Decision time in the valley
Saturday October 25, 2008
By: Editorial
From: Cabinet.com

Local voters in 2008 are fortunate to have many competitive races between well-qualified opponents from both parties who are actually talking about the issues that will affect everyone's future – education, the economy and the environment. Thanks to local newspapers and the Internet, there's a lot of information out there to help voters make informed decisions.

Below are The Cabinet's endorsements for state and local races in next month's election. While we believe these choices will best serve our communities, we encourage all voters not to take our word for it, but to invest the time and effort to learn about the candidates on their own. Visit www.nashuatelegraph.com/nhcampaign – an election Web site that's a joint project of The Cabinet and The Telegraph – for details on your local races. You can also stop by the Republican and Democratic offices in downtown Milford and grab some literature – maybe you'll even run into a candidate or two.

The stakes have never been higher, and, in some cases, the candidates have never been stronger.

U.S. Senate – Jeanne Shaheen: The former three-term Democratic governor was a popular centrist in Concord and we expect her to stay that way in Washington, D.C. This wasn't an easy choice, however, as incumbent Republican Sen. John Sununu has done some good work during his six years in the Senate, particularly on protecting our civil liberties. What it came down to, for us, is that despite being correct on some business abuses, such as the problems with Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, Sununu's overall pro-big-business philosophy will not allow him to support the systemic reform needed to protect taxpayers from the type of financial crises that have been an all-too-frequent occurrence in the past eight years.