Why is this (or why WAS this)?
It's because our prime directives are 1) Mind your own business and 2) Leave your neighbors business alone.
The arrival of socon Republicanism in NH, personified by Ovide in his governor's race against Shaheen, realigned our politics because nobody who isn't willing to leave their neighbor's business alone can get elected dogcatcher here.
Call it RINOism, call it liberdopianism, whatever - it's the majority view here.
And the result of turning the state over to RATs has been disastrous. It's become so bad that even a somewhat socon-ized GOP may prevail on the local level.
But a socon candidate for Senate? Not a chance.
Thanks, Jim, and thanks both of you, for your nice and informative comments to me. I've tried to follow your Senate's primary, but I've gotten involved in Delaware's race. I understand that Binnie has gone negative against Ayotte which has helped "Ovide" (easier to spell than his surname) so the race has tightened.
Tuesday will be exciting. I just hope whomever wins will go onto to win in November and I think Kelly Ayotte looks very good.