In response to some a recent post by a fellow RedStater, I felt it necessary to make clear what the situation is in New Hampshire. The republican primary for Senate is two months away and it has become a horse race between Bill Binnie and Attorney General Kelly Ayotte. Two other candidates, Ovide Lamontagne and Jim Bender are also in the race but they each have been stuck in the low single digits for months now, with Ovide’s support depleting since his entrance into the race. Bender is pro-choice and pro-gay marriage and Ovide is a two time statewide loser from the 90′s who lost by more than 15 points in both races in good republican years. Ayotte still maintains a small lead over Bender, but the time has come for Conservatives to put their money with their mouth is and support Ayotte.
Bill Binnie is no moderate. Period. He is a liberal. He is for amnesty and has come out against Arizona’s law. He is a social liberal like Bender and supports abortion and gay marriage. He has given money to democrats in the past and has gone as far to say that he doesn’t like the GOP because they are pro-life. He has been open to tax increases as a means to lower the deficit. And this is only a brief summary of his liberalism. However, in an open primary and because he is self-funding his race with his millions, Binnie is nipping at Ayotte’s heals and conservatives cannot stand flatfooted any longer.
Ayotte is a conservative, no doubt. She is a staunch social conservative and is a tough on crime no nonsense prosecutor. She supports Arizona’s law and condemns Amnesty. She is strong on national security and believes in enhanced interrogation and military tribunals. She is a fiscal conservative and has signed several pledges affirming so.
Ayotte must be our Rubio in New Hampshire, otherwise we will be stuck with Binnie who is even worse than Charlie “For the People” Crist. It’s time to fight for freedom and get behind the conservative Ayotte. Do we really need another Jim Jeffords or Crist? Or do we want someone who is a commonsense conservative, who will fight against Obama’s overreaching government.
The answer is Clear.
www.ayotteforsenate.com
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Binnie Ended Ovide's Run
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Wednesday, July 14th at 5:28PM EST (link)I thought so-called “real” conservatives who were preparing to take down Kelly to push Ovide were foolish before. Hodes has a great chance to beat Ovide. And while Kelly may not be ideal to some, she fits the NH mold well.
But two more things should deter those who want to push one of teh single digit candidates.
First, the primary is in September. The damage done will have an impact in the general. Unlike, say Indiana, where Coats has time to heal.
Second, Binnie is a legitimate threat. With a liberal Republican on her left flank knocking on the door, any push to tear Kelly down for Ovide or Bender is just dumb. Conservatives will split the vote and we will get a William Weld in the Senate.
Binnie is a Democrat in Disguise
NH_GOP Thursday, July 15th at 1:50PM EST (link)Just look who is supporting him..
Mack’s Apples, big Obama cheerleaders.
SwampYankee: The Polls show you are wrong
irishrebel2000 Sunday, September 5th at 2:10PM EST (link)The most recent polls show Lamontagne has increased his polling numbers from 9 to 21 percent in about 4 weeks without running TV ads while Binnie has fallen to 17 and Ayotte remains stuck around the low 30s.
Your idea that conservatives have to vote for Ayotte is wishful thinking for Ayotte supporters.
All conservatives need to do is pick the real conservative in the race and Lamontagne will not only win the primary but defeat Hodes and make real change in Washington.
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Wednesday, July 14th at 5:30PM EST (link)It’s bad enough when that other guy did it, so do n’t start copying him.
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Rasmussen today says Ovide beats Hodes
kevinburke Wednesday, July 14th at 10:05PM EST (link)Hodes has no chance to beat Ovide. Ovide presents the starkest contract to Hodes. Hodes is stronger on guns than Kelly is!
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/new_hampshire/election_2010_new_hampshire_senate
Voters have a chance to pick the right candidate in the pimary, and that is Ovide Lamontagne.
DC Keep out of NH
NH_GOP Thursday, July 15th at 1:49PM EST (link)Please stop smearing Bender as not being prolife or being pro gay marriage! He is the only one that is a Constitutionalist.
Ayotte didnot prosecute voter fraud, does not support castle doctrine, supported Sotomayor and did not prosecute Democrats accused of serious crimes.
Binnie is a former Democrat supported by companies who supported OBAMA.
Any of them will beat Hodes, but Ayotte is nothing more than a robotic extension of DC establishment types like McCain.
GET SMART won’t you?
Stop telling NH what to do!
