Comments on: Down-the-ballot: Coleman attacks Franken, Shea-Porter endangered http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/23/down-the-ballot-coleman-attacks-franken-shea-porter-endangered/ Obsessive political analysis Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Taniel http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/23/down-the-ballot-coleman-attacks-franken-shea-porter-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-6330 Taniel Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:04:24 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-6330 Indeed, yesterday's ARG poll of New Hampshire had Sununu drowning, with <a href="http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/22/tuesday-polls-2/" rel="nofollow">Shaheen up</a> by 22%. Indeed, yesterday’s ARG poll of New Hampshire had Sununu drowning, with Shaheen up by 22%.

]]> By: zoot http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/23/down-the-ballot-coleman-attacks-franken-shea-porter-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-6329 zoot Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:52:44 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-6329 Joe - RCP doesn't list one and I don't recall seeing it. ARG has been highly unreliable IMO, while Andy Smith and UNH have a very good track record here. Shaheen has been raising a ton of money and has brought Mandy Grunwald back from the Clinton campaign to work with her. Joe - RCP doesn’t list one and I don’t recall seeing it. ARG has been highly unreliable IMO, while Andy Smith and UNH have a very good track record here. Shaheen has been raising a ton of money and has brought Mandy Grunwald back from the Clinton campaign to work with her.

]]> By: Joe from NC http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/23/down-the-ballot-coleman-attacks-franken-shea-porter-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-6328 Joe from NC Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:23:25 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-6328 Wasn't there a sununu-shaheen poll yesterday that had her up 20 points? Wasn’t there a sununu-shaheen poll yesterday that had her up 20 points?

]]> By: zoot http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/23/down-the-ballot-coleman-attacks-franken-shea-porter-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-6327 zoot Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:28:30 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-6327 Rob is spot on. Stephen is a self-aggrandizing neophyte who made a botch out of his agency job. Bradley has a reputation as a moderate-conservative Repub of some competence, although he reverted to a pro-administration line in 06 and got whacked for that. Shea-Porter tries hard but doesn't have the political skills or financial muscle of Paul Hodes, and hasn't been able to carve out a distinctive position in Congress as Paul has done. More than Hodes, she seems to be the focus of Union-Leader attacks. The Shaheen-Sununu polls are a shock but not a surprise. I never thought Sununu was going to go away quietly, even when Jeannie held a sizable lead. He has too much money and RNC support, and he has maneuvered away from Bush enough to avoid the worst fall-out. Besides, Shaheen as governor got mixed reviews from moderate-liberal voters - many blame her for blowing the one clear shot at resolving school funding when she vetoed a broad-based tax bill in her first term, and more generally she is viewed in many quarters as overly cautious. Rob is spot on. Stephen is a self-aggrandizing neophyte who made a botch out of his agency job. Bradley has a reputation as a moderate-conservative Repub of some competence, although he reverted to a pro-administration line in 06 and got whacked for that. Shea-Porter tries hard but doesn’t have the political skills or financial muscle of Paul Hodes, and hasn’t been able to carve out a distinctive position in Congress as Paul has done. More than Hodes, she seems to be the focus of Union-Leader attacks.

The Shaheen-Sununu polls are a shock but not a surprise. I never thought Sununu was going to go away quietly, even when Jeannie held a sizable lead. He has too much money and RNC support, and he has maneuvered away from Bush enough to avoid the worst fall-out. Besides, Shaheen as governor got mixed reviews from moderate-liberal voters - many blame her for blowing the one clear shot at resolving school funding when she vetoed a broad-based tax bill in her first term, and more generally she is viewed in many quarters as overly cautious.

]]> By: mikeel http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/23/down-the-ballot-coleman-attacks-franken-shea-porter-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-6326 mikeel Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:44:28 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-6326 It's interesting that the favorables of all the Democrats in the Senate and both House races have dropped. The UNH poll showed a big tightening of the Senate race with Shaheen only up 46-42. It’s interesting that the favorables of all the Democrats in the Senate and both House races have dropped. The UNH poll showed a big tightening of the Senate race with Shaheen only up 46-42.

]]> By: Ron http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/07/23/down-the-ballot-coleman-attacks-franken-shea-porter-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-6325 Ron Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:25:06 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-6325 Any Democrat living in NH-01 should grab a Republican ballot and vote for Stephen in the primary. Any Democrat living in NH-01 should grab a Republican ballot and vote for Stephen in the primary.

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