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Friday
05Mar2010

News from the NHGOP 

DateFriday, March 5, 2010 at 09:08AM

In This Issue

  1. Special Election Alert!
  2. Five Years of Failed Leadership
  3. Disgrace: Hodes and Shaheen Refuse to return tainted donations
  4. Upcoming Events

Special Election Alert!

We have one more special election to go! We've been on a roll winning six out of the last seven special elections and are primed to win number seven next Tuesday.

Residents of Carroll, Dalton, Jefferson, Lancaster, Northumberland, Stark, Stratford and Whitefield will go to the polls next Tuesday, March 9th to elect a new State Representative. John Tholl is a proven tax-fighter and has been campaigning hard but needs your help! This Saturday and Sunday, volunteers will be gathering for a district wide lit drop:

  • Where: Irving Gas Station
                 2267 Route 302
                 Bretton Woods (click here for map)
  • When: 10:00 AM

If you can help out with the lit. drop please RSVP to BJ Perry at bj@nhgop.org or by calling 801-2007.

On election day, volunteers are needed to hold signs at the polls. If you can help out on election day please RSVP to Katie Horgan at katie@nhgop.org or by calling 225-9341.

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In case you weren't taxed enough by the Lynch administration, Governor Lynch is attempting to add one more tax to the list of over 40 he supported in the current budget. This new tax is in the form of a new toll on the New Hampshire -- Massachusetts border in Salem.

The only thing this toll will do is stifle cross-border traffic and bring local commutes to a crawl in Salem, Windham, and Derry. As such, more pain will be brought to New Hampshire's business community that depends upon thrifty shoppers from the Bay State.

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Disgrace: Hodes and Shaheen Refuse to Return Tainted Donations

The Union Leader (3/3) reports that Congressman Paul Hodes and Senator Jeanne Shaheen have officially refused to return the tainted campaign contributions they received from disgraced Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY). Numerous other Democrats – including Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter – have already returned their dirty Rangel money after he was admonished by the House Ethics Committee for breaking Congressional ethics rules.
 
“By refusing to return Charlie Rangel’s tainted contributions, Paul Hodes and Jeanne Shaheen have confirmed that they are both knee deep in the ethical cesspool created by years of Democrat control in Washington. Their unwillingness to dump Rangel’s dirty money is disgraceful and motivated either by reckless arrogance or sheer greed,” said NHGOP Communications Director Ryan Williams. “Paul Hodes and Jeanne Shaheen have demonstrated that their moral compasses have been broken because of their close association with the corrupt Washington politicians who have bankrolled their campaigns.”

Rangel has made the following tainted donations to New Hampshire Democrats:
 
Senator Jeanne Shaheen: Received $10,000 in tainted donations from Rangel’s PAC during the 2008 election cycle. (OpenSecrets.org)
 
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter: Received $10,000 in tainted donations from Rangel during the 2008 election cycle. (OpenSecrets.org)
 
Congressman Paul Hodes: Received at least a total of $17,000 in tainted donations from Rangel. $11,000 since 2004 from Rangel’s PAC and at least another $6,000 from his campaign committee. (OpenSecrets.org)
 
Congressional Candidate Katrina Swett: Received $10,000 in tainted donations from Rangel’s PAC during the 2002 election cycle.

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Saturday
06Feb2010

DNC - National Journal: GOPers in NH are Increasingly Worried that Ayotte's Campaign is Floundering

DateSaturday, February 6, 2010 at 09:00AM

Key Point: GOPers in NH are increasingly worried that Ayotte's campaign is floundering. One of her opponents, businessman Bill Binnie (R), has already run TV ads and another, businessman Jim Bender (R), will go on the air next week. Ayotte raised less than Rep. Paul Hodes (D), the likely Dem nominee, and her team acknowledges they had a rough start as a campaign. A new poll in the state due out today will show her losing ground -- but still leading -- '96 Gov. nominee Ovide Lamontagne (R).

