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I was called the other night by a recording of Senator Jean Shaheen (Socialist - NH), inviting me to "join her in a telephone townhall meeting" this evening (Thursday, August 6, 2009). I was told I could opt out by calling her Washington office.I have noticed a flood of "telephone townhall meetings" by the RAT Party. They obviously have decided that this is a safe venue for them, where they can cut off anyone who dares to question the party line. I called her office this morning to opt out of the telecon. I told her flunky that if she...

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Senate yesterday blocked a resolution praising the "crucial services" of abortionists and condemning violence against them in the wake of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller's murder last month. The resolution, sponsored by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), decried violence against "providers of health care services to women" and asserted, "there is a history of violence against providers of reproductive health care, as health care employees have suffered threats and hostility in order to provide crucial services to patients."The resolution failed to gather adequate support after Shaheen...

Meet the new phenom from the British version of "American Idol" -- "Britain's Got Talent." His name is Shaheen Jafargholi. Last week the sensation was Susan Boyle with her shocking performance. This stuff can get addicting! . . . . . (Watch Video)

Campaigning at BAE is rarely a cakewalk for Democrats, and if Jeanne Shaheen was under any illusion that she was going to have an easy morning of it, it was quickly punctured. “We protect those that protect us and we were deeply disappointed.” That was the event’s MC, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Vice President of BAE’s electronic warfare division. “….Deeply disappointed that the state Democratic party, on your behalf, characterized us as war profiteers,. bilking the public. I’d like to know what you were thinking at the time when you sort of let that stand, and to this day it still stands.”...

CONCORD, N.H. -- Any other year, it might have been a defining moment. At a debate for New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race held in a small town near here last week, a moderator relayed a question from a man called Skip, who wanted to know how the candidates would stand up to their party's leaders. Sen. John E. Sununu, a Republican completing his first term, noted his effort to include more civil liberties protections in the reauthorized version of the USA Patriot Act. But Jeanne Shaheen, the Democratic former governor of the state, struggled to answer even after being pressed...

WINDSOR, Vt. – Vice President Gore, who prides himself an environmentalist, needed four billion gallons of water to be released into the dry Connecticut River to keep his boat afloat during a photo opportunity with New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, right.

It's official: Former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen is poised to beat both George W. Bush and A. Financial Crisis for New Hampshire's Senate seat. John Sununu? Who he? If you want to know why Republican candidates are struggling -- at risk of ceding Democrats unfettered control in Washington -- consider the Granite State. It highlights the new Democratic strategy of turning every race into a referendum on the current administration. Yet it's also proving that GOP reformers like Mr. Sununu are best positioned to fight back. Only a few weeks ago, Mr. Sununu, one of the Senate GOP's bright minds,...

When Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, lists the November races that will swell his party's majority, New Hampshire is one of the first he brags about. Here on the ground, it looks a lot less certain that Democrat Jeanne Shaheen will cut short the promising career of Sen. John Sununu, namesake son of a White House chief of staff under the first President Bush. Shaheen, a former governor who lost a close race to Sununu six years ago in an environment much more hospitable to Republicans, was a double-digit favorite early...

CONCORD – Democratic Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen's once imposing lead over U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu has all but vanished in recent months according to a University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll released today. Shaheen leads Sununu in this poll of likely voters, 46 percent to 42 percent, but the spread is within its margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent. Pollster Andrew Smith stressed the race remains wide open since only 22 percent said they had definitely decided upon a candidate. During a telephone interview, Smith said voters are starting to focus more on the choices...

From the National Republican Senatorial Committee. http://www.nrsc.org/multimedia/details.aspx?ID=81When there's a problem, Jeanne Shaheen goes back to her old standby -- raising taxes. Failed polices and more taxes are not the answer. They're the problem. More at http://www.TheShaheenRecord.com.

We are looking for FReeping material. In the Gore run for the Prez., a Tree Gruws in Nashville, He had a photo taken on the Conn River with Jean Shaheen, then Gov. They released a ton of water, from dams up river to make the boat float.

For the third straight month, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen leads Senator John Sununu by eight percentage points in his bid for re-election. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of New Hampshire voters shows Shaheen attracting 51% of the vote while Sununu earns 43%. A month ago, Shaheen led 49% to 41%.

