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| Shea-Porter: 'Not ruling out' a Senate bid |
| 2009-02-14 |
| U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter says she is not ruling out a bid for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Judd Gregg next year. Her 2nd District Democratic colleague, U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, has said he intends to run. Shea-Porter has not gone that far, but said this afternoon, "I am not ruling it out." She cited a recent Public Policy Polling survey, which found that she and Hodes fared about the same against two potential GOP candidates, former Sen. John E. Sununu and former Rep. Charlie Bass. The polls, she noted, "showed everybody in a dead heat, so I think it's going to be really interesting for people who love to watch politics." The 1st District representative said her cell phone "has been ringing off the hook." But she said she is focused on the stimulus package, the economy in general and two wars. She said that instead of focusing on raising money, "I think I should be talking about policy. "If anyone is going to run for the U.S. Senate, they need to put out why they're running and when they're running, and that deadline is not until June 2010," the filing period for 2010 candidates for federal and state offices. "Right now these problems that this country is facing are so enormous that to me it's just not a good time for me to talk about anything except what we can do to help our state." The second-term Democrat this afternoon praised the House's passage of a $787 billion economic package that is now headed to the Senate. Shea-Porter, who represents the state's 1st Congressional District, said the package is "good for the country and good for New Hampshire" and will help Granite Staters "pretty much across the board. |
| Posted by:Fred |