 
National Journal: Favorite Candidates Have Rough Week
Reid Wilson 
February 5, 2010

 

From demon sheep to a series of campaign flubs, this hasn't been a good week for 2 prominent GOP Senate candidates -- even as the party talks, for the first time, about the prospect of taking back the majority in the upper chamber.
 
But problems both ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina (R) and ex-NH AG Kelly Ayotte (R) faced this week mask a deeper truth: Their nominations aren't the foregone conclusions they once seemed.
 
Fiorina's ad team was widely mocked this week for a web ad in which she compared her opponent, ex-Rep. Tom Campbell (R), to a demon sheep. And a roll-out of endorsements gave reporters a chance to question Ayotte's role in a legal opinion that has come under fire.
 
In both cases, GOPers are becoming worried that their favorite candidates aren't performing well against primary rivals. Fiorina's camp has been hammering Campbell on his fiscal record, suggesting their internal numbers mirror public polls, which show Campbell out ahead. The latest survey, from PPIC, shows Campbell leading with 27%, Fiorina at 16% and Assemb. Chuck DeVore (R) at 8%.
 
DeVore has not raised much money so far, and Campbell only recently abandoned his GOV bid in favor of a SEN race. But Fiorina's own campaign spent much more than it raised, and only turned in a good financial performance because of a $2.5M loan the candidate gave her campaign.
 
GOPers in NH are increasingly worried that Ayotte's campaign is floundering. One of her opponents, businessman Bill Binnie (R), has already run TV ads and another, businessman Jim Bender (R), will go on the air next week. Ayotte raised less than Rep. Paul Hodes (D), the likely Dem nominee, and her team acknowledges they had a rough start as a campaign. A new poll in the state due out today will show her losing ground -- but still leading -- '96 Gov. nominee Ovide Lamontagne (R).
 
Now, Ayotte is aiming to carve out a niche among conservatives. Her campaign sees the race as between herself and Binnie, reasoning that Lamontagne won't have the financial resources to compete in the long term. Ayotte's camp launched its first ad this week, a $15K radio ad buy aimed at conservative stations in the state. And, a source close to the campaign points out, they have a far larger slice of on-the-ground support than any other candidate -- something that matters in a retail politics state like NH.
 
Both the Ayotte camp and the NRSC say they are pleased with how the campaign is progressing.
 
The NRSC has not formally endorsed either Ayotte or Fiorina, but they clearly favor the 2. NRSC chair John Cornyn's PAC has given $10K to Ayotte, and the NRSC has formed a joint fundraising committee with Fiorina (though they say they are willing to form the committee with any candidate who asks).
 
Other NRSC-favored candidates aren't doing especially well either. KY Sec/State Trey Grayson (R) has less money in the bank than ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R), and FL Gov. Charlie Crist (R) -- the only NRSC-endorsed candidate in the country -- now trails ex-FL House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) in polls.
 

But each of the 4 candidates have a long time before their state's primaries, and none are doomed. After all, it's not the first time an NRSC-favored candidate has faced a challenge; Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) had to go through atty Patrick Hughes (R) before he secured the IL GOP nomination for Sen. Roland Burris's (D) seat. Earlier this week, Kirk beat Hughes by a 57%-19% margin.

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Friday
15Jan2010

Ayotte For US Senate - In Case You Missed It This Week...1/14/2010  

DateFriday, January 15, 2010 at 09:48AM

New Poll Shows Ayotte With Strong Lead Over Hodes

Yesterday, Rasmussen released their new poll which indicates that Kelly Ayotte is the best candidate to hold the open Senate seat. Ayotte defeats Hodes 49% to 40%. The survey of 500 likely voters was conducted January 12th and has a margin of error of +/- 4.5%.

Union Leader - Ayotte lone GOP candidate who would beat Hodes

A new poll shows that former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte would defeat Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes in a U.S. Senate race, while Hodes would defeat Ayotte's GOP competitors, Ovide Lamontagne and Bill Binnie.

