New Hampshire Republican Mayor Gives his First Speech since Announcing his Bid for Governor

 New Hampshire Republicans have two choices in the upcoming election to chose from on who will take on liberal Governor John Lynch in November. To be honest with you, I don’t know enough about Joe Kenney and Frank Guinta to have an opinion about who I will vote for. I just know it will be one of these two as I prepare to become probably the only New Hampshirite to be able to lay claim to voting against Lynch three times. At least it feels that way.

 Mayor Guinta is nothing if not resilient, he has been able to hold on to power as this blue wave of pestilence has swept over New Hampshire. He recently gave his first speech since he has decided to explore running for governor, and he does bring some hope to conservatives here.

Mayor Frank Guinta yesterday blasted the state’s Democratic leadership as “disrespectful to the citizens of this great state” and promised to lead New Hampshire conservatives in a crusade against runaway spending.

“I’m the kind of individual that’s not going to sit on the sideline and watch my state change. I cannot do that,” Guinta told a gathering of Republican activists in the Lakes Region yesterday. “And if I have to go into every corner of the state and talk about the value system I have, the successes we’ve had in Manchester and how I think we can apply them at the state level, I will do that.”

 I love this talk, calling current Democrat leadership disrespectful to the state and calling them out on their irresponsible spending. He is off to a good start. But what about running against John Lynch who somehow still has an approval rating at about 75% ?

He hinted, too, that Gov. John Lynch may be more vulnerable than his high approval ratings would suggest, at one point likening the two-term incumbent to the CEO of a sinking company.

“The CEO is a nice guy, great guy,” Guinta said. “But the stock is going in the toilet. You, as a stockholder, say, ‘I like that guy, but I’m going to fire him.'”

 I can only hope his assessment here is correct, I have been waiting for the state to turn on Governor Lynch, yet it doesn’t seem to be happening, but with the looming fiscal crisis with John Lynch’s name all over it, the time may be nigh.

 Perhaps the best part of the New Hampshire governorship is that it is one of only two states, Vermont being the other, with two year terms. This gives us the chance to fix a mistake, such as governor Lynch, rather quickly before he can do too much damage.

 Let’s hope that this is the year to fix the “Lynch” mistake, if not it will cost us a fortune.

 Quotes from Mayor Guinta are taken from this article.