New Hampshire: Union Leader

Still think Judas Gregg is the GOP's newest hero?

Kinda hard to do when you've lost Joe McQuaid, the only man on earth who can spin gold out of elephant dung better than Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly:

McQuaid says it's healthy for the state Republican Party to have an open seat, an opportunity for regeneration.

McQuaid said he did not think the Union Leader would have supported Gregg for a fourth term.

Let's leave aside for a minute how full of baloney that statement is.  The Union Leader is, after all, famous for showing support for Charlie Bass no less than three ostentatious times prior to the election, and then telling him never to run again practically the morning after the race.

MANCHESTER--A collection of state and local officials gathered to dedicate a major city bridge to the state's senior United States senator.

The naming of the Granite State Bridge after U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-Rye) became the center of focus last week when the Manchester Board of Alderman voted 13-1 in favor of renaming the bridge after Gregg. The bridge will now serve as the new gateway into downtown Manchester and the project will be completely finished in the spring of 2009.

State Rep. Fran Wendelboe (R-New Hampton) has launched a new website called "NH GOP Voice," which she says will serve as an alternative to what she calls an underperforming official New Hampshire Republican Party site.

Greg Moore, a New Hampshire political consultant and former campaign manager of John Stephen's congressional campaign, has written an editorial that says the Republican Party should return to its conservative roots.