Posted on 12/07/2008 6:20:38 PM PST by Past Your Eyes
Ending several weeks of speculation, former Gov. John H. Sununu has made it official: He will try to become the next leader of the state's Republicans.
Charging that "Democrats are ruining New Hampshire," Sununu told the New Hampshire Sunday News he has decided to become a candidate for chairman of the Republican State Committee.
Current Chairman Fergus Cullen won't seek another term when the state committee meets in January to elect officers.
"I am going to step aside and support him," Cullen said. "He's clearly extraordinarily qualified to do the job."
There are currently no other candidates for the post.
(Excerpt) Read more at unionleader.com ...
Bill, do you have a NH ping list?
I spent part of the afternoon in Plymouth with Big John at the Grafton County Republican meeting.
Heads of state GOP parties need to have the know-how and expertise in building the party up from the grassroots, and (dare I say) community organizing. They need to be able to organize and energize grassroots conservatives and Republicans in the state. They need to be able to identify and recruit good candidates for every race, right on down to county commissioner. They need to be able to organize turnout operations to identify and drive all Republican voters to the polls. Can Sununu do that?
I believe he can. The times that I have spent with him show a man very unlike the persona that seems to be the prevailing wisdom. I like the guy. I like his son. When I see Big John in the hardware store, he’s just like any other customer in there.
I believe he has the resources, the talent and the gumption to get the job done.
No, Old Man Sununu is an insufferably arrogant old fart whose political imcompetence is matched only by his hyper inflated opinion of himself. A disaster for the state party, IMO.
I believe he can. The times that I have spent with him show a man very unlike the persona that seems to be the prevailing wisdom. I like the guy. I like his son. When I see Big John in the hardware store, he’s just like any other customer in there.
I believe he has the resources, the talent and the gumption to get the job done. The stated reason he wants the job is that he has a big family and most of them live in NH. He wants the state to have a chance in the future to be something other than all of our neighbors with their liberal induced problems.
You and Past Your Eyes differ on this.
I didn’t realize this was the old man Sununu. Old Sununu is perhaps best known for engineering David Souter’s appointment to the Supreme Court.
Have you ever met him? Talked to him? I don’t see that at all. He didn’t get three terms as governor by being any of those things.
Pingy
I doubt if that is what he is “best known” for.
As far as him being old, I’m telling you he doesn’t look any different today than when you used to see him on Crossfire years ago. He looks healthy, energetic and anything but old.
Other than getting elected governor a couple of times long ago, I just don't see his successes in politics. As Chief of Staff under Poppy Bush he managed to quickly PO most of the other staffers, including Mary Matalin, who said that Sununu "had the political acumen of a doorknob."
He’s probably one of the most intelligent people in the country. Whether this means he’s a good political strategist, though, I don’t know.
Thanks, Bill. However it turns out, I see energy today that I haven’t seen for years. I say give him a chance. This party is on life support and I’d hate to think the time had come for a DNR order.
oh pluleeze no no no no no....no more RINOs.....I want Newt...Michael Steele....anyone but a RINO....
To know Fergus Cullen is to dislike him. I was at the Sratford County Committee Elections yesterday and he came across as an arrogant, rude, Jerk. Confirmed my impression of him when I met him at the State Convention.
This is for the New Hampshire state GOP, not the RNC.
And Mary Matalin is married to, ummm....
Can you refresh my memory on that, please?
If that’s true, it doesn’t bode too well for the NH GOP.
Again, IF, that’s true, and IF Sununu ends up running the state party. Then again, national politics and NH politics are a lot different. I imagine Sununu has a lot more “acumen” for NH politics.
You should have seen the icicles between him and Fran Wendelboe this afternoon. Fergus should have resigned long ago.
I saw him again in March 2002 at a meeting for his son John (a good guy, imo)who was running in the primary against Bob Smith. Near the end of the event I stood near him and twiddled with my new digital camera as he fixed me with a sour little look. He didn't lower himself to come over and introduce himself, of course.
Over the years I've heard from several NH conservatives who hate the Old Man, and it's usually rooted in personal distaste.
I don’t like either Fergie or the elder Sununu.
