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Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Sununu on world issues

Sen. Sununu is also supporting and actively backing legislation to help better the world around us as well. It can be easy to get tunnel visioned into thinking only about "American Issues", but Sununu's support of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is pushing forward the help that these developing countries need. This country has a lot of benefits that developing countries do not, and we need to be on the ball with assistance to those people also. We are all in this together.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Sununu on the Workplace

Sen. Sununu also voted for putting into place (one of only 6 republicans to do so) an act that removed the "time limit" for people to report discrimination within the workplace. These types of issues can be sensitive, and difficult for someone to talk about. Giving them a time limit to muster the courage to bring up a situation can be unfair.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Fundraising

It is also nice to see that their is a candidate that doesn't believe in launching campaigns that target the other candidate. These campaigns only go to make the voter feel more on edge about their decision. Sen. John Sununu has only spent $335,000 in the 2nd quarter of 2008, while his opponent has spent $1.3 million mostly on advertising. Candidates should come back to the issues at hand instead of concentrating on why you shouldn't vote for the other guy. Tell us why we should vote for you.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Campaign Spending

Spending money on campaign ads is not an inherently bad thing. A larger majority of Americans gather their information from visual media than those who gather information from reading up on the issues. It is only logical that a presiding Senator would initially spend less on campaign ads as opposed to the aspiring challenger to the seat. Shaheen's ad campaign has thus far focused more on the issues of her career as governor and concerns about rising gas prices. Sununu is already preparing ads that target Shaheen's tax record in hopes of diverting voters' attention from his commitment to a prolonged military commitment in Iraq and the tax cuts of the Bush administration.As the election date draws closer, it will be interesting to see which candidate takes on the more offensive approach and turns this race into a typical political boxing match.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Advertising Will Not Matter

Spending money on campaign ads in the 2008 Senate race between Sununu and Shaheen is not going to change many minds. These two "longtime rivals" are well-known to the state's roughly half-million votes, and a barrage of last minute television ads won't change many attitudes. Very few voters actually gather information from ads; Americans are used to seeing advertising and can be immune to messages that do match their political and economic attitudes. New Hampshire voters strongly moved Democratic in the 2006 elections and no amount of advertising can stop this trend from continuing in November.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu (R)

Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen may have lost the 2002 Senate race against then-Congressman John E. Sununu because of her shift on tax issues. Both candidates strongly supported President Bush's 2002 federal tax cuts and the invasion of Iraq, even though as governor in 2001 Shaheen attempted to implement a 2.5% state sales tax, which Sununu and most voters opposed. In 2004, Shaheen criticized the invasion of Iraq and President Bush's handling of the war, another shift from a previous position. Sununu has been consistent in his support of the Iraq War and cutting taxes while the attitudes of some voters in New Hampshire have shifted; Bush won the state in 2000 and lost it to John Kerry in 2004.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu (R)

Is the fact that John Sununu has not run television or radio ads a sign that the polls reflect only a national point of view and not a predictor of New Hampshire election results and what can be expected after John Sununu begins running advertisements.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu (R)

John Sununu has chosen to contribute $10,000 from Senator Stevens PAC since his indictment. Will this cause him any problems to his election and will he be able to distance himself from the Senator's problems. You can compare the other senators who are following his lead at http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu (R)

John Sununu campagin has a strategy to duplicate its come from behind win which he experienced in the last election. The tothenberg Report has compared the polls and how Sununo and others have come from behind. http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-hampshire-senate-no-poll-vault-for.html
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Swimming Against The Tide

This Rothenberg Report actually appears to show that Sununu is likely to lose. The report compares Sununu to the defeated conservative Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum; not a positive indicator. Also, recently reported is the fact that Republican Party registration in New Hampshire has decreased while those registering as Democrats has increased, a continuing shift that shows the state is trending Democratic.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu (R)

Gov Shaheen pledged for no taxes to be elected Governor and now she is running for Senate. Does the dropping of the pledge to pass a 2.5% tax increase give John Sununu campaign strength.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Too Close To Call

The Senate rematch between John Sununu and Jeanne Shaheen is too close to call. New Hampshire's unusual demographics- evenly split between Republicans, Democrats, and independents, are in play again. Senator Sununu has distanced himself from President Bush with votes to limit the reach of the Patriot Act and against Real I.D., and being the first GOP senator to call for the firing of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In fact, he is highly rated by the A.C.L.U. for his positions on civil liberties. If former Gov. Shaheen is going to beat this incumbent senator, she has to go beyond linking him to President Bush. With New Hampshire Republicans over their 2006 slump, they are likely to turn out in large numbers to support both Johns - McCain and Sununu.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Slight win

