Former Governor
John Sununu became chairman of New Hampshire’s Republican Party this weekend, saying Democrats are
ruining the state and proclaiming 2010 will be a great election year for his
party.
The presidential
race has spilled into New
Hampshire’s
Senate race, with both candidates asked during a debate to defend statements
made by their party’s nominee.
New Hampshire
Republican Senator John Sununu accuses Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of switching
positions on President Bush’s tax cuts and the war in Iraq to win votes. But Shaheen says Sununu is the
flip-flopper – when it comes to attacking her.
New Hampshire received disaster assistance help from the Agriculture Department.
That means farm operators in all ten counties are eligible to apply for
low-interest federal emergency loans.
Ignoring a
moderator’s request to refrain from attacks, Republican Sen. John Sununu and
Democrat Jeanne Shaheen accused each other of showing poor leadership on the
government’s bailout of the financial industry.
Candidates and political action groups have
spent more than $11 million to run political ads on New Hampshire’s largest
commercial television station this election season.
New Hampshire
Senator John Sununu has twice helped block constitutional amendments to ban gay
marriage and is prepared to do so again if re-elected. His chief rival in this
fall’s U.S. Senate race, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, says she’d vote to block a ban
as well, but for a very different reason.
Both Republican
Senator John Sununu and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen say tax incentives for
developers and users of renewable energy can help bolster the nation’s economy
as well as relieve the pain of high fuel prices.