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Susan Lindauer, a former reporter for U.S. News & World Report, whose byline appeared over some 1991 stories about the "Air Sununu" scandal, was arrested and arraigned in federal court in Baltimore on Thursday, charged with various counts related to working for and accepting payments from the Saddam Hussein regime, in violation of working with a terrorist state. In the late 1980s and early 1990s she worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Fortune before jumping to U.S. News in 1990 and then, by 1993, moving into a career as Press Secretary to a series of liberal Democrats: Then Congressmen Peter...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire. James Tobin, the president's 2004 campaign chairman for New England, is charged in New Hampshire federal court with four felonies accusing him of conspiring with a state GOP official and a GOP consultant in Virginia to jam Democratic and labor union get-out-the-vote phone banks in November 2002.A telephone firm was paid to make repeated hang-up phone...

The doughty band of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reformers isn't beaten yet. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby plans to mark up a bill this week to protect taxpayers against the risky business of these "government-sponsored enterprises," and the question is whether he can coax enough skittish Republicans to pass it. The Alabama Senator's proposal is a quantum improvement over the non-reform that passed the House Financial Services Committee earlier this year. In particular, it would force Fan and Fred to reduce their portfolios of mortgage-backed securities, a source of great profit for the companies but also of significant...

TASHKENT (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators reprimanded U.S. ally Uzbekistan on Sunday for refusing to allow an international investigation into hundreds of deaths in the eastern town of Andizhan earlier this month. Republican Senators John McCain, Lyndsey Graham and John Sununu had traveled to the Central Asian republic to investigate the violence in which witnesses said troops opened fire on demonstrators and killed about 500 people. "We are here today because we are concerned about recent events that have taken place and which entailed the killing of innocent people," McCain told a news conference in Tashkent after meeting opposition groups...

WASHINGTON - Seven Republican senators will determine the outcome of a showdown this week between the president and Congress — and a minority within it — over who is going to shape the federal courts. Barring any unforeseen developments, these are the lawmakers in the make-or-break position when it comes to deciding whether to allow a Senate minority to block a president's nominees for the federal bench. The senators are Susan Collins of Maine, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, John Warner of Virginia, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Sununu of New Hampshire....

by Stephen Moore and Lawrence Hunter President Bush has been heroic in pushing personal investment accounts for Social Security. But he's still got the wrong marketing strategy. At his press briefing Wednesday, Bush again stated that personal retirement accounts are insufficient to make Social Security permanently solvent. With all due respect, Mr. President, you're wrong. The chief actuary of Social Security has scored four separate personal-accounts plans as achieving full solvency without tax increases or benefit cuts. The President makes this mistake because he is receiving bad economic and political advice. The misconception that personal accounts are inadequate not only...

Every four years speculation bubbles that some New Hampshire politician or another might join the national ticket for one of the major parties. It has to do with the prestige of the Granite State's first-in-the-nation primary. In 1996, then-Governor Steve Merrill's popularity and charm earned him a spot on Bob Dole's long list. Same for former Democrat Governor Jeanne Shaheen in 2000. Last year, as improbable as it seems today, National Review even snuck in a mention of former Governor Craig Benson on a list of possible candidates for president in 2008. That won't happen, but since we're speculating, allow...

Bush Social Security Revolution? The Social Security Act was the signature accomplishment of Franklin Roosevelt's newly created American welfare state in 1935. It switched the American ethos from individual and community reliance to national government responsibility for personal security and welfare. Its early and apparently costless success provided the legitimacy for all of the expert-directed federal social programs that have followed to this very day. Yet, today, it and its entire supporting apparatus stand near bankruptcy.President George W. Bush has now raised a challenge to the whole justification of this historic substitution of bureaucratic for personal responsibility for the general...

President Bush began talking about the need for personal Social Security accounts when he was a candidate. He has continued to advocate that we can save Social Security by using the power of the market to increase savings far better than government can. Now New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu and Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan have introduced in Congress what may become the most sweeping, visionary, breakthrough legislation to help enrich working people in my lifetime. It is well documented that if nothing is done to fix Social Security before the baby boomers retire, payroll taxes would have to increase...

Sen. John E. Sununu’s opposition to a federal constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriages reflects a pure conservative viewpoint but ignored the inevitable “federalization” of the issue, local and national conservatives say. Sununu opposed President George W. Bush and most of his GOP Senate colleagues in voting against the Federal Marriage Amendment last month. He said states, not the federal government, should decide whether to recognize same-sex marriages. Sen. Judd Gregg supported the amendment. But the vote to end formal debate fell 12 votes short of the necessary 60 votes. That effectively killed the measure. Sununu said he personally believes marriage...

