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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 12:08 PM Feb 2015

Republicans Mobilize to Save Kelly Ayotte

“New Hampshire Republicans have begun a pre-emptive strike this month against the strongest prospective challenger to Sen. Kelly Ayotte, targeting Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan months before she’s even set to decide whether she’ll enter the race,” National Journal reports.

“The early and aggressive campaign against Hassan demonstrates how seriously they take her as a challenger. Republicans already have filed a legal request to reveal her out-of-state travel and even have gotten prospective presidential candidates to criticize her stewardship of the state. This is unusual because Hassan has yet to determine whether she’ll run for Senate at alland won’t be deciding until the summer.”

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http://politicalwire.com/2015/02/18/republicans-mobilize-save-kelly-ayotte/

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Republicans Mobilize to Save Kelly Ayotte (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2015 OP
Ayotte has deliberately pursued a "non-entity" approach. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #1
They Are Trying to Gather Smear Material Leith Feb 2015 #2
Hassan's popular in NH--they'll have to do better. Arkana Feb 2015 #3
No shot NHDEMFORLIFE Feb 2015 #4
Ayotte Needs To Go She Lied To A Sandy hook Parent Saying She Supports Stronger Gun Legislation... Corey_Baker08 Feb 2015 #5
 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
1. Ayotte has deliberately pursued a "non-entity" approach.
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 12:52 PM
Feb 2015

Does nothing more than show up for photo ops. She is desperately trying to avoid any association with her party's overt misogyny as that will cost her the next election.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
2. They Are Trying to Gather Smear Material
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 02:55 PM
Feb 2015

If they had any good ideas or policies, they could run on those. But they don't.

NHDEMFORLIFE

(489 posts)
4. No shot
Fri Feb 20, 2015, 11:41 PM
Feb 2015

I'd love to see Kelly Ayotte taken out of the senate in 2016, but her losing would take a presidential landslide of epic proportions (which I'd also love to see).
She plays all media in the state like a fiddle and works double time to get back in the state and pose in as many photo-ops as she possibly can. A year from now, when they are polling on Ayotte vs. Whoever, I'm afraid she is going to be quite comfortably ahead. She may have a lead large enough that the DNC will take a pass on sending any serious money up here.
Not trying to be negative, but I believe she is going to be one of our worst opportunities to flip a senate seat.

Corey_Baker08

(2,157 posts)
5. Ayotte Needs To Go She Lied To A Sandy hook Parent Saying She Supports Stronger Gun Legislation...
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 12:52 PM
Feb 2015

Then hours later voted against legislation that would have limited the number of bullets a single clip can hold & even opposed making it harder for the mentally I'll to purchase weapons...

I truly believe if she ran for President the teabaggers, the right wing conservative wack jobs & yes even some independent Women would support her...

I truly believe she is a dangerously capable puppet politician...

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