NH-1: FEC fines Guinta for illegal loan from parents (Resign Watch Thread)

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That means RINO Innis runs for the seat, and we lose it.

[CountryClassSF]

That means RINO Innis runs for the seat, and we lose it.

Innis is a far better candidate than Guinta ever was.

Well, Guinta won twice out of three times. Innis is not a conservative. His entire campaign was about his sexuality. Perhaps he would have won if he talked about something, anything else.

Maybe I'm in the fringe here, but I don't think this hurts Guinta in the slightest.  Most voters don't care about this stuff. Do I approve of it? No. But let's face it, many in Congress have gotten away with *Far* worse.

[CountryClassSF]

That means RINO Innis runs for the seat, and we lose it.

Innis is a far better candidate than Guinta ever was.

Well, Guinta won twice out of three times. Innis is not a conservative. His entire campaign was about his sexuality. Perhaps he would have won if he talked about something, anything else.

Maybe I'm in the fringe here, but I don't think this hurts Guinta in the slightest.  Most voters don't care about this stuff. Do I approve of it? No. But let's face it, many in Congress have gotten away with *Far* worse.

I originally didn't think it would matter much, but from what I've been reading about it, it's bad enough that Guinta would receive a strong primary challenge if he ran again - despite the fact that he's an incumbent.

Innis lost the NH-1 2014 primary because, more than anything else, Guinta was seen as the candidate, who, as a previous incumbent mounting a comeback bid, as the one who "deserved to have the nomination the most". Had Innis reached the general, he would have beaten Shea-Porter by a wider margin than Guinta did.

Maybe, but it's hard to know.  Are there any other conservatives in NH-01 that can run for this?

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I love the Sununu family but I hate dynasty politics. I guess I'm okay with it.

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Innis is very, very bad on the homosexual issue -- I think he is also pro-abortion? (Just a notion, I'll be happy to correct if I'm wrong).

I think Guinta survives this. It's very early on in his second term.

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Ayotte calling Guinta to resign. Damn, this should be fun.

Of course she does. Getting big numbers in NH-01 is her only way to win re-election if Hassan runs.

With friends like Kelly Ayotte, who needs the left.  Shame on her. Democrats (and for that matter, Republicans) won't even ask Menendez to resign and he's under FEDERAL INDICTMENT

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I think Democrat-lite Kelly Ayotte should resign.

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Republicans go into meltdown mode every time they think they'll get negative media coverage.  The "OMG GET IT OFF THE NEWS NOW RESIGN RESIGN RESIGN!" attitude is almost pathological. When will they realize they'll always get negative media coverage?

If only they were as forceful asking indicted Menendez to resign. Oh wait, they never did.

Ayotte has been a thorn in the side of Republicans ever since she took office

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It still exists - in the courtroom.  The integrity of the Senate is a different matter. 

When Mike Grimm was indicted (prior to pleading Guilty), Pelosi & co insisted he resigned. Not a word about Menendez.  We can't have different standards for everybody.

To my knowledge, Guinta's charges were a civil infraction as opposed to a criminal one