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New Hampshire- with the primaries lurking just around the corner (Jan 8th for N.H.) the Presidential Candidates have been hitting the communities and speaking to the people, and the people are speaking right back. What do they have to say?
…(N)ot a single voter in a packed ski lodge asked Sen. Hillary Clinton about the Iraq war.
The closest Sen. John McCain came to Iraq during a town hall meeting in Bedford was a question about U.S. intelligence on Iran.
…(A)t a crowded house party for former Sen. John Edwards, only one person spoke up to ask how he plans to end combat missions and bring the troops home.
Basically, what was once the biggest issue on folk’s minds as far as the next President was concerned- is now almost a non-issue.
Among Democrats in New Hampshire, 57 percent said in June that the Iraq war was the issue most important to them, but by November that had dropped to 41 percent. Among Republicans, 36 percent said in June that they were most concerned about Iraq, and by November that figure was down to 22 percent, according to Smith’s state polling.
At the same time, voters clearly have become more concerned about their personal economic security.
In Bedford on Friday night, Sheilagh Shiepe told McCain that when she picks up her children at school, she often hears other middle-class moms talking about going without food to cover the bills.
“When people can’t pay their mortgages, the first thing they do is not buy their food,” Shiepe said. “I just really need to hear what you think of the economic situation.”
…(T)he shift in voters’ concerns has prompted the candidates to increasingly emphasize fiscal issues. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, for example, likes to give a PowerPoint presentation outlining the long-term economic threats facing the nation from the falling dollar, a persistent trade deficit and increased federal spending.
“The people of New Hampshire are still concerned about the continuing war and how we’re going to get out of the war,” said Ray Buckley, chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party. “But if you don’t have enough money at the end of the day to keep your family warm, that suddenly becomes a very dominant issue.”
You know what might help us out as a country financially? Not spending so much money on the war. But that’s just my thought. I don’t know. Just throwing shit out there.
Oh, and hey, before I forget- one other interesting little tid-bit of news…
President Bush on Tuesday called on Iran to explain why it had a secretive nuclear weapons program, and warned that any such efforts must not be allowed to flourish ”for the sake of world peace.”
”Iran is dangerous,” Bush said after an Oval Office meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. ”We believe Iran had a secret military weapons program, and Iran must explain to the world why they had such a program.”
Read that again, but when you do- focus on the word “had”. It’s used a few times.
Bush wants to know why Iran HAD a secret weapons program, which they don’t have now, as many reports have been coming in stating.
Iran has said its nuclear program is peaceful, but until last week, the United States and Western allies had countered that Iran was hiding plans for a bomb.
Until last week… when reports said there is no hidden bomb. So now Bush wants to know why Iran had a hidden bomb which they don’t have now, but they must have had then, because we said they did, and we can’t possibly be wrong about people hiding weapons of mass destruction when we say they’re there, but all the evidence says they’re not, but they have to tell us why they were there, even if they weren’t, and… ARGH!!!
*my head hurts*
Is anyone else going friggin insane trying to follow this shit?!?!?
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