As I was driving home a bit ago from Wednesday night church, I turned on Savage. He was on a rant about ridding ourselves of the RINO Republicans who had back-stabbed social conservatives on the Federal Marriage Amendment. The names are: McCain (AZ), Snowe (ME), Chaffee (RI), Campbell (CO), Sununu (NH), Collins (ME) It is very clear that McCain and Campbell stabbed conservatives in the back. They are under no pressure in their states to be "more liberal." They simply chose to side with gays over their own party. The answer is as Michael Savage says. We must get rid...

O.K. FREEPERS, Here's the list of the six (6)GOP Senators who voted with the Dim-o-rats AGAINST the Family Marriage Act today: Campbell (CO), Chafee (RI), Collins (ME), McCain (AZ), Snowe (ME), and one that was somewhat of a shocker for me, Sununu (NH).

<p>Should Internet phone calls receive special protection from regulations? We ask Sen. John E. Sununu about his proposal to limit state taxes and regulations on VOIP.</p> <p>Should Internet phone calls receive special protection from regulations? That’s the question that Sen. John E. Sununu (R., N.H.) has posed to telecom policy makers.</p>

WELL, WELL, WELL. Guess who has become the New Hampshire Democrats' favorite New Hampshire Republican. "Buffalo" Bob, that's who. "Buffalo" Bob Smith, that is, the former two-term U.S. senator and three-term member of the U.S. House. Since all but a few months of those 18 years of service in the U.S. Congress were as a Republican, you might have expected a big turnout of "name" Republicans at the testimonial for Bob held at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester a week ago. But the noticeably absent included Bob's former congressional colleagues, like U.S. Senators Judd Gregg and John E....

<p>WASHINGTON — Several of the House's more prominent and colorful members, including GOP leader Dick Armey and Democratic stalwart David Bonior, are leaving office with the close of this Congress. Some are taking the short walk down the Capitol hallway to the Senate. One took a longer trip to a Pennsylvania jail.</p>

WOW! So, New Hampshire is changing, huh? Republicans and conservatives are losing steam. Independents and moderates are dominant. New Hampshire’s different now, right? Yeah, right . . . It did look that way when John McCain defeated George W. Bush in the 2000 Presidential primary, and when Jeanne Shaheen won three terms as governor over conservatives. Well, so much for that idea. And so much for Shaheen and that whole “independent moderate” thing. This GOP victory was so complete and so unexpected that it surprised Democrats, neutral political observers (including this one) and even some partisan Republicans, including a U.S....

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...

Ok Folks, Who does Bob Smith respect and if spoken to by this person would convice him to endorse Sununu to potentially close the gap and make it winnable for him? I look forward to hearing replies from Freepers from the state of New Hampshire. P.S. I have friends there and I miss visiting your beautiful State! I must make time to do so!

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...

WASHINGTON — John H. Sununu says watching one of his eight sons try to climb up the political ladder is a lot harder than when he was doing it himself. He has been out of politics since 1992. This week, American International Airports — an airport concessions firm that currently manages 33 airports in Latin America and one in Armenia — announced that Sununu has been appointed its chairman. But the elder Sununu, 63, knows what it’s like to work in positions that provide a white-hot state and national spotlight. He spent three terms as governor of New Hampshire and...

<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>

President George W. Bush was preaching to the party faithful yesterday, but he clearly expected his message, “I need John Sununu in the United States Senate,” to be carried outside of the walls of Center of New Hampshire convention center. About 800 Republicans who paid $250 each to see, hear and, in some cases, shake hands with Bush received personal marching orders from the First Republican. “I know what you can do in this state,” he said. “You can turn out the vote. You can put up the signs. You can mail the mailers. You can get on the phones....

In new Congress, anti-Israel voices to be mutedBy Sharon SamberWASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (JTA) -- It's anyone's guess which party will hold the majority in Congress come November, but one thing is for sure: Several leading anti-Israel voices no longer will be heard in the Capitol's halls.That's because a number of representatives whom Jewish activists have deemed anything from ``not a friend of Israel" to ``anti-Israel" are not returning to their jobs.Some lost primaries and some are aiming at higher office, but the departure of these lawmakers -- together with the expected victory this fall of dozens of strong supporters of...

