New Hampshire: Jim Merrill

A group of Republican activists have announced that they are postponing a meeting because of the recent ice story.

The meeting, titled "GOP Positive Look Forward," was scheduled to take place on Monday at Saint Anselm College but will now be held at a later date.

Two Republican consultants and the mayor of the largest city in New Hampshire have organized an invitation-only meeting for Granite State Republicans to get together and discuss ways to "move forward to 2010," PolitickerNH.com has learned.

The meeting, being billed as a "Working Meeting: A Positive Look Forward," is being organized by Jim Merrill, Neil Levesque and Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta. It is scheduled to take place on December 15th at Saint Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

Both major political parties in New Hampshire are organizing efforts to reach undecided voters and make sure their get out to the polls.

Kathy Sullivan, former New Hampshire Democratic Party chairwoman, and Jim Merrill, a Republican consultant, said get-out-the vote efforts have become more sophisticated since 2002, when the Republicans launched their "72 hour program."

DERRY-- They might not be the "A-Team" but former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) said at the Republican state convention that the "J-Team" will bring Republicans to victory in November.

According to Bradley, the "J-Team" is comprised of U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley), state Sen., and gubernatorial candidate, Joe Kenney (R-Wakefield), 2nd Congressional District candidate Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua) and Bradley himself, who is running in the 1st Congressional District.