Democratic National Convention

As we await some post-convention polling in New Hampshire later this month, let's keep in mind two numbers going forward: 46 and 53.

Fifty-three is Jeanne Shaheen's pre-convention standing in the polls, according to Pollster.com.

That number is likely very close to the ceiling, the peak vote a Democrat could expect to get in a statewide election versus a competitive Republican.

And 46 is where Obama sits in a race that widened early in the summer and then narrowed.

Check back next week to view my Convention Sketchpads from the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.

DENVER--U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has not yet given his nomination speech and the New Hampshire Republicans are already issuing press releases against Obama.

Fergus Cullen, chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party, said the stage Obama is scheduled to speak from personifies his ego.

DENVER-- State Sen. Martha Fuller Clark (D-Portsmouth) is hoping to bring her convention experience back to the Granite State.

Fuller Clark, a state co-chair for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama during the New Hampshire primary, said she is prepared to spread Obama's message to voters in her district.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:                August 28, 2008

Contact:           Fergus Cullen, Chairman, New Hampshire Republican Party

                        603-225-9341 office, 603-520-5450 cell

NH GOP Chairman Comments on the “Barackropolis” and Tonight’s Speech by Obama

CONCORD, NH– New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen issued the following statement today on Barack Obama’s speech tonight in Denver:

DENVER--Being a delegate from New Hampshire did have its advantages this year. Invitation-only parties, free breakfast, gifts galore and hearing speeches from prominent Democratic leaders.

New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley said he was amazed by the diversity of the speakers that spoke before the delegation.

DENVER-- Hours before Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, state Sen. Kathy Sgambati (D-Tilton) said she knew Obama would someday run for higher elective office when she saw him deliver the keynote speech at the 2004 convention but she didn't think it would be so soon.

"I wasn't sure it'd be four years later, but clearly I thought he was articulate and he'd be a force in the future," Sgambati told PolitickerNH.com.

DENVER--New Hampshire Democrats wasted no time this morning preparing for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's speech at Invesco field.

Delegates were busy coordinating schedules, meeting spots and state Sen. Peter Burling (D-Cornish) and Martin Gross was going to buy hats and sunscreen for delegates.

There is no shortage of second and third generations of American political families addressing delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy; James Roosevelt, Jr., the grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), the son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988; U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), the daughter of former New Orleans Mayor/U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Moon Landrieu; U.S. Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA), the son of former Pennsylvania Gov. Bob Casey; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, the daughter of former Ohio Gov. John Gilligan; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the daughter of former Baltimore Mayor/U.S. Rep. Thomas D’Alesandro; Iowa Gov. Chet Culver, the son of former U.S. Sen. John Culver (D-IA); New York Gov. David Paterson, the son of former New York Secretary of State Basil Paterson; and Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Governor Anne Richards.