Manchester, New Hampshire, to be precise, where I’m visiting maternal relatives. My mom had six sisters, so there’s a ton of relations here. I’m staying with my uncle Bill and aunt Shirley. If you’re reading this, hi!
New Hampshire, of course, grabs the national spotlight once every four years with its first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Candidates have already begun their cicada-like swarming, including Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Tim Pawlenty. I’m here for a week, and will look for a chance to see any of them. If so, I’ll write about it here for my fellow Rostrafarians.
New Hampshire used to be considered a mainly conservative Republican state, but in recent years it has swung to Democrats such as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, also a former governor. Now a cousin tells me it is leaning independent, with a strong Tea Party influence.
Romney and the others candidates I mentioned spoke at a jobs summit sponsored by the conservative Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire.
According to the left-leaning SourceWatch, Americans for Prosperity is “a group fronting special interests started by oil billionaire David Koch and Richard Fink (a member of the board of directors of Koch Industries).”
SourceWatch says Americans for Prosperity’s messages “are in sync with those of other groups funded by the Koch Family Foundations and the Koch’s other special interest groups that work against progressive or Democratic initiatives and protections for workers and the environment.”
But of course. Religious conservatives have Satan. The paranoid left has the Koch Brothers.
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Mr. Fikes:
The exact date of the next New Hampshire presidential primary has been in flux, owing to Florida’s threat to “jump the line” in front of them. I’d be interested to know if that’s been settled yet.
Similarly, the ground presence of Romney and Pawlenty would be good to hear about. Romney has led in some early polls, and Pawlenty is a relentless campaigner whose dry sense of humor should fit the state.