On Feb 9, NH Governor Maggie Hassan announced her intention to appoint first term Senator Gerry Little, the former long-term lobbyist and Executive Director of the New Hampshire Bankers Association, to the position of New Hampshire Commissioner of Banking. The tone-deaf decision by Governor Hassan to appoint an individual who has spent over two decades aggressively defending the banking industry makes him a flawed candidate for the job of top banking regulator. It flies in the face of the very definition of the job - which is "committed to protecting the public's interest through professional supervision of the financial services we regulate." Prudence, fairness and trust demand a new appointment that respects the real concern of the public in a regulatory system that acts in the best interest of New Hampshire residents and has an arm's length relationship with the banking industry. The appointment scenario created by Governor Hassan, a current candidate for the US Senate, looks like another example of the fox guarding the hen house and smacks of cronyism. This type of behavior has been a problem at the national level; it is no less a problem at the state level. It must end now. http://www.concordmonitor.com/opinion/columns/21070910-95/my-turn-hassans-choice-for-banking-commissioner-is-deplorable

Over 4.5 million refugees are without a home, but the United States has excepted fewer than most other Western nations, including Canada. Now governors are trying to ban refugee resettlement in their state [which illegal to do] and President Obama is struggling to get Congressional approval for the settlement of 10,000 in the U.S. Tell Congress that you support providing human beings a place where they feel safe and can call home.

This is an important issue that needs to be addressed by the people. I see many people suffer from lack of coverage and I believe that everyone should have access to healthcare.

I can only say the following: I am compelled to do what I can to help shine a light on this problem because many parents impacted by this problem feel alone and are too shy to come forward given the personal pain this problem has caused them. I am worried about the negative impact hostile aggressive parenting and parental alienation syndrome has on our nation's children. For more information, please visit www.hostile-aggressive-parenting.com or www.paawareness.org.

The Senate has a constitutional duty and an obligation to their constituents to confirm or reject President Obama's judicial nominees. Voters can then hold Senators accountable for their votes. I am concerned about the Supreme Court's rulings that unlimited campaign spending is the equivalent of free speech, and want to see any nominee state their position on this.

I believe Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have similar political views especially with respect to the economy. I believe Elizabeth's endorsement and support of Bernie Sanders would help his campaign. The race is very close and I think Warren's support is needed right now to help Bernie win the up coming primaries and the nomination.

Replacing Scalia will change the balance of the Supreme Court and put us on the road to take back our nation.

For decades, the Supreme Court has been biased in favor of corporate and far-right interests. The Citizens United and Shelby County rulings — allowing billionaires and Big Business to spend literally unlimited amounts of money interfering with elections, and gutting essential civil rights protections in the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act — are just two recent examples of the court’s radical bias. The American people — and our cherished system of checks and balances between the branches of government — need and deserve a high court that is FAIR. We call on you to nominate former Harvard Law School professor and current United States Senator Elizabeth Warren to replace deceased Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

It is the president's constitutional authority to nominate justices to the Supreme Court. And it is the Senate's constitutional role to "advise and consent." Nowhere in the Constitution is the Senate asked to play partisan games of endless, senseless obstructionism. Outrageously, just hours after the news of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that President Obama should not have the opportunity to appoint a justice to the high court. Leaving the seat vacant would create uncertainty, cause real harm to countless Americans, and abdicate the Senate's job under our Constitution to give fair consideration to Supreme Court nominees. The Senate must heed its constitutional responsibility to advise and consent to a highly qualified Supreme Court nominee.

To save the democracy: Lessig was once a Republican, Libertarian and only recently a Democrat. He has seen all sides, and understands the harm money has had in corrupting government.

We are Ravalli County residents and we don't want the ideologically-driven, mean-spirited Board of Commissioners to speak for us. NOT IN OUR NAME!

The Republicans have consistently thwarted the President's agenda and have publically stated that they will not consider ANY nominee that the President should send to fill the current vacancy on the SCOTUS. We cannot have a vacancy on the SCOTUS for over 12 months.