Why Trump Seems to Be Unbeatable in the US Presidential Primaries | DW News

Jan 24, 2024 | Former US President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, strengthening his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to projections by the Associated Press and Fox News. After a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, Trump was down to one serious rival, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. According to the projections, Haley outperformed expectations but was unable to clinch an important victory. At his victory party, Trump mocked his last remaining rival, calling her an "imposter" and saying, "She's doing a speech like she won. She didn't win. She lost ... She had a very bad night." …

Trump Wins New Hampshire Republican Primary | BBC News

Jan 24, 2024 | Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.

It is a significant victory for the former president and puts him in a commanding position to become the party's presidential candidate in November.

His last remaining rival in the race, Nikki Haley, has vowed to fight on and said "this race is far from over".

Speaking at a campaign stop earlier, front-runner Trump told reporters "I don't care" if Haley stays in the race, adding "let her do whatever she wants".

Joe Biden is projected to win the Democratic primary, but because of a fight within the party those results will not be recognised.

Steve Schmidt Reacts to Donald Trump Winning the New Hampshire Primary on Scripps News | The Warning

Jan 24, 2024 | Steve Schmidt reacts to Donald Trump winning the New Hampshire Republican primary, becoming the de facto nominee of the Republican Party, and smearing Nikki Haley in the process.

Mitt Romney Sweeps to Victory Vowing End to Obama Presidency

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Mitt Romney swept to five primary victories tonight, effectively ending the Republican nomination process and turning with full force to the general election as he declared the "beginning the of the end" of the Obama presidency.

Speaking before a few hundred cheering supporters in New Hampshire, the swing state where he launched his campaign nearly a year ago, Mr Romney offered himself as a rescuer of the US economy and its workers and vowed that "a better America begins tonight".

"To all of the thousands of good and decent Americans I’ve met who want nothing more than a better chance, a fighting chance, to all of you, I have a simple message: Hold on a little longer," he said.

The speech appeared to draw much of its inspiration from Ronald Reagan, offering both a vision of American optimism while at the same time asking voters to consider President Barack Obama's impact on their own lives.

While running to unseat Jimmy Carter in 1980, Reagan asked simply: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Tonight, Mr Romney asked: "What do we have to show for three and a half years of President Obama?"

Accusing Mr Obama of presiding over high unemployment and stagnant economic growth, the former Massachusetts governor adopted some of his harshest rhetoric yet, saying: "Because he has failed, he will run a campaign of diversions, distractions, and distortions." » | Peter Foster in Manchester, New Hampshire and Raf Sanchez in Washington | Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Employees Face Perfume Ban At Work to Protect Allergy Sufferers
MAIL ONLINE: Public workers in New Hampshire will be unable to wear fragrances at work if proposed law is passed

Employees in New Hampshire could soon be banned from wearing fragrances or scented products.

State workers who interact with the public as part of their job will have to go to work au naturel if a proposed law is passed this week.

House Bill 1444 has been proposed by Republican Michele Peckham to protect people with asthma or other allergies. » | Graham Smith | Monday, February 13, 2012

The USA has long since ceased being the ‘Land of the Free’. This is just another nail in the coffin of liberty. If this ridiculous law is passed, you can bet your bottom dollar that it won’t be long before the stupid idea will be taken up the other side of the Pond. – © Mark

The New Hampshire Speeches in 60 Seconds, From Worst to First
A brief rundown of the night's post-primary speeches.

Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire GOP Primary

THE BALTIMORE SUN: Mitt Romney rolled to an easy victory Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary, taking a broad stride toward capturing the GOP presidential nomination as the contest heads south for a pair of potentially make-or-break contests.

The win, forecast by the television networks from exit polls almost immediately after voting ended, would give Romney a one-two sweep in the early balloting of the 2012 campaign, a first for any Republican apart from a sitting president.

The conservative candidates who stand the best chance to stop him as the race heads to South Carolina – former Pennsylvania Sen.Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry -- were trailing far back and appeared unlikely to get a significant lift from their performance here.

In polling before Tuesday’s election, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. were vying for second place. Santorum, the Iowa runner-up by a handful of votes, and Gingrich were scrambling to create some sense of momentum for their campaigns. Perry abandoned New Hampshire, staking his future on South Carolina.

Romney starts out leading there, too, but that challenge promises to be much more formidable than New Hampshire which, from the start, was a fight to finish second behind the former Massachusetts governor. Unlike Iowa, where leaders came and went atop the polls, no survey ever showed Romney with less than a sizable, double-digit New Hampshire lead.

