Karen Testerman drops her New Hampshire Senate bid

 I have been imploring New Hampshire voters to look at the lesser known candidates in the New Hampshire Senate race rather than falling in line with Scott Brown because of his name recognition. There were two of them, Karen Testerman and Jim Rubens. 

  I say there ‘were’ two candidates because today Karen Testerman dropped out of the race and endorsed Bob Smith for Senate. The theory behind her decision goes like this: the conservative vote was going to be split between her and Bob Smith so this will allow the conservatives to coalesce behind a single candidate, Bob Smith, making the chances of defeating Scott Brown in the primary a little bit better.

  Bob Smith has been living in Florida since he lost his primary bid to John Sununu back in 2002. He moved back to New Hampshire to run for the Senate after he failed to win a seat in Florida. He did this for purely political reasons and while his ties to the state might be more established than Scott Brown’s this make him no better than the former Massachusetts Senator in my mind.

  This leaves only Jim Rubens as a Scott Brown alternative and he is a cap and trade guy so I have already ruled him out. Karen Testerman might be well-intentioned but the result is inevitable–Scott Brown will be the nominee.