The real question remains - is this new redistricting plan compatible with the 2006 constitutional amendment that the people of New Hampshire voted for? It will, no doubt, be answered by the court system.

Sail - what will you say when the people of New Hampshire vote all your Republican friends out of the legislature next November?

Blocking reform of our state tax system, Republicans cut human services and other state funding. Now they must increase local revenues while downshifting costs to balance the state budget.

This is part of the irresponsibility and recklessness of our Republican-controlled state government. According to Rep. Susan Almy, this is "the first term in which the Ways & Means committee has ignored its duty to determine the cost of revenue bills."

Several bills passed last year may end up losing $70 million in the next budget; with the question of cost delayed by starting them in 2013. On January 11th, one of two more bills was tabled by the committee chair.

"I had actually wanted to pass SB 168, which modernizes the Interest & Dividends Tax and makes it constitutional, but delay it two years to do a better estimate and adjust the budget; we can't go much longer without addressing the creaking senility of our current tax, which mirrors the federal law for individuals but not businesses," Almy reported in a newsletter.

"One bill, HB242, was passed - as amended it simply extends the net operating loss provision passed in June back into the current budget (creating an unknowable deficit); it benefits highly profitable businesses, those that can survive over a million dollars of loss and then rise to produce more than that in profit."

Is this what people voted for in 2010?

Someone please explain to ItsaRepublic that hyperbole means extravagant exaggeration. His comment exemplifies hyperbole and to the ear sounds rash and hysterical in its attacks on the president. Maybe he has been listening to extremist (or fascist) radio and television talk shows too long?

The fact is that some Democrats (like me) and Independents cannot justify voting for Mr. Obama's reelection. Without a strong third party alternative, and unless there's a last minute challenge to the president from within the Democratic Party, we must look to the Republican presidential candidates for a likely successor. And it is conceivable that newspapers will decline endorsing a second-term for our sitting president.

I agree with the Concord Monitor that Jon Huntsman is the best qualified Republican hopeful and the most reasonable in his positions on the relevant issues. I am no longer a registered Democrat, and plan to become an Independent after voting tomorrow for the former Utah governor and two-time ambassador.

I would not be surprised if Mr. Huntsman pulls a "Bill Clinton" tomorrow by finishing in second-place.

Where do you find such ridiculous things to say? Ordinary people do not run to doctors with sniffles, headaches and colds. Are you projecting your own value system here? You have experienced first hand forgoing health care because you want beer and cigarettes?

The main point here is that the health insurance companies are not responsible, and their profit margin is far more important than good health care. Without the recent health care reform, these profiteers would deny coverage for irresponsible reasons and many people would die.

Stop comparing people with automobiles - or have you no feelings at all?

How old are you, Mr. ItsaRepublic?