National Republicans stunned by Sununu snub
Source: The Hill
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) shocked national Republicans Tuesday by publicly rejecting entreaties to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) in next year's midterm elections, delivering a setback to the GOP's chances of putting another potentially competitive race on the board at a time when Republicans feel momentum at their back.
In a press conference at the state capital in Concord, announced with just a few hours' notice, Sununu said he would run for a fourth two-year term as governor.
"My responsibility is not to the gridlock and politics of Washington, it's for the citizens of New Hampshire," Sununu told reporters. "I'd be honored to spend a few more years doing what I love doing with the people that I love."
Sununu's comments took Republicans by surprise: He said he had not informed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell or National Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman Rick Scott (R-Fla.) of his decision, a fact confirmed by sources close to both leaders in Washington.
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You don't want to work for Moscow Mitch?
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The Sununus have a little family dynasty going on there that seems to get played down and this one is still relatively young in his career.
This part of the OP article was interesting though -
In recent weeks, Democrats had attacked Sununu for signing a budget bill that included provisions that would restrict access to abortion. Sununu said those advertisements had not influenced his decision not to run. "They've all spent millions of dollars against me. Over $10 million they've spent in the past year and I'm not even running," he said.
Sununu spoke with McConnell, Scott and several other senators about life in Washington as he considered a bid in recent months. On Tuesday, he said that several of those conversations with senators who had served as governor - he mentioned both Scott, a former governor of Florida, and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who served as governor of Massachusetts, as well as former President George W. Bush - convinced him that a Senate career was not right for him.
"I got a pretty clear picture of what the next six years would be," Sununu said. "Sitting in meeting after meeting, waiting for votes to happen, man, I like to get things done."
So "Democrats" were "doing something" and that's a good thing, although it's to be expected that the media would play that down in favor of the "Democrats in disarray" narrative. But the money shot about "sitting in meeting after meeting" was a direct dig at Turtle.
Republicans in disarray.
- "the Outsider®" who plans to "bring reform to the 'hacks' in Washington" (by becoming one - except in the Executive Branch).
He should go on and become a CEO of some corporation instead of doing a Shrub or Huckleberry hound. Then he would be an "outsider".
