New Hampshire Journal
142 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe New Hampshire Journal podcast is hosted by Michael Graham, managing editor of NHJournal.
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Kraushaar on 'The Sununu Model' in POTUS Politics, and Sen. Bradley on the State House
December 12, 2022 01:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBAxios' political reporter Josh Kraushaar says Gov. Chris Sununu is "a great quote, and a great interview." But is he viewed by DC politicos as a serious 2024 POTUS candidate? Krashaar talks to NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham about it, along with how the NHDems vs. Biden/DNC fight over the FITN is playing on the national stage. And could 2024 see a return of 'The Sununu Model' to win the FITN? Closer to home, newly-elected State Senate President Jeb Bradley looks ahead to a 2023 l...
The DNC Tried to Kill the NH #FITN. Instead, They've Unleashed Chaos
December 03, 2022 02:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIs the New Hampshire Democrats' First In The Nation primary dead? Or maybe even, ala Princess Bride, mostly dead? Not even close, says the Boston Globe's James Pindell in the NHJournal podcast. Instead of killing the NH primary, the Biden/DNC bombshell has just unleashed chaos across the Democrats' primary map. And they've also added rule changes that would force New Hampshire to change more than just its #FITN state law, changes NH voters don't support. The real question is why? Two wor...
The NHGOP's Midterm Lessons, and China's Rising Threat
November 14, 2022 01:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBGranite State Republicans expecting a Red Wave in last week's midterms got a Blue Backlash instead. Why? NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham offers his take. And former Congressman Mike Rogers is trying to get Americans focused on the rising threat China poses to America's interests and values. He's part of Leadership to Ensure the American Dream (LEAD), a new initiative born out of a time-tested idea: that America is a force for good and that the pursuit of the American Dream is as e...
Running into Rudy Giuliani at Castro's in Manchester -- BONUS PODCAST!
November 08, 2022 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBOn Election Day 2022, former NYC Mayor and GOP POTUS candidate Rudy Giuliani stopped by Castro's in Manchester -- one of the great joys of living in the Granite State! He wanted an interview for his radio show, NHJournal wanted one for our podcast, and here is the result. The audio isn't terrific, but it's OK and the conversation is a lot of fun. So please enjoy this impromptu podcast, covering everything from favorite cigars to Trump 2024. Hosted by NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham
Hassan Debate Debacle, and Gov. Chris Sununu on 2022 -- and Beyond?
November 03, 2022 02:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBIt's a double-barreled edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, recorded just minutes after the WMUR-TV debate between U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan and her GOP challenger Gen. Don Bolduc. Cliffs Notes version: If it had been a fight, they woulda stopped it, only Hassan didn't show up prepared to fight. Bolduc dominated the debate and moved his improbable bid to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator one step closer. Radio host Drew Cline of WFEA offers his take on the debate and what he sees ...
Senate Debates, Border Security -- and 'Sextober?'
October 20, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBCome for the rank NH politics punditry, stay for the conversation about "Sextober" at UNH (You should --if you're a New Hampshire taxpayer, you're paying for it!) On an eclectic edition of the NHJournal podcast, host Michael Graham talks to Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies about the crisis at the southern border and the Biden administration's role. Is it a winning issue for pro-border-security candidates? Then Katelyn Regan, the head of the UNH Students for Life chapter...
America's Most Accurate Pollster on NH Senate Race, GOP Fortunes Nationwide
October 06, 2022 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBOver the past three election cycles, Robert Cahaly of the Trafalgar Group has emerged as the most trusted GOP pollster in America, predicting races -- like Trump's 2016 victory -- nearly everyone else missed. He just dropped a poll from the NH Senate race and he talks to host Michael Graham about the mood of the Granite State electorate (not good) and the prospects that a wild-card candidate like retired Gen. Don Bolduc could beat incumbent Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan (better than you think....
Who Won US Senate NH GOP Debate?
September 09, 2022 02:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIn this special post-debate edition of the NHJournal podcast, UNH political science professor Dante Scala joins NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham to review the performances and pick the winners in WMUR's U.S. Senate GOP primary debate -- the only statewide, televised debate of the campaign. SPOILER ALERT: The reviews aren't good. They also discuss the impact of Gov. Chris Sununu's endorsement of State Sen. Chuck Morse, the races in the NH-01 and NH-02 primaries, and why Sen. Maggie ...
