[grania]

It used to be a land of common-sense conservatism much like New Hampshire

This is a NH paper being delusional. NH got strange when people "escaping" Boston moved up and brought their expectations with them.

[DM1]

unfortunately too many Mass refugees brought that mentality with them. THat being said we still do have two Republican Senators and two Republican congressmen. At best i would say we are right leaning to moderate now as opposed to Granite COnservative that we used to be.

[who knows what evil?]

This is a NH paper being delusional.

Ditto. The poor Union-Leader (one of America's few decent newspapers) doesn't even realize it's over. They are the LAST bastion of conservatism in New England. Sad.

[ladyjane]

Boston moved up and brought their expectations with them.

Not all of Boston, mainly the yuppies with trust funds who want to wear LLBean outfits and get their kids away from drugs and crime in the big cities.

[tom h]

"It used to be a land of common-sense conservatism much like New Hampshire

This is a NH paper being delusional. "

I disagree. Vermont did used to be conservative. I'm too young to remember directly but it you listen carefully to Bing Crosby in "White Christmas" you'll hear him make a joke, on the train to Vermont, that it's hard to find any Democrats up there. [Another example of Hollywood trying to make a joke out of conservatives. You never hear in a movie a joke about finding Republicans in the inner city.] So, as recently as the 1950s, Vermont was known as a conservative bastion.