ADAM: GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU HAS
HIS FIRST DECLARED CHALLENGER
FOR THE NEXT ELECTION, A
FAMILIAR FAITH, FORMER
PORTSMOUTH MAYOR STEVE MARCHAND.
HE IS HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK
ABOUT 2018.
STEVE: THANK YOU.
ADAM: THE AVERAGE NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOTER IS SAYING WE DECIDED THIS
THING AND HERE YOU ARE.
IS THIS TOO SOON?
STEVE: IT IS A LITTLE EARLY, BUT
THESE ARE NOT TYPICAL TIMES.
WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING IS
CONCERNING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
USUALLY YOU HAVE A HONEYMOON AS
A GOVERNOR, AND I DON'T THINK
CHRIS SUNUNU IS GETTING MUCH OF
A HONEYMOON.
A FEW OF THE THINGS HE WANTS TO
DO, MOST PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
DON'T WANT.
DONALD TRUMP IS DOING 2020
RALLIES AND CHRIS SUNUNU IS
RAISING MONEY FOR 2018.
ADAM THE AVERAGE VOTER
NOTORIOUSLY ENGAGE, NOTORIOUSLY
INVOLVED, BUT DO YOU RISK
ALIENATING THEM?
STEV I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT MY
LIFETIME OF BEING IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE COME WITH THE LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT BEYOND THE
TRADITIONAL DEMOCRATIC AND
REPUBLICAN PARTY BASES.
I HAVE GONE TO SEVERAL DOZEN
COMMITTEE MEANINGS AND
TOWNHALL'S IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.
THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENTS AND
REPUBLICANS WILDLY EXCEEDS
ANYTHING I HAVE SEEN.
THE ENGAGEMENT CROSSES PARTY
LINES AND NONPARTISAN LINES.
ADAM: WHAT HAS GOVERNOR SUNUNU
DONE TO WARRANT SUCH AN EARLY
CHALLENGE?
STEVE: I HAVE KNOWN HIM A LONG
TIME AND HAVE A GOOD PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP, BUT THE REALITY IS
THAT CRIST HAS EVERY ADVANTAGE
IN THE WORLD, THE SON OF A
GOVERNOR, BROTHER OF A FORMER
SENATOR, HOUSE-SENATE AND
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON HIS SIDE,
AND ALL THE FEDERAL LEVELS OF
POWER ARE ALSO REPUBLICAN, AND
YET HE IS NOT ABLE TO GET
FUNDAMENTAL THINGS DONE IN
UNPRECEDENTED WAYS.
HIS OWN PARTY, HE CANT GET THE
BUDGET THROUGH THE HOUSE.
HE PUT HIS POLITICAL CAPITAL ON
RIGHT TO WORK COME WHICH IS A
LOUSY IDEA, AND DESPITE LEANING
INTO IT, WAS NOT ABLE TO GET
THAT DONE.
IF YOU CAN'T GET THAT DONE WHEN
YOU HAVE THE LEVERS OF POWER,
WOULD YOU DO WHEN IT IS MORE
DIFFICULT? I FEEL A SENSE OF
URGENCY THAT THERE ARE BIG
THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.
I LIKE CHRIS, BUT HE'S LIKE THE
DOG THAT CHASED THE CAR.
HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE CHASE AND
NOT THE MOMENT WHEN HE BIT THE
BUMPER OF WE ARE SEEING A LACK
OF MISSION STATEMENT IN THE
INEFFECTIVENESS OF HIS EARLY
ADMINISTRATION.
ADAM: IS THERE ANYTHING HE
DESERVES CREDIT FOR?
STEVE: I APPRECIATE THAT HE
UNDERSTANDS KINDERGARTEN IS A
PRIORITY, UNFORTUNATELY YOU ALSO
NEED TO HAVE THE POLITICAL SKILL
AND LEADERSHIP ABILITY WHEN YOU
HAVE A GOOD IDEA TO GET IT OVER
THE FINISH LINE, AND IT IS NO
EVIDENCE HE IS ABLE TO GET
ANYTHING OVER THE FINISH LINE,
AND THAT IS WHEN HE HAS ALL THE
ADVANTAGES I HAVE DESCRIBED.
ADAM: WHY DIDN'T THE DEMOCRAT
WHEN THIS NOVEMBER?
STEVE: SOMETHING THAT CHRIS DID
MORE THAN KELLY AYOTTE AND OTHER
REPUBLICANS IS HE FULLY EMBRACED
AND ENDORSED ARNOLD TRUMP.
IN THE NOVEMBER 2016 ELECTION,
YOU CAN SAY WITH HINDSIGHT THAT
IT HELPED HIM BY A FEW POINTS,
ENOUGH TO WIN, BUT YOU CAN'T HUG
SOMEBODY WHEN IT IS GOOD TIMES
AND THEN PRETEND YOU DID NOT HUG
IN THE BAD TIMES.