How Should Granite State Republicans Talk About Abortion?
September 05, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBHow should Granite State Republicans talk about abortion? Based on their behavior during the 2022 campaign, the answer appears to be "only under duress." Mallory Carroll with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America doesn't agree. She joins host Michael Graham to discuss how Republicans are mishandling the abortion issue and the opportunity they have in the midterms. The podcast begins, however, with Graham's analysis of the NHGOP's "strategery" -- or lack thereof -- and NH-01 candidate Gail Huff...
Former Ambassador Ric Grenell on the World's Hot Spots: Russia, Iran and...New Hampshire?
August 30, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBFormer Ambassador Ric Grenell is an outspoken advocate of President Trump's foreign policy and he makes the case for the former president's record in the podcast. From Russia and Ukraine to Iran and Israel, Grenell argues the Trump approach made progress President Biden has squandered. Grenell was in the Granite State campaigning for his former State Department colleague Matt Mowers, a Republican candidate in the NH-01 primary. Also on the podcast, a new UNH poll hits showing Don Bolduc w...
David Drucker on How NHSen Race Looks from DC -- And Mar-a-Lago
August 25, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBDavid Drucker is senior correspondent for the Washington Examiner, author of the book "In Trump's Shadow," and a longtime reporter on American politics. He joins the pod to talk about how the New Hampshire GOP Senate primary is looking to Republicans in DC, and why the GOP insiders aren't panicking about a crash of the "Red Wave" -- yet. Also, Drucker's theory on why President Donald Trump may choose to sit out the NH GOP primaries. WARNING; The podcast starts with a rant from the host on...
Paul Hodes on Tech, Progs and Rock & Roll
August 16, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBFormer NH-02 Congressman Paul Hodes is no stranger to wave elections. He was swept into office during the GOP collapse of 2006 and ran (unsuccessfully) for U.S. Senate during the Republican sweep of 2010. In this edition of the NHJournal podcast, Hodes talks about the possibility of a "red wave" hitting the Granite State in 2022, rebuts the argument that progressive politics in New Hampshire is dead, and offers advice for first-time candidates. Today Hodes is a principal at Shanti Energy, ...
Disaster Looms for NHDems as DNC Considers Taking Away FITN Primary
July 26, 2022 17:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBAfter a year of whistling past the political graveyard, New Hampshire Democrats are now facing the very real likelihood the Democratic National Committee is going to strip them of their prized "First in the Nation" primary status. Worse, says NHJournal host Michael Graham, is the reason they're giving for taking the primary way: Granite State voters are 'too white.' Politically problematic, to say the least. State Rep. Ross Berry (R-Manchester) joins the podcast to talk about the politics ...
MD's Larry Hogan: Voters Love GOP Governors (So Who Needs Trump?)
July 13, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan was in New Hampshire talking housing policy and politics, and he sat down with NHJournal's Michael Graham to talk about Republican politics, just how big the GOP tent truly is, and different U.S. policy would have been if he had taken the oath of office in January 2021 instead of Joe Biden. Hogan also talks about why he thinks resentment within the GOP base is misguided and his theory way, even when the Republican brand is low, approval of GOP governors stays high...
NH House GOP Leader Jason Osborne to NHDems: Keep Digging
July 08, 2022 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBAfter trending on Twitter earlier in the week, Rep. Jason Osborne joins host Michael Graham on the NHJournal podcast to talk about his controversial 4th of July message and how the reaction confirms his decision to keep his tweets private. Osborne also talks about the midterms and why the NHDems' decision to center their campaign message on guns and abortion is just fine by him. Sponsored by Perfect Smiles of Nashua.
Post-Debate Reax from NHJournal: Who Won the First GOP US Sen Match-Up?
June 28, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBOn this edition of the NHJournal podcast, Managing Editor Michael Graham is joined by Paris Alic, the Washington Times Capitol Hill reporter who also served as a panelist for the first NH GOP U.S. Senate debate. He offers his take on how DC Republicans and funders are likely to view what they saw on stage at the NHJournal debate, held at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on the campus of St. Anselm College. Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy was also at the deb...
