Our congratulations to the new pro-marriage GOP contender for the New Hampshire governor's race:
Former Senate candidate Ovide Lamontagne (R) will face former state senator Maggie Hassen (D) in the open New Hampshire governor’s race after both sailed to primary wins Tuesday.
Lamontagne, an attorney who lost a 2010 Senate primary to now-Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and was also the state GOP’s gubernatorial nominee in 1996, easily dispatched former state representative Kevin Smith, taking 69 percent of the vote with 53 percent of precincts reporting.
... The general election between Lamontagne and Hassan is expected to be tight, with polling in the swing state showing the race within the margin of error. The Fix recently ranked New Hampshire as the second most likely state to flip control this year (out of 13 states holding contests). -- WaPo
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Beautiful, just beautiful.
I don't like the use by NOMBlog of the term "pro-marriage". Not because I don't believe that opposing the redefinition of marriage is pro-marriage — I do. But it's often used to refer to people who only lukewarmly support traditional marriage, such as Mitt Romney, or those who support it when it comes up for a vote but otherwise pretend the issue doesn't exist, like Paul Ryan.
@Dovie
I know how you feel. But...all we can do as conservatives is take their word for it. I however am confident that Romney will uphold the definition of Marriage.
As long as Obama is not portrayed as vulnerable - the adoring media seems to be unable to even THINK that, let alone report it- marriage should be fine; voting turnout by lazy, complacent Democrats will be low. Republican turnout, OTH, is going to be historic no matter what.