New Hampshire: Hodes

U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg and U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes has released statements about President Obama's budget. Below are the key parts from their statements.

U.S. Sen. Gregg remarks at yesterday’s Senate Budget Committee hearing on the President Obama’s FY10 Budget Proposal:

“The budget on balance spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much, it’s that simple.”

“I do not argue with the fact that we are in a severe economic downturn…the government has had to step up with a massive injection, an historic injection, of liquidity to try to move the markets and move the economy forward, and that has cost money in the short-run and we accept that.

I have no idea why she would attack Congressman Hodes unless she wants to run for Senate...and her ideas...well those Bush Tax Cuts have sure worked out well.

http://www.unionleader.com/art...
Jennifer Horn: Hodes is spending away our grandkids' chance of a future

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The history of our modern economy shows one time-tested path to long-term economic stability, and that is through real, broad-based tax cuts that benefit everyone across the economic spectrum. This means tax cuts that benefit small business, where 70 percent of our state's jobs are created; cuts for families who are working hard, paying their bills and barely getting by; cuts to bring the corporate tax rate to a level that allows American companies to be competitive on the global market and actually grow new jobs at home rather than ship them overseas.

It's in Hotline, because apparently I'm the last person in the world who gets releases from UNH (though I don't blame Mr. Smith for not putting me in his mailing list, given the frequent criticisms given here to his non-weighing, low sampling, etc...):
Hodes gets higher overall reviews from his constituents: 46% of adults in the Second CD view him favorably, 13% have an unfavorable opinion of him, and 41% are neutral or don't know enough to say. For Shea-Porter, 38% of adults in the First CD have a favorable opinion of her, 26% have an unfavorable opinion of her, and 37% are neutral or don't know enough to form an opinion of her.

Lauren Dorgan:Word got to us from a Very Reliable Source that Concord state Rep. John DeJoie is among those considering a run for Congress now that Hodes has made clear that he's running for Senate. DeJoie neither confirmed nor denied those reports.

"You know me," DeJoie said. "I'm a firefighter, and I'm an elected representative, and I love serving the public. So I'm reviewing all my options."

I love this. CD2 is the perfect laboratory in this state for the best progressive to run and win in a primary.  I hope we have many candidates who will consider going for it.

And with ideas like this that offer real leadership on our Pledge-driven revenue crisis, I'm already interested in what John DeJoie could bring to the US House. That he's also a Blue Hamster is just icing on the cake.