Town Committee Meetings: February 2008 Archives
Last night was the latest meeting for the Gilford Town Republican Committee (new website can be seen here). The special speaker was Fergus Cullen, Chair of the NH GOP. His message was that while the Party in NH took a body blow during the last election, there are real reasons why we should be looking at an upswing. In fact, he had 10 of them! With a nod to David Letterman's Top Ten:
For the webcam video of his talk, click here.
10) More than twice as many people voted in the recent Republican primary than did in the 2006 election.9) The presidential campaign will be competitive. New Hampshire is an important swing state, and much attention will be paid to us. This will help set the stage for competitive races up and down the ballot. We will not see, as in '06, that same sort of "tidal wave" but instead more "equilibrium."
8) John E. Sununu's polling data and approval numbers are solid and improving. He has a 3 to 1 advantage in cash on hand over probable opponent Jeanne Shaheen.
7) The party has had candidate recruitment "coups" in all of the major positions
6) Hodes approval: 35%; CSP approval: 33% (UNH survey)
5) The emerging Democrat scandal over the sale of the state voter files. Look for big news to come soon.
4) National issues are moving our way. With the success of the surge, the Iraq War is secondary. When people worry about the economy, the Republican message beats that of the Democrats.
3) State issues are moving our way. With the looming deficit, and Democrats in charge across the board, Republicans are positioned to benefit. They were right to criticize the 17-1/2% budget increase and were right on their call of using "overly rosy" budget projections. Lynch and his party are very vulnerable here.
2) 2008 is a "change" election. Given the current majorities and the governorship are Democratic, in NH, if people want "change" they'll vote GOP.
1) The Democrat Party has been taken over by the angry left wing. They have abandoned the center, proven by their record of "nanny-state" bills that most ordinary people find overly excessive.(H/T: Doug, for taking better notes than I did)
For the webcam video of his talk, click here.
