N.H. political consultants already raking in the money

The Concord Monitor deftly combed though state campaign finance records to find that three New Hampshire Republican political consulting firms were already made significant money two years before the presidential election takes place.

Former New Hampshire Attorney General Tom Rath’s law firm collected $105,000 from Mitt Romney’s political action committee. Rath, who signed on with Romney over the summer, is resigning his position as National Republican Committeeman for the state.

Also making out was Michael Dennehy, who ran Senator John McCain’s New Hampshire campaign in 2000 and is set to become his national political director this time around. Dennehy’s firm was paid $75,000 last year. Lastly, start-up firm Meridian Communications received a little over $30,000 in its contract with Governor George Pataki’s political action committee.

Interestingly, no potential Democratic presidential candidate has yet hired a major New Hampshire consultant.