Sen. Regina Birdsell On How Republicans Should Talk About Abortion in Post-Roe N.H.
June 27, 2022 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBOn this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, host Michael Graham is joined by Sen. Regina Birdsell (R-Derry) one of the leading figures in legislative debates over the issue of abortion. Now that the Supreme Court has sent the issue back to the states, Sen. Birdsell will be one of the legislators dealing with it in Concord. And Drew Cline from the Josiah Bartlett Center talks about his new radio show on WFEA 6-9am weekday mornings, as well as the broader political landscape in NH p...
Maggie Hassan, NH Politics, and the 'Danger Zone'
June 13, 2022 03:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this edition of the NHJournal podcast, Michael Graham has big news about NHJournal and Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center has even bigger news! Plus Michael was there when progressives and Hassan supporters faced off in the hall outside the Secretary of State's office -- in fact, he's even got some audio -- and the chaos was not a good sign for Hassan or her fellow Democrats this fall. And finally, Michael reports back after seeing the biggest movie of the year -- in a packed thea...
Speaker Packard On 'The Most Successful House Session in 100 Years'
May 28, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBThe New Hampshire Journal podcast starts with a rant on politicians "fighting" instead of "fixing" from NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham. Then the real fun begins! N.H. Speaker of the House Sherm Packard (R-Londonderry) offers a post-session analysis of the wins (and losses) for the Republican caucus. He calls this biennium "the most successful session Republicans have had in the past 100 years," but he also acknowledges it ended on a sour note with defeats on redistricting and the ...
Osborne: How the Smallest House GOP Majority in History Has Gotten Big Results
May 10, 2022 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this edition of the NHJournal podcast, host Michael Graham begins with a bit of gratuitous mockery of the federal delegation over their handling of abortion politics. Then it's straight to House Majority Leader Rep. Jason Osborne on the successes his narrow GOP majority has enjoyed on issues like Education Freedom Accounts, tax cuts, the anti-discrimination law and passing a ban on late-term abortions. How did the House GOP pull it off? Tune in and find out. Plus -- what issue does Osbor...
PODCAST: AEI's Bowman on Abortion, Polling and the 2022 Midterms
May 07, 2022 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBOn this special Derby Weekend edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, two die-hard horse racing fans share their insights and make their predictions for Saturday's Kentucky Derby: Lobbyist Curtis Barry of Concord, N.H. and J. Mark Powell, political consultant and writer -- and former resident of the Blue Grass State. Plus, Karlyn Bowman, a distinguished senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) who helped launch AEI’s work on public opinion, talks about her ana...
Dems May 'Forgive' College Debt, But Will NH Voters Forgive Them?
April 29, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBOn this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy joins host Michael Graham to discuss the economics and politics of the Democrats' proposal to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in college student loan debt. Should the vast majority of taxpayers, who either didn't go to college or paid off their loans, be on the hook for borrowers who don't want to pay back what they owe? Also, a new Morning Consult poll finds all of the t...
Mask Mandates! Hassan v Hispanics! Choo Choo Chicanery! It's a Jam-Packed NHJournal Podcast!
April 21, 2022 01:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBOn this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, host Michael Graham unloads on the inept politics on display in the Granite State, beginning with Biden's pointless stop in Portsmouth and Hassan's hapless handling of border security. Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center is on board for the ride, recounting his testimony before the legislature regarding state funding for a commuter rail system. The math isn't pretty.
Scott Hodge of the Tax Foundation on the Terrors of Tax Day
April 15, 2022 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBJust in time for Tax Day 2022, Drew Cline talks to Tax Foundation President Scott Hodge about the failures of the U.S. income tax system and the foibles of the IRS. Hodge lays out the data on how America raises money differently than other nations (we rely more on income-based taxes) and why the IRS wants you to do their work for them. Cline, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, also talks about his recent reporting on the Burgess Biofuel plant in Berlin, a "jobs progr...
Gail Huff Brown on Election Integrity and the 'Scott' Question
April 11, 2022 01:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBThis edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast begins with Emerson College Director of Polling Spencer Kimball talking about the mood of voters in New Hampshire and beyond. Not only are Democrats facing a difficult midterm, Kimball sees national trends that could lead to an across-the-board GOP victory -- including the White House -- in 2024. Then First Congressional District GOP primary candidate Gail Huff Brown joins the podcast to make her case for election integrity (and against oppo...
