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Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Paul McEachern was standing outside the Chateau restaurant in Manchester, greeting arrivals to the AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast, when he offered the following observation about the state of the press in New Hampshire: “We really don’t have…

It's been making the rounds

The Concord Monitor sure talks tough on its editorial pages - taking strong pro-income tax and anti-war stances. But apparently the paper gets cold feet when it comes to endorsing candidates, opting for Jeanne Shaheen over Mark Fernald in the…

Taking a stand

Sure, Craig Benson announced his neutrality in the GOP N.H. Senate primaries, but that didn’t mean the guv’s aide-de-camp Keith Herman had to abide by his pronouncement. Herman was busy spreading the word shortly before the District 11 primary -…

Time is on our side

Remember when President Bush wanted to keep America out of the business of nation building? Apparently his wife has forgotten, or at least wants to. In New Hampshire earlier this month to stump for her husband, First Lady Laura Bush…

A shmear of tofu

Forget about Governor Benson’s by now notorious decision to leave the Republican convention in New York City a day before President Bush’s acceptance speech - he was reported as being “bored,” at least when it came to some of the…

Sacre bleu!

We mean no offense to France, Canada or to Americans of French descent, but an anonymous “White House official” used the term as an epithet about John Kerry when the Massachusetts senator appeared irresolute about invading Iraq. So we are…

Life of the parties

Perhaps it was inevitable that Manchester Mayor Bob “Breakaway” Baines would fly the Queen City coop in the last week of July to attend the Democratic convention in Boston. After all, Baines is both an elected official and a Democrat,…