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April 6, 2009
MONDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * A new Quinnipiac poll shows New York Gov. David Paterson (D) trailing state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) in a hypothetical match-up, 61% to 18%. In a hypothetical general election match-up, Paterson also loses to Rudy Giuliani by 21 points, while Cuomo leads Giuliani by 17 points. * Speaking of New York, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), hoping to discourage potential challengers, announced this morning that she's raised more than $2.3 million in the two months since she was appointed to the Senate. * Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) must be pretty worried about the prospect of a Pat Toomey primary challenge because the incumbent senator is already very much on the offensive. * How close the special election race in New York's 20th district? At one point over the weekend, Jim Tedisco (R) and Scott Murphy (D) were literally tied. * Rep. Don Young (R) of Alaska wouldn't mind seeing former Sen. Ted Stevens (R) challenge Gov. Sarah Palin (R) in a Republican primary. * Former House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R), currently a leading Senate candidate in Missouri, has run into a little tax trouble. * Roger Pearson, a former local official in Greenwich, Connecticut, is apparently planning to challenge Sen. Chris Dodd (D) next year in a Democratic primary. * Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.), one of the House's leading "Blue Dogs," will face state Sen. Al Lawson in a Democratic primary next year. "From my perspective, a Blue Dog is just a closet Republican," Lawson said, casting himself as someone who is "committed to being a true Democrat." * And while I don't usually report on state Senate races, there was a big contest in Louisiana over the weekend, featuring Lee Domingue, a right-wing Republican who enjoyed the enthusiastic support of Gov. Bobby Jindal (R). Domingue, a Biblical literalist who wants creationism taught in public schools and supports banning single Louisiana citizens from adopting children, lost badly. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (6)Comments
I would love to think that Lawson had a chance to unseat Boyd and become our representative here in Florida's second. But, except for a couple of liberal pockets (Gadsden and Leon counties), the 2nd is basically redneck territory. If, by some miracle, Lawson wins the primary, he'll be crushed in the general. I wish it weren't so, but there's no way Florida's 2nd elects an African American Democrat. No way. Posted by: Rob Mac on April 6, 2009 at 12:19 PM | PERMALINK"Roger Pearson, a former local official in Greenwich, Connecticut, is apparently planning to challenge Sen. Chris Dodd (D) next year in a Democratic primary." Good. I'm no expert on the situation in Connecticut, but if Dodd looks extremely likely to lose to a Republican challenger in the general, then perhaps Dems need to step up and make sure that somebody takes him out in the primary instead. Posted by: CJ on April 6, 2009 at 12:26 PM | PERMALINKThe following may be called "teasing" or whatever, but it's repulsive anyway. I get Terry McAuliffe's NL even tho' he isn't my top choice, and the edition of April 3 had this: " We just found out that while campaigning for Bob McDonnell, Mike Huckabee told a crowd of Republicans that if they know people who aren't going to vote for Bob, it's their job to "Let the air out of their tires" and "keep 'em home." He even called voter suppression "the Lord's work." This is no joking matter. People died for the right to vote in this country, and we have to protect it. The General Assembly recently debated election reforms to help prevent voter suppression. But when Republicans on a House of Delegates Subcommittee voted to kill those reforms in a back room, Bob McDonnell sat in silence. Now, when one of his most public supporters is encouraging voter suppression, Bob's sitting in silence again. It's time for Bob McDonnell to do the right thing for a change. And I need your help to put the pressure on him. Do it, please. Just REM be aware of your location if it matters. Roy Blunt (R), currently a leading Senate candidate in Missouri, has run into a little tax trouble. May be a pattern here, but Steve King (R-IA) had the same problem. "From my perspective, a Blue Dog is just a closet Republican," Lawson said, casting himself as someone who is "committed to being a true Democrat." Isn't that what the Republicans say about Olympia Snowe (D-Maine)? I suspect that if the Democrats were just "true Democrats" that they would be farther on the sidelines that the Republicans are right now. The main advantage of the Democrats is that they tend to be inclusive and voters, when faced with a selection of a right wing crazy person and a more-liberal-than-I-am apparently sane person usually go with the latter. Being a gaggle of zealots is not he best way for a party to survive. Posted by: mikeyes on April 6, 2009 at 1:21 PM | PERMALINKLooks like state Sen. Al Lawson is looking for my support in all the right ways. Posted by: doubtful on April 6, 2009 at 2:06 PM | PERMALINK
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