Got a question for John Sununu or Jeanne Shaheen?

[kreupelholic]

she's flyyyyy

[maravich101]

when are the responses going to be uploaded?

[TheRealRalphButtawit]

spurtttttttttttttttttt

[itsadancingcandytree]

Energy security and climate change are on everyone's mind these days.

Senator Sununu, can you defend your support of drilling in ANWR when the Energy

Information Administration has projected that it won't reach peak production

until 2025 and even then it will offset less than 5% of our oil imports?

I'd also like to hear more from both of you about legislation that would promote

efficiency -- the surest source of energy security.

Ruth Hupart

Hanover, NH

[sweetsista247]

Given the current state of the economy and our need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels, as well as the recent adoption of RGGI, how will you promote the creation of "green" jobs and a clean energy economy?

[hobieslug45]

ron paul says vote 3rd party. last two times I voted if there was a blank line for a write in I would put saddam husains name. My wife says I was throwing away my vote but how do you think I would feel if he lost by one vote.anywayif we were voting third party scene paroitwe would have a choice by now. that bull about throwing your vote away was a bypartician scam

[Kmustang500]

Barack John Left and rights of passage Black and whites of youth Who can face the knowledge that the truth is not the truth? Obsolete Absolute Ron Ralph Cruising under your radar Watching from the satellites Take a page from the red book and keep them in your sights Red alert Red alert

[Kras3169]

Just ask them if they support the ideas of Ron Paul. If the answer is yes, they are worthy of a vote. If the answer is no, they shouldn't even be running for office!

If they are not libertarian-leaning, they are anti-American. This is supposed to be a freedom country! Small government, small spending, foreign policy of non-intervention, free markets, free trade, and the freedom to live your life as you want so long as you do not cause harm to another person.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE!

[mechdude7]

To just say that if you don't believe in Ron Paul's ideals, then you shouldn't be running, is like saying if you have a brain, you shouldn't be thinking.  Ron Paul is a fuckin' nimrod. And it seems to me that if everyone that didn't support him would drop out, then he might actually stand a fraction of a chance at maybe winning.

You. Are. An. Idiot.

[Kras3169]

You're right...voting for candidates who support personal liberty does indeed make me an idiot. Voting for one of two assholes who supported the bailout, giving welfare to the rich is a much better choice. Voting for Neo-Cons and Democrats who liberally increase the size of government and have spent us into the greatest deficit in American history is probably the path we should continue to follow. Its ok, I understand some people need a mommy and daddy government to make decisions for them.

[mechdude7]

When did the democrats approve all the tax breaks and tax cuts that affected so many rich Republicans all over the country? We're in a deficit because we're involved in a war that is costing us more than we're gaining. It has nothing to do with Democrats spending too much. Everything has to go through the president anyway, and he's a Republican. It's obvious that it doesn't matter to you what anyone else says because you frankly don't care. I'm just glad that America made the right choice.

[presidentialsh1t]

Where did you read that I said Democrats approved tax breaks and tax cuts? I said both sides are assholes for voting in favor of the bailout which is just welfare for the rich. These greedy CEOs ran their businesses into the ground, and now they're looking for a hand out? FUCK THEM! Read the comment again, I didn't just blame Democrats, neo-Cons are just as bad. I supported Ron Paul, the only anti-war Republican. I also liked Dennis Kucinich, the only anti-war Democrat. This country's fucked!

[Kras3169]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize my brother was signed in on that "presidentialsh1t" user name. If you wish to respond, please respond to this user name. Keep in mind, I'm angry at the situation this country is in and pretty much at the government as a whole. I'm not cursing at you in particular. I used to be a Democrat until Ron Paul ran for office. While I considered Obama the lesser of two evils, I don't see him being the hero everyone believes him to be.

[mechdude7]

I don't consider him to be a hero at all. But I do believe he is the only one with a solid-enough plan to bring us out of the deficit. If higher taxes mean better living 4 years from now, then so be it. The American dollar will be back on top, but it's going to take a lot of sacrifice from everybody. And that's what Obama is about. He's about uniting the country to accomplish something for ourselves. That's his message; Yes we can. And I have an immense respect for that.

[Kras3169]

The problem is thanks to the past 8 years, unemployment is high, prices are already too high, etc. Raising taxes on a country already struggling doesn't make sense to me (unless he really does just raise it for people making $250K+ a year). We are already in about $10 trillion of debt. Those bailouts cause inflation b/c the FED just prints the money, so the value of the dollar goes down even more. The value of the dollar isn't going up any time soon.

[mechdude7]

Well, first of all, we're not quite into $10 trillion yet, and God forbid we ever get that far. But raising taxes allows the government to gain the necessary funds to make the changes needed. I believe that right now more government involvement is going to be required before the average citizen sees noticeable changes. The American dollar wouldn't be so low if we weren't outsourcing half of our work. We take loans from other countries, and then use that money to buy things from them.

[Kras3169]

Actually, current national debt is over $10.6 trillion, so we are already into $10 trillion. You say we need more government involvement when government is what got us into the mess in the first place. You may recall the housing boom during the Clinton administration. Banks were encouraged to give sub-prime loans to people who didn't qualify for regular loans, and those people ended up being incapable of paying their mortgages. End result, the housing bubble today making banks bankrupt.

[Kras3169]

The value of the American dollar has nothing to do with outsourcing. The value of the dollar declines from the other thing you said: "We take loans from other countries and then use that money to buy things from them." This was an argument of Ron Paul's during the Primary. We take a loan, use the loan, but we have no money to pay the loan back...more debt. The Fed is printing money to pay for the bailouts which causes more inflation, so the value of the dollar goes down even more!

[Kras3169]

if we REALLY wanted to get out of this mess, we'd need to make REAL changes. end the wars costing $1 trillion/year, bring home all the troops on military bases around the world (stop policing the globe), get out of foreign alliances (NAFTA, United Nations), end trade embargos, abolish the FED which is negatively manipulating the market, end the war on drugs costing $50 billion/year, end the Patriot Act and FISA. Big government costs big money. i'm fiscally conservative but socially liberal.

[mechdude7]

Unemployment is so damn high because of the fact that American corporations do not wish to pay such a "high" price for labor when people in 3rd world countries will do it for less than half. We need to limit the trade that we do with other countries. If we didn't have our own companies outsourcing, there would be more jobs, which in turn leads to a better economy, which would allow them to bring currency out of circulation to raise the value of our dollar. In short, we're abusing our freedoms

[Kras3169]

You say unemployment is high b/c corporations dont wanna pay high prices for labor, but you also support increasing taxes. The reason companies outsource is b/c of high prices, why would you further the damage by making corporations pay even more in taxes? What incentive does that give a business to keep jobs here? You seem to be confusing trade and outsourcing. If we actually manufactured our own goods, we'd have things to trade with other countries and to sell to them to make money.

[Kras3169]

You dont wanna limit trade, you wanna increase it. The problem is we have nothing to trade b/c our companies make money off of services, not from manufacturing goods so we have nothing to offer. We're not abusing our freedoms as you say, the problem is just the opposite...too much government intervention. Govt intervention caused the current mortgage crisis thanks to sub-prime lending, the Fed lowering interest rates causes inflation, bailouts cause inflation, high taxes causes outsourcing.

[volker001]

NH will go Obama, as does PA and Florida! :-)

[elbrookman]

if term limits are good for the president, governors, and mayors, why is it not good for senators to have term limits? would you introduce legislation to hold the senate to the same standard?

[deird16o5]

What will you do as senator to improve the conditions of our enviornment?

[rotarsky]

It's "Shaheen", not "Sheehan".