Jim Bender Newspaper Endorsement Analysis

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Memo to Supporters Regarding Newspaper Endorsements

The Jim Bender for US Senate Campaign is proud to announce we have received more Editorial Board endorsements than any of our opponents.  In fact, we have as many as they do combined!

At current count, it’s:

Jim Bender – 5

Ovide Lamontagne – 2

Kelly Ayotte – 2

Bill Binnie – 1

Our endorsers include Foster’s Daily Democrat, the Laconia Citizen, the Eagle-Tribune, the Derry News, and the Portsmouth Herald.  What are they saying about us?

“…the focus in Washington should be on jobs and the economy.  We agree. And we think he has the background and skills to play an effective part in actually making that happen.”

“Bender offers an impressive combination of style and substance that sets him apart from the other leading GOP hopefuls.”

“The kind of strong, calm, positive leadership and attitude that have contributed to Jim Bender's success in the business world will serve the people of this state well in the Senate.”

“Jobs and the economy are among the top concerns of voters in this election. Unlike many in our political class, Bender, a successful business leader, actually has created jobs. Bender has the right ideas on the economy, ideas that will get our nation growing again.”

“Bender knows that the biggest concern among business leaders today is uncertainty. When business owners don't know what the government will do next, when they don't know what onerous policy is coming next, they become hesitant and won't take the risks needed to grow and produce jobs.”

Every endorsement we have received has been enthusiastic and unyielding in its support for our campaign.

In contrast? 

Bill Binnie’s single endorsement came in a column which described Bill, “When greeted and asked how he was doing, Binnie, said in an off-handed comment, fine, except for the death threats. He told us, and we reported, that pro-life groups threatened his family, and he said he thinks religious fundamentalism is a major destabilizing threat in the world, which we inferred to mean both foreign and domestic.”  Bill’s claims are unproven, and I suspect they’ll remain that way.  Maybe reporting death threats gets him the sympathy endorsement.

For Ovide Lamontagne, the Keene Sentinel described him as “unimaginative” before endorsing him.  Continuing, they described him as a career campaigner, “His electoral activities date back to 1992, when he ran for Congress. In 1996, he was the Republican nominee for governor. He did not win those contests, but as he said last year when he announced his Senate candidacy, ‘I'm the only candidate who's running for this race who has run for office before.’”

Kelly Ayotte, Washington’s “Establishment Choice,” has earned endorsements describing her, “Front and center was her office’s mishandling of the Financial Resources Management case, one of the largest Ponzi schemes in state history that bilked 150 investors out of at least $30 million.  Ayotte has maintained the complaints never reached her desk, but a draft legislative report appropriately called into question the faulty internal practices within her office that would have permitted that to happen.” So she gets a paper’s endorsement but they say she is not qualified?

Another endorsement describes Ayotte’s campaign as follows: “The negative tone was, sadly, what many voters have come to expect from politicians. And Ayotte's off-the-shelf primary campaign, in which she never strayed from predictable positions recited as party talking points, did a disservice to voters.

If you wanted Paul Hodes to win in November would you support the candidate who seems most bruised?

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