Man, what has happened to NH, that used to be a solid Republican state and now it's just Massachusetts Lite.
All of New England is gone. If Courtney wins in Connecticut 02 (he's ahead, pending a recount), Chris Shays will be the only "Republican" Congressman left in all of New England. Of course Shays makes Lincoln Chafee look like Tom Coburn, so "Republican" doesn't mean much. Sununu is in deep trouble unless the climate changes fast.
NH is by no means Mass lite. We just overwhelmingly banned private use of eminent domain. Liberty is still the strongest political tendency here.
However, because Liberty is so strong here, the turn away from Liberty by "organized Republicanism" has hurt the party here much worse than elsewhere.
"Lynchism" is a form of Dem politics that accomodates certain values which Liberty voters hold dear. "Values" Republicanism is meaningless here - it represents no more than 25% of the people, if that - and since the Dems here have not been open about pushing socialism, the middle of the road voter has shifted, rather decisively, into their camp.