Dem Powerhouse Shaheen To Run For Senate Against Vulnerable Republican

The Fix:

Former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) will make clear today that she plans to run against Sen. John Sununu (R) in 2008 with a more formal announcement this weekend, according to several informed Democratic sources.

Shaheen had been mulling the race for months, weighing her desire to serve in the Senate with her comfortable perch as the head of the Harvard Institute of Politics. Poll after poll showed Shaheen leading Sununu by double digits, making the prospect of passing on the race nearly impossible.

Landing Shaheen finishes a tremendous week of recruiting for Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that includes former Gov. Mark Warner's (Va.) decision to run for the open seat in Virginia and a visit to Washington by former Sen. Bob Kerrey who is considering a return bid for the open seat in Nebraska.

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[Dansden]

Paddywhack:
You mean the Dems who forced ROVE and GONZO out because of Congressional hearings and Impeachment threats?

You mean Dems who have turned back the environmental laws to conserve our natural resources that POMBO and BUSHY cronies were devastating through give aways to Lumber, coal and energy fascists?

Do you mean Dems who have allowed Congressional hearings on a number of U.S. issues of citizen protection of food, toys, imports, autos, etc that the Repugs would not provide hearings to help the citizens?

Do you mean those Dems who have Mark Warner as a shoo-in for the FORMERLY REPUGNICAN VA Senator and Shaheen as a shoo-in for the FORMER REPUGNICAN N HAMPSIRE senator- do you mean those Dems?

Do you mean the Dems who have won Court support to block drilling in our natural resources and stop mountain-top mining by corporate fascist BUSH buddies and Stickler, Mine APPOINTEE of BUSHY who has also allowed the mines to be unsafe and cause tragic deaths?

Do you mean those Dems, PaddyWhack..?
Of course you do...Get used to it!

[pimothy]

Follow the links in Wikipedia, there were all kinds of Rovian operatives in the election scandal where Shaheen was defeated in 2002.
http:en.wi­kipedia.or­g/2002_New­_Hampshire­_Senate_el­ection_pho­ne_jamming­_scandal

[MI6troll]

buh-bye Sununu

[PADDYWHACK]

The Dems couldn't get laid in a whorehouse with a $500 bill, and it's not just inflation.I want the GOP to lose but it's not very appealing to elect these yellow ninnies.They are like puppies gnawing at Dubya's ankles,tho they have lied about Iraq and spent money like they were in the whorehouse the GOP could still win,Dems look like pussies-to continue the metaphor.

[testerwebbdemocrat]

We only need HALF of their 22 seats to get obstruction-proof cloture.

Its gonna happen.

[chronic]

Dem Powerhouse Shaheen To Run For Senate Against Vulnerable Republican





.....meanwhile Senat Dems are planning to reach across the isle to republicans in vunerable seats to work out a plan to bring an end to the Bushs war of choice in Iraq.


Do the Democrats in DC really want a super majority in congress?



I don't think so.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

We need to start a list of the 21 or 22 Repuke Senators under serious threat in 2008.

We only need 17 of em to spit out the Kool-Aid.

March for Impeachment TOMORROW. High noon. The Whiteout House.

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

All I can say is...'ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST...ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST...AND ANOTHER ONE FALLS AND ANOTHER ONE FALLS...ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST"

[BLOGGINGBITCH]

Q: Why do republicans cry after having sex?


A: MACE!!!


http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/118976097330620.xml&coll=2



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[Captain EdwardGraham]

Sununu it toast!

[Captain EdwardGraham]

Actually New Hampshire is turning Democratic in the south, and who ever takes the big city of Manchester takes the rest of the state. Its that simple. You dont have to be a Carl Rove to figure it out.

And Gov Shaheen took Manchester in a landslide last time. Its a lower class working mans city, and the GOP base is out in the rural all white areas....