Newt Gingrich Wants To Replace EPA, Voters Say No

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich reiterated his call to replace the Environmental Protection Agency with something called the "Environmental Solutions Agency" during yesterday's interview with WKXL 1450 radio host Chris Ryan at the Barley House in Concord, New Hampshire.

American Solutions, Gingrich's 527 group, has been calling for an end to the EPA for some time now. According to the group's website:

Since its founding 40 years ago, the EPA has transformed from an agency with the original noble mission of protecting the environment into a job-killing, centralizing engine of ideological litigation and regulation that blocks economic progress. 

As USA Today reported a while back, recent polls demonstrate that voters actually want the EPA to do more, not less. A Natural Resources Defense Council/Opinion Research Corporation International poll asked more than 1,000 Americans to weigh in on Gingrich's plan to get rid of the EPA. Here's what they had to say:

• 67% of Americans oppose abolishing the EPA
• So do 61% of Republicans 

Mitt Romney Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee at UNH

Mitt Romney came one step closer to officially declaring his candidacy for president today. In a following video filmed at the University of New Hampshire, Romney announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee:



He also unveiled a new website, MittRomney.com.

2012 Hopeful Gary Johnson to Ski Tuckerman Ravine (Video)

Last week, I posted a piece about former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson's plan to ski Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine in April:

2012 Hopeful Gary Johnson to Ski Tuckerman Ravine

Johnson has shared a link to the story on Facebook, along with the following comment:

At the end of this month I'll be skiing Tuckerman Ravine in New Hampshire for the first time. As many of you know I am an avid skier and I'm really looking forward to the challenge!

He may be an avid skier, but Johnson does not see eye to eye with a number of local ski mountains on the issue of climate change, as noted in my article for Gather.com. In 2008, Cranmore Mountain, Gunstock Mountain, Loon Mountain, and Waterville Valley signed onto a letter urging Congress to pass bipartisan cap and trade legislation.

"I don't believe in cap and trade," Johnson states in this video:

Ron Paul: Libya Another War For Oil (Video)

Durham, NH - In this video shot at the University of New Hampshire earlier today, Ron Paul discusses the founding father's aversion to foreign intervention. He also describes the current intervention in Libya as yet another in a string of wars for oil.

Schedule for Mitt Romney John Stephen rally 10/29/2010

Mitt Romney will be back in New Hampshire for a rally with GOP gubernatorial candidate John Stephen this Friday - October 29, 2010. It's the fourth time he has visited the Granite State since August. The visits are just another sign that Romney is laying the groundwork for a second White House run in 2012.

Here are the details the complete event schedule, as posted on the Republican Party of New Hampshire website:

John Stephen for Governor Rally with Mitt Romney:


9:45 am

Governor Mitt Romney join us this week! John Stephen for Governor RALLY UP! This is a FREE Event! RSVP by Phone: (603) 634-4372 Or email: Rally@johnstephen.com Please specify "Salem Rally" in the subject line of your email. This is it folks - we're almost there! Please join us as we head into the home stretch to Victory!

Address

Tuscan Kitchen Restaurant

67 Main Street

Salem, NH

Contact

Stephen Team

Rally@johnstephen.com

634-4372