Well currently, Shaheen has pulled ahead by four points as of August fourth and is beginning hard-hitting campaigning throughout New Hampshire as the Obama favorite. Shaheen is an open supporter for party unity as a progressive and received some major kudos for her positive work for the Democratic ticket from Michelle Obama last month. Both Shaheen and Michelle Obama are hardcore advocates for women's rights and have united under the same banner for women's upward movement and family support. In such a famously Independent state, as you say, the idea that either candidate, McCain or Obama can gain an exact advantage in a place worth only four electoral votes would be a feat. But here, every little bit helps, and Obama holds a narrow but significant 3 point lead over McCain. Couldn't it be that edge that puts Shaheen over Sununu? The numbers are creeping decidedly in her favor.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu (R)

John Sununu is a rising national political figure, and has not disappointed his constituency because his actions have been intelligent and have consistently addressed longterm benefits. He has a totally refreshing lack of rhetoric. His opponent was a tax and spend Governor who accomplished very little, and her liberal tendencies are absolutely wrong for the problems that need solutions. Her politics are totally old school, and she panders rather than ponders. Her ties to the Clinton "dynasty" are truly appalling. Despite her unbridled political ambition, she is wrong for both NH and the nation, and is better suited for a return to the liberal bastion of Harvard University.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Fuel and Conservation

This week John Sununu joined the bi-partisan effort to repeal the ban on off-shore drilling.Sununu, who represents Maine's forestry lobby signed on to the bill under the condition that an amendment to provide a tax credit to people buying "energy-efficient wood pellet stoves."
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu

Experience, conservative, not a tax-and-spend liberal, a record of supportfor the Second Amendment.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu

John Sununu is a responsive Senator. He has replied in writing to evey inquiry or opinion which I have written to him. He is a true conservative and a reliablesupporter of the Second Amendment. He is a fiscal conservative and a person who I have come to appreciate as a reader and analyzer of legislation beforeacting on such.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu

Senator Sununu's time as a junior senator has shown him to be a voice of conservative fiscal and social policy. He has voted with Republicans over 80% of the time.His policy strengths are technology, defense and finance. Sununu has aligned himself with the New Hampshire tradition of opposing new taxes. He has supported decreased income tax for all income levels. In his time as a junior senator Mr. Sununu has impressed senior members with his strong stances, intelligence and work on multiple committees and subcommittees.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Shaheen's Failures

It is so good to see Jeanne Shaheen have a positive attitude that she thinks she can do good for America and For New Hampshire. She did so many good things for New Hampshire when she was Governor of our Great State(sarcasm). One of my philosophies is that you are part of the problem or part of the cure, and Shaheen is part of the problem!!!!!!!
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Shaheen's Failures

Jeanne Shaheen's failure to do ANYTHING to fix our school funding problem has directly led to the $250M deficit we now have in this state. there is very little debate about that. Democrats have been in the governor's seat for 10 of the last 12 years yet the education funding problem, which resulted in a failed statewide property tax, has yet to be addressed. Our schools will be controlled by the courts until a real governor steps up to tackle the problem. Thanks Jeanne for nothing.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu

The New Hampshire Senate race is among six which Republican Senator John Ensign of Nevada characterized as being within the margin of error according to polls for the National Republican Senatorial Committee which is led by the Nevada Senator. The implication is clearly that in a year where Republicans are troubled by the burden of an unpopular outgoing administration, so many "pick 'em" races is "so far, so good" for the Republicans.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Agriculture

Sununu Annouces that New Hampshire a Disaster and Eligible for AidThe summer months posed ecological havoc on the farms of New Hampshire. Floods, rain, winds and hail caused so much damage to the region that the United Sates Department of Agriculture declared the state a disaster area. After the decision, Sununu with Sen. Gregg stated,“New Hampshire’s agricultural resources suffered significant losses following this summer’s severe weather...This disaster declaration opens the doors for critical low-interest loans to farmers across the state that is in need of this valuable assistance.”Farm operators across the state are eligible for low-interest emergency loans.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Fuel and Conservation

