'Jeanne Shaheen is in a strong position to be the next senator from New Hampshire," says Bob Smith, the former senator from New Hampshire.
Smith was a member of the U.S. Senate until 2002, when he lost the Republican primary to John Sununu. Sununu went on to beat Shaheen, then a three-term governor, in the general election. Last week, Shaheen announced that she's running for a rematch…
September 19, 2007
They call it The Manifesto. Former Iowa congressman Dave Nagle penned an 11-page memo last spring excoriating his state's officials for signing onto a Democratic party schedule that demoted New Hampshire's primary. In the memo, which has been circulating in Iowa and New Hampshire, Nagle writes that Iowa's vote for the plan was a "violation of the historic pact between the two…
August 22, 2007
Rumors abounded yesterday that Senate Republicans may attempt to bring back a constitutional amendment on education funding for another vote today. The news stirred fear among Democratic leaders, who worry about voting on the amendment before backers have time to build consensus for the plan.
June 27, 2007
This week in upside-down world, a.k.a. the State House, Republicans unanimously voted against a constitutional amendment on education funding while 108 Democrats voted as a bloc for it.
The next day, the Senate voted to suspend all the rules in order to have another go at an amendment. Democrats voted unanimously for that, while the majority of the Republicans voted against it.
Are…
June 10, 2007