Blue Hampshire

• Will Gatsas Step Down?

  Picking up a trail in another diary it seems Ted Gatsas has intoned/insinuated/promised to step down from his Senate seat if elected Mayor.

  What would the process be for filling that Seat? How do we hold him to it? Who are the Great Dems in his District that are potential [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:48pm EST
  

• Earth to AP: The US Has Representative Democracy

  Five states have legalized gay marriage - Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut - but all did so through legislation or court rulings, not by popular vote.The Associated Press will not determine marriage equality to be acceptable in Villager Conventional Wisdom until every last man, woman, and child [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:46pm EST
  

• "Sadly Disconnected from the Voters"

  Jennifer S. Horn-Palin said it, yesterday, far better than I can:In the special congressional election in New York's 23rd District, the liberal Republican dropped out last week, leaving the Democrat to face a Conservative Party challenger backed by Sarah Palin and other notable conservatives. It sends a powerful message: [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:55am EST
  

• Maine: The Haters Won

  Truly awful news:PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention.

  ...With 87 percent of precincts reporting, votes to reject the law were running at [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:18am EST
  

• Preserving Marriage Equality In New Hampshire: We Can Do This

  It's about 12:30 AM, the morning after Election Day, and I feel rather, well -- not great.  At this point, the vote in Maine on Question 1 is, at best, too-close-to-call, although we can hope for the best.

  Either way, it ended up being close, and the cause has to continue. [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:41am EST