WMUR - Survey Indicates Ayotte May Be Strongest Republican Challenger

Kelly Ayotte may have the best chance of defeating Democrat Paul Hodes in a race for the U.S. Senate… Other Republican candidates didn't fare as well against Hodes. A matchup with attorney Ovide Lamontagne showed 45 percent support for Hodes and 38 percent for Lamontagne. Businessman Bill Binnie was also seen losing, 43 to 37 percent.

Ayotte Travels Throughout New Hampshire Meeting With Voters 

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This week, Kelly has been traveling up and down the state meeting with New Hampshire voters.

Over the weekend, Kelly attended the Manchester Gun Show and stopped by the Hillsborough County GOP booth to meet with activists and supporters. She fielded questions at a town hall meeting in Raymond on Sunday.

On Monday, Kelly met with the Nashua Area Federated Republican Women and spoke to the Barnstead-Alton GOP Meeting on Tuesday. Yesterday, she spoke at the Milford Rotary then took questions from about 50 activists in Wolfeboro. Tonight Kelly will meet with the Nashua Republican City Committee.

Members of New Hampshire’s “First Family of Conservatives” Endorse Ayotte

Kelly was proud to announce the endorsement of the Thomson family this week who are often called New Hampshire’s “first family of conservatism”.

Union Leader – “First Family” For Kelly

"FIRST FAMILY" FOR KELLY. Announces the endorsement of the state's "first family of conservatism," former New Hampshire First Lady Gale Thomson, her sons Peter and Tom and Tom's wife, Sheila…..any New Hampshire Republican candidate would still like to have the Thomsons in his or her corner.

You can help Kelly today - visit her website and Get Involved!



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Thursday
14Jan2010

Jeb Bradley - 10 Reasons Why Shaheen, Shea-Porter and Hodes Should Reconsider Their Health Care Votes