Some context might be helpful as Bill Shaheen, a prominent New Hampshire Democrat and the husband of former Governor (and 2008 Senate candidate) Jeanne Shaheen, does the Clinton campaign's bidding in an effort to raise doubts about Barack Obama's character. Shaheen, a Hillary supporter who often accompanies the candidate on her trips to New Hampshire, is pointedly raising the issue of Obama's admissions of past drug use, according to the Washington Post: ... What's interesting is that the Shaheens -- both Bill and Jeanne -- were critical players in Al Gore's 2000 campaign, helping to orchestrate the narrow New Hampshire...

Gail Collins might not be as crude as Billy Shaheen. But in her own Grey Lady way, the NY Times columnist has recycled the insinuation that transformed Shaheen into an ex-Hillary co-chair. Let's first have a look at Shaheen's statement, as reported by the Washington Post: "The Republicans are not going to give up without a fight ... and one of the things they're certainly going to jump on is his drug use." Shaheen said Obama's candor on the subject would "open the door" to further questions. "It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to...

Bill Shaheen, one of New Hampshire's most powerful Democrats, resigned yesterday as co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's national and state campaigns after invoking Barack Obama's past use of illegal drugs into the rhetoric of an increasingly heated battle for the party's presidential nomination.Shaheen had apologized Wednesday night for telling a reporter that if Obama is nominated, Republicans will use against him his own admission that he "got into drinking" and "experimented with drugs" as a youth.Shaheen, a Madbury resident who practices law in Dover, is the husband of former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Yesterday afternoon,...

This is getting wild . .. The Iowa caucuses might be a few weeks off, but MSNBC pundits have already cast a resounding "no" vote in a referendum on Hillary's credibility. A bi-partisan consensus of blatherers today rejected the Clinton campaign's denial of involvement in NH co-chair Bill Shaheen's raising of Barack Obama's past involvement with drugs. Meanwhile, things are getting downright nasty among top consultants to the frontrunners' campaigns. View video here.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A top campaign adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton resigned Thursday, a day after suggesting Democrats should be wary of nominating Barack Obama because his teenage drug use could make it hard for him to win the presidency. Clinton herself apologized to Obama as they waited to fly to Iowa for a debate. Bill Shaheen, a national co-chairman for Clinton and a prominent New Hampshire political figure, had raised the issue during a Wednesday interview, published on washingtonpost.com. "I made a mistake and in light of what happened, I have made the personal decision that I will...

Clinton Adviser Resigns Over Obama Comments Obama Reveals Teen Drug Use In His Memoir POSTED: 9:51 am EST December 13, 2007 CONCORD, N.H. -- Bill Shaheen has resigned as co-chairman of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, reported WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H. The resignation comes in the midst of fallout over comments Shaheen made regarding candidate Barack Obama's past drug use. Shaheen earlier said he regrets having made the comments. In an interview with The Washington Post, Shaheen said the Democratic party should beware of picking Obama as its candidate because Republicans could dredge up his past. In his memoir, "Dreams...

Bill Shaheen has resigned as a co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s state campaign, UnionLeader.com has learned. Shaheen last night apologized for telling a reporter that if Barack Obama becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, Republicans will use his admitted past drug use against him. Clinton this morning personally apologized to Obama in Shaheen’s remarks. The two candidates reportedly met at Reagan National Airport in Washington. In a statement given to UnionLeader.com moments ago, Shaheen said, “I would like to reiterate that I deeply regret my comments yesterday and say again that they were in no way authorized by Senator Clinton or the...

Jeanne Shaheen and U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, two women declaring themselves ready to lead the country to continued Democratic victory...She had originally planned to spend Sunday with her daughter. Instead, Shaheen's husband, Bill, was driving their daughter back to the airport so she could return to her home in the fire-ravaged region of California. "These wildfires are a direct result of this administration's failure to do something about global warming," Shaheen said with passion and to applause as the microphone cut out on her.

New Hampshire Survey of 500 Likely Voters September 16, 2007 Election 2008: New Hampshire Senate John Sununu (R): 43% Jeanne Shaheen (D): 48% Shaheen leads by fifteen points among women while Sununu has a four point edge among men. The former Governor has an eight-point lead among New Hampshire’s unaffiliated voters. While New Hampshire is typically the focus on Presidential campaigns at this time of year, the state is one of several where Democrats hope to pick up Senate seats in 2008. Sununu won his current job by defeating Shaheen in 2002, but the political environment has changed significantly since...

