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The guerrilla gotcha artist who punked New Hampshire says his latest ploy — using dead people’s identities to get ballots in the Granite State primary — is no different than what any hard-hitting network news operation does. It’s just another kind of investigative journalism, insists conservative video activist James O’Keefe, who is now facing a state investigation. “There is definitely a double standard against citizen journalists,” said O’Keefe. His undercover stings embarrassed ACORN in 2009, when he posed as a pimp seeking criminal advice from the left-leaning community service organization — and prompted high-level resignations at NPR, after an O’Keefe...

Project Veritas: On January 10th, Project Veritas reporters walked into New Hampshire Polling Locations during the Presidential Primaries, saying dead people's names. We stated the name of a dead person we got from the NH obituaries. The names of the deceased were both Registered Republican and Democrats and in almost every case, saying a dead person's name, we were handed a ballot to cast a vote. We used no misrepresentation and no false pretenses. in fact, in almost every case, we insisted we show ID and they insisted that we vote without showing ID.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich defends his recent comments on Mitt Romney. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined Howie up in New Hampshire to talk about his campaign and how they are doing. Also Howie grilled the Newt on recent comments he made against Mitt Romney.

Results as of 3:42pm. ROMNEY: 37% PAUL: 26% HUNTSMAN: 21% GINGRICH: 11% PERRY: 9% BACHMAN: 0% SANTORUM: 0%

Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhY4oeNgAv_ldEotZFZ5cG45UGNQVEY1d1NpdWI1aHc&hl=en_US#gid=0 Didn't have time to do all 10 counties because to get the real data, you have to go to the township level, whose totals are at the SoS website. If any Freepers want to push the simulation for the other 9 counties, go ahead. Here were my assumptions: Romney maintains 2008 levels and gets 50% McCain vote Huntsman gets 33% of McCain vote + most/all of Rudy vote Santorum gets 80% of Huckabee total and what little Hunter vote Gingrich gets 20% Huckabee vote, 17% McCain vote, and what little of Thompson vote Perry gets 1% or less...

LIBERTY ALERTS, GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA As New Hampshire voters get set to head to the polls, Mitt and Jon Huntsman continue to ignore requests from gun owners that he return the GOA candidate questionnaire. Thank to your efforts, we’ve heard from most of the Republican candidates, including Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. But Romney and Huntsman continue to turn a deaf ear to the Second Amendment community. Romney’s stonewalling is no surprise. After all, he is on record supporting a semi-auto ban and waiting periods for gun purchases. Still, he has the audacity to travel around the...

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — Drawing an implicit contrast with Mitt Romney on the eve of the first-in-the-nation primary, Rick Santorum on Monday implored New Hampshire not to settle for a centrist, establishment candidate. And when Santorum reminded them of the 2008 Republican nominee, the people of this small New Hampshire town bordering Maine wanted none of it. “Let’s put up Bob Dole, because it’s his turn,” Santorum said ironically of the 1996 GOP nominee. “Let’s put up John McCain, because it’s his turn.” Some in the crowd started booing, while others cried out “No!” The former Pennsylvania senator continued the call-and-response...

Santorum on SOPA

DERRY, N.H. -- It was a full house once again for Newt Gingrich in Derry on Sunday night as people stood three deep by the wall. Gingrich got a round of applause when he entered and only positive words when voters spoke to him. Gingrich said he would challenge President Barack Obama to seven three-hour debates if he became the nominee. "To be fair, I will concede in advance, he can use a teleprompter," said Gingrich. Gingrich spent a good amount of time comparing himself to Ronald Reagan. "Cut taxes with Reagan/Gingrich. Raise taxes with Obama. Fewer regulations under Reagan/Gingrich....

CONCORD, N.H.--It takes just one day with Rick Santorum to see why conservative power brokers might consider him the only ideologically pure GOP presidential candidate with the chops to derail moderate Mitt Romney. A day is all it takes to also understand why President Obama's team might greet a Santorum triumph over Romney with high fives and champagne. This is the Santorum dilemma: Good Rick: The former senator from Pennsylvania uses a powerful personal narrative to explain his values-laden governing philosophy. That message is accentuated by a variety of political skills: As I wrote during his Iowa campaign, Santorum is...

