N. Hampshire Wildcard: The Union Leader
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 26th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
N. Hampshire Wildcard: The Union Leader
Erin McPike, RealClearPolitics
With Rick Perry surging among GOP primary voters in Iowa and South Carolina, Mitt Romney has maintained a sizable lead in polling of New Hampshire Republicans all year. But in the wake of his splashy entry into the race, Perry has also moved into second place in New Hampshire, a place that often bucks national trends, and upends presidential politics in the process.There are still at least four months to go before Republican voters start casting their ballots in the presidential primary election, so the pecking order in the early nominating states is certain to change before any actual votes…
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Steve Jobs, Stanford University (June 2005)
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.The first story is about connecting the dots.
NYT’s Bill Keller, Just Asking Questions
Alana Goodman, Commentary
Scott Brown No Shoo-in for Re-election
Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
When Scott Brown was elected U.S. senator from Massachusetts in a special election last year, Republicans rejoiced. They had wrested the Senate seat held by the late liberal icon Edward Kennedy in a Democratic stronghold.Brown remains quite popular at home. But as he faces the voters again in 2012, will that matter?The saga of former Sen. Lincoln Chafee in neighboring Rhode Island offers a cautionary tale. Another much-liked moderate Republican, Chafee lost his bid for re-election in 2006 for a very simple, one-letter reason — the “R” after his name. The Republican brand was much…
