It has dawned on Democratic Party bosses that the “best way to move forward” on the matter of killing New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary is to delay the execution until after this fall’s mid-term elections.
No doubt some color returned to Maggie Hassan’s cheeks after she heard the news over the weekend. Her chances of retaining her U.S. Senate seat are slim enough as is. Having her party take away the primary now would probably seal her fate.
U.S. Reps. Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas are in much the same boat. Kuster may make it to shore but Pappas must have felt gut-punched when his party decided this was the year to send the primary to the gallows. “It’s not final yet!” is not much of a campaign slogan.
It is doubtful that many Granite Staters will fall for this delaying maneuver. The party pretty much spelled out its plans in announcing the stay of execution.
While much “progress has been made,” it said, regarding reordering the primary calendar, a final decision will now happen “as soon after the midterm elections as is possible.” We think this means it will happen “in a New York minute.”
Of course, even Hassan’s and Pappas’ survival won’t spare the primary. If they win, their sinecures are safe for another term. If they lose, the Democratic National Committee can say, “Hey, kids, we tried.”
New Hampshire’s historic primary system has long been the envy — and target — of other states. In this modern political age of multi-billion-dollar campaigns where candidates rarely get to meet and listen to voters, New Hampshire provides the rare chance for underdogs to be heard and make a difference. Big-time politicians don’t like that.
New Hampshire has the added burden of not sufficiently checking all the special interest boxes that today constitute much of the Democratic Party’s ever more left-leaning and socialist base. Our small population is nowhere near big enough to cover all of them. So even though New Hampshire has done much to aid Democrats from John F. Kennedy and Gene McCarthy to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and even Bernie Sanders, it is to be kicked to the curb by Maggie Hassan’s woke party.
“Thanks for nothing, Maggie,” may be a useful slogan for her Republican opponent this November. Ditto for Chris Pappas.
It was close but the New Hampshire House did the right thing last week in rejecting a proposal to make it the medical authority on vaccines.
No doubt it wasn’t intended, but the removal of school resource officers (they are called police, too) from Denver schools two years ago has resulted, predictably, in death.
The headline read that Mayor Jim Donchess is “bullish” on Nashua’s future. One could argue, though, that when it comes to his flowery talk of commuter rail to Boston, “bullish” is not quite the right word.
And this week’s winner for tasteless public statement goes to Rep. Timothy Cahill (R-Raymond). But the week isn’t quite over.
New Hampshire government, state as well as local, is spending entirely too much of the public’s money on items and programs that are “wants” as opposed to “needs.” This can’t be sustained without a big bill coming due sooner or later that will require new and onerous taxes.
Why would New Hampshire create an annual “Old Man of the Mountain Day” on May 3?
No school should withhold information from parents about a child because the school thinks it knows that child’s interests better than the parents.”
There has been some speculation as to how or if we would react to Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig’s news last week that she won’t seek reelection this year.
Superior Court Judge Will Delker, participating in a Sunshine Week forum the other evening, was asked what made him optimistic about New Hampshire when it comes to protecting the people’s right to know.
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