CONCORD – Former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's decision to run for the U.S. Senate makes Republican incumbent John E. Sununu an underdog rather than the favorite for re-election in 2008, political analysts said Friday. Sununu's support for an unpopular war in Iraq, Shaheen's likeability and windfall victories for Democrats in the 2006 election install him as perhaps the most vulnerable GOP incumbent in the nation, they said. In 2002, then-Congressman Sununu beat Shaheen by 5 percentage points. Shaheen led Sununu in the most recent polls by more than 20 points. "I always felt Shaheen back then did the best she...

Former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen made her long-anticipated announcement Friday that she is running for the U.S. Senate. "We have major problems facing this country, and there is an urgent need for real change in Washington," Shaheen said in a statement to supporters. "We’ve proven in New Hampshire that we can work together to get things done. I want to take that common-sense approach to Washington and help get this country moving in the right direction," she said. If she beats the three other Democrats already running for the nomination, Shaheen is expected to face first-term Republican Sen. John Sununu,...

Shaheen, who served as governor from 1997 to 2003, lost to Sununu by a 51 to 47 percent margin five years ago after polls had shown her with a narrow lead heading into the final weekend of the campaign.Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen will be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2008, the New Hampshire Union Leader has learned. The Democratic former three-term chief executive is expected to issue a statement today addressing her political plans. While it's unclear exactly how the statement will be phrased, sources say Shaheen has decided to seek the seat held by Republican John...

Bill Shaheen, a second-generation Lebanese American who is married to former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, last week joined Clinton as co-chairman of her national and state campaigns. He told The Associated Press on Tuesday that reports that he withheld his endorsement until he was promised an ambassadorship were wrong. ...Shaheen helped run Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign in 1976 and went to the Palestinian territories last year as an election monitor for the Carter Center. Shaheen is considered one of New Hampshire's political kingmakers and helped run the New Hampshire campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry. "The only thing...

Another “think tank,” this one called the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), has come out for total civilian disarmament and repeal of the Second Amendment. What’s new about that? ISPU is openly pro-Muslim, and the ISPU writer is a criminal defense attorney who argues for repealing parts of the Bill of Rights. You can read the whole article, entitled “In the Fight Against Terrorism, Some Rights Must Be Repealed,” by Junaid Afeef, on the ISPU website: http://www.ispu.us/pages/articles/2914/articleDetailPB.html A JPFO supporter sent us the link, and we did read the article, looking for: a. Inaccurate “facts” b. Missing data...

Muslim religious leaders removed from a Minneapolis flight last week exhibited behavior associated with a security probe by terrorists and were not merely engaged in prayers, according to witnesses, police reports and aviation security officials. Witnesses said three of the imams were praying loudly in the concourse and repeatedly shouted "Allah" when passengers were called for boarding US Airways Flight 300 to Phoenix. "I was suspicious by the way they were praying very loud," the gate agent told the Minneapolis Police Department. Passengers and flight attendants told law-enforcement officials the imams switched from their assigned seats to a pattern associated...

Spokesman for 6 Muslim clerics barred from US Airways flight One of six Muslim imams pulled from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis last night by federal authorities is affiliated with a Hamas-linked organization and acknowledged a connection to Osama bin Laden in the 1990s. Omar Shahin, who served as a spokesman for the clerics, is a representative of the Kind Hearts Organization, which had its assets frozen by the U.S. Treasury pending an investigation, notes Islam scholar Robert Spencer on his weblog JihadWatch Treasury spokesman Stuart Levey in February said KindHearts "is the progeny of Holy Land Foundation and...

China, Pak missiles challenge India -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NDTV Correspondent Sunday, July 9, 2006 (New Delhi): India faces a missile threat from Pakistan on the West and China to the North East. The Pakistani missile programme is a fascinating example of blatant missile proliferation from North Korea and China. Pakistan's nuclear capable missiles have the names of Muslim leaders who invaded India but are in fact, little more than direct imports from Beijing and Pyong Yang. The Shaheen Missile sometimes referred to as the Hatf 3 is in fact the Chinese M-11 missile with a range of 300 kilometres. The Shaheen I...

If John Kerry becomes President he will find himself on the horns of a dilemma - which close friend to ditch when he chooses a new Secretary of State. According to today's Washington Post, Kerry would pick his national security team within a few weeks after winning the White House and two of his closest friends, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) or Richard Holbrooke reportedly want the job of running the State Department.