The NH GOP is on its death bed, SLC. Sununu can’t do any more harm than Cullen has done these past two years.
Some of the Delegates where talking yesterday about having Jr run for Gov. I think that Lynch is going after Gregg so it could get interesting.
If it’s on its death bed, then why even try? If it’s doomed to fail, then just close up shop and save your money. That’s an honest question, it’s not being snarky. If it’s dying, then there’s literally no way to revive it. I don’t care who the candidates are, who is running the party, or if they have 1 billion dollars in their campaign chest. It won’t matter if it’ dying.
Umm, sorry, I think I may have misread your comment, thus my response may be a little off.
How can the NH GOP be revived...in your view?
Gov. Sununu may not be the “pure conservative” all would like but think he will do well for NH.
He knows the State and much family there and will be able to jump start the party and hope he will bring along younger folks to be part of the GOP and lead.
Several of my 5th great grandfathers served in the Rev. War from NH under Stark and Daniel Webster’s father.
Don’t write of NH.
Louisiana did’t know what a Republican was since the days of Lincoln. They now have a Republican Gov. and as yesterday, two new Republican Reps.
New Hampshire is now officially “Massachusetts North”, and, speaking of Massachusetts, all non-leftists in Massachusetts have really been clueless about how to finally make any kind of serious political inroads there for over five decades. New Hampshire is already seriously moving in the same political direction that Massachusetts has been in for a very long time.
Thisis the man who gave us David Souder. come to think of it he also gave us Bush 1 and the whole list of Presidents since were a result of that failure. JUST SAY NO!
I hope not, it was a great State, only been there once (in the 2006 Campaign); As for Mass and it’s “M*holles” as you neighbors in the friendly state say- I don’t see any hope for it (except for conservatives to possibly infiltrate the Democratic Party there..?-Most voters are ignorant on what their politicians support anyway)!?- Just a though.
Hope NH eventually comes to it’s senses and moves back into a Conservative/Libertarian direction!
You are proving my point that conservatism will seriously continue to be a political minority throughout most of the U.S. and for a very long time, whether you realise it or not. In many ways, both “Massachusetts politics”, including many of its negative things, and “Chicago politics”, including many of its negative things, will officially go national, starting on January 20, 2009. Since all remaining non-leftists from within Massachusetts continue to be clueless about how to seriously make things go their way, after more than five decades of leftist political domination, I now see this same pattern going national for the long-term! I seriously hope that I’m very wrong about all of this, and only the official results of the majority, repeat majority, of political races from now on will seriously determine whether or not I’m correct about all of these things.
What happened to Bill Zeliff?
Well, I hope you are wrong, Mr. Moore, however I do know not to trust in the world, but Our Lord, and Savior, Jesus Christ! Becuase this one is passing away, politically we may still have time, and Providence may allow us to turn around the USA once again, if not at least a portion of this nation (in which we shall be self-atonomous)!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Zeliff
I guess this is the most recent on him.
I am a native of and live here in San Diego.
Am interested in what the other states are doing especially where I have had ancestors back to the early 1600s
The last I knew, he was still at his Inn in Jackson. Can’t really say that I miss him but he was head and shoulders above Che Porter.
Oh, I think we should just go along with the other guy who is complaining about him. I think it is smarter to just give up and die!
/Sarc
In case any of you misunderstood me, it is time for us to take back this state. As the reality of Obama and the RATS sink in, there is going to be massive shock and awe, as in “awww $hit!”. We need to start rebuilding now and stop the whining.
I agree and I, for one, am glad to see someone of John H. Sununu’s stature stepping up the plate. I don’t care whether you like him or not, he has the skills and the resources to move and shake and that is definitely what is needed here. This doesn’t have anything to do with David Souter or anything else like that. Expect to hear a lot of “The Democrats are ruining this state” as time goes by. I think that is going to be hammered and hammered and hammered until the cows come home. And it won’t be hard to provide evidence to back it up.
Now if Wonderful Warren Rudman was the one instead of Sununu, I would be adamantly opposed to that. He is the (so-called) Republican that I despise the most. Given the choice, I would vote for Ted Kennedy over that weasel.
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