Comments on: I Predict a New Hampshire Decision Today

By: Bruno

Bruno — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:06:39 +0000

@Dan…it could happen this week, or not. There’s really no timetable on it until the bill hits Lynch’s desk, and that can actually take a really long time if the sponsors and Sec. of State are holding it on purpose. But if it were delivered to his desk tomorrow, there’s nothing to say it wouldn’t be signed (or vetoed) immediately.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:38:23 +0000

It doesn’t look it’s going to happen this week…

http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=30471&ref=BPNews-RSSFeed0511

By: Richard Rush

Richard Rush — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:00:31 +0000

Oops….. Never mind.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:31:29 +0000

Richard,

Gilda Radner’s character who said “Nevermind” was Miss Emily Litella. Roseanne Rosannadanna said, “It’s always something.”

FYI, but apropos anyway.

By: The Lauderdale

The Lauderdale — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:28:41 +0000

I tend to agree with Pender. I figure he’s made his decision (sign it) and just doesn’t want it to look like a snap judgment under pressure. By not signing right away he’s trying to give the impression that he is “thinking, thinking…”

By: Richard Rush

Richard Rush — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:01:46 +0000

As Gilda Radner’s character, Roseanne Rosannadanna, would have said: “Never mind.”

By: Bruno

Bruno — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:59:39 +0000

BTW I’m reading over on bluehampshire.com that the bill may not even be on his desk yet. There’s a bunch of formalities that go through the bill’s sponsors and the sec. of state, and this normally takes a few days. So he may not be hemming and hawing at all, although if he were going to do something for sure, he could at this point just come out and say what that is.

By: cd

cd — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:36:42 +0000

I think he’ll let it become law without signing it, though he may sign.

I don’t see it as resistance or a betrayal, it just reflects that real support for SSM legalization in NH is around 45% or slightly higher. There is some electoral risk, not so much for Lynch as for the state legislators involved and more organized political obstruction. It’s only been 2 years of serious Democratic control and efforts at good government so far, with much left to improve. I think that’s what the preciousness and worry is about.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:34:15 +0000

I think he’ll either sign or let it become law, but I’m troubled by the fact there was no immediate decision. But I guess this particular politician is very pragmatic, so who knows what he’s thinking.

If he vetoes, he’ll definitely take a lot of future scrutiny off of Jim Douglas.

By: Pender

Pender — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:22:29 +0000

I predict that he will sign. His rhetoric changed notably after the bill passed. He stopped saying “between a man and a woman” and started talking about how he wanted to have conversations with NH voters before he made his decision. I think that’s politician code for changing his position.