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Ben & Jerry in the flesh.
Portsmouth N.H. — The Democratic campaign for Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary rolled in to the Portsmouth Book & Bar … in the person of two ice-cream kings from a neighboring state: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
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Marco Rubio holds at Thursday’s town hall meeting.
Portsmouth, N.H. – “Talk to me,” an undecided New England Republican implored Marco Rubio, “about the war on drugs.”
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Ted Cruz in New Hampshire Wednesday.
Henniker, N.H. — If elected president, Ted Cruz promised, he will reverse the policies of sanctuary cities and cut all federal funding of any that resist.
by | Feb 3, 2016 6:03 pm | Comments (0)
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The Donald.
Milford, N.H. — As I negotiated my way into Donald Trump’s welcome-back-to-New Hampshire rally Tuesday night, a staffer motioned me to a holding pen, a set of cramped risers and desks near the back of a capacious room where cameramen scrambled on top of each other to get a good angle.
by | Feb 2, 2016 12:54 pm | Comments (4)
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New Haven’s Yarboro with Cohen in New Hampshire.
Milford, N.H. —Two divergent paths led Bonita Yarboro and Debra Cohen from Connecticut to a door on Boxwood Court, leaflets in hand on an idealistic quest to elect Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
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The not-leading man makes a final stand.
Manchester, N.H. — Exactly three minutes into Jeb! My Attempt to Save My Presidential Dream, the title character warmed up to his monologue.
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Sanders volunteers leave campaign literature throughout Milford, N.H.
Milford, N.H. — Robert Reich offered a powerful argument for voting for Hillary Clinton for president — or else for voting for Bernie Sanders.
by | Feb 1, 2016 3:09 pm | Comments (2)
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Valerie Plame at Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters in Keene.
Keene, N.H. – according to Ex‑C.I.A. officer Valerie Plame, Hillary Clinton is more than just a former first lady, U.S. senator, and secretary of state. She drinks martinis. She knows how to laugh. And she has girlfriends.
Continue reading ‘Selling Point: Hillary Has Pals, Drinks Martinis’
by | Feb 1, 2016 8:36 am | Comments (4)
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Idelier Pettigrew on the doors.
Keene, N.H. — Trudging up to chilly New Hampshire from New Haven with two pals, Idelier Pettigrew wasn’t about to back down when a potential, but still undecided, Hillary Clinton supporter declined to commit.
Continue reading ‘Beaver Hill-er’s Primary Pitch Gets Personal’
by | Jan 20, 2016 5:42 pm | Comments (15)
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Porter, Winfield: Will “introduce” message to black voters.
Two Newhallville state legislators hopped on the Bernie Sanders presidential bandwagon Wednesday, defying the popular image of ironclad support for Hillary Clinton among black elected officials.
Continue reading ‘Winfield, Porter Board Bernie’s Bandwagon’
by | Jan 18, 2016 2:51 pm | Comments (2)
Sam Carlson looked up from his drumset, rolling his neck with the last beats of Ports of Spain’s second song of the night. A dance party that had broken out to the left of the stage showed no sign of stopping. Its three members waved their arms in the air after the last cymbal clash, a final chord. Guitarist Ilya Gitelman flashed them a smile. At the back of the room, DIY Checkpoint’s Brian Springsteen grinned widely, counting a wad of cash in his left hand.
People were having fun. Newly-branded G‑Bot was on tap. Bernie was, at least in spirit, very much in the house. It was shaping up to be a very good night.
by | Jan 15, 2016 5:16 pm | Comments (3)
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Peppered with questions, a leading contender to run for vice-president vowed that the federal government will help Puerto Rico emerge from its financial crisis, but added that meeting the housing needs of those who leave that island for the mainland might be a tougher problem to tackle.
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Pundits Turner, Ugly, Rawls-Ivy.
