Posted by David P. Greisman on October 29, 2007
Presidential candidate
speaks in Peterborough
Freeman Klopott
Sentinel Staff
PETERBOROUGH — Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani blasted Hillary Clinton Sunday for saying she would, if elected, take diplomatic action before being inaugurated.
The comments were made in front of a 150-strong, mostly Giuliani-friendly crowd in a town-hall style meeting at the Peterborough Town House.
The former New York mayor also discussed his views on the war on terror, Iran and education. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by David P. Greisman on October 28, 2007
Jake Berry
Sentinel Staff
Holiday routines in the Monadnock Region might include a sleigh ride and shopping for presents. But they don’t usually involve a stop at the voting booth.
Earlier this month, N.H. Secretary of State William M. Gardner said he may move the primary into December in an effort to preserve the state’s first-in-the-nation status — a prospect that strikes fear in the heart of some area residents as they begin to make their holiday plans. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by David P. Greisman on October 25, 2007
Ex-Peterborough man files for presidential race
David P. Greisman
Sentinel Staff
He turned a Peterborough junkyard into a makeshift outdoor strip club.
He was a frequent litigant in the region’s judicial system, donning kangaroo and clown costumes (and sometimes both simultaneously) in court proceedings.
Now he’s running for president. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by David P. Greisman on October 24, 2007
Pro-life Democrat is against war
Jake Berry
Sentinel Staff
The bright camera lights that followed Republican presidential hopefuls Rudy Giuliani and John McCain as they filed for the N.H. primary at the Statehouse in Concord Tuesday didn’t leave fellow candidate Henry Hewes in their shadow, Hewes said Tuesday.
Instead, they cast more of a light on him, Hewes said hours after filing his own declaration papers.
“Today was a banner day for New Hampshire,” said Hewes, 58, a New York-based housing developer and newly declared presidential candidate. “John McCain filed for president. Rudy Giuliani filed for president … and I filed for president. … This is an exciting day.”
Unlike Giuliani and McCain, the highest-profile candidates to file Tuesday, Hewes, a longtime Republican, filed as a Democrat. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by David P. Greisman on October 22, 2007
Candidates running ads like never before
Jake Berry
Sentinel Staff
Forget “The Bachelor” and “Dancing With the Stars.” Some new stars of prime-time television are holding a competition of their own.
With primary season now hitting full stride, presidential hopefuls are taking their campaigns to the New Hampshire airwaves like never before, according to political analysts and media experts.
Over the last eight weeks, many of the leading presidential candidates have launched new television ads: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, who is scheduled to premiere another ad today.
And more ads are surely on the way, experts say. Read the rest of this entry »
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