George Soros is an exacting  taskmaster. In return for his money, he demands productivity. What he requires of employees and business associates in the investment world, Soros also demands from the political operatives he funds. “Mr. Soros isn't just writing checks and watching,” notes Wall Street Journalreporter Jeanne Cummings. “He is also imposing a business model on the notoriously unruly world of politics. He demands objective evidence of progress, and assigned an aide to monitor the groups he supports. He studies private polls to track the impact of an anti-Bush advertising campaign, and he is delivering his money in installments,...

Does history repeat itself? Poor Casey would fit in the top picture, but there's no place for him in the bottom one. If he were to come back to life they'd bury him again.  

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan successfully test-fired its longest-range, nuclear-capable missile Saturday. The test comes two days after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Pakistan to encourage its peace process with neighboring India. There was no immediate reaction from New Delhi. The Shaheen II missile has a range of 1,250 miles and it successfully hit the target, said Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for the Pakistan army. He did not say where the test was conducted. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf witnessed the test and congratulated the missile's developers, the military said in a statement. "This missile which incorporates an...

Steve Doocey interviewed former New Hampshire govenor Jeanne Shaheen this morning on FOX & Friends. He asked her why John Kerry won't sign Form 180 to release all of his military records. She said that the SwiftVets were lying about him not releasing his records, and that all of his records are on-line at his web site. Has she always been such a liar?

ARLINGTON, VA – Bush-Cheney ’04 Campaign Chairman Gov. Marc Racicot today issued the following statement: “Governor Shaheen’s flailing attacks in New Mexico are part of the Kerry campaign’s desperate effort to regain control in a state where one-fourth of Democrats now support the President’s positive agenda for a safer world and more hopeful America. Shaheen knows that Kerry’s out of the mainstream policies ignore the priorities of New Mexico voters – she even agreed with the President's thoughtful stand against the Clinton Roadless Rule and opposed Kerry’s extreme environmentalist position. “The Kerry campaign’s effort to talk down New Mexico’s growing...

Michigan Democrats to hear from Gephardt, Shaheen on Saturday By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 5/14/2004, 3:13 p.m. ET LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt was supposed to do well in Michigan's Democratic presidential caucuses in early February, but the labor favorite dropped out after the Iowa caucuses in January. Now, Gephardt is spending his time promoting the man who came in first in Iowa: U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. Gephardt along with Kerry campaign national chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen come to Detroit Saturday to fire up the state's Democrats at the party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Day events....

John Kerry and his campaign spokespeople have hinted they may announce their choice for VP as early as this month . If our sources inside the Kerry campaign are correct (they haven’t let us down yet) one name keeps moving north on the short list, even as other names are being crossed off. That person’s name is Jeanne Shaheen and she’s the former Governor of the state of New Hampshire and current National Co-Chair of the Kerry for President campaign. “We’re looking very hard at Jeanne Shaheen. She brings two key plusses to the table. First, we’d pick up New...

John Kerry and his campaign spokespeople have hinted they may announce their choice for VP as early as this month. If our sources inside the Kerry campaign are correct (they haven’t let us down yet) one name keeps moving north on the short list, even as other names are being crossed off. John Kerry and his campaign spokespeople have hinted they may announce their choice for VP as early as this month. If our sources inside the Kerry campaign are correct (they haven’t let us down yet) one name keeps moving north on the short list, even as other names...

<p>WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- Sen. John Kerry's campaign Tuesday gave U.S. President George W. Bush an award he didn't want for losing more jobs than any U.S. president since Herbert Hoover.</p> <p>Kerry Campaign Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen announced the symbolic and satirical presentation of a fictitious "Herbert Hoover Award" to the president Tuesday, the day he was honoring quality leaders in U.S. business at the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality awards.</p>

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan on Tuesday tested its longest-range missile yet, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and hitting targets deep inside neighboring India, a defense ministry official said. The official, who did not want to be named, said the test was "100 percent successful." "It can carry both conventional and unconventional warheads." He did not disclose where the test was conducted. The surface-to-surface Shaheen 2 missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles). Pakistan's previous longest-range missile was the Ghouri tested in 1997, which has a range of 1,300 kilometers (810 miles). Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood...

CONCORD — Gov. Craig Benson yesterday signed legislation requiring teenagers to notify their parents if they want to have an abortion. When HB 763 becomes law Dec. 31, it will mark the first time since Roe v. Wade that New Hampshire has placed restrictions on abortions. Before signing the bill in Executive Council Chambers in front of about 40 supporters, lawmakers and anti-abortion rights activists, Benson said, “We are giving parents their rights back. I can’t think of a better gift that we can give to the parents in the state of New Hampshire than allowing them to participate in...

