Hillary's off to New Hampshire

Hillary is one of my Senators so I don't have any problem with absence from the Granite State for the last ten years. What I do worry about is the N.H. Dems inviting her up to headline their top fundraising event called the '100 Club' that is coming up in the next couple months.

Yeah I know, she's one of the biggest fundraising magnets out there, ex-First Lady, up and coming junior Senator down here in the Empire State, yada yada yada. Though the importance of New Hampshire can not be downplayed. From this angle the choice screams of playing favortism among the presumptive Democratic candidates for 2008.

I can hear your question already, "Who should chair this important fundraising event? Obama, Edwards, _____(insert other names here)?" My answer is none of them. People we are a national party and we shouldn't pick sides like that. In case you have forgotten, we just took back the two congressional seats that NH sends to Washington. Why not invite the freshmen? They are part of the future of the party. Speaking of the future, why not spark some interest in the people willing to put themselves out to take over the NH senate seat that Sununu currently occupies. According to Politics1, Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand and ex-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen who lost to Sununu in 02' in a highly controversial election seem to be in the running.

The whole thing stinks of 'business as usual' in national politics and that really hasn't helped the Democratic Party in the past. Now it is time for a different way.