Important Revelation Concerning Sununu (R-NH)

[Erc]

Apparently, there are no Sununu's in New Hampshire...therefore either Sen. Sununu does not exist, or isn't living in New Hampshire!

Sununu's pulled a Santorum!!!






(I think I've hit my quota of silly topics for the year...)

[nini2287]

Haha, I'll vindicate you for your hard work in the Atlas Forever game.

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Apparently, there are no Sununu's in New Hampshire...therefore either Sen. Sununu does not exist, or isn't living in New Hampshire!

Sununu's pulled a Santorum!!!






(I think I've hit my quota of silly topics for the year...)

Are you saying that VA has more than 3 Senators?

[minionofmidas]

Maybe they're going by birthplaces. Sununu was born in Massachusetts.

[Platypus]

they use birth certificates, iirc.

[Keystone Phil]

Are you saying that VA has more than 3 Senators?

Yeah, that's the ridiculous joke about Santorum that I'm sure you know about. Another thing the Dems will try to use against him that the people of the state don't buy.

[TheresNoMoney]

The good folks in NH will vote Sununu out in 2008. I will do my best to help the process!

[Keystone Phil]

The good folks in NH will vote Sununu out in 2008. I will do my best to help the process!

If Jean Shaheen couldn't beat him, what Democrat can win the seat in 2008?

[Gabu]

Are you saying that VA has more than 3 Senators?

Yeah, that's the ridiculous joke about Santorum that I'm sure you know about. Another thing the Dems will try to use against him that the people of the state don't buy.

Apparently, the people of Pennsylvania don't ever buy anything, which leads me to believe that they're all very poor.

[TheresNoMoney]

You will see, my friend.

Sununu is not popular. 47% approval rating and I don't think he's stepped his foot in the state since being elected in 2002. He only got elected in the first place because of his name (his father John Sununu was a popular governor in the late 1980's).

Add that to the fact that New Hampshire is getting more democratic by the month and he will face a real tough re-election.

[Keystone Phil]

You will see, my friend.

Sununu is not popular. 47% approval rating and I don't think he's stepped his foot in the state since being elected in 2002. He only got elected in the first place because of his name (his father John Sununu was a popular governor in the late 1980's).

Add that to the fact that New Hampshire is getting more democratic by the month and he will face a real tough re-election.

And that's fine that you point out that he is unpopular but you need a candidate. Name one candidate you have to offer.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

 
 What about John Lynch?
 
 

[Keystone Phil]

What about John Lynch?
 
 

Depends on how he'll do next year in his re-election battle.

[Alcon]

What about John Lynch?
 
 

Depends on how he'll do next year in his re-election battle.

It's hard to imagine him losing.  He has a 21-point gap between his approval and disapproval ratings, which is nothing to sneeze at.  The New Hampshire GOP really doesn't have much to throw at him.

[TheresNoMoney]

Name one candidate you have to offer.

Hoping that John Lynch will run. He has done a very good job thus far as governor despite having to deal with a Republican legislature. He is a very likeable guy and would have a good shot against Sununu should he run.

If not Lynch, we may see a Sununu/Shaheen rematch or perhaps one of the state Senators will run. I'm hoping for Lynch, though.

[TheresNoMoney]

Depends on how he'll do next year in his re-election battle.

He should win in a landslide. He's a good, sensible Democrat who everyone seems to like personally (Republican and Democrat).

If we could get a Democratic legislature we could so some real good for this state.

[King]

I have to disagree with Scoonie that New Hampshire is moving Dem.  It was simply just a lean Dem state plagued by New England's above average admiration for third parties which seems to be dying after what happened with Gore in 2000.  Democrats are more likely than Republicans to win elections in NH now, but NH incumbents like Sununu will not lose their seat simply because he is a Republican.

I'd also have to disagree with Scoonie on Sununu's 47% as I do with Phil on Rendell's 49%:  Unless they have disapprovals in the high 40s, they are not unpopular.

[Alcon]

It's surprising how flat Lynch's approval ratings are - he's +10 among Republicans yet only +15 among Independents and +47 among Democrats.  Usually, a politican with a net approval rating among Republicans like that would be doing better than +15 among Independents.

This per SurveyUSA.

[TheresNoMoney]

I have to disagree with Scoonie that New Hampshire is moving Dem.  It was simply just a lean Dem state plagued by New England's above average admiration for third parties which seems to be dying after what happened with Gore in 2000.  Democrats are more likely than Republicans to win elections in NH now, but NH incumbents like Sununu will not lose their seat simply because he is a Republican.

Exactly what I meant. It is still a swing state, but one more likely to stay blue in the future.

And I never said that Sununu would lose his seat because he's a Republican. He may lose his seat because he's far right, he always votes with Frist/Delay, and because he never visits the state or listens to constituents. He's been MIA ever since he was elected. I've read from a couple people that his staff almost never even responds to e-mails from constituents.

With a popular Dem, he can definitely be beat. If Lynch runs, I'll be volunteering for his campaign in 2008.

[A18]

Sununu is as safe as it gets in his fundamentally Republican state.

[TheresNoMoney]

No, he's not.

[A18]

New Hampshire doesn't send Democrats to Congress. There's a reason your 'Democratic' governor has to get behind repealing state property tax.

[nini2287]

New Hampshire doesn't send Democrats to Congress. There's a reason your 'Democratic' governor has to get behind repealing state property tax.

I'm not sure what the budget said but when campaigning, Lynch said:

As Governor, I will veto an income or sales tax. The budget I submit in February will eliminate the statewide property tax and donor towns. The only revenue source I a considering is a modest increase in the tobacco tax - if it is necessary to make sure that we maintain our commitment to public education.

[TheresNoMoney]

There's a reason your 'Democratic' governor has to get behind repealing state property tax.

Governor Lynch's plan repealed the statewide property tax. The Republican Senate's plan left the statewide property tax in place.

Lynch obviously doesn't NEED to get behind repealing the statewide property tax when the Republicans in the legislature support keeping it.