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>"While some Republicans are privately relieved, some liberals are downright dejected" by the defeat of New Hampshire Sen. Robert C. Smith in Tuesday's Republican primary, the New York Times reports.</p> <p>Mr. Smith lost to Rep. John E. Sununu, who will face Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in November.</p>

Conservative Champion Bob Smith’s Primary Defeat Represents a Stunning Setback to the Conservative Cause The American Partisan David T. Pyne 9-12-02 This past Tuesday, we witnessed the defeat of two great conservatives in New Hampshire, legendary conservative giant, Senator Bob Smith, and former Senator Gordon Humphrey who was running for Governor. Conservative Republican voters in New Hampshire have now been saddled with a ‘nightmare’ ticket consisting of center-left millionaire Craig Benson for Governor and mushy moderate Rep. John Sununu for Senate. This ticket is sure to depress efforts to get out the New Hampshire GOP’s conservative voting base in the...

U.S. Senate U.S. Senate - Republicans Candidate Votes Percent Winner Bob Smith 5,535 47% John E. Sununu 6,134 52% Kenneth Stremsky 207 2% Precincts Reporting - 36 out of 301 - 12%

Sort of Super Tuesday An Assessment of Today’s Primaries By Mark Halperin, Elizabeth Wilner and Marc Ambinder W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 10 — It's primary day in a dozen states — the biggest primary day of the midterm election year. New Hampshire The Granite State's Republican Senate primary, in which Rep. John Sununu is challenging incumbent Senator Bob Smith, is the Tuesday contest packing the most national significance, and will be watched closely by the GOP's top operatives, including those at the White House. If he loses, Smith would be the first sitting...

In the New Hampshire Senate Primary, Bob Smith is the Clear Choice for Conservatives Exclusive commentary by David T. Pyne Sep 10, 2002 The New Hampshire Senate Primary race today is a classic contest between a staunch traditional Reaganite conservative and a fairly passionless and uncharismatic moderate. On one side, there is incumbent Republican Senator Bob Smith a legendary conservative icon who has done more to champion the conservative cause in the US Senate than any other man during his past twelve years in office with the possible exception of Senator Jesse Helms. On the other hand, there is Rep....

SEN. BOB SMITH has accumulated some odd allies since being challenged in the GOP primary by U.S. Rep. John Sununu. While this page endorsed Sununu, the Telegraph of Nashua and the Concord Monitor endorsed Smith. If Smith is indeed solidly conservative, then one has to wonder why the state’s conservative newspaper would endorse Sununu while the two largest liberal papers would back Smith. The Monitor said of Smith, “Throughout Smith’s long career, we have struggled to find points on which to agree with him and rarely, save on environmental matters, found them.” Yet the paper endorsed him over Sununu, primarily...

BOB SMITH is doing what his critics predicted and even some of his friends feared ? in a last-ditch attempt to avert political defeat, he is resorting to the lowest of smear tactics against John E. Sununu. If it were not so sad and serious, it would be laughable. To question the patriotism and character of U.S. Rep. Sununu is absurd. To equate him with Mideast and anti-American terrorism is a lie and a libel. John Sununu is being backed by just about everyone in the Bush White House and many in Congress. He is being backed by former U.S....

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...

<p>Leaders of the nation's most powerful pro-Israel lobby have been conducting behind-the-scenes negotiations with Rep. John H. Sununu, anticipating his victory over Sen. Robert C. Smith in the New Hampshire Republican primary Tuesday.</p> <p>"American Israel Public Affairs Committee leaders believe Sununu is likely to defeat Smith" in the Senate primary and go on to face Democratic candidate Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in the November general election, the Washington representative of a major Jewish organization said yesterday.</p>

<p>CONCORD, N.H. (AP) --  Sen. Bob Smith, once trailing badly in his battle for re-election, has pulled even with Rep. John E. Sununu in their Republican primary race, a poll shows.</p> <p>As the two did radio talk shows and greeted voters during the final week before the Sept. 10 primary, a poll showed that whoever wins will be in a close race with popular Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.</p>

The latest statewide poll in New Hampshire shows U.S. Sen. Bob Smith in a virtual tie against challenger Congressman John Sununu. The news is significant for Smith, who had been trailing in the polls earlier this summer. Numbers show he has closed the gap and has momentum on his side as he enter the final stretch of the campaign leading to the Sept. 10 primary. Smith has sought to woo undecided voters with an ad campaign that began last week addressing his brief departure from the Republican Party in July of 1999. At the time, Smith considered a third party...

