Carpetbagger doesn’t mean the same in Yankee land as it does down South. Just look at New York and Hitlery.
“with residents fleeing Massachusetts...” That has happened when they relocate to places in the south yet some of the dopes forget to leave their politics behind. Seems they truly think “Democrats are for the little guy, the average worker” as one person recently said to me.
Its his revenge on Elizabeth Warren. He stands a good chance of winning because New Hampshire’s demographics differ from those in Massachusetts. And his opposition to Obamacare plays well with New Hampshirites.
My town is Republican by a margin of more than two to one, and it is not unusual for the region. Most people who came here from Massachusetts (including me, 17 years ago) consider ourselves political and tax refugees, not proselytizers for the Liberal faith.
We are largely conservative and libertarian in outlook, and have struggled to maintain New Hampshire as the last firewall in the increasingly "blue" Northeast.
The Progressives who have come here more frequently decamped from states like New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and California - wealthy liberals who liked their vacation homes and decided to stay, bringing their political views with them.
Our present left-wing Senator Jeanne Shaheen is not from NH, but from Missouri. Nearly all of her campaign money comes from out of state. And yet, I don't recall people calling her a "carpetbagger"...
For his part, at least Scott Brown was born in New Hampshire. He's considerably more liberal than I would like on some issues, and that troubles me, except that Shaheen is so much worse and a GOP victory would move Republicans that much closer to recapturing the Senate, and kicking Harry Reid out.
A few years ago, a coworker told me that people who live in southern NH commute into Mass. for work.
They live in NH because of the high taxes in Mass.
Probably Liberals who are champions of higher taxes and at the same avoid taxes by moving outside of the high tax area that they created. Your usual Liberal hypocrite.
They flee the state that they destroyed and bring their same beliefs to the new state and the new state eventually the new state is no better, It happened that way here in Colorado.
There was a study once that debunked the theory that Massachusetts transplants were turning the state blue.
What they found out is that most new residents via Mass were voting Republican. (NH is still more Republican than Democrat.)
What they claimeded is that the University System has exploded over the years - bringing in loads of liberal voting professors, administrators and students.
Scott Brown Born in NH.
Jeanne Shaheen Born in Missouri.
Case closed. LOL!
I have relatives in NH. Those Massplants are actually referred to as Massholes.
It must have moved left if they nominated Scott Brown
They moved. They are being replaced rapidly by M*ssholes (spit!) and New Yorkers (double spit)...a foul-mouthed breed of filth. (Don't be 'thin-skinned'...there are exceptions to most broad-brushed statements.)
Some of the M*ss imports are conservatives fleeing communism (accounting for the red counties in NH just over the border from Assachusetts), but the NY'ers are far worse than most of the Mass refugees.
John Sununu (Junior?) stated recently that more people are fleeing Red Hampshire than moving in for the first time in forty years. My deadline for getting the hell out of this state is the end of October. "Give me liberty", and all that.
Then there are the 'Free Staters'...
Any idea what those other states might be? I'd say Florida and Vermont are two of them...
Well, I have been living in NH since 1983 (escaped NJ and went to collage here and never left).
In my opinion (for what it's worth) and based on what I see, the old time NH Yankees are dying off or sell out and go down south.
The kids who grow up here tend to leave after collage for the big cities.
The people who move here, namely the “Mass-holes” as some would call them, are escaping Mass due to taxes (if they live and work in NH) and/or gov’t regulations. They tend to be conservative and live mainly in the southern part of the state and commute to Mass for work.
One of the main reasons the state has turned “Blue” in recent elections is due to the “Same Day Registration” laws for voting with virtually no checking if the information is correct.
The stories of bus loads of young people roving from town to town during election day is not a fairy tale as some might have you believe. Many people I know (and one of them is a NH State Senator) have seen this first hand. Mainly in the cities (Portsmouth on the coast, and Manchester and Concord inland).
The town of Durham which hosts UNH unleashes the collage kids to vote all over the place.
I'm not sure how Brown will play here. Many people see him as a sell out of those who put him in office down in Mass. At least that is from my experience with people I meet.
I can tell you on thing, Brown's support of the AWB went over like a Lead Balloon with many people. We like our firearms and 2nd Amendment freedoms up here.
"Scott Brown was born September 12, 1959 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard."
http://scottbrown.com/browns/
Scott Brown actually makes the race competitive at this point. NH has 3 other folks running in the GOP Karen Testerman, Jim Reubens, and Bob Smith. Karen’s a real nice lady but can’t get anything jumpstarted. Jim ‘s a moderate and into global warming. Bob Smith was a senator got sour grapes when he didn’t get nominated for President and changed to an Independent. He got primary out in the following election cycle and moved to Florida. Needless to say Jean Shaheen had nothing to worry about. Brown’s entry actually makes her pretty nervous. The NH GOP is run on a shoe string budget(party chair is a volunteer spot) and the grassroots isn’t known for having deep pockets. Brown can at least raise money. He’s certainly not perfect(not great on 2nd amendment) but his voting record would be certainly better than shaheen who votes democrat 99% of the time. NH is a really odd state of moderates, conservatives and libertarians. Reuben has the backing of some of the libertarians groups even though he supported a carbon tax. Politics makes strange bedfellows sometimes. Bob Smith is really a mystery on why he is running.. He blew it years ago.
Let's hope Scott fights harder against Jean Shaheen than he did against Fauxcahontas.