New Hampshire voters decisively handed 38-year-old Republican John E. Sununu six years as the state's new U.S. senator yesterday, sending three-term Gov. Jeanne Shaheen back to the private sector after a dozen years of service under the State House dome. With about 60 percent of the vote counted, Sununu led 51 to 46 percent, with 2 percent for Libertarian Ken Blevins. There was no effect from an organized effort to write in Sen. Bob Smith, whom Sununu defeated in the Sept. 10 primary.Sununu was part of a remarkable GOP sweep of the four major offices and a big majority of...

Poll Shows Race For Senator Still Tight Turnout, Bob Smith Could Be Key Factors POSTED: 6:56 p.m. EST October 31, 2002 MANCHESTER, N.H. -- With just five days before the polls open, the race for U.S. Senate is too close to call. A new poll from WMUR and the University of New Hampshire shows that the race between Democrat Jeanne Shaheen and Republican John Sununu is a statistical tie. Shaheen holds a 46 to 42 percent lead over Sununu, with 4 percent for other candidates and 7 percent undecided. "Jeanne Shaheen has been effective in moderate and swing voters, targeting...

Jeanne Shaheen and John E. Sununu’s latest campaign finance reports are rife with textbook examples of special interests flocking to the candidate for the party that treats them well. Jeanne Shaheen and John E. Sununu’s latest campaign finance reports are rife with textbook examples of special interests flocking to the candidate for the party that treats them well. Each candidate reports well over $100,000 raised from ordinary people and grassroots political activists, many of whom are New Hampshire residents. But special interests are well-represented in campaign giving. Republican Sununu draws from political action committees in the financial, insurance, automobile, oil,...

October 17, 2002 Republicans Continue to Hold Leads in New Hampshire as US Senate Race Tightens Republicans John Sununu, Craig Benson, Jeb Bradley, and Charles Bass continue to hold their respective leads over Democrats Jeanne Shaheen, Mark Fernald, Martha Fuller Clark, and Katrina Swett with only the race for US Senate tightening according to the latest New Hampshire Poll. The results presented here are based on 600 completed telephone interviews among a statewide random sample of likely voters in New Hampshire (300 interviews were completed in each Congressional District). The interviews were conducted from October 14 through October 16, 2002....

WITH THREE WEEKS to go before New Hampshire voters make a very important U.S. Senate choice, the real Jeanne Shaheen is beginning to emerge. The picture may surprise some people who thought the governor was just a well-meaning, if not very effective, local politician. While she continues to smile and claim that she wants to discuss real issues, watch closely and you will see that Shaheen and her national ultra-liberal backers are engaged in one of the nastiest, most lavish negative political campaigns against John Sununu that the state has experienced. And it will only get worse as the national...

<p>CONCORD, N.H. (AP) A poll published Saturday said New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race is much closer than a different poll two days earlier indicated.</p> <p>The new Research 2000 poll had Republican John E. Sununu up by 4 percentage points over Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. An American Research Group poll released Thursday had Sununu ahead by 21 points.</p>

JEANNE SHAHEEN desperately wants a couple of homeland security issues to disappear into the fall night. But her attempt to wriggle off the hook without directly criticizing her Democratic pals in Washington is not going to fool many New Hampshire voters. The would-be senator issued a statement late last week in which she declared it time to “stop the partisan politics and finger-pointing.” “Senators on both sides of the aisle are trying to work out a compromise that gives the President the authority he needs to manage this new department effectively. That’s the right direction to take.” Call this the...

<p>New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, denies assertions by her Republican rival for the U.S. Senate, Rep. John E. Sununu, that she is a big taxer.</p> <p>"That's just a partisan attack," Mrs. Shaheen said Saturday on CNN's "Novak, Hunt & Shields."</p>

The incumbent senator offers his party more than his rival. On Tuesday, Republican primary voters will place their bets in a gamble of national importance to their party. The Democrats now hold a one-vote majority in the U.S. Senate. One man, either veteran Senator Bob Smith or three-term Rep. John Sununu, will emerge next week to face Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. The other will have to leave Congress. Of the two, Smith offers his party its best hope of retaining the seat. Not incidentally, Smith would also make the better senator. The candidates differ little in philosophy. Both have strong conservative...