Sununu Sees Timber as a Renewable IndustryFew people, if pressed, would first think of wood as a renewable energy. Sununu argues, however, that the timber industry deserves rewards for its purported environmentalist efforts. He states, “[N]ew federal renewable energy tax incentives, including my 10 percent tax credit for the purchase of energy-efficient wood pellet stoves, will foster job growth in our state’s biomass industries, making it even more important to preserve access to timber.Combatting environmentalist criticism, Sununu holds that Henniker’s HHP, Inc. is a model sustainable industry that is mindful of conservation. According to Sununu,"Because the mill purchases timber from the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire’s long-standing ‘multiple use’ approach to forest and timber management, which balances production and conservation, is essential to its operation."
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Heating the Campaign and Homes

Sununu Warms Up the Senior VoteOn Friday, Sununu met with members of the New Hampshire Association of Senior Centers and explained how the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program helps low-income seniors pay their heating bills.“The colder weather is already here, and this historic level of heating aid will give low-income seniors and families across the state added security in knowing that help is available to pay expensive heating bills."Sununu also attempted to cull together senior votes by touting his long support of the program. According to Sununu,"Since coming to Congress in 1997, I have strongly backed LIHEAP and citizens across New Hampshire can be assured that I remain committed to helping them.”
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: John Sununu

Sununu is a great Senator and deserves re-election. He puts country first - Shaheen puts taxes first.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Sununu on the Bailout

John Sununu (R) has expressed confidence that the $700 billion bailout being negotiated for America's major financial players "will include what he considers key taxpayer protections," according to a report in the Forbes magazine website.He has declared that the financial rescue should include consumer loan protections, greater oversight, and should be considered only a temporary measure."When you have a package that's this important and this large, you need to be very thoughtful about weighing all the components, and that's exactly what I'm going to do. I do feel confident that there will be additional provisions for oversight, I do feel confident there will be clarity on the timing of the program ... and I think there will probably will be other provisions that deal with the issue of the taxpayer."The Republican Senator, who is in a heated race to protect his seat against Jeanne Shaheen (D), has boasted his record in legislating on behalf of extensive regulatory initiatives over the financial markets. Nevertheless, the record can only speak as far as the damage that has already been done. And, while Senators and congressmen and women across the nation may attempt to take the "I told you so" route, focusing on the past is probably not as effective in garnering votes as detailing real solutions to our present problems.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: First Debate

Jeanne Shaheen (D) and John Sununu (R) took their campaigns face-to-face in the first debate of New Hampshire's Senate race. The debate took its form in the two candidates' critiquing each other's past records. Shaheen took issue with Sununu's support of Bush's tax cuts, which she claims have landed our economy in the crisis it's in at the moment. She also pointed out Sununu's legislation in favor of the oil industry and his vote against a bill that would have required Iraq to pay back the loans issued for reconstruction. Sununu, in response, attacked Shaheen's record as governor and her failure to make any improvements to the state education system. "The fiscal reality is clear: she tried to raise taxes. The leadership failure is real: she did nothing about the education funding crisis."He then moved beyond the partisan mudslinging to tout his own economic efforts to tighten regulations against the mortgage giants, which he has been apart of for the past five years."No one has provided the leadership, strength and commitment to fixing the mortgage system ... that I have."
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Bailout

Sununu Supports BailoutCalling the bailout a means to economic recovery, Sununu voted for the legislation. Despite voter criticism, the incumbent held that the credit crisis has already affected lending on Main Street,“The dramatic fall in home prices across America has triggered the greatest financial crisis in decades. We have already begun to see new restrictions on access to student loans, mortgages, and car loans that families and small businesses in New Hampshire depend on every day,” said Sununu. “This bill is far from perfect, but it is necessary, and necessary now to protect all Americans.”Tax incentives included in the bill helped Sununu make his decision.
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Bailout Leadership Questions

At a business forum held this week, Republican Senator John Sununu and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen took issue with each other's positions on the $700 billion bailout of the financial markets. The criticism of both candidates was the lack of leadership exhibited by the other. Jeanne Shaheen pointed out that Sununu spent the days leading up to, the day before, and the morning of the final Senate vote on the bailout campaigning in New Hampshire.She said, "If I had been in the United States Senate, I would've stayed in Washington and I would've worked on that bill and done everything I could to get it right."Sununu's critique of Shaheen aimed at her inability to decide for or against the bailout. He defended his own decision against her argument by offering an explanation for his support of the bailout:"Those provisions were added through hard work and leadership in a bipartisan way. Is it a perfect bill? No. But it is necessary. And to simply say, 'I wish Congress had kept working on it to get it right, but then not really have any suggestions for how to improve it other than vaguely referring to taxpayer protection, that isn't leadership."Sununu went on to detail his continued support for the partial privatization of Social Security despite the economic crisis:"I think allowing workers the option of taking some of their Social Security taxes into an IRA or 401k plan - with oversight, with regulation - in the long-term is better for them because they know they control those resources, they know they'll be there for them when they retire."
Debate: Who should I vote for in the 2008 New Hampshire Senate Race?
Side: Health care

