June 18, 2008 - 5:46pm
GOP recruits candidate to run against Fuller Clark
By James W. Pindell
Category: Local
New Hampshire Republican recruited a candidate to run against state Sen. Martha Fuller Clark (D-Portsmouth), which will mean that both parties will have a candidate in all state Senate districts.
Christian Callahan, a Portsmouth businessman, was given the slot today under a rule that allows parties to recruit candidate for positions if no one else had at the end of the filing period.
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Big Whoop.
Just another nutty Free Stater throwing their name on the ballot so they can yak on about why they moved here and why NH needs to change.
Ron Paul Lives On!
Another one? How many of Cullen's team are Ron Paulists?
How embarassing.
Fuller heads th
I love how a woman with zero experience in the energy industry (she holds and art degree) heads up the states energy committee. She spearheaded this RGGI BS which will increase rates statewide and force local businesses to shut their doors or move. I hope the candidate uses her age as a flaw just like the media and Obama are using McCains.
Dems did the same thing with Blue Dogs and "Lynch Dems"
For those who don't know, as much as disagree with some of his stances Ron Paul had a huge grassroots following in NH with the younger generation. The seacoast city is good experiment due to age of seacoast residents. The Democrats have done the same thing by putting "Blue Dogs" on the ballot in 2006 and more recently, the special elections. In NH we now have Lynch Democrats...whatever that means.
Fuller Clark
I was envious when I thought Martha had no opponent.
Well I'm still envious. She has no opponent.
Portsmouth Resident
Yeah this woman has done a lot for myself and other Portsmouth residents (rolls eyes).
Martha Fuller Clark Has Done Much
Martha Fuller Clark has done a great deal for the entire Seacoast -- and the state -- and I have no doubt she will be reelected with a tremendous margin.
She showed her amazing ability to listen to and involve her constituents on three important issues -- a bill affecting Pease and The Port, the legislation affecting public service employees, and the entire issue of "donor communities" on education funding.
She's what a public servant should be, and she will be reelected because we need her and her heart is with the people's needs.
get a life
Hey Dawn, I'll have what you're smoking. I'm pretty sure Callahan has lived here most of his life if not since since birth. And as for Free Staters? The only "change" they want is back to traditional New Hampshire quality of life before Democrats started spending, taxing, and regulating that out of existence.
Thanks to Gov Lynch and the idiots in the Statehouse who've run up massive deficits and can only raise fees and taxes, guys like Callahan and the rest of the "Ron Paul crowd" look better and better every day.
Maybe if the other campaigns / movements had any activists who did anything productive, Fergus would call them, too.
Get a life! Your days in power in NH are numbered.
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