Healey: "New Hampshire doesn't have a GDP without Massachusetts"

What they're saying: "Massachusetts, at the end of the day, provides the economic engine to New Hampshire. New Hampshire doesn't have a GDP without Massachusetts," Healey told the press Thursday at the State House.

• Healey said the Bay State economy is "about eight times the size of New Hampshire's," and that hundreds of thousands of people commute from New Hampshire to work for Massachusetts companies.

The other side: Right-leaning group the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance and some Concord lawmakers escalated criticism of Healey Thursday.

• At press conferences in New Hampshire and Boston, they said her administration has made the Bay State less competitive.
• Their provocative "New Hampshire Can't Afford to Lose Maura Healey" messaging suggests Healey's administration has become a boon for companies looking to relocate up north.

The big picture: MassFiscal points to business relocations moving 750 jobs to New Hampshire and September's weak jobs report as warning signs.

• MassFiscal executive director Paul Diego Craney says the effort is a "wake-up" call to Beacon Hill leaders about competitiveness challenges.

The bottom line: The right-wingers had a point and a zinger of a slogan, but Healey doesn't need to say much to remind voters that Massachusetts' northern suburb doesn't have the economic pull it thinks it does.