In South Carolina, however, Romney won't have what amounted to a home-field advantage -- five Massachusetts presidential hopefuls have won the neighboring Granite State in past elections -- and he will face a much different electorate in the first Southern primary next week.

South Carolina has a large and politically important bloc of evangelical voters. Romney will face resistance among some of those Christian conservatives who are suspicious if not downright hostile toward his Mormon faith. In New Hampshire, just 14% of those who voted Tuesday said being a “true conservative” was the most important thing to them, trailing far behind the economic concerns cited by 6 in 10 voters, according to election day interviews by the TV networks.

Romney is also facing a more assertive pack of runners-up. » | Los Angeles Times Staff Writer | Tuesday, January 10, 2012

THE GUARDIAN: Romney raises $24 million » | AP foreign | Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Mitt Romney Set for Victory as New Hampshire Votes in Primary
The former Massachusetts governor is set to coast to victory in New Hampshire, but the race is expected to run on for months. Polls opened at 8am ET and will remain open until 8pm ET in some parts of the state. Crowds came out to support the candidates as they visited voters at polling stations

Record Republican Turnout Forecast in New Hampshire Primary
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Reporting from Manchester, N.H.—

The polls are open through most of New Hampshire, where a record turnout is forecast for the nation's first presidential primary.

New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, overseeing his ninth presidential primary, estimated that a quarter of a million ballots could be cast in the GOP race, which would exceed the nearly 240,000 ballots cast four years ago.

Pre-election surveys suggest that Mitt Romney has an insurmountable lead, but a fierce battle was nonetheless waged in the final days as other candidates fought to beat expectations in anticipation of the next primary in South Carolina.

The final Suffolk University tracking poll saw Romney ticking up four percentage points in the final day. He led Ron Paul 37%-18%.

A win for Romney would be unprecedented in this respect: No Republican has ever won both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. Romney's eight-vote advantage in Iowa has not yet been certified, though GOP officials there said they didn't expect the result to change.

In his closing argument to voters Monday night, Romney said he wanted a more convincing win here.

"You're going to make a statement tomorrow," he said at a rally in Bedford. "Give me the boost I need." » | Michael A. Memoli | Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New Hampshire Primary: Mitt Romney Favourite as Rivals Jostle to Be Runner-up
THE GUARDIAN: Lingering doubts about frontrunner on display in midnight vote at Dixville Notch where two out of six vote Romney


Despite some last-minute gaffes, Mitt Romney remains the overwhelming favourite to win the New Hampshire presidential primary, but the margin of victory could determine whether he quickly clinches the Republican nomination or faces a gruelling battle.

His five opponents will try to shrug off a Romney victory as the expected outcome for a former governor of next-door Massachusetts who owns a vacation home on a New Hampshire lake. But a surprisingly strong finish from one of his rivals will be played up as more evidence that Republicans still have their doubts about Romney.

Those doubts were on display in Dixville Notch, the tiny New Hampshire village that traditionally votes at midnight. Romney received two of the six votes cast in the Republican primary. So did Jon Huntsman. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul received a vote apiece. President Barack Obama got three votes in the Democratic primary.

The rest of New Hampshire voters go to the polls on Tuesday after receiving months of attention from the Republican candidates and witnessing an increasingly sharp tone in the intra-party struggle for the nomination. » | Associated Press in New Hampshire | Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Mitt Romney's 'Firing People' Blunder Offers Gift to Rivals on Eve of Primary

THE GUARDIAN: Republican frontrunner's statement that 'I like being able to fire people' likely to be seized on in attack ads

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney offered his political rivals a gift on Monday when he volunteered that he liked firing people – an unfortunate remark just as his opponents launched millions of dollars in campaign ads labelling him a heartless corporate raider.

Speaking on the eve of Tuesday's Republican primary in New Hampshire, he said: "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me." He was referring not to making workers redundant but defending the free market, the ability to swap providers if service is poor. But, given the cynical way ads have been distorted so far in the 2012 campaign, there is a strong chance his remarks will be seized upon for use in attack ads, using just the words "I like being able to fire people".

It is a potential election bonus not just for the Democratic party but for the remaining Republicans in the race for the party's nominations. It came as supporters of one of Romney's fiercest and angriest Republican rivals, former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, released a trailer for an ad which will cost a staggering $3.4m to air.

The ad – paid for by one of the new breed of super political action committees (super PACs), which have unrestricted spending limits as a result of a supreme court ruling – details the devastation allegedly caused by layoffs in firms taken over by Romney when he was chief executive of the Bain investment company.