From Bender's website
wayneinnh (Diary) Thursday, July 15th at 3:03PM EST (link)On Abortion:
State government has the responsibility to regulate in this area without interference from any branch of the Federal government. I believe in strong parental consent laws, I oppose Federal funding for abortion and I support the ban on partial birth abortions. I believe that this is a very difficult decision and should be decided by a woman in the privacy of her doctor’s office.
On Marriage:
I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. I support civil unions with equal rights, but the federal government should not require churches to violate their own beliefs. Religions that believe marriage is between a man and a woman must be respected and the federal government’s role should be subordinate to the states, just as the Constitution provides.
We don’t need a wordsmith. We need a conservative. It’s not a smear when the words come right from the candidate’s own website.
Link: http://benderforsenate.com/issues#abortion
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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
It’s not intellectual to believe we evolved from hydrogen gas.
Please do not distort the record
irishrebel2000 Tuesday, July 20th at 6:25PM EST (link)It is amazing to me the majority of people who support Ayotte and oppose Ovide Lamontagne do so because they have been told by the political elite he cannot win. This is more frightening when you realize that in the same breadth they say LaMontagne is the better candidate.
The fact of the matter is he is the only candidate in the Senate race who has actually won a state wide race and defeated a sitting Congressman.
The fact that he lost an election to Jeanne Shaheen in 1996 says alot more about 1996 then about Ovide … If losing to Shaheen is the worst you can say about Ovide, then it applies to any Republican who has ever ran a campaign against Shaheen, a list that includes John Sununu, Jr., hardly a lightweight… If that is really your test, no Republican could ever run …
The fact of the matter is that any of the Republican candidates in this race are favored to beat Hodes in the general election
So, if you really want a real proven conservative to represent New Hampshire and not someone who is beholden to the Washington elite who want to buy your vote, then why not vote for LaMontagne ??
FEAR FROM POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RETRIBUTION
One of the major reasons our country and the Republican party is in such an awful state is because voters have bought (pun intended ) the idea that we need to back the candidate the Washington elite and money men tell us to vote for in our primary.
The end result is we end up with Republicans who talk like Republicans but vote like Washingtonians, the inside elite who trade favors on both sides of the aisle and get rich and fat off of our blood, sweat and tears.
The Washington elite , on both sides of the aisle, are concentrating power more and more power at the highest reaches of government so they are literally deciding which private businesses stay in business and which ones they destroy by either over taxation or over regulation or political earmarks or special favor legislation.
I can understand why government workers or private businesses with federal grants and contracts are fearful that if they really voted for people like Ovide LaMontagne, the political retribution may cost them their jobs and their livelihood. Just ask the car dealers who did not have any political connections or professional federal prosecutors who were replaced by political appointees or the local banks and credit unions who have to pay for mistakes made on Wall Street and in Washington.
But I think it is time we all acted like real Americans and actually opposed this new form of tyranny with all our might and remind these people that we still control our country and our political system and we are not going to cave into political cronies who threaten us. I would rather let the free market with an humane social net decide my economic fate then some government bureaucrat who earns his pay and retirement by taking money out of my pocket and performing the newest form of “social engineering” . This is even more important when it gets to the point when politicians have so much power that people literally fear for their economic existence if they do not vote the way the political establishment tell them to vote.
It reminds me of my college years when I belonged to a labor union and people would always grumble about the union boss. The guy drove around in a Cadillac and had a beautiful house and took vacations to exotic places, all things the other union members did not have. It was obvious the guy was taking bribes. Being the stupid college kid, I said why don’t you get together and pick a guy to run against him and then you will take back control of your union. The answer was anyone who ran against him ended up not being hired on any projects. Thankfully, they eventually got a guy with the intestinal fortitude to run against the union boss and actually defeated him.
I tell you if you actually meet Ovide LaMontagne and talk to him, he will remind you of the kind of guy who will risk his fame, fortune and honor to beat political tyrants, whether they be union bosses or political elites.
Rather than cave into this pressure, we need to resist it with all our might. We need to tell the average guy in the street that there are still good people that run for our highest offices and we need to back them just like those union members stood up to the union boss.
Voters still have the chance to tell the Washington elite they are no longer going to control our government and we are still in charge of our state and national government.
The fundamental decision is who is the best candidate to represent New Hampshire in the United States Senate. It isn’t who has the most money or what jobs or political favors or threats the political elite throw at you….
After reading all the posts, I think it is clear if you are an informed, intelligent and heart felt conservative, LaMontagne is the clear choice.