Posted on 09/14/2010 5:17:18 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
Ovide Lamontagne has taken an early lead in the New Hampshire Senate Republican primary versus Kelly Ayotte. Ayotte has been consistently ahead in the general election polling. Lamontagne was famously endorsed by Sarah Palin.
With 5.3% reporting:
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Uh, I thought Palin endorsed Ayotte (that whole “girls stick together” thing that Palin seems to have going)?
IIRC, DeMint endorsed LaMontagne.
You’re right— Ayotte’s the “Granite Grizzly”
Surprising that as technology overall seems to improve that vote counting gets slower and slower. Polls closed in NH almost 75 minutes ago but only 5% of precincts have reported.
If Lamontagne maintains his lead I sure hope he can win in Nov. It would be a disaster to lose that seat.
Lamontage has a big lead now, but it’s going to disolve
Um, Palin endorsed Ayotte.
Ovide will lose to Hodes. Bank on it. He’s an oddball.
I had been under the false impression that Ayotte was the Tea Party candidate. I see that McPalin was on the wrong side, again.
And here I had actually been foolish enough to cite Ayotte as one of the insurgents taking on the RINO establishment. My apologies. I should have know better than to automatically assume that a McPalin endorsement was in step with the grassroots. I should have looked for the DeMint endorsement instead.
guess you don’t know hodes record
Both Ayotte and Lamontagne had the support of Tea Party factions. Pick your poison, but I don’t think either of these are what you should call a RINO.
Both Ayotte and Lamontagne had the support of Tea Party factions. Pick your poison, but I don’t think either of these are what you should call a RINO.
I AGREE
So it seems all conservaties are accused of...
Well, over at Hotair ( I think it was them) they say she endorsed Ayotte when the nearest rival to her wasn’t someone more conservative. At the time Ovide wasn’t making any waves. If that’s true, I wouldn’t hold the endorsement against her.
Fiorina I do but not because she didn’t endorse DeVore. I would have rathered she abstain in that one.
OVIDE AND AYOTTE PERFORM VIRTUALLY THE SAME AGAINST PAUL HODES
Manchester, NH–Public Policy Polling (PPP) today released a follow-up to survey numbers put out over the weekend, indicating that Ovide and Ayotte perform virtually the same head-to-head against Paul Hodes. Furthermore, the survey indicates that Ovide’s high net favorability numbers – 15 points higher than Ayotte – suggest that he may be in a better position to defeat Paul Hodes in November.
From PPP: “In New Hampshire…the electability gap has pretty much evaporated. Kelly Ayotte does only one point better against Paul Hodes than Ovide Lamontagne. That’s quite a shift from our 2 previous polls in the state this cycle. Ayotte did 12 points better than Lamontagne in April and 8 points better as recently as July. And beyond that Lamontagne’s net favorability is actually 15 points higher than Ayotte’s, suggesting he might have more room to grow.”
Ovide for Senate senior advisor Jim Merrill noted, “This survey reinforces the message that Ovide can and will beat Paul Hodes. Ovide is surging because voters are attracted to his authentic message as the only conservative in this race. They can vote for Ovide with confidence today, knowing they are supporting the authentic conservative who will defeat Paul Hodes in November.”
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Good to see Lamontagne is also strong in the general. It looks as if more votes are being case in the GOP primaries for gov. and House than in the Demo primaries so this is another good sign. This state that almost went of Gore, narrowly went for Kerry, then voted 54% for 0bama is seeing the light and returning to its conservative roots.
Well, my view is that Ayotte is acceptable, but not perfect by any means. She isn't Mike Castle either, however. She appears to be at least soft pro-life, and has a fairly decent record on guns, and appears to be fiscally conservative. She's not red meat, but she's not necessarily a true RINO, either.
I can live with her in the Senate. As for Castle, I'm glad he went down in flames tonight, even though O'Donnell doesn't have a bat's chance of winning the general.
November is still two months away.
If you believe that conservative ideas are right, then you should also believe that conservatism always has a chance of winning when we have candidates who adhere to conservative principles, and campaign hard on the issues with truth on their side.
False dilemma.
Obviously, I believe that conservative principles are right.
I do not believe they will always win everywhere that they are campaigned on. That is because some places are just chock full of liberal idiots who will never accept conservative principles.
You quit too easily.
That is because some places are just chock full of liberal idiots who will never accept conservative principles.These areas never get a chance to hear conservative voices.
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