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Posted by dawnbixtler on 2004-10-18 17:52:12 +0000

Will the real New Hampshire please stand up?

On the train this morning, a woman was reading an article (from a newspaper, but I couldn't tell which) entitled "Why New Hampshire will determine our next President." Could be true, though I really hope not as:

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041017/COLUMNISTS12/110170001/-1/columnists

... will lead to another Florida, if it turns out the voter suppression is from the GOP. Looks likely, but we won't know until after the election, when the sealed plea agreement is opened. Sad.
Posted by on 2004-10-18 18:05:14 +0000
The piece you saw sounds like the piece by Charlie Pierce in the Globe Magazine. Pierce (he's on NECN and does NPR's <i>It's Only A Game</i> and <i>What, Wait...</i> wroate about how NH has purpled, and it's 4 EC votes significance has been magnified, without which Bush would not have won in 2000.

It seems the biggest problem for Bush in NH is Benson.

It's here:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/10/17/why_new_hampshire_will_pick_the_president/
Posted by on 2004-10-18 18:10:57 +0000
That was it The Globe!
Posted by on 2004-10-18 18:13:06 +0000
Is Benson the serving Governor who has a bastard child running around Portsmith? I think I heard about this from my Dad.
Posted by on 2004-10-18 18:15:14 +0000
I have that in my ever growing "things to be read" pile next to my bed... Poor Jackie....
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