NHGOP STATEMENT ON HILLARY CLINTON PROPPING UP SHAHEEN’S FLAILING CAMPAIGN
Concord – New Hampshire Republican State Committee spokesman Lauren Zelt today issued the following statement regarding the news that Hillary Clinton will campaign with Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire:
“Hillary Clinton still owes the Shaheens a political favor for their efforts to smear Barack Obama as a drug dealer during the 2008 New Hampshire Primary. It’s obvious that Secretary Clinton’s effort to prop up Senator Shaheen’s flailing campaign is an effort to repay her and her husband for their role in this sordid chapter in New Hampshire political history.”
As reported by the Washington Post, Jeanne Shaheen’s husband, Bill Shaheen, called Barack Obama a drug dealer while serving as Hillary Clinton’s 2008 New Hampshire campaign co-chairman during the 2008 New Hampshire Primary. Mr. Shaheen was forced to resign and issue an apology following the incident.
BACKGROUND
“Sen. Hillary Clinton today accepted the resignation of her New Hampshire campaign co-chair a day after he suggested that Barack Obama’s candor about his past drug use would open the door to Republican attacks.” (Alec MacGillis, Clinton N.H. Official Resigns After Comments on Obama, Washington Post, 12/13/2007)
The Sullivan County NH Republican Committee 