The Next Sarah Palin?

The Daily Beast ^ | August 19, 2009 | Liz Goodwin

[Lou Budvis]

Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire’s GOP rising star, is a folksy, gun-loving mother of two who has her eyes on a Senate seat. And, you betcha, she married a dude who puts Todd to shame.

[andy58-in-nh]

I don't know... she's not that bad-looking...

[chrisser]

...but I found no mention of him or Ayotte’s spouse in the text

Try page 2

"Ayotte is the wife of Joseph Daley, a National Guardsman and Iraq war vet, who “founded a small landscaping and snowplowing business,” according to the Concord Monitor. He’s got the earthiness of Todd without any obvious separatist tendencies"

[downtownconservative]

Ah, thanks. Glad to see she was so forthright and objective in her characterization of Todd./sarc!

[Steve_Seattle]

In the pic on post #5 she looks about 15 years older and 20 pounds heavier. Is your picture current?

[This_far]

As a previous NH resident, I now use two initial sources: Concord Monitor (lib) and Manchester Union Leader (not lib).

Neither, in todays ‘search’, seem to be adverse to Ayotte. That alone is unique, if not positive.

[stockpirate]

I have no interest in her husband, but to be fair they should post both.

[Steve_Seattle]

Oh, I see your pic is not of Ayotte, but the writer.

[Waryone]

So you like the writer, Ms. Goodwin? Cause that pic you posted isn’t Kelly Ayotte.

[andy58-in-nh]

Those are still the two largest circulation papers in the state. The Union Leader, now known as the New Hampshire Union Leader is reliably conservative, as always, and has printed op-eds by Ayotte in the past.

[andy58-in-nh]

That’s a picture of the writer, as by now I think you’ve seen.

[tsali]

Both She and SaraCudda appear to have more background for the position than Al Franken does

[scooby321]

Sarah is in a league of her own.

Michelle Backmann is a close second.

Bottom line those are the only two GOP tat will get my money.

[mel]

Wasn’t that guy from NH who had the guts to use his legal right to bear arms and went to town hall where Zero was speaking?

[IbJensen]

There are a few conservatives left in NH.

[This_far]

Got a Fosters article forwarded last week. Thought they had died.

It is interesting to compare Monitor and Union articles.

I’ve noticed that comments in the Monitor are more in line with those, previously, of the Union.

[andy58-in-nh]

Got a Fosters article forwarded last week. Thought they had died.

I think the Concord Monitor is somewhat more politically "moderate" than it used to be. The other paper you are referring to (for the benefit of non-New Hampshire folks) is Foster's Daily Democrat.

Many of us in these parts refer to it as Foster's Daily Communist, which ought to be self-explanatory as to their editorial policy.

[freekitty]

I want to see what he looks like.

[big_pale]

Sarah is in a league of her own.

Michelle Backmann is a close second.

Bottom line those are the only two GOP tat will get my money.

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You’re forgetting Nikki Haley.

[mlizzy]

I agree there is only one Sarah.

I agree as well, but I'm thrilled to see another like her. Here's a pic of Kelley Ayotte.

[This_far]

Many of us in these parts refer to it as Foster's Daily Communist, which ought to be self-explanatory as to their editorial policy.

(clears throat)... An elderly neighbor got tired of the door to door proselytizers. Told one to leave, don't come back, I've got a dog (she did).

He said he was from Fosters, she said, my Son's got a gun.