Matt Mowers on Voting Twice in 2016: I Did Not Break the Law
April 06, 2022 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBIn this episode of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, Republican 1st Congressional District candidate Matt Mowers rejects allegations he committed election fraud when he voted in two different presidential primaries. "I followed the law 100 percent," Mowers says, adding that attacks like these come with being the frontrunner in the GOP primary. Mowers also addresses what some people believe is the bigger challenge for his candidacy: the "carpetbagger" label reinforced by the fact that in 20...
The REAL Math on the NHGOP's Gas Tax Holiday
April 01, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins host Michael Graham on the NHJournal podcast to talk Ukraine, energy policy and his work on the GOP's National Republican Redistricting Trust. What's his take on Sununu's recent veto of the GOP plan? Pompeo will be the featured speaker at the upcoming Hillsborough County GOP Lincoln Reagan dinner. And Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy explains why the proposal for a two-month state gas tax holiday makes no sense economic...
From Candidates to Supreme Court, NHDems Can't Catch a Break in 2022
March 27, 2022 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBOn this edition of the NHJournal podcast, Managing Editor Michael Graham lays out all the challenges -- many self-inflicted -- facing New Hampshire Democrats in 2022. From the issues at the top of voters' minds to the candidates at the top of the ticket, Democrats are facing nothing but bad news at the moment. Also, a Derry, N.H. gas station owner shares real-life stories of the impact of soaring prices on his customers. And 1st Congressional District candidate Julian Acciard talks about w...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Talks SCOTUS, And NHGOP Talks Sununu's CD Map Veto
March 18, 2022 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBA jam-packed edition of The New Hampshire Journal podcast as Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joins us to talk about events in Ukraine, the upcoming hearing for Biden's SCOTUS nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and her message for Granite State Republicans at the 2022 Lincoln-Reagan Dinner hosted by the Concord City and Merrimack County Republican Committees. And Greg Moore of Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire celebrates the good news coming out of the legislative session this month,...
NHGOP Chair Stepanek: Gas Prices and Bad Energy Policy Will Doom NHDems in November
March 09, 2022 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBOn this edition of The New Hampshire Journal podcast, NHGOP State Party Chair Steve Stepanek talks about the results of this week's municipal elections, and why he believes Democrats like Sen. Maggie Hassan and Rep. Chris Pappas can't untangle themselves from the politics of energy policy. He believes voters will hold Democrats responsible for $5 a gallon gasoline and high heating bills. Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy also sees trouble ahead on energy, and he off...
"Push Them Back to Moscow!" Sununu on the Russian Booze Ban
February 28, 2022 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBIt's a special "Food and Booze" edition of The New Hampshire Journal podcast. Gov. Chris Sununu is on board to talk about his decision to order Russian products pulled from the state's liquor store shelves, and what he believes America's stance should be in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And Drew Cline from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy talks about the regulation of food trucks in New Hampshire and why it should be easier -- not harder -- for cuisine entrepreneurs ...
Ukranian Member of Parliament Natalya Pipa Is On the Run -- And on the NHJournal Podcast
February 24, 2022 23:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBIn a NHJournal podcast first, we're joined by Ukrainian member of parliament Natalya Pipa (Наталія Піпа) on Friday, February 24, as she is literally fleeing to escape the Russian invasion of her country. The audio -- recorded in her car as her family drove west -- isn't the best. But the content is amazing. “It will be a funny question if it was not so sad," Pipa says at one point. Then former GOP governor of Virginia Jim Gilmore, who served as United States Ambassador to the Organization...
Kevin Smith, GOP Candidate for US Senate, Live from the US-Mexico Border
February 22, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBOn this edition of The New Hampshire Journal podcast, one of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, former Londonderry Town Manager Kevin Smith, calls in from the Arizona/Mexico border to talk about the Biden immigration and border security policies. Smith notes that his potential opponent, Sen. Maggie Hassan, voted against funding the wall and against returning to the "Remain in Mexico" policy that many experts believe would help bring the current border crisis to a close. And Drew Cli...
