An Exeter homemaker is the lucky winner of a contest to determine which donors would have a private dinner with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
   The dinner is set for Monday night in Nashua according to a campaign spokesman.
                            
 
  Gabrielle Grossman was among four online contributors selected  from thousands who offered their personal [...]

 
   The International Association of Fire Fighters, a critical source of support in past, Democratic presidential nomination fights, apparently is getting ready to weigh in for a non-frontrunner, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd.
  
 
  In 2004, the IAFF's backing was critical for John Kerry in his come-from-behind victory in the primary over ex-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.
   When Kerry [...]

 
  Republican hopeful Rudy Giulini has attracted more than two dozen, small business owners to his presidential candidacy.
  

  Claremont cabinetry executive Greg Stowell said Giuliani said he's hoping Giuliani will work to cut taxes and eliminate red tape as he did as mayor of New York city.
   Restoring fiscal discipline and cutting federal taxes is one of Giuliani's 12 commitments [...]

 
  Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's love of his, hometown New York Yankees is legendary.
 
  It should come as no surprise, then, that Giuliani has a very strong opinion about what to do with the big slugger of the Bronx Bombers, Alex Rodriguez.
   The team opted not to re-sign Rodriguez to an extension this year [...]

  Ames, IA was not the only far-flung place where organizers decided to host a straw poll to get attention.
 
 
   Republican Rudy Giuliani and Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Edwards got to claim bragging rights from the much-less expensive and flashy straw poll during Whitefield, NH's Community Day on Saturday.
    Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney spent [...]