Republican Don Bolduc rising in New Hampshire Senate primary, eliciting cheers from Democrats

msn.com ^ | 8/22/22 | David M. Drucker

[cotton1706]

Don Bolduc is poised to upset two party favorites in the race for the Republican nomination for Senate in New Hampshire, a development boosting Democratic confidence in Sen. Maggie Hassan’s prospects of surviving a red midterm election wave.

Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general, led a crowded field of primary candidates in a fresh poll from Saint Anselm College, garnering 32%. The two contenders preferred by New Hampshire GOP officials, state Senate President Chuck Morse and former Londonderry Town Manager Kevin Smith, trailed with 16% and 4%, respectively.

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“If Bolduc is the nominee, folks in New Hampshire and D.C. alike may throw in the towel,” added a Republican strategist in the Granite State who is backing one of his primary opponents. The lack of faith in Bolduc at the upper echelons of the GOP exists despite presumptions that a red electoral wave is still on tap for November.

The Bolduc campaign dismisses the naysayers, pointing out that New Hampshire Republicans have been nominating so-called strong general election candidates only to see them fall. That losing streak extends back to 2008, when GOP Sen. John E. Sununu was ousted by now-Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D); 2014, when Shaheen won reelection over Brown, a former Massachusetts senator; and 2016, when GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte was unseated by Hassan.

"Granite Staters are fed up and they see Gen. Bolduc as the only candidate willing to call out career politicians who have led us down this destructive path,” said Republican consultant Rick Wiley, a senior adviser to the Bolduc campaign. “Weakness is gutting this country right now, and it’s time to take it back from the liberals. Voters want a fighter, and that’s what you get with the general.”

[cotton1706]

The GOP "consultants" are VERY upset with the New England electorate!

In Vermont, the Republican electorate nominated the conservative over the moderate, McConnell-preferred, male-looking lesbian.

In Connecticut, the Republican electorate nominated the conservative over the pro-gun-control, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT nonsense GOP House leader

And now in New Hampshire, the Republican electorate will likely nominate the conservative over the former GOP Senate leader

You can't lose them all. And we in New England are apparently going for broke (we'll be nominating Geoff Diehl for governor in MA and Paul LePage in Maine).

A Republican wave year can sweep these people into office, much to the consternation of the GOP consultants, who would prefer pantywaists.

[napscoordinator]

Im just not sure a General is a good idea. Look at how the Generals have been the last few years. Horrible and those were on the trump staff.

[FreeReign]

Bolduc is absolutely nothing like Mattis, Kelly…etc.

[imabadboy99]

If the establishment is “concerned” with him, then we know he is perfect. Vote for him!

[SharpRightTurn]

“’If Bolduc is the nominee, folks in New Hampshire and D.C. alike may throw in the towel,’ added a Republican strategist”

It’s a given that if a conservative wins a primary race over the mushy-middle-pantywaist pick of the lobbyists and D.C. insiders, then, yes, there will be precious little help coming from the D.C. establishment for the conservative.

[es345st]

A Republican wave year can sweep these people into office,”

10 years ago maybe. I hate to be a pessimist but I have real doubts that it is still possible. The cheating is diverse, ubiquitous and baked in now. The GOPe even let them steal the Senate.

[ScottinVA]

Oh? Suddenly the GOPE is concerned about winning elections?

Those a-holes need to understand, this isn’t about winning in November... it’s about cleaning RINO trash out of the GOP and reestablishing the bold colors Reagan spoke of. Short-term pain for long-term gain.

[ALX]

it’s about cleaning RINO trash out of the GOP ‘’

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The democrats passed Obamacare and flushed every Blue dog democrat down the toilet. They rebuilt as this leftist socialist party of today that has been steam rolling ever since.

You’re point is spot on. The McConnell-McCarthy GOP is dead in the water. Even when they win, they lose. The four years of Trump proved they have no core and no vision. Losing is winning in this case, just as the democrats showed us.

[central_va]

McConnell-McCarthy GOP = Democrats of the 1990’s.

[woodbutcher1963]

This is not the first time Don Bolduc is the Republican nominee. He was last time against Shaheen.
He is an outsider. Unlike Morse, who has been in NH politics for some time.

However, in this poll, Bolduc looses to Hassan in head to head match up by less than the margin of error. So, like all mid term elections it comes down to turn out.

[Zathras]

The NE is different than much of the country but there is a pattern that the GOP-e wants the most liberal Republicans possible.
Primary wins in AZ sure did throw their grand plan into the wood chipper.

[cpdiii]

During the 2016 Republican primaries the MSM attacked all Republicans as is normal. Oddly their attacks on Trump were mild at first. They thought he was the easiest to beat. Oddly they were more afraid of Governor Jeb Bush at first. They wanted Trump as the Republican nominee. Once he had the nomination in hand their attacks became vicious in the extreme.

On occasion one must be careful for what you wish for as you may get it. I can see a situation where reliably democrat states vote for a conservative Republican until the democrat party moderates its leftist, Marxist extremism.

[Gay State Conservative]

It's highly likely that in January '23 every single Federal elected office in New England will be held by a Rat.

Ooops...forgot about Collins.

[Gay State Conservative]

On occasion one must be careful for what you wish for as you may get it. I can see a situation where reliably democrat states vote for a conservative Republican until the democrat party moderates its leftist, Marxist extremism.

That may have been true in New England at one time but not anymore. For example: Massachusetts is certain to elect a filthy dyke Maoist as Governor. When once asked what advice she had for women and girls who don't like guys in the ladies' room she said "hold it". And during the Rat Party's "Summer of Love" (2020) she said "Yes,America is in flames...but that's how forests grow".

