Newman named to replace Gregg

Thank Heavens, another woman. There is a God.

Nice to see bi-partisanship in action.
Seems like a class move by all parties.

Bravo.

Seeing is Believing. Now if Newman supports the stimulus bill even if the Republican Senators don't, I'll know she's for real.

Bold move if you ask me.

A good story idea for the Gloe to consider is to tell us who she is, or was, up until today. Another good story idea might be to assess who might be favorites to run for Senate in 2010.

This is a sorry state of affairs. The appointment of Senators to fill vacant seats must be changed so that the people have the right to opine as voters do with Congressional vacancies; a special election!

What's the big deal with a "balance of power" in Congress ?
All it gets us is a stalemate. if neither side has enough votes to do something on their own and the opposing side won't budge - we get zero.
Wouldn't the country be better served by a majority with the ability to do SOMETHING than two sides with the ability to do NOTHING.

It's great that some parts of the country still have Republicans who are not ultra extreemists. Good luck to her.

If she supports the stimulus bill, then we know she's not looking out for New Hampshire or the nation.

Is this not pay to play by both partys, Newman a so called repuclian supported Lynch for govevnor. Bad move Gregg

It is good to see bipartisanship in action.

Yeah P Abrams, she should definitely support the pork-fest, i mean stimulus package. Perhaps more telling as to common sense and accountability are the dems who vote against this pile of garbage.

This whole Kumaya "bipartisanship" song is getting old and it's bogus. Lynch knows exactly what he is doing with Newman. He realizes that she won't run for Senate in 2010. As long as the President and Congressional democrats don't screw things up too much, there will most likely be a democratic senator elected in 2010. Congrats to Newman, and congrats to Lynch for a pithy political strategy. Be wary of a person who claims to be bipartisan. All that means is that they are willing to compromise their principles.

She is a class act, and has seen the world from many different perspectives including government, business, education, philanthropy and other non-profits.

This is good for New Hampshire and good for the country.

I wonder if anybody mentioned money during all of these discussions? I'm sure Mr. Fitzgerald will be all over it.

Sununu returns in 2010!

Judd Gregg must be a very scared man.........

Hope she paid all her taxes, and what's with NH still voting for Republicans who got us into this mess

First, why should she have to say in advance that she would not run in 2010. Second, to the junior high civics student who thinks she should support the trillion dollar democrat pork bill even if Republicans don't support it, she is a republican and if she is indeed independent she will vote against it. The dems have enough votes without her and the only reason they want her vote of any other rinos is because they will need the political cover when the pork bill falls flat on it's face and the country is ruined financially.

So we get the same party rep. for two years, then probably a democrat. In the end we lose. Malaka5 - 02/03/09

We got screwed. A republican in the senate and the cabinet. All the washington Dems know how to do is lay down to the most vile party EVAH! The republicans flushed this country down the drain and now Obama is rewarding them with cabinet posts.

Great!!! Another woman. The less testosterone in there the better. Time for the nurturing and caring sex.
Let’s hope the New England Republicans can stop the train wreck of a Republican Party from heading off a cliff and get our country back in the groove.

Nothing against Newman, but this is really bad news. And if I had voted for Lynch and lived in NH, I'd be LIVID.
Now we're back at a stalemate, and get to watch two parties endlessly squabbling and not getting anything accomplished. We can't afford the politics of nothing any more!
I'd check Lynch's bank accounts...I'm guessing there was a nice fat bonus in there from the Carlisle Group to ensure this happened.

Letting the governor appoint a replacement senator isn't very democratic and can create embarrassing situations as occurred in NY and Illinois. But having a special election (as currently required in MA) is expensive to the state and probably not very democratic due to the likely low turn out. As an alternative why not let the governor appoint a replacement who isn’t allowed to run in the next election?

"This is a sorry state of affairs. The appointment of Senators to fill vacant seats must be changed so that the people have the right to opine as voters do with Congressional vacancies; a special election!"

Paul, you have a point, but I'm guessing the NH constitution says the governor can make the appointment--if it really bothers you, get organized and try to get the rule changed--and good luck to you.

One step at a time. OK, we have Democratic majorities in the house and the senate (as well as a head count of governors...) Now, we have to work towards getting BETTER democrats. One of the quickest ways to start that process would be for us NH'ers to dump John Lynch in 2010. Bipartisan my ass. If the republicans were running this, there's no way in a million years they'd ever pick a democrat. WE WON, but we sure aren't acting like it. I'm pretty disgusted.

Surrounded by the far left moon-bats in this area, it's nice to see a Democrat with sense enough to appoint a Republican. Too bad he strong-armed her into not running in 2010, but that's standard Democrat hypocrisy.

Yeah let's definitely let the governor appoint a replacement who isn't allowed to run in the next election (or endorse any of the candidates of said election) ... this way he can be sure to grab the senate spot himself. sweet.

Why didn't Gregg hold out for Sununu? He can hold the seat in 2010.

Bonnie Newman is a fine choice, she is more appealing than the creep she is replacing, actually.