Shaheen joins NH Senate race

[DemKR]

Source: Boston Globe

CONCORD, N.H. --Former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen made her long-anticipated announcement Friday that she is running for the U.S. Senate.

"We have major problems facing this country, and there is an urgent need for real change in Washington," Shaheen said in a statement to supporters.

"We've proven in New Hampshire that we can work together to get things done. I want to take that common-sense approach to Washington and help get this country moving in the right direction," she said.

If she beats the three other Democrats already running for the nomination, Shaheen is expected to face first-term Republican Sen. John Sununu, who beat her in 2002. But Shaheen, the subject of a public draft effort and private recruitment by national party officials, already leads Sununu in polls.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/09/14/reports_shaheen_running_for_senate_in_nh/

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Kudos again to Chuck Schumer for a great recruitment and here's to another Democratic takeover!

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. this is great news, coupled with Warner from Virginia.....n/t

[David__77]

2. A good field is shaping up.

I'm pleased to hear this.

[movonne]

3. Please tell me she is not a blue dog dem...I sure hope she is a

progressive...

[DemKR]

4. She used to be a "Third Way" Democrat

I think a lot has changed now. In her 2002 campaign she was pro-war, and is now anti-war. She worked with John Kerry for awhile.

[cali]

5. She's neither. n/t

[fujiyama]

6. Woo Hoo!

We're on our way to making Lieberman irrelevant!

[DJKDJKDJK]

7. Public Draft?

Huh? Last time I knew this wasn't communist China and the Government did not own my life.

Who are her Democratic opponents?

[KingFlorez]

8. What are you talking about?

By public draft, they meant that a lot of citizens wanted to draft her to run for the Senate. How does that equate the government owning your life?