[cpdiii]

“McConnell-McCarthy GOP = Democrats of the 1990’s.”

You are correct. Sam Nunn, Scoop Jackson, Jean Kilpatrick, JFK, Harry Truman, etc. would be labeled right wing extremist by the democrat party of today. Today it is basically a quasi Marxist criminal organization.

[stevio]

Thanks for the summary. I agree, go conservatives!

[Tucker39]

You were right the first time. Collins has slowly degenerated into a Rat. JMHO.

[dfwgator]

If you call yourself “MAGA”, you vote in November, period!

[Bratch]

A Potential Republican Club Midterm Strategy – Nationalize the January 2021 Georgia Outcome

August 22, 2022 | sundance | 162 Comments

Acceptance is the first step.

• If we accept or acknowledge the RNC and DNC are private corporations, existing like all other corporations to the fulfilment of their for-profit charter, to make money; and
• If we accept or acknowledge their business model is structured around people and businesses giving them money; and
• If we accept or acknowledge that in the process of raising money their interests may or may not align with the goal of those contributing to the business; and
• If we accept the history that Mitch McConnell and the RNC worked purposefully to remove the influence of the Tea Party; then
• This factually accurate statement from Steve Deace takes on a new meaning:
• (LINK)

[…] “the GOP (club) would rather lose to Democrats than lose control of the [club] to it’s base.”  Electability boils down to the right kind of approved candidate.

That is an accurate context for this midterm election cycle. Factually, the income stream for the RNC improves if they have the ability to campaign against the opposition club.  The larger the outrage, the more substantial the fundraising.  The corporation makes more money in defeat, or in the minority, than it does when it wins or holds majorities.

As a result, there is a disconnect between the financial incentive of the corporation and the expressed intent of the corporation. When the RNC club wins, they have a more difficult time raising money, because people who previously contributed are now looking for results.

Combine that business model reality, with the accurate statement from Steve Deace about the club perspective of MAGA, and you begin to see the weird dynamic that surfaced in Georgia in the first week of January 2021.  Did the club want to win the two senate races?  Or was the club content to let deflated Trump voters see a lackluster club response to the 2020 election issues in Georgia, a frustration which led to wins by the opposition?

The same dynamic is established now.  Senator Mitch McConnell and the GOP club corporate donors are not happy with the unapproved candidates winning many of the 2022 primary contests.  They are not hiding their disdain, nor are they hiding their shift in midterm expectations as a result of their desire to see the unapproved republican candidates defeated.

However, there is a more looming scenario that we have been discussing.

As we have seen from their non-response to the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, the GOP club would not be disappointed to see the DOJ take down Donald Trump prior to the midterm elections.

In a national version of the Georgia result, there would likely be widespread voter anger and frustration, if the DOJ indict President Trump and the republican leadership pull the Ron DeSantis routine and stay hidden and silent.

The GOP gets rid of the issue of Donald Trump, and a 25% drop in MAGA voter turnout – the result of anger and disenfranchisement – leads to overwhelming victories for Democrats in the midterms.  The result, both Donald Trump and MAGA are essentially removed from the RNC/GOP structure.  Nothing would make that group happier than to return to the status quo of controlled and approved party candidates. 

[Insert Ron DeSantis here]

In the biggest of big pictures, the important issues for the club to control surround trade, finance and economic policy.  There are trillions at stake. The multinationals and Wall Street in general would both benefit from the elimination of a political movement based on America-First national economic policy (ie. Main Street USA).

The common bond amid all of the diversity within the Trump coalition is the working-class economic connection.  No other republican politician of significance has any national economic outlook unfavorable to the multinational corporations who finance the club priority.  The only economic nationalist in the republican party is Donald Trump.  Remove him and the America-First policy is removed with him.

Let us also not be naïve or intellectually dishonest with each other.  The decision on whether to indict or not indict Donald Trump is going to be made by Democrats and Republicans alike.  Personally, I worry that decision has already been made, sometime around early June when the DOJ first inspected the documents at Mar-a-Lago, as part of a larger collaborative midterm strategy, noted above.

The picture would essentially be, have the DOJ remove Donald Trump; have the republican leadership do nothing except express faux outrage at the outcome; and then watch as a blue wave midterm election benefits both Democrat and Republican clubs.

Democrats advance their radical agenda, republicans gnash their teeth and fundraise off the radical agenda, and the 2024 presidential candidates pull out the fainting couches, gasp in horror, bewilderment and outrage over the events, while reminding the republican base that supporting law enforcement, and following the constitution, means sitting quietly and voting harder…

 

…. cue Ron DeSantis.

Karl Rove: These six talking points can help Republicans win in November

[woodbutcher1963]

Federal government elections get all the attention to the press. However, it is the people at the local level that have a more direct impact on your daily life.

This race with whoever ends up running against Hassan is the only race that is getting any national attention. Hassan has huge amounts of Dem money available from outside NH. The advertising will be enormous. What is interesting are the comments on Facebook Hassan ads. There are very few positive comments about her. The majority are venomous. People seem to really dislike her. However, she will probably get a large amount of the suburban women(Karen)vote.

Keep in mind, NH is 90% white people. 5% Hispanic. Less than 2% Black. About 3-4% Asian. We have open primaries and same day registration. The largest percentage of people are Independent/undeclared. So, these 35% of the population, if they choose to vote sway the election. Almost none of them vote in the primary. So, Bolduc or Morse will end up running against Hassan. I do not know much about Morse. I voted for Bolduc last time in both the primary and general.

Personally, I put more effort in to who will be my state Rep(Gerry Griffin). I am going tomorrow night to become a member of the Planning Board in the town I reside. My first potential venture into government.