Derry Sends 'Improperly Masked' Kids to Detention, Re-Education
January 26, 2022 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBIt's a special National School Choice Week edition of The New Hampshire Journal podcast. (Really, it is!) Rep. Marjorie Porter (D-Hillsborough) celebrated by touting the fact she pulled her son out of public school and sent him to a private academy "and it was good we had that choice." Alas, she opposes allowing low-income NH families to use their state education funding to do the same. And a Derry, N. H. middle school announced students who are not "properly based" will be forced into de...
Dartmouth Cancels Andy Ngo Event in Face of Antifa Threats -- And NHJournal Is There!
January 21, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBOn this edition of The New Hampshire Journal podcast, reporter Damien Fisher reports from the scene on Dartmouth College's decision to cancel an appearance by conservative journalist Andy Ngo in the face of threats from Antifa in New England. Ngo is best known for his aggressive reporting on Antifa and other violent organizations on the political Left. The circumstances around the cancellation of his Dartmouth appearance -- he was supposed to talk about the use of violent extremism to silen...
Are Closing Classrooms and Killing the Filibuster Smart NH Politics?
January 14, 2022 20:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBNew Hampshire's teachers unions blast a proposal to end remote learning, while Sen. Maggie Hassan prepares to cast her vote to kill the filibuster. And a NH House committee considers legislation to block any state tax dollars from going to commuter rail projects like the (likely) $500 million Capitol Corridor Project. NHJournal's Michael Graham discusses it all with Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center (and chairman of the State Board of Education.)
'Smash and Grab' Meets 'Build Back Better'
December 21, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this double-barreled edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, Dr. Jay Kennedy of Michigan State University talks about how the surge of 'smash-and-grab' robberies and mass shoplifting events are actually being fueled by shoppers like you. Kennedy, who is part of the USA-IT effort to fight organized retail crime and the black market economy, says criminal gangs are using theft and counterfeits to fill orders from unsuspecting shoppers on the internet. And Brandon Arnold of the Natio...
Trafalgar Group Pollster Robert Cahaly on Maggie Hassan, GOP Messaging and 2022
December 17, 2021 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe Trafalgar Group is probably best known as one of the few polling firms that predicted the Trump surge in 2016. They also spotted the GOP's surprisingly strong performance in 2020. Now, Trafalgar's CEO Robert Cahaly is on the New Hampshire Journal podcast to talk about his new poll of Granite State voters, as well as the trends for 2022 he's seeing in polling across the U.S. And he answers one of the most frequently-asked questions among Republican activists: Are Biden's bad numbers t...
Anti-CRT, Yes. Bat Snot Crazy? No. BOE Member Ryan Terrell on Debate Over Teaching History in NH
December 06, 2021 21:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, New Hampshire Board of Education member Ryan Terrell talks about how to strike the right balance in the classroom between avoiding CRT-inspired, race-based instruction, and teaching the accurate -- and sometimes ugly -- history of the United States. The podcast is rudely interrupted by Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center who shares new research showing that closed classroom policies backed by teachers unions as a way to address COV...
The "Holy Crap, Sununu's Out!" Edition of the NHJournal Podcast
November 10, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBLots of action in this edition of the podcast, recorded just hours after Gov. Chris Sununu shocked the political world (except for NHJournal's Michael Graham) with his announcement that he's not running for the U.S. Senate but will seek a fourth term as governor. The Josiah Bartlett Center's Drew Cline weighs in, as does Greg Moore of the N.H. chapter of Americans for Prosperity. And longtime GOP strategist Patrick Hynes offers his thoughts on the state of the 2022 campaign as well. What ...
Why Do DC Dems Hate Maggie Hassan?
November 03, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBOn this post-election edition of the NHJournal podcast, host Michael Graham offers a desperate plea on behalf of U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan to her fellow Democrats in Washington, DC: Why are you doing this to her? In the wake of the Democrats' shellacking, particularly in New Jersey, Hassan's never been exposed as more vulnerable in next year's Senate race. Why are Democrats doing so much to make her job harder? Also on the podcast, Drew Cline from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Po...
