[DRey]

Sounds like we're losing New Hampshire to the RINO class.

[Wayne07]

Dear New Hampshire - please explain yourself!

[TheZMan]

Yet another reason why the primaries should be closed, and all occur on the same day.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t care who the state run commie lib “media” selects as the GOP candidate in 2012. I won’t be voting for Romney.

[Reagan Man]

New Hampshire is rinoland.

[samtheman]

There’s still a lot of time for Perry to turn things around in NH. Amply can change in 5 months.

[Texas Fossil]

NH = 4 electoral votes

TX = 34 +4

I am very very frightened /sarcasm

Romney will not get the nomination.

[Lazlo in PA]

First off, the sample seems suspect.

Suffolk reported a 4.9-point margin of error in the survey of 400 likely GOP primary voters taken Sept. 18 to 20.

5% MOE seems high.

Secondly, NH is terrible at picking GOP nominees. Stassen in '48. Cabot Lodge in '64. Buchanan in '96, McLame in 2000. The only reason anyones thinks the place is important is because they are the first to vote. SC is the state that picks GOP nominees and Perry is doing well there.

[EternalVigilance]

Sounds like we're losing New Hampshire to the RINO class.

Let me fix that:

Sounds like we're losing New HampshireWe've lost the Republican Party to the RINO class.

There, that's better.

[okie01]

Sounds like we're losing New Hampshire to the RINO class.

What did you expect?

New Hampshire IS in New England.

Romney comes from next door...and actually has a home in the state.

There is a strong libertarian wing in NH, boosting Paul.

That doesn't leave much room for anybody else.

[smoothsailing]

NH is irrelevent, South Carolina is what matters. Whoever wins SC will win the nomination and the Presidency.

[ConservativeTeen]

More proof that the same three states (Iowa, NH, SC) should not decide who is the nominee.

[KoRn]

Romney has to be one of the least likable candidates I’ve ever seen. He comes off as a fast talking, soulless CEO type. He doesn’t seem like a leader.

[casinva]

Do you think this might help?

Endorsements coming from New Hampshire on Wednesday, September 21, 2011

From: http://www.rickperry.org/news/gov-rick-perry%E2%80%99s-jobs-and-fiscal-conservatism-message-earns-27-new-hampshire-lawmaker-endorsements/

New Hampshire Endorsements - 09/21/2100

Rep. Pamela Tucker (R-Greenland), Deputy Speaker
Rep. Pete Silva (R-Nashua), Majority Whip
Rep. Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack)
Rep. Gregory Sorg (R-Easton)
Rep. Andrew Renzullo (R-Hudson)
Rep. Ralph Boehm (R-Litchfield)
Rep. Larry Gagne (R-Manchester)
Rep. Win Hutchinson (R-Manchester)
Rep. Carlos Gonzalez (R-Manchester)
Rep. Kevin Avard (R-Nashua)
Rep. Fred Rice (R-Hampton)
Rep. Ken Weyler (R-Kingston)
Rep. David Lundgren (R-Londonderry)
Rep. Will Smith (R-New Castle)
Rep. Norman Major (R-Plaistow)
Rep. Al Baldassaro (R-Londonderry)
Rep. Mike Kappler (R-Raymond)
Rep. Warren Groen (R-Rochester)
Rep. Spec Bowers (R-Georges Mills)
Rep. Tom Keane (R-Bow)
Rep. John Hikel (R-Goffstown)
Rep. Frank McCarthy (R-Conway)
Rep. David Bates (R-Windham)
Rep. Moe Villeneuve (R-Bedford)
Rep. Elaine Swinford (R-Center Barnstead)
Rep. Randall Brownrigg (R-Hudson)
Rep. Edmond Gionet (R-Lincoln)

Gov. Mitt Romney announced he had gained the support of nine state representatives last week.

[9YearLurker]

I’d say Romney is dominant among Republicans throughout the Northeast—it’s just that NH is the only state that is early and really matters.

Seems to be a combination of 1) “most electable”, 2) most respectably educated and not “embarrassing”, and 3) socially “moderate”.

Then Romney has long had a summer home there and NH is in the MA`media market as well.

[casinva]

That list of 27 New Hampshire endorsements from today is directly from Rick Perry’s webpage.

Here is the FR thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2781906/posts

[rogue yam]

I smell a ‘Rat!

[johnthebaptistmoore]

“RINO Republicanism” is alive and well, throughout the northeastern states down to Maryland and Delaware, throughout much of Illinois and Colorado, throughout much of the west coast states, and throughout all U.S. cities. This isn’t anything out of the ordinary or new. Conservatives, still, have lots of work to do, if they, really, want to make any significant, serious, and successful political gains in conservatism in the areas that I mentioned above. I wish I had all of the definitive answers to, successfully, changing “RINO Republicanism” to “conservative Republicanism”.

[Darkwolf377]

On the one hand, just because most of us here seem to agree on Romney, we can`t forget that we were in agreement on McCain, too. Bachmann and now Perry were/are the `hot` candidates, but that changes rapidly. Romney may be seen as the more `mainstream` choice. That`s my fear--he`ll be seen as the moderate, electable choice, and run just as soft against Obama as McCain did.

On the other hand, don`t forget that Massachusetts-based candidates almost always win NH. I`m not taking that 27 point lead seriously, though I am worried about his popularity in other, bigger states.

[conservaterian]

Sounds like we have RINOs with 59 percent, nut cases with 14 percent and NO Conservatives on the ballot.

[freedomfiter2]

The old “live free or die” state what a joke. We let such a nonconservative state have too much influence.