As the Sept. 10 primary between New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith and Congressman John Sununu nears, Smith has won the endorsements of the nation's top conservative leaders. President Bush has solidly endorsed Senator Smith. Speaking on behalf of the president, advisor Karl Rove said, ". . .The Senator has been enormously supportive of the President." Smith even won the unusual endorsement of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani said, "In public service there’s no substitute for strong leadership, the kind of leadership New Hampshire has in Senator Bob Smith. He’s experienced, effective and always puts principle before politics. …...

Smith, Sununu Clash on Rewarding Illegal Aliens Newsmax.com August 29, 2002Some people think crime does pay: Rep. John E. Sununu, the New Hampshire Republican hoping to replace Sen. Bob Smith, wants to reward some illegal aliens by granting them amnesty. Sununu favors the amnesty extension bill that passed the House on March 12 - with the support of President Bush. It would let illegal aliens stay in the U.S. while their applications for permanent legal residence are processed, if they are related to a U.S. citizen or have certain job skills. Sununu claims the measure is "pro-family” because some of...

Some people think crime does pay: Rep. John E. Sununu, the New Hampshire Republican hoping to replace Sen. Bob Smith, wants to reward some illegal aliens by granting them amnesty. Sununu favors the amnesty extension bill that passed the House on March 12 - with the support of President Bush. It would let illegal aliens stay in the U.S. while their applications for permanent legal residence are processed, if they are related to a U.S. citizen or have certain job skills. Sununu claims the measure is "pro-family” because some of those affected applied to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which...

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      | |     Smith, Sununu go mano a mano for first time Debate lively on trade and civil liberties Tuesday, August 13, 2002By AMY McCONNELLMonitor staff The Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate dropped their usual frosty politeness last night in a series of testy exchanges over issues including free trade, immigration policy, domestic oil exploration and constitutional concerns in prosecuting suspected terrorists.In a one-hour debate on WNDS-TV, incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Smith and challenger U.S. Rep. John E. Sununu responded to - but in many cases didn't actually answer - questions from the audience....

Smith and Sununu stress differences By MARK HAYWARD Manchester Union Leader Staff, 8-13-02 DERRY — The Derry widow of a man who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks last night confronted U.S. Rep. John E. Sununu over his vote against establishing a commission to investigate the terrorist attacks against the United States. Ellen Mariani, whose husband, Louis “Neil” Mariani was on United Airlines Flight 175, was a panelist at a debate between Sununu and incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Smith at WNDS-TV studios. The two are seeking the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. While the two have been genial...

WHITEFIELD, N.H. - With the fog-shrouded peaks of Cherry Mountain and Mount Deception as a backdrop, Sen. Bob Smith (R), gubernatorial candidate Craig Benson (R) and assorted others stood Saturday afternoon admiring a pile of dirt. The mound marked the beginning of what will soon be a plant that recycles plastic, part of a larger manufacturing facility just opened by Presby Environmental, a Sugar Hill-based company that makes septic tanks and pipes. Smith helped steer federal money to develop this industrial park next to the Mount Washington Regional Airport, and has put in an appropriations request for a new rail...

Full details here. A few excerpts: Poll taken by Univ. of New Hampshire between 23 Jun-1 Jul, 658 adults (529 likely voters). Sununu - 52%, Smith - 40%, Stransky - 2%, undecided - 6%Sununu - 51%, Shaheen (D) - 42%, other - 3%, undecided - 4%Shaheen (D) - 47%, Smith - 45%, other - 3%, undecided - 5%

<p>BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has endorsed U.S. Sen. Bob Smith in his run for re-election, Smith's office said Tuesday night.</p> <p>In a statement, Smith said Giuliani would be going to New Hampshire to campaign.</p>

South Dakota Close of Filing Sets Top Races As filing closed Tuesday the race between Sen. Tim Johnson (D) and Rep. John Thune (R) topped a competitive slate of contests inSouth Dakota, with nine candidates vying for the House seat Thune will leave behind. Thune's campaign should receive a major fundraising boost April 24 when President Bush comes to South Dakota to raise money for his Senate bid. Johnson will face a challenge to his renomination from farmer Herman Eilers, while Thune will be unopposed in the June 4 primary. In the House race, Gov. BillJanklow and former Sen....