Archive for August 12th, 2007

Portsmouth, NH Herald: “McCain stumps in Granite State”; NH director Mike Dennehy quoted at length

Michael McCord of the Portsmouth (NH) Herald also provided this concise summary of Senator McCain’s new, New-Hampshire-focused campaign.  He also interviews McCain national political director Mike Dennehy (based in NH) at length.  Here are excerpts from the text:

PORTSMOUTH — Though he didn’t plan it this way, Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain has returned to his […]

Monday Morning Clacker: “McCain in NH” - and drawing crowds which “by any GOP ‘08 metric, are nothing to sneeze at.”

The “Monday Morning Clacker” - the nom de plume of the exceptionally well-connected, upper-New-England-based new-media publisher - had a lot of praise for Senator McCain’s weekend in New Hampshire, while all other Republicans but Rudy were plugging their candidacies in Ames, Iowa.  
The Clacker also noted the fact that a Democratic operative was present: a clear indicator that Democrats still feel […]

Portsmouth, NH Herald: McCain jokes that NH’s primary status should continue because voters “get to see you, make comments and give you the occasional insult.”

Michael McCord of the Portsmouth (NH) Herald covered Senator McCain’s appearance on Friday in front of business leaders there.  Here are excerpts:

August 11, 2007 6:00 AM  
PORTSMOUTH — In an appearance Friday before local business leaders and supporters, Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain reaffirmed his support for New Hampshire’s status as the first-in-the-nation primary — […]

Columnist Liz Mair on Ames straw poll: “McCain, Rudy, Fred all have got to be pretty happy about this.”

Independent, libertarian Republican columnist and blogger Liz Mair shared her analysis of the results of Saturday’s GOP straw poll in Ames, Iowa.  Her conclusion was that Mitt Romney’s 31% victory was not as impressive as that posted by George W. Bush in 1999, despite similar percentages of the overall vote.
Mair’s view is that Bush won his comparable […]

Portsmouth, NH Herald: Q&A with John McCain

Michael McCord of the Portsmouth (NH) Herald interviewed Senator McCain while he was in the Granite State campaigning this weekend.  Here are some excerpts:

August 12, 2007 6:00 AM
 
PORTSMOUTH — For Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The upset winner of the 2000 New […]


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