Dec 20th, 2007 by Meghan Carey
A group of grassroots supporters flying a blimp up the East Coast to help spread Ron Paul‘s name across the skies, apparently didn’t think about New England’s unpredictable weather.
Katharine Memole, spokeswoman for the blimp, said the blimp will definitely be in New York City tomorrow, and may make it to the airport in Bridgeport, Conn.
The blimp was originally scheduled to come to New Hampshire on Tuesday, but bad weather over the weekend kept the blimp in the Carolinas. The second plan was for it to start in Albany, N.Y., and do a 300-mile loop over Boston, New Hampshire and Connecticut Friday.
“At this point, we have a limited amount of blimp time and we don’t want to waste it getting snowed in,” Memole said.
The blimp stays aloft through paid advertisements from individuals and businesses. But the advertisements aren’t for the donors. The donors simply get to choose which Ron Paul logo they want displayed on the side of the blimp for their amount of time. Donations run from $10 to thousands of dollars.
Enough money has been raised to pay for about one month of air time, and the rest of that time will be spent in the South.
“There’s always a chance that the blimp company could let us rehire the blimp further along in the year, in the spring or whatever,” Memole said. “We could always get her back up in the air to more northern areas if Ron Paul is doing well.”
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Dec 20th, 2007 by Bryan Deyermond
Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., will officially announce the end of his bid for the White House this afternoon, according to a report by the Associated Press.
A press conference has been scheduled for 2 p.m. CST in Iowa for what Tancredo’s campaign is calling a “major announcement.”
Tancredo’s campaign, which centered around illegal immigration in America, has been a longshot from the start. In a recent national poll by The Wall Street Journal, Tancredo was dead last, holding just 1 percent of the vote for Republicans.
Tancredo garnered political attention for his controversial ad campaigns centering around graphic and blunt attempts to show the American public the dangers of increasing immigration.
Tancredo would join Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., as the second Republican to drop out since the first major debate took place in September.
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Dec 20th, 2007 by rcorrea
He would rather not go on about it, but since local voters are buzzing about it, Bill Richardson responded to questions about religion | particularly if Mike Huckabee has gone too far in preaching his Christian beliefs.
In an interview with a voter panel at The Eagle Tribune yesterday, Richardson said he thinks Huckabee is a likable and “interesting” guy, but he disagrees with him on at least two things.
The first, Richardson joked, is that Huckabee is rubbing in the fact that he lost more than 100 pounds. “He’s always pushing me to lose weight,” Richardson said with a chuckle.
The second is more serious. Richardson said Huckabee should separate his religious views from his policy.
“It seems he wants to take them to the White House again and I don’t think that’s the right thing to do,” he said.
Instead, Richardson wants “morality” brought to the White House.
Richardson, who was raised Catholic, said his religious upbringing shaped who he has grown to be.
He went to church and confession every day with his grandmother and, although he wasn’t fond of it at the time, he said he’s proud of it now.
“My sense of social justice has come from being a Catholic,” he said. “I don’t wear religion on my sleeve, I never have. I think it’s very private.”
He also blames religion for setting the United States behind other countries in medical research. Richardson is all for stem-cell research, and said “science has been polluted by political views.”
What do you think? Has science been “polluted” by politics, or is religion appropriate in helping to create policy?
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Dec 19th, 2007 by rcorrea
While Mike Huckabee is under harsh criticsm for releasing a holiday campaign ad with too much religion tied into it, another candidate is taking a lighter approach.
A new ad will begin to air tomorrow which features former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the most famous man of the month.
Giuliani talks about what he wishes for this holiday season, including “peace with strength, secure borders … and, I really hope, that all of the presidential candidates can just get along.”
Santa Claus then tells him he’s not a miracle worker | “I was with you right up until that last one.”
Giuliani comes back to wish everyone a happy holiday | not a Merry Christmas as Huckabee has done.
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Dec 19th, 2007 by rcorrea
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson visited with a group of five voters and staff members from The Eagle Tribune at the New Hampshire office this morning.
While Richardson covered issues ranging from torture to education, local voters had one more question as he walked out the door: How much did his last hair cut cost?
“$12 and I even got a little comb,” he said.
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Dec 19th, 2007 by rcorrea
For those who say, “Bah, humbug,” to the holidays, there are a few places to escape the holiday heat and join in the political frenzy this weekend.
Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani will be sipping coffee at a Hampstead shop and hanging out at a Hampton restaurant this weekend, hoping to convince local residents that he’s the man to run the country.
His schedule is as follows:
On Friday, Dec. 21
Town Hall meeting at the PC Connection in Merrimack at 1 p.m.
On Saturday, Dec.22
House party at Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta’s home at 10 a.m.
Town Hall meeting at Hopkinton Town Hall at 11:30 a.m.
Church Landing at Mills Falls in Meredith at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23
The Galley Hatch in Hampton at 10 a.m.
An Exeter house party at the home of Eric and Susan Eno in Exeter at 11:15 p.m.
The BeanTowne Coffee House and Café on Route 111 in Hampstead at 2 p.m.
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Dec 18th, 2007 by John Basilesco
Former state Sen. Joseph Delahunty will announce tomorrow that he is endorsing Republican presidential hopeful John McCain during a campaign stop at Delahunty’s Nursery on Range Road in Windham. Delahunty, who once was president of the New Hampshire senate, is traveling from Florida to his old business in Windham to announce his support for McCain. The event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
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Dec 18th, 2007 by Gordon Fraser
Filmmaker Ken Burns endorsed Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, although that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll see a camera slowly panning over photographs of the Illinois senator while Keith David speaks slowly about the man’s past.
Burns, of Walpole, Mass., said he decided to endorse Obama because of recent “slash-and-burn character attacks,” although he didn’t identify exactly what attacks he was referring to.
But Obama and Hillary Clinton have been trading barbs in recent weeks.
Clinton campaign co-chair Bill Shaheen — husband of former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen — resigned Dec. 14 after telling reporters that Obama’s admitted, past drug use could hurt him in a general election.
In Burns’ endorsement, the filmmaker made a remark that could be interpreted as an oblique jab at the Clinton camp. Without referring to Clinton by name, he wrote:
“We need a president who is authentic.” (Italics his)
Do you think Clinton and other candidates have been using “slash-and-burn character attacks?” Do you think Burns’ call for “authenticity” is a jab at Clinton?
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Dec 18th, 2007 by Bryan Deyermond
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., will not be returning to the Granite State until 2008.
Tancredo’s next appearance in New Hampshire will be when he participates in the last Republican debate at St. Anselm’s College on Jan. 5. It will be Tancredo’s only scheduled appearance prior to the primary on Jan. 8.
Tancredo is currently trailing Republican front runners Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee, among others, both nationally and in New Hampshire.
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Dec 18th, 2007 by rcorrea
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will spend tomorrow in New Hampshire touting his plan for Iraq | but he’ll also make a pit stop to meet the voters of New Hampshire at a bowling alley.
Tonight he was scheduled to speak at the Franco-American Centre in Manchester at a free event open to the public at 7 p.m.
Tomorrow he’ll head to Alvirne High School in Hudson at 9 a.m. He’ll give a similar speeches tomorrow at Pembroke Academy at 1:30 p.m. before heading to the lanes.
Voters are encouraged to stop by Bowl-A-Rama in Portsmouth at 6 p.m.
His final speech before he heads to Illinois and Iowa for the week will be given at the McConnell Center in Dover at 7 p.m.
Doors to all events open half an hour before the scheduled start time.
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