so albeit the Dems and liberal media dare not mention Palin’s name, that is, everyone but…..

And if there’s any question as to Palin being uniquely positioned and able to more than nullify Biden in debate, see the excellent discussion at palinforvp.blogspot.com

Team McCain, well done!!!]]>Ed NaileSat, 16 Aug 2008 10:24:35 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/keith-murphy/2008/8/15/sarah-palin-is-mccains-best-option.html#comments13961:1713502:comment/1784688
On the other hand maybe McCain should leave all the young conservative Republican governors alone and pick a traditional insider VP.

The Republican Party should rebuild itself with fresh conservative faces. If you have not noticed, Democrat governors are in big trouble. There has been a steady decline since Grey Davis, McGreavy, and Spitzer. Most have spent themselves into oblivion.

McCain has always been a "maverick," let him fish among his own.]]>suzanneFri, 11 Apr 2008 12:58:42 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/keith-murphy/2008/4/7/sop-14-children-mine-or-ours.html#comments13961:1713502:comment/1413520
My opinion, get the state and fed out of the public schools. Keep them locally funded and ran. That way, the market has a chance to improve them via healthy town to town competition.

We are in dire need of some serious discussions on a number of public policy issues.
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This is happening already on the Republican side. All of those tired old Republican congressmen retiring nationwide... Many Rs are sad to see them go, because it means D gains in the House. I'm not so sad, because it means that there will be some fresh R talent, right out of CPAC, chomping at the bit to take on those same big-government Ds in a few years.

This is healthy. We're clearing out the deadwood, and new, hungry activists are coming in to restore the party to its small-government traditions. I'm hearing it from across the country, and I'm seeing it here in NH. In 1996 it was our turn to be swept to power. In 2006 it was the Dem's turn. Our turn will come again, and I don't think it will take another eight years.

It would be nice if we managed to avoid becoming arrogant and drunk with power, this time, though. I meant what I said in my initial blog: at the federal level, the Rs lost in 2006 because they deserved it, after they walked away from their promises and principles. It was just a shame that a lot of good local and state Rs also paid the price, when they were still principled men and women. I think the people of NH have begun to learn that lesson, given the outlandish actions of our current legislature. ]]>HTue, 08 Apr 2008 23:25:50 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/keith-murphy/2008/4/7/sop-14-children-mine-or-ours.html#comments13961:1713502:comment/1408321The real danger of SB337 is the education system having to define a curriculum.
No Child Left Behind pulls money if the state doesn't comply with it's own edcational standards.
The state can't afford to have standards or "adequate education".
Estabrook, girl, you don't want to go there.]]>