FYI, as there are people telling me these are not real. This is what the campaign website looked like this morning (archived link below; picture shows url of twitter acct at bottom). The new version of the site this afternoon has no Twitter bird on it. 🤔 web.archive.org/web/2018022708…
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I was struck by this post-primary note of thanks from @marchandsteve, so I'm posting it here. Important unity, important message. This is how you do it. #nhpolitics
"more often, I was learning. I learned about people, policy, and about what matters."
🚨Crazy high youth and Dem turnout is quickly becoming *the* story of yesterday's primary. This is B A N A N A S level good news for November. 🚨#nhpolitics
2016 upended all my previous experience with political analysis, and so I no longer have faith in my election thoughts. So you'd be wise to stop reading this now.
Still, I am having thoughts, specifically about the #NHGov primary, on which I'm not yet decided. #nhpolitics
The Kelly gubernatorial campaign seems the latest iteration of the formula whose previous iterations were the Shaheen and Hassan campaigns. Lots of institutional support, take the pledge, broad themes.
It works!
More accurately: it has worked.
Marchand feels like Cilley in 2012 (disclosure: I worked social media for that). Wonky, specifics, no pledge, willing to take risks, little institutional support (and so fewer resources for field,) etc.
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democracy, individual liberty & the rule of law,
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as well as to peaceful resolution of disputes. Importantly, the treaty sets out the idea of collective defence...an attack against one Ally is considered as an attack against all Allies."