Honoring Ken

Brenda Bouchard channels the “pain, anger and frustration” of her husband Ken’s Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (and that of other families in her support group) by advocating for more research in a unique way. In this extended video (21 minutes), she tells her story of generating awareness and seeking help from NH Primary candidates to commit to funding.

 

Donald Trump & Rand Paul Square Off in New Hampshire

I’m rubber and you’re glue. Trump and Paul unleashed salvos at one another over a two-day period in New Hampshire. Whose oratory will resonate with the base: Paul’s Trump impression and his rational accusation of “The Donald” as being a fake conservative, or Trump’s bombastic style?

 

Donald Trump Asked About Heroin Epidemic in America

Kriss Blevens is a make-up artist renowned for working her craft on Presidential candidates. She is also one of the thousands (millions?) of families devastated by the country’s opiate epidemic, having lost her step-daughter to a overdose. This citizen of New Hampshire is going to Presidential events around the state, asking candidates what they will do to confront the opiate problem. Here, she asks Donald Trump about the issue in June, 2015.

 

350Action.org Steals Headlines from Candidates

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. Climate change activists from 350action.org have successfully heated up the direction of the debate. Presidential candidates compete with one another as well as many interest groups to shape the issues that are discussed and covered by the media in the election.

 

Pre-Debate Hindsight Analysis of Aug 2015 Presidential Debates

Save time listening to the media’s pre-debate hype and exhaustive hindsight, with a summary of key talking points candidates have been using leading up to the first Presidential debate of the 2016 election on August 6th, 2015. We’ve condensed it to a little over 2 minutes of prime cuts. You’re welcome.

 

Vermin Supreme for President; New Hampshire Primary

Anyone with $1,000 can run for President of the United States in the historic New Hampshire Primary, as Vermin Supreme–and hundreds of other lesser-known candidates over the years–demonstrates. His platform includes a free pony for all, mandatory teeth-brushing, time travel research, and zombie awareness.

Getting on the Bernie Sanders Bus; New Hampshire Primary

The Bernie Bus is gassed and ready to roll! The first few months of the Bernie Sanders campaign has drawn a tidal wave of support across the country. Get a sense of his message and the excitement it has generated with his supporters in New Hampshire in the summer of 2015.

The First Trump Rally in New Hampshire

The beginning of the “Summer of Trump” was on display last June on the day after Trump announced his run for the Presidency.  From the white working class prophets who picked a Trump wave, to beauty queens and protesters…a harbinger for things to come.

Clinton & Bush tend to their bases…

Before the Summer of Trump, there was Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.  In June they traveled to New Hampshire to deal with (ongoing) problems they had with their respective bases.  This analysis from this June video still stands (as of September): Clinton is still popular to large parts of the Democratic coalition and Jeb Bush was having a tough time proving himself with the base.