Sununu Supports Bipartisan Student Health Care LawIn 2005, Michelle Morse, a then Plymouth State full-time college student lost her battle with colon cancer in part because her health insurance provider would not cover serious illnesses. With the signing of Michelle's Law, the policy under these circumstances is no longer permissible under federal law.In Sununu's own words, Michelle's Law “allows full-time college students covered by federally regulated health plans to keep their coverage during a serious illness."
Debate: Who's more patriotic?
Side: Liberals

In response to 99% of the arguements on the other side all worded slightly different - evidence like "Conservatives own more American flag shirts" doesn't hold water.The problem with both sides with due respect, is that we're arguing from two different frames of mind.Conservatives believe that patriotism has more to do with a thing.Liberals believe that patriotism has more to do with an idea.That being the case, Liberals tend to question government more on things like wars, which appears to Conservatives to be unpatriotic.Liberals like the idea of helping everyone who's sick.Conservatives see more government programs and get scared.Liberals like the idea that in the country with the most food/ capita, no one should ever starve.Conservatives see lazy people... and get scared.Liberals see statistics that say more guns in the hands of more people = more dead people, and so want better gun control.Conservatives see robbers under their bed, get scared and buy a gun. Then think anyone not scared of robbers under their bed is unpatriotic.Liberals see historical factual statistics that say outlawing abortion doesn't stop a single abortion, only drives them into dirty basements where mothers die.Conservatives only see a big invisible dude in the sky ready to throw lightning at them... So yeah, the Bush era Conservative is under the dillusion they're patriotic, really though, it's basically the opposite of what our forefathers intended our nation to be.
Debate: Who's more patriotic?
Side: Conservatives

"Liberals like the idea that in the country with the most food/ capita, no one should ever starve.Conservatives see lazy people... and get scared."Conservatives like that idea to, and there is no excuse as to why anyone can't make enough money not to starve. This is America. If you work hard enough you can make enough money not to starve, and then some! How do you think we got to be the country with the most food/capita? Through hard work. Conservatives take advantage of the country they live in. ( :Liberals see hard work.... .. . and get scared. D:
Debate: Who's more patriotic?
Side: Conservatives

"Liberals see hard work...and get scared. D:"Haha nice. However, I do know some very hard-working liberals, but that was funny.
Debate: Who's more patriotic?
Side: Conservatives

thanks, maybe it was a little harsh.
Debate: Who's more patriotic?
Side: Liberals

Good one. Should have seen that coming.The problem is though, with the "anyone can make enough money not to starve." Is that it's not true.Most homeless people are Vietnam vets (and an increasing number vets from more recent wars) who through service to our country kind of "lost it" for lack of a better term. And we as a nation have tragically failed this segment of our society.And there are also children not even old enough to work, who fall through the cracks. More should be done to stop this from happening. You can't rely on individual good will to save these people. Obviously or there wouldn't be a problem.You need social programs for these kinds of issues.Which Conservatives are usually against.On another note, notice I specified "Bush era Conservatives."
Debate: Who's more patriotic?
Side: Conservatives

Liberals do not question wars very well obviously.WWI Woodrow Wilson DemocratWWII FDR DemocratKorea Harry Truman DemocratVietnam Lyndon Johnson DemocratPersian Gulf 1 George Bush RepublicanPersian Gulf 2 Bill Clinton DemocratIraq/Afghan George Bush RepublicanThe world wars were democrat presidents however party would not have mattered. Korea, Vietnam, and the 3 middle east wars looks like 3 democrats and 2 republicans now I will even take the 2 Persian Gulf wars off the table and we are still left with 3 wars.Korea, Vietnam both democrats and 2 very bad wars. VIETNAM being the worst. Iraq is compared to Vietnam but not one death in Iraq was from an involuntary soldier. Vietnam most deaths were unvoluntary soldier deaths.Paint the picture to whatever liking you want but facts will still show the true picture.