David Drucker: 'In Trump's Shadow' and the Future of the GOP
October 22, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBOn this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, the Washington Examiner's David Drucker talks about his new book on the future of the GOP, "In Trump's Shadow," and previews his Tuesday, October 26th appearance at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College. More about the book here. More about the NHIOP appearance here.
GOP 2.0? Georgia's Lt. Gov. Is Bringing His Plan for Victory to the NHIOP
October 14, 2021 20:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBOn this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, Georgia's Republican Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan previews his upcoming appearance at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics to discuss his new book "GOP 2.0." He believes there are lessons for Republicans to learn from former President Trump, both good and bad, that they can use to win in 2022 and beyond. Also, New Hampshire's federal delegation again issues press statements about a state council's vote, while refusing to hold open press...
'We Are the Majority:' Anti-Vax Protesters Speak Out As Sununu Loses Exec Council Fight
October 14, 2021 02:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBNew Hampshire Journal's Damien Fisher was on the scene of Wednesday's 4-1 vote rejecting federal funding for COVID-19 vaccine distribution. He talks about what he saw and shares audio of protesters in their own words. One idea vaccine mandate opponents are pushing: Having the government order businesses not to mandate the shot. Drew Cline from the free-market think tank The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy talks about it. He also lays out the findings from a new JBC study on how res...
Sen. Tim Scott: The GOP's Problem Isn't Policy -- It's Marketing
October 07, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBSouth Carolina Sen. Tim Scott joins the New Hampshire Journal podcast in advance of his swing through the state to help raise money for the NHGOP. He talks COVID, crime and Gamecocks football (Go Cocks!) with fellow Palmetto Stater Michael Graham, managing editor of NHJournal. And Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is on board to talk about the housing crisis facing Granite State businesses and workers, and an upcoming JBC conference on ideas to address those challe...
Mike Pompeo on Afghanistan: We Are Watching American Weakness
August 30, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to NHJournal about his upcoming visit to promote school choice and parental empowerment, but he also talks at length about events in Afghanistan. "It's the difference between American strength and American weakness," Pompeo says of the Biden strategy. And host Michael Graham asks why Democrats seem to believe that, now that the troops are out of Afghanistan, that the story will end? Isn't it more likely that stories of Americans held hostage, alli...
Sen. Rick Scott: It's Time To Invoke 25th Amendment For 'No Show' Joe Biden
August 22, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBSenator Rick Scott was in New Hampshire on Saturday (8/21) to talk about President Joe Biden's economic policy (and make a stop by Gov. Chris Sununu's house?) He had harsh words for Biden on Afghanistan, suggesting his refusal to address the crisis, as well as other issues like the southern border surge, show it's time to consider invoking the 25th Amendment and removing him from office. Longtime foreign policy analyst K.T. McFarland is also on the podcast, talking about her upcoming appear...
Is Afghan Collapse Biden's Version of 'America First' Foreign Policy?
August 18, 2021 02:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBOn this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast, retired Army Gen. Don Bolduc bashes President Biden's "incompetence" in handling the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Bolduc, who is also a candidate for the NHGOP's nomination in next year's U.S. Senate race, also supports America working with the Taliban going forward. And despite being President Trump's pick for U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, native Granite Stater Will Ruger has nothing but praise for the Biden pull out. Ruger sees...
'It Did Not Have To Be This Way:" Kelly Ayotte Calls Out Biden's Afghanistan Debacle
August 17, 2021 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBOn this special edition of the NHJournal podcast, former U.S. Senator -- and possible candidate for N.H. Governor -- Kelly Ayotte gives a scathing critique of the Biden Administration's mishandling of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Ayotte also talks about when to fire government officials, the coming rise of Al Qaeda and the possibility she might run for governor in 2022. Hosted by Michael Graham
Eviction Evasion, And A Terrible "Tobacco Equity' Tax
August 06, 2021 03:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBOn this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast we jump straight into the public policy pool. Ulrick Boesen of the Tax Foundation talks about the "Tobacco Tax Equity Act" and how it would be particularly bad for New Hampshire. (It's not likely to be good for Sen. Maggie Hassan's 2022 campaign, either.) Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Foundation also kicks around the tobacco tax hike, but he saves his most scathing comments for President Biden's illegal eviction moratorium. And he exp...