Neither ‘choice’ is worth anything. On one hand you have a dim liberal and on the other a backstabbing RINO from MA. Its a pathetic showing... Do either of these guys represent NH? I sure hope not.
Your hopes are about to be dashed, because one of them will win.
It seems to me that none of the Senators or Congress critters represent any state. They are in bed with the lobbyists - no time for their nickel and dime constituents - its all about their campaign coffers. Sorry if I sound jaded - I am sick of what has happened to our government.That includes both political parties.
OK, Brown is not a perfect candidate. I have not had a perfect candidate to cast my vote for in 25 years here in NH. Most of the time it is a choice between the lesser of two evils.
Romney was not perfect. However, he was 1000X better than Obama(I would have preferred Newt). Many Freepers here stated they would not cast a vote for Mitt. Maybe that sentiment cost him the election. We will never know for sure.
Brown WILL caucus with the Republicans. We can control what does and does not come up for vote in the Senate. We could also keep some crazy liberal off the Supreme Court.
As far as do either of these guys representing NH. NH is not the bastion of Yankee conservatism it was when I moved here in 1985. The state has become more liberal. People want more services from their government than they did 30 years ago. 1/3 of NH voters are registered as independents. They flip flop back and for and sway elections one way or the other. The biggest change is that so many women here in NH have turned into democrats. This is not a big union state. We also do not have many minorities. It is not easy to get on and stay on government assistance here in comparison to our neighboring states. However, it is still easier than it was 20 years ago.
The other major change to our voting block other than our wives and girlfriends is that the retirees from other states that moved here are more liberal. People always blame the Massholes, but that is not entirely correct. We have had an influx of retirees from the mid Atlantic states. They moved here and then complain that the real estate taxes on their lake front home are too high. They want an income tax because they no longer get a W2. So far, we have avoided that. Even most of the democrat governors have taken “the pledge” to veto an income or sales tax. Shaheen did in her first two terms. Maggie Hassen(our current dem governor)has also taken the pledge.
So, to summarize, it would be difficult to elect a real conservative here in NH. Even Kelly Ayotte has been a disappointment on immigration.