I am glad to see the loser endorse Kerry. Rove must be a genius; a senator tossed out in NH for being too liberal, who carpetbags to Florida to run for Senate and the floridians don't give him the time of day. I think Bush is happy to see miscreants of all supposed party affiliations toss their support to the commie bastard.
Bob Smith didn't lose the 2002 primary for liberalism. He lost because he was an unpredictable flake. The fact that he would have surely lost to Jeanne Shaheen didn't help him, either.
Too liberal? The former NH senator had one of the most conservative records in the Senate. Personally, I can't blame Bob for being bitter. The Republican party and administration is nothing more than Democrat-lite these days. One new government program after another...prescription plans, education plans, CFR just to name a few items. Bush and company are NOT conservatives.
Wasn't Smith portraying himself as the true conservative in 2000?
But wasn't he the conservative candidate over Sununu? If so this is bad for conservatives. What a jerk.