The ad is revenge for Gingrich, who was on the receiving end of a $3.5m ad onslaught in Iowa by Romney and his super PAC over the Christmas and New Year period that helped demolish Gingrich's poll lead in the state. » | Ewen MacAskill in Nashua, New Hampshire | Monday, January 09, 2012

Australia: Church Wars

Gay US Bishop Attacks Treatment of Gay and Lesbian Clergy by Church of England
THE GUARDIAN: Gene Robinson chides Archbishop of Canterbury for talk of two-tier Anglican communion

Gene Robinson, the Espiscopalian bishop of New Hampshire, says gay and lesbian clerby are treated by the Church of England as a problem to be solved. Photo: The Guardian
The first openly gay bishop in the Anglican communion has launched an outspoken attack on the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Gene Robinson, the Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire, criticised the policy of the Church of England towards gay and lesbian clergy. Alluding to the significant number of clergy who are gay, he said: "I think gay clergy in the Church of England are thought of as a problem to be solved or at least lived with, rather than a gift from God."

Robinson, who is in Britain to speak at the Greenbelt festival at Cheltenham Racecourse this weekend, added that he could not accept the archbishop's recent comments that if the Episcopal church refused to uphold the current moratorium on consecrating actively gay bishops or blessing civil unions, the communion might have to be reorganised into a two-tier, or "two-track" model. "I can't imagine anything that would be more abhorrent to Jesus than a two-tier church," he said. "Either we are children of God and brothers and sisters in Christ, or we aren't. There are not preferred children and second-class children. There are just children of God." >>> Aida Edemariam | Friday, August 28, 2009

Obama attaque les adversaires de sa réforme de la couverture santé
MÉTRO MONTRÉAL: PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire - Le président Barack Obama s'est fait offensif pour soutenir son projet de réforme de la protection sociale mardi, priant une foule de citoyens acquis à sa cause de ne pas écouter ceux qui cherchent à "effrayer et égarer le peuple américain".



"Parmi toutes les techniques visant à vous effrayer, il y en a une vraiment effrayante, c'est de ne rien faire" a argumenté le président devant des partisans réunis dans un lycée du New Hampshire.
>>> The Associated Press | Mardi 11 Août 2009

US-Gesundheitssystem: Obama wirft Reformgegnern "Angstmacherei" vor
WELT ONLINE: Barack Obama ist empört über die Art und Weise, wie seine geplante Gesundheitsreform teilweise kritisiert wird. Gegner der Reform würden suggerieren, er wolle bei älteren kranken Menschen "den Stecker rausziehen" lassen, so Obama. Solche Gerüchte dienten lediglich dazu, den Menschen Angst zu machen.

Wegen des wachsenden Widerstands gegen die geplante Gesundheitsreform hat US-Präsident Barack Obama seinen politischen Gegnern unfaire Methoden vorgeworfen.

Die Reformgegner setzten bewusst auf „Angstmacherei“ und versuchten, die Bürger durch die gezielte Irreführung zu verunsichern, sagte Obama auf einem Bürgerforum in Portsmouth im Bundesstaat New Hampshire: „Sie schaffen ein Gespenst, das es in Wirklichkeit nicht gibt.“ >>> AFP/cn | Dienstag, 11. August 2009

New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
THE NEW YORK TIMES: BOSTON — The New Hampshire Legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday and Gov. John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, making the state the sixth in the nation to let gay couples wed.

The bill had been through several permutations in an effort to satisfy Mr. Lynch and certain legislators that it would not force religious groups that oppose gay marriage to participate in ceremonies celebrating it.

Mr. Lynch, who previously supported civil unions but not marriage for gay couples, said in a statement that he had heard “compelling arguments that a separate system is not an equal system.”

“Today,” he said, “we are standing up for the liberties of same-sex couples by making clear that they will receive the same rights, responsibilities — and respect — under New Hampshire law.”

The law will take effect on Jan. 1. >>> By Abby Goodnough | Wednesday, June 03, 2009

US State Rejects Gay Marriage Law
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BBC: Lawmakers in New Hampshire have rejected a bill that would have granted marriage rights to gay couples.

The state's Senate passed the bill, but the House of Representatives voted it down by 188 votes to 186.

The chamber had approved an earlier version of the bill, but blocked the new version, which included legal protections for religious groups.

The state's governor, John Lynch, threatened to veto the bill if it did not include religious exemptions. >>> | Wednesday, May 20, 2009