New Hampshire Primary Source covers breaking and behind-the-scenes news and analysis on all things political in the Granite State. John DiStaso is the most experienced political writer in New Hampshire and has been writing a weekly column since 1982.SPEAKING TO THE 9/12. It was not announced on his public schedule, but Gov. Chris Sununu spoke to the staunchly conservative Rochester 9/12 Project on Monday night -- and came away receiving a positive review from an influential leader of the group.“The governor did very well,” former NHGOP Chairman Jack Kimball told New Hampshire Primary Source. “He spoke for 20 minutes and spent the rest of the meeting, just under an hour, fielding questions from many of those who were there.”Kimball said about 40 members showed up. The group was founded in 2009 by Jerry DeLemus, who is currently serving an 87-month prison term after pleading guilty to two charges in connection with his participation in Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s 2014 armed standoff with federal officials. DeLemus was recently relocated from a Nevada prison to a facility at Fort Devens in Ayer, Mass.DeLemus’ wife, former state Rep. Susan DeLemus, thanked Sununu for his attendance in a Facebook post, calling it “a great meeting.”Jerry DeLemus’ supporters, including wife Susan, Kimball and others, have publicly expressed hope that President Donald Trump will pardon him. DeLemus was a state co-chairman of the Trump campaign’s veterans’ coalition.Kimball said that at the meeting, Susan DeLemus said she had discussed “some items regarding Jerry” with Sununu.“She expressed that she found the governor to be a man of his word, and she said she appreciated that,” Kimball said. He said that she did not go into further detail.Overall, Kimball said the governor and members of the 9/12 Project engaged in a “broad discussion” on the issues, including full-day kindergarten and Sununu’s support for constitutional/concealed carry legislation, which he signed into law early in the year. That went over well with the 9/12 members, Kimball said.On the opioid issue, Kimball said, “The governor said he spoke to the president about it” after Trump called New Hampshire a “drug-infested den.”“The governor said that he supports this president but that if he is upset with something he says, he will call him directly,” Kimball said. There was also a discussion of the state budget passed into law earlier in the summer.“He also told us basically that, ‘I’m not a guy who is going to pursue politics forever. I’m going to stay as governor as long as the state will have me,’” Kimball said.“Not everyone who was at the meeting supported the governor during the campaign, but I believe that everyone went home feeling very, very good about him.”Kimball said he supports Sununu and predicted, “If he continues going along this route, I do not think he will receive opposition in next year’s primary. And I would talk to anyone who may be thinking about ‘primarying’ him and try to talk them out of it.”REACTION TO TRUMP COMMENTS. Republican 1st District U.S. House candidate Eddie Edwards considers himself a supporter of President Donald Trump, but the Dover conservative said Wednesday that he was less than fully satisfied with Trump’s comments about the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Click here.MAYBERRY: VETS NEED HELP. Former New Hampshire Republican Party Vice Chairman Matt Mayberry continues to strongly consider running for the 1st District U.S. House seat held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. Click here.'INITIATIVE ’18.' The conservative political group 603 Alliance plans a major effort to recruit like-minded activists to run for the New Hampshire House in 2018, in an attempt to move the GOP caucus to the right. Click here.LICENSE PLATE No. 1. It’s been nearly 29 years since John H. Sununu occupied the same corner State House office in which his son currently does his business leading the state. Click here.AYOTTE DISAPPOINTED BY HEALTH BILL FAILURE. Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte for the first time Tuesday reacted to the July 28 vote on the Senate floor that defeated the GOP “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Click here.RYAN VISITS, GARCETTI ON THE WAY. As WMUR first reported Wednesday evening, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is headed to the Granite State on Aug. 28 to campaign for Manchester mayoral candidate Joyce Craig. Click here.(John DiStaso can be reached at jdistaso@hearst.com or distasoj@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jdistaso and on Facebook: Facebook.com/JohnDiStasoWMUR.)