DateThursday, January 14, 2010 at 09:39AM
With Senate passage of “HarryCare” and the previous House passage of “PelosiCare” the stage is set for closed door negotiations between select House and Senate leaders on a unified single bill. What this legislation ultimately looks like is anyone’s guess. Two things are almost certain however: the public will be shut out of the process; and the highway robbery committed by select senators in exchange for their votes will get worse.
Here are 10 compelling reasons why Senator Shaheen, Congresswoman Shea-Porter and Congressman Hodes should reconsider their votes on this impending healthcare fiasco.
1.       The deficit will grow not shrink as supporters claim. The Senate legislation is structured so that tax hikes are immediate, but coverage subsidies don’t kick in until 2014 hiding the true cost of the legislation. Further spending on items such as reimbursement rate increases for doctors were deleted to mask the legislation’s true cost. Staffers have indicated the true cost of the legislation will be $2.5 trillion over 10 years once coverage mandates begin, not $841 billion that supporters cite. Deficit neutrality is being manufactured through cynical accounting gimmicks. Remember also that Medicare’s unfunded future liability is $37 Trillion.
2.       The cost of health care for the middle class not qualifying for subsidies will go up according to the Center for Medicaid and Medicare and the Congressional Budget Office. This is a far cry from President Obama’s pledge that health insurance costs would decrease by $2500 for a typical family.
3.       At a time when businesses everywhere are struggling to keep their doors open, they don’t need more government imposed costs and bureaucracy. The Senate legislation imposes a $750 penalty on most businesses if they don’t provide government approved insurance.
4.       Individuals will be forced to purchase insurance approved by government bureaucrats or pay a penalty of 2% of income or $2250 per family, whichever is greater--- blatantly unconstitutional. Young healthy Americans may make a rational decision to pay the penalty and wait until they become ill to purchase insurance because it can’t be denied. And if they choose not to pay the penalty – the House legislation could impose jail sentences!
5.       The Senate like the House would impose punishing new taxes.  The Senate array of taxes include a hike in the Medicare payroll tax for salaries above $200,000, a tax on higher value insurance policies which will affect middle class NH citizens due to our high insurance costs, a new tax on drug manufacturers, an industry wide tax on health insurers which would be passed along to consumers, a tax on medical device manufacturers, higher thresholds before individuals could deduct medical expenses, and even a tax on indoor tanning facilities. Is this any way to create American jobs during a recession?
6.       The Senate and House cut Medicare for Seniors. These cuts specifically target the popular and effective Medicare Advantage which offers more comprehensive care for seniors, as well as better preventative care and disease management services.
7.      Both the Senate and House predict that millions more Americans will be insured – but nearly half of the newly insured, will be eligible for Medicaid – a government entitlement for low-income Americans. However, this provision will be an unfunded mandate for states – at least those that did not receive special deals to buy the votes of wavering senators. Former Commissioner John Stephen has estimated this provision will cost New Hampshire’s hard pressed taxpayers $1.2 billion over ten years.
8.       Government intrusion into health care decisions will be overwhelming. Insurers will face new mandates. Federal bureaucrats will determine which plans meet minimum standards. The Senate creates a Medicare Advisory Board to make funding decisions based on cost - the beginning of health care rationing. The House version contains the so-called public option, an innocuous sounding name for government-run health care. The Senate would require states to create Health Benefit Exchanges and the federal Office of Personnel Management must insure two plans are offered through each exchange, thus creating a new federal bureaucracy likely to morph into “Fannie Med”.
9.       The spectacle of vote-buying to obtain the necessary 60 Senate votes to move the legislation forward is disgraceful. While no political party can claim to be angels when passing comprehensive legislation, Harry Reid’s willingness to buy the necessary votes is unrivaled. Free new Medicaid for Nebraska, heightened Medicaid subsidies for Louisiana, a special Medicare deal for Florida, and even a $100 million hospital for embattled Chris Dodd of Connecticut. Democrats can call this “Washington Compromise”, but if it happened on Wall Street these same Democrats would lambast the behavior as criminal, would subpoena the executives to testify before Congress and demand their resignations. 
10.   This legislation does nothing to lower the cost of health care – the big problem that Americans actually face. No tort reform, no changing the tax code to give individuals more opportunities to control their health care, no opportunities for businesses or individuals to purchase lower costs health insurance in national markets.
During the last election, Shaheen, Shea-Porter and Hodes proclaimed their independence from Washington and party bosses. They said they represent New Hampshire in Washington and not visa-versa. Now is their time to shine – to say enough is enough with this health care legislation debacle. They need to start over and work in a bi-partisan fashion to solve the very real health care problems Americans confront -- but which this legislation exacerbates.



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Tuesday
15Dec2009

NRSC - Hodes, Democrat Leaders Prepare To Use Troop Funding To Raise Federal Debt Ceiling

DateTuesday, December 15, 2009 at 08:39AM

WASHINGTON – As a result of their political party’s out-of-control 2009 spending spree, U.S. Representative Paul Hodes (D-NH) and Democrat leaders are reportedly planning to use a spending bill that includes critical funding for America’s troops as a political tool to raise the federal debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion.

According to the Washington Post this weekend, “House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said Friday that leaders were planning to raise the nation’s credit limit by at least $1.8 trillion, a much larger increase than Democrats had contemplated earlier this year.”

Politico recently reported that the Democrats will likely use “a pending $636.4 billion Pentagon appropriations bill that includes $128.3 in contingency funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan” as a vehicle to increase the debt limit.

 “As they struggle to pay for their reckless spending habits, it’s not surprising that Paul Hodes and Washington Democrats are seeking to hide a substantial increase in the national debt limit,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson Marchand. “However, Hodes and the Democrats should not use a piece of legislation that directly impacts our troops in harm’s way as a vehicle to disguise this controversial debate from the American people.”

According to Politico, Democrat leadership is anxious to pass the debt limit before New Year’s to avoid making their vulnerable incumbents face the issue leading up to the 2010 midterm elections.

 “Our troops deserve better from their elected officials – especially during a time of war. It is absolutely shameful that Hodes and the Democrats would use our men and women in uniform as political cover from their unpopular initiatives, and they will be forced to explain their maneuvering to the American people next November,” Wilkerson Marchand concluded.

 



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