IT'S NOT JUST THE FOLIAGE TURNING RED IN THE FALL:

Has Rep. Shea-Porter 'gone native'? (ALEX ISENSTADT, 10/20/09, Politico)

Has Washington changed Carol Shea-Porter?

It’s a question that’s being asked in New Hampshire as the Democratic congresswoman gears up for reelection amid criticism that she’s become an insular member of the political establishment she once confronted as a grass-roots activist.

While Republicans have seized on the issue as part of their effort to deny her a third term, the state media has also focused on the theme after Shea-Porter avoided scheduling open town halls during Congress’s August recess.