| | She won the endorsement of [[Sarah Palin]] and defeated [[Tea Party Movement | Tea Party]] backed [[Ovide Lamontagne]] as the Republican Senate nominee for New Hampshire. Ayotte told the conservative magazine [[National Review]] that "I stand with [the tea party] on those issues, on protecting individual freedom. We need to stop the unprecedented expansion of government, appeasing our enemies, and creating an entitlement culture."<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759352</ref> Ayotte has since become a full-fledged establishment Republican, voting amnesty, to fund Obamacare, calling the government shutdown 'ill-conceived'. She closely works in the Senate with [[RINO]] members John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski. | | She won the endorsement of [[Sarah Palin]] and defeated [[Tea Party Movement | Tea Party]] backed [[Ovide Lamontagne]] as the Republican Senate nominee for New Hampshire. Ayotte told the conservative magazine [[National Review]] that "I stand with [the tea party] on those issues, on protecting individual freedom. We need to stop the unprecedented expansion of government, appeasing our enemies, and creating an entitlement culture."<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759352</ref> Ayotte has since become a full-fledged establishment Republican, voting amnesty, to fund Obamacare, calling the government shutdown 'ill-conceived'. She closely works in the Senate with [[RINO]] members John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski. |
| | + | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ygQWobL3sQ "Senator Kelly Ayotte"]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ygQWobL3sQ "Senator Kelly Ayotte"] (August 28, 2012). YouTube video, 8:15, posted by 2012 Republican National Convention.</ref> (August 28, 2012). Eight-minute speech before 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Received 16,000 views on YouTube as of April 2016. |