NOW AND GOING FOUR TO 2018, THAT
FULL THROATED AND CONTINUED AND
DOSED MEANT AN ABRASIVE DONALD
TRUMP WILL BE A BIG NEGATIVE AS
WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ELECTION
CYCLE.
ADAM: FOR DEMOCRATS, THERE ARE
SOME WHO ARE APOPLECTIC, OTHERS
DISCUSSED IT, BUT THERE IS A
SPECTRUM THERE ON HOW UPSET AS A
DEMOCRAT YOU ARE ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP?
STEVE: EXTREMELY UPSET.
WELL BEFORE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY IN MID-2015 WHEN HE GOT
IN, WHETHER SOCIAL MEDIA,
TALKING TO REPUBLICAN FRIENDS,
TALKING TO MY THEN REPUBLICAN
WIFE AND THAT WE HAD THESE
CONVERSATIONS ALL THE TIME.
WHAT I FEARED WHAT HE WOULD DO
IS WHAT HE IS DOING, UNDERMINING
THE CREDIBILITY OF AMERICAN
DESTABILIZING THE WORLD.
WHEN I LOOK AT THAT AND WHAT IT
MEANS DOWN BALLOT, ICY ECONOMIC
ANXIETY, ANXIETY ABOUT NATIONAL
SECURITY THE STATE AND LOCAL
LEVEL, AND WHEN YOU ENDORSE
SOMEBODY AND HE SAYS HE IS DOING
WHAT HE SAYS IS GOING TO DO.
DONALD TRUMP IS DOING WHAT HE
SAID HE WOULD DO, BUT WHAT HE IS
DOING IS HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE FOR
THE UNITED STATES IN THE LONG
RUN.
ADAM: VERY BIG CAMPAIGN ISSUE
OUT OF LEGALIZING COUNTERS --
CANNABIS.
WOULD YOU BE BACK ON THAT AGAIN?
STEVE: I CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT
POSITION.
IT IS NOT MY PRIMARY FOCUS.
I WANT NEW HAMPSHIRE TO BE THE
BEST STATE AND AMERICA TO START
A FAMILY AND START A BUSINESS
BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES ARE TWO
BIGGEST AND ORIGINAL PROBLEMS,
GET YOUNGER AND AN ECONOMY THAT
IS FAR MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND
NUMBER BECAUSE 80% OF JOB
CREATION COMES FROM
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NOT SO MUCH
EXISTING BUSINESSES.
I THINK CHRIS DOES NOT
FUNDAMENTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
ONE ELEMENT OF IT THAT WILL HELP
US WITH THE OPIATE CRISIS WILL
REDUCE CAUSE FOR INCARCERATION
AND JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND GENERATE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE
TO PAY FOR IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
WILL ROW THE ECONOMY FROM THE
LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS FOR
ADULT USE.
ADAM: THERE IS ONE OTHER ISSUE
THAT CONTINUES TO ASCEND, FLORA
CHEMICAL DILUTION IN DRINKING
WATER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHY WAS THAT NOT A BIG ISSUE IN
THE 2016 ELECTION?
STEVE: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
BY THE MONTH AS I CONTINUE TO GO
OUT, THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS IS
GROWING.
WHAT SCARES ME ABOUT THIS IS
THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE IS ACTUALLY
ON THE FRONT END OF THE COUNTRY
ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY AS THEY ARE
LOOKING AT THEIR OLDER OR CLOSE
TO BASES ARE STARTING TO SEE THE
SAME TREND LINES P OR DO WE ARE
ON THE FRONT END OF IT, BUT WE
ARE JUST BEGINNING TO LEARN.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIZNER
UNDERSTANDS THE SCIENCE AND IS
DRAWING IT TO THE TOP.
IS THIS IS AROUND THE STATE COME
AS PEOPLE COME IN AND TRY TO
HIRE FROM OUT-OF-STATE, WATER IS
BEGINNING TO COME UP AS AN ISSUE
, SO IS THE WATER GOING TO BE
SAFE IF I TAKE THIS JOB AND MOVE
MY FAMILY HERE?
THAT IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION.
WE NEED TO ANSWER IT WELL.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME
OF THE BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE
THAT MIMIC WHAT FIRMAN AND NEW
JERSEY HAVE DONE TO LOWER THE
STANDARD FOR THESE CHEMICALS.
IT IS A DYNAMIC SITUATION AND I
TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
ADAM: IT COULD BE A CROWDED
FIELD, BIGGER NAMES, HOW DO YOU
STAND OUT?
STEVE: I AM RUNNING.
THERE ARE LOTS OF FOLKS THAT
TALK ABOUT IT AND DON'T TALK
ABOUT IT.
I AM IN IT TO WIN IT.
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