Posted on 09/21/2014 9:12:37 AM PDT by centurion316
Voters have soured on President Obama. National and statewide trends favor Republicans. And here in his new home state, Scott Brown’s truck is gaining speed.
Analysts and recent polls have found Brown closing in on US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the Democratic incumbent he is vying to unseat, in a race that has become increasingly nasty and expensive.
Once largely dismissed by critics as an unlikely second act in a state he moved to only last year, Brown’s Senate bid is increasingly seen as a plausible path back to the US Capitol.
Observers see a race that may be largely determined not by Brown, a top-notch retail campaigner, or by Shaheen, a popular, longtime elected official, but by the national mood.
“In wave elections, as people find out, you can have been a good candidate and done a good job for your constituents and still find yourself swept out,” said Steve Duprey, New Hampshire’s Republican national committeman. “If there’s a national tide, it will roll here too.”
On the stump and in TV ads, Brown constantly ties Shaheen to Obama, who has a job approval rating of just 38 percent among likely New Hampshire voters, according to one poll released this week. The former Massachusetts senator rarely misses an opportunity to express his dismay that Shaheen votes in lockstep with the president or to nationalize the race, speaking about issues such as immigration and the threat from the burgeoning militant group in Iraq and Syria.
Shaheen, a onetime governor, repeatedly underscores her local achievements for the state — from working to protect a shipyard from closure and to helping veterans get easier access to health care. She attacks Brown as more keen on boosting his own career than aiding New Hampshire.
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Shaheen is a Democrat who will vote for Harry Reid as Majority Leader. Brown is a Republican who will vote for some Republican as Majority Leader. In this contest, with no conservative in the race, which outcome is better for conservatives?
I’ll take “Sharp sticks in the eye” for $100, Alex.
Write in Ronald Reagan.
How many Republicans voted for ObamaCare? Not even the GOPe nitwit sisters of Maine voted for that.
I would not vote for him. I no longer take the lesser of two evils. I just don't vote for Liberals.
I would vote for Brown. We would at least get some votes in our favor versus none at all.
Writing in Ronald Reagan would be good for conservatives if the voter doing the writing had previously voted for Shaheen or is a Democrat. If a conservative voter does this, it does nothing for the larger conservative goals.
Northeastern Republicans are always going to disappoint conservatives so don’t expect Scott Brown to be any different.
” In this contest, with no conservative in the race, which outcome is better for conservatives? “
While I abhor the GOPe, the Senate needs to change hands even if only to put “Scrotum Chin” in as Majority Leader. Harry Reid has been able to do much more damage than even Obama. Just moving him out would release a logjam of legislation, budget bills and the like and put the onus on Obama to start having to veto stuff. That will make 2016 a lot harder for the RATS.
“Writing in Ronald Reagan would be good for conservatives if the voter doing the writing had previously voted for Shaheen or is a Democrat.”
Yeah, that’s the ticket, vote for a dead man to show that you don’t like either of your “real choices.” Your vote will mean so much in terms of changing the political picture. Symbolism is dumb, especially when it leads to leaving in power the worst of your two options.
Thanks. In my opinion, this places you in the Support Harry Reid column because that’s the effect if your opinion were put into effect.
I don’t vote for Democrats, I vote for the more conservative candidate, and I always vote. Staying at home and pouting is not an option for me.
Please no lieing Brown voted against Obamacare.....
Sorry! I was indeed wrong. Brown voted for Romney’s Mass. Healthcare law, which is bad, but not so bad as Obama’s law. I should have double checked.
But Brown didn’t do much to block implementation of Obamacare.
Lesser of two evils...that's all that a logical,reasonable,respectable person can expect today.
Sad but true.
Screw the folks in NH. They put Obama in office twice and now they’re complaining. They’re complaining because he hasn’t given them everything they want. And Brown might have had some promise four years ago but now he’s a joke.
The GOP needs to earn my vote. They do not own me. They cannot expect my vote simply because they are not Democrats. That just isn’t good enough anymore.
I think the Boston Globe is trying to put fear in the hearts of Democrats who might have stayed home.
There have been 4 polls in NH in the last 2 weeks.
The CNN poll shows a tie.
The other 3 polls show the Democrat with a lead between 5%-11%.
Brown was against Ocare and is strong on defense. Vote Brown.
Just another lefty fooling conservative voters and moving the GOP further left.
I don't think that this issue has much to with the folks in NH. The only thing that matters is that they send two Senators to Washington. Which party would we prefer that they represent and which of the two would provide us with some benefit, however small.
New Hampshire has undergone the same hostile takeover that occurred in Vermont. You are never going to see a conservative elected again, so forget that. They are either going to be a liberal Republican who sometimes votes with conservatives, or a Democrat you never does. I think that makes it a pretty simple choice.
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