When Bernie Sanders came out this week for ending the death penalty and ending the federal prohibition against marijuana legalization, he convinced at least one hard-core Hillary Clinton supporter to take a second look.
by | Oct 20, 2015 10:14 am | Comments (11)
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp had this to say about Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, according to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign:
Continue reading ‘Harp Joins 58 Fellow Black Mayors In Endorsing Clinton’
by | Oct 16, 2015 2:30 pm | Comments (0)
Toni Harp played a role Monday night that Hillary Clinton played Tuesday night — dominating her male challengers in a campaign debate, whatever you thought of the merits of each candidate’s arguments.
by | Oct 9, 2015 12:58 pm | Comments (5)
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Anti-police brutality activist Barbara Fair said she wishes presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had spoken out earlier and more forcefully when Michael Brown was shot in Ferguson.
But she still plans to vote for him in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary.
Continue reading ‘“Bern"ers Begin Building Grassroots Machine’
by | Oct 8, 2015 8:10 am | Comments (6)
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Museum founder Nader: Smart consumers become smart voters.
California Gov. Jerry Brown hasn’t said he will run for president (or not run for president) in 2016. But Ralph Nader is sure Jerry Brown is ready to run — and he’s glad.
Continue reading ‘Nader Predicts Brown-Warren “Dream” Ticket’
by | Sep 18, 2015 1:48 pm | Comments (1)
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Jason Paul (pictured) is a Connecticut political analyst and Democratic campaign consultant.
1. Debates don’t change everything instantly.
Everyone wants to imagine that every debate is going to change everything but the underlying dynamics of the race can very often be sticky. There are exceptions. In 2012, Rick Perry’s poor performance in the debates doomed his candidacy. More often, even a particularly strong or weak appearance doesn’t shake things up. That seems to be the case in this race. The polling before the debate had Donald Trump clearly in first place with about 30%, Ben Carson in second place with about 20 percent, and Jeb Bush win third with 7.8 oercent. The remaining 12, particularly those candidates who were on the stage with Trump, were all bunched together somewhere below that. The gap between first and second, and second to third is considerably larger than the gap between third and last. That makes it very hard for any one of those 13 (including Bush) to score an absolute breakthrough in the debate.
Continue reading ‘5 Takeaways From Wednesday’s GOP Presidential Debate’
by | Aug 20, 2015 5:37 pm | Comments (0)
In an appearance this week on Fox News’ Bill O’ Reilly Show, Donald Trump declared the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to those born or naturalized in the U.S., unconstitutional.
by | Aug 20, 2015 1:52 pm | Comments (0)
What are the most critical three points of President Obama’s climate change plan? What is President Obama’s climate change plan? What will industrial firms have to do to limit the output of greenhouse gasses? What is coal’s role in all of this? And how much of an issue will climate change be in the 2016 election?
by | Aug 12, 2015 3:59 pm | Comments (2)
Presidential candidate Ben Carson is leaving Joe Ugly with an … ugly feeling.
by | Aug 11, 2015 3:32 pm | Comments (2)
When “Black Lives Matters” activists crashed a campaign speech by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Joe Ugly smelled something … ugly.
Continue reading ‘Were Bernie Protesters “Hillary Clinton Operatives”?’
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Vermin Supreme: “Vote early. Vote often.”
Manchester, N.H. —A presidential candidate pulled into a rival’s diner campaign stop and promised, if elected, to re-invade Iraq and make it the 51st state. “Where do you stand on the free ponies for all Americans program?” he demanded
by | Jan 11, 2012 9:12 am | Comments (2)
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Manchester, N.H.—A second-place finish in Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation GOP primary was enough to lead supporters to erupt in an optimistic chant: “President Paul! President Paul!”
by | Jan 21, 2009 2:00 pm | Comments (0)
William Hosely, who cultivates history full-time here as head of the New Haven Museum, witnessed history being made in D.C. at Tuesday’s inauguration. He sent back these shots of the crowd.