Sunday shows: Lynch passes on announcing re-election

Gov. John Lynch (D-Hopkinton) was much more confident as to who would win the Super Bowl than he was about who would win the Democratic presidential nomination or even if he would run for re-election this fall.

Lynch, as a guest on WMUR-TV's "Close-Up", wouldn't go so far as give a prediction on the Super Bowl score, but he did feel the New England Patriots would win. When it came to the presidential race, Lynch said he has no idea how the race will play out, but that he was against the concept of a "Super Tuesday" this week where 22 states and American Samoa will all vote on one day.

"I don't really like the concept of Super Tuesday," said Lynch. "Obviously it is a front-loaded primary process. You know, it is interesting that the Democratic National Committee initially put together a committee to look at this. They wanted to ease the front-loading. And instead of easing it theyexacerbated the problem."

When host Scott Spradling gave Lynch an opportunity to announce whether the two-term governor would run for re-election, Lynch said he was focused on legislative matters.

"I am just focusing on the legislative process right now. We have a lot of things we are trying to get done including making progress toward education funding and solving some shortfalls in the budget and then I will make some decisions after the legislative session is over," Lynch said.

On MyTv's "Political Chowder with Arnie Arnesen" guests included bloggers from GraniteGrok.com, BlueHampshire.com, and State Rep. Andy Edwards (D-Nashua). Topics included speed boat limits in state lakes, the death penalty, and whether to lessen the criminal penalty on marijuana use.

New Hampshire Public Television's "Outlook" interviewed Georgetown University professor Michael Dyson and his wife Rev. Marcia Dyson about the presidential race. They are African-American and he was at UNH for their Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. He backs Barack Obama. She backs Hillary Clinton. They discussed the role that race and gender is playing in the Democratic presidential primary.