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July 31, 2006

The Hotline Daily Troika: SC, IA, NH

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  • Bill Gardner is the most powerful man in New Hampshire.

  • Iowa's David Yepsen bashes Nevada, drops the B-word (brothels) and the G word (gambling). Also: NH papers don't think NV's ready for prime time, either. The Portsmouth Herald bashes Harry Reid. Kerry, Vilsack are against the calendar changes. A lone voice in the wilderness urges NH to just let it go.

  • Another case of non-disclosure for Patrick Hynes, John McCain's new consultant?

  • NH State Sen. President Ted Gastas tamps down speculation that he's ready to join Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. But he sure smiles a lot.

  • In IA, Gov. Mitt Romney learns that "tar baby" is a pejorative too far. (The Boston Herald piles on.) He defended his handling of the Big Dig (who knew he had to defend anything yet?) The Boston Globe's coverage of the visit notes in its last sentence that, yeah, some guy named Kerry was there too.

  • Unintentional ouchie headline of the day: "Three presidential candidates in Iowa -- four if you count Vilsack"

  • Does "tax and spend" liberal work anymore? Lee Bandy finds that phrase trite and inaccurate.


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