Posted on 04/07/2014 5:48:49 AM PDT by cotton1706
Nervous Bay State Dems are scrambling to bolster U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s struggling re-election campaign in New Hampshire — with local top-tier fundraisers and political heavyweights rushing to help her battle Republican Scott Brown.
“It’s all hands on board,” said one top Massachusetts Democrat, who said the former governor is going to need, “a boatload of money,” to fight off Brown. The former Bay State Republican senator is a proven fundraiser and will likely get thousands from third parties looking to topple the Democratic majority in the Senate.
“Everybody feels that Jeanne Shaheen is vulnerable,” said the Dem, who noted that U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Deval Patrick have offered help. “Her main challenge will be money.”
Shaheen’s team recently brought on Massachusetts-based Democratic fundraiser Jon Patsavos, who has worked for Patrick and U.S. Sen. Edward Markey’s campaigns. The move highlights that Shaheen’s team values the true-blue state — especially as she battles with Brown in the more bipartisan New Hampshire.
Local Democratic heavyweights such as Alan Solomont said the fact that Brown refused to agree to a ban on outside money in the nationally watched campaign means outsider groups will flood the airwaves.
“It’s going to be a tough race, but voters in New Hampshire are too smart to be boondoggled by a lot of money from out of state,” said Solomont, a former top Massachusetts fundraiser who now serves as the dean of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University.
“I’m not doing any fundraising these days, but I’m certainly supporting people I believe in. I’m certainly contributing and I certainly believe in her candidacy,” he said.
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He was born in Middletown, CT, but his family is all from Manchester, NH, and he's spent a lot of time here.
When you read all of his bio, here:
You'll see why the media want's to make sure you never hear about him.
There's also the beginnings of his campaign website here:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't “New Hampshire born and bred” Jeanne Shaheen from Missouri?
“I think that he is a real long shot in New Hampshire even though the carpetbagger charge is spurious as he apparently has seriously long term family ties there.”
I used to think that school superintendents were the highest paid “migrant workers” in the country, but as you point out there is a similar “picture” in politics today. The one thing that is true is that the “political effluent” that has “migrated” all over the country has had it’s “roots” in the Northeastern States.
Same with Colorado except maybe a bit more pro-guns than NH but it might be a toss up.
NH is really pretty and full of nice people who don’t want to be told what to do.
Other than Boulder, CO is very similar.
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