Posted in John McCain on Sep 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Sen. John McCain began his town hall meeting at Pinkerton Academy on Sunday afternoon with “something happening in a faraway part of the world” – railing against the military junta in Myanmar. “This kind of thing should not happen in the 21st century,” the Arizona Republican said. “We should do what we can … we [...]
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John Edwards isn’t the only presidential candidate who has paid $400 for a haircut. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told a crowd of supporters at a Londonderry house party Saturday that he also paid the hefty price — but for a good cause. The owner of the Hairbiz Salon in Manchester, whose son is autistic [...]
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Posted in John McCain on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
John McCain is devoting more and more campaign time to New Hampshire, with the latest swing through the Granite State this weekend on visits to the Seacoast and Southern New Hampshire. Jim Barnett, state director of the McCain campaign, said the senator is gaining momentum as more and more people get reintroduced to him. This [...]
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Mitt Romney and John McCain are both Republicans, and they also seem to have a similar taste in movies. Both have used the line, “C’mon in boys, the water is fine,” when asked about a new candidate getting into the race. The line is from the 2000 Coen Brothers movie, “O Brother, Where Art Thou” [...]
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Posted in John McCain on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
John McCain announced Thursday that he will begin airing two new television ads in New Hampshire. The first, which is about 60 seconds long, shows a 31-year-old McCain being interviewed as he smokes a cigarette in a hospital bed. He is asked about his injuries suffered in battle, and then a voice talks about the [...]
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Posted in Bill Richardson on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
New Mexico governor Bill Richardson is hoping his new campaign ad, set to begin airing this week, will help further establish him as one of the top tier Democratic presidential candidates. The new ad features “prominent bloggers” who support his position on the Iraq war, which calls for withdrawing all U.S. troops immediately, Richardson said [...]
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Posted in Rudy Giuliani on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Rudy Giuliani spent last week in California, but took some time to send a shout out to his supporters in New Hampshire. In the first event of its kind for his campaign, the former New York City mayor broadcast a live message via the Web to hundreds of residents across the state on Wednesday. More [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidates put on a show before Wednesday night’s debate at Dartmouth College, using costumes and creativity to get attention. Recent Middlebury College graduates Jamie Henn and Jason Kowalski supported Step It Up 2007 with attention grabbing costumes. “We’re trying to call for real leadership on global warming,” said Henn, explaining why [...]
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Posted in Barack Obama on Sep 27th, 2007 No Comments »
While presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s tax proposal has been met with a “too good to be true” reaction from many local seniors, a Brookings Institution economist thinks the plan is fairly sound. “There’s a lot of good stuff there, (although) it’s not perfect,” said Benjamin Harris, a senior research associate with the Washington think tank’s [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Welcome to The Party Line, The Eagle-Tribune’s new blog about the New Hampshire presidential primary and the 2008 presidential election. From now until the final ballot is cast and counted, our reporters and editors will be blogging about the race for the White House. Each of our New Hampshire reporters is assigned to follow a [...]
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