CONCORD — Concealed weapon permits would be optional under a bill the House passed Thursday despite opposition from law enforcement. Law enforcement also opposed another House-passed bill that would repeal prohibitions against loaded weapons in vehicles. Gov. John Lynch has said he will veto both bills if either reaches his desk. House Bill 526 passed the House on a 193-122 vote and will now go to the Senate, where members declined to act on a nearly identical bill last session. Supporters said making a concealed weapon license optional would track Vermont, which has had a similar law for more than...

Campaigning in liberal San Francisco in 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama was caught ridiculing those “who cling to their guns and religion.” The president’s cavalier attitude toward gun owners could undermine his re-election effort, especially in New Hampshire, where guns mean jobs. In New Hampshire, the gun issue isn’t just about the Second Amendment and freedom. More than 2,000 state residents are employed by firearms and defense-related manufacturers, including Sig Sauer (which manufactures the guns used by the Secret Service) and Sturm, Ruger & Company (which reported a 38% increase in sales between the third quarter of 2010 and the third...

Several news reports have it that Romney did not win the Iowa Caucuses. Mr. True supposedly has a photo showing 2 votes for Romney, not 22, on a piece of paper. Barring any objective, verifiable proof that shows more than 12 votes mistakenly being credited to Santorum, Romney lost. On the flip side, if Romney did win, the Weekly Standard, in a news piece entitled "Answers from Iowa," says that Romney's 24.6% in the Iowa Caucuses was the worst ever (for either party) for a candidate winning the Iowa Caucuses. Romney spent millions in Iowa, had the worst percentage ever,...

Santorum booed for his positions on same-sex marriage, legal potBy Alicia M. Cohn - 01/05/12 06:21 PM ET Amid boos and occasional cheers, Rick Santorum defended his views on same-sex marriage and legalized marijuana, as he was peppered with questions by a crowd of college students in New Hampshire on Thursday. The conservative candidate did not sidestep a challenge issued by several members of the crowd on the subject, but instead asked students to break down their argument so he could reply at length. “Don’t you have to make the positive argument why the law should be changed?” he asked....

CONCORD, N.H.—The House has voted to make New Hampshire the fourth state to eliminate the need for a permit to carry concealed, loaded guns anyplace where gun possession is legal.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich may not have finished in the top ranks in Iowa, but he thinks upcoming primaries are still up for grabs and his Reagan-like leanings still make him a contender. "I think our plan is to compete with Romney here in New Hampshire, which is clearly his stronghold," Gingrich said in an interview with CNBC Wednesday as he campaigned in the state. "It's one of his best three states. I mean if he can't win here he wouldn't be able to stay in the race; so I assume he'll win here but I think...

As Matthew Boyle noted, the ad wars for New Hampshire are about to heat up. Here is the full-page Union Leader ad that Mitt Romney can look forward to seeing when he arrives New Hampshire tomorrow…

Gov. John Lynch is asking House lawmakers to reject three gun bills. Votes are expected tomorrow or Thursday on the measures that would loosen gun restrictions. Lynch will be joined by police chiefs, sheriffs, state police and college officials at a press conference today opposing House Bill 334. The bill would give the Legislature sole authority to regulate guns on public land or in publicly owned or financed buildings, according to the governor's office. "This means that there could be no prohibition on guns in public college or university classrooms, dorms or anywhere else on campus," a statement from Lynch's...

Gov. John Lynch and police and education officials are calling on lawmakers to reject three proposed bills that would loosen gun laws on university campuses and elsewhere. One bill would take away the right of college officials to ban guns on campus, another would let residents carry weapons - openly or concealed, loaded or empty - without a permit, and the third would permit loaded rifles and shotguns to be carried in vehicles. Lynch and the others will protest the legislation at a press conference tomorrow, a day before lawmakers reconvene for the 2012 legislative session. Lynch's spokesman, Colin Manning,...

New Hampshire CNN Poll released today: Romney 44% Paul 17% Gingrich 16% Huntsman 9% RS 4 MB 3 RPerry 2 none 5