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October 30, 2009
FRIDAY'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. * With just a few days left in New Jersey's gubernatorial race, the polls are all over the place. A Research 2000 poll shows Chris Christie (R) leading Gov. Jon Corzine (D) by one point; a Democracy Corps poll shows Corzine up by five points; a Fairleigh Dickinson poll shows Corzine up by one point; and a SurveyUSA poll has them tied. * For his part, Christie's new message yesterday dared the governor to "man up and say I'm fat." * In Virginia's gubernatorial race, the last Research 2000 poll for Daily Kos before the election shows Bob McDonnell (R) leading Creigh Deeds (D) by 10 points, 54% to 44%. It's one of many polls this week showing McDonnell with a double-digit lead. * In the special election in New York's 23rd, all three candidates were supposed to debate on Wednesday night, but Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman refused to attend because the event was hosted by a public radio station. Last night, all three candidates attended a debate at the local ABC affiliate in Syracuse. The ill will between Hoffman and Republican Dede Scozzafava was apparently obvious. * In the PCCC poll we talked about earlier, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) leads state Sen. Gilbert Baker (R) in a hypothetical match-up by two, 41% to 39%. * New Mexico Democrats were pleased to learn that former Rep. Heather Wilson (R) has decided not to run for governor next year. She was considered the Republicans' strongest candidate. Lt. Gov. Diane Denish (D) is now considered the frontrunner to succeed Gov. Bill Richardson (D). * A special election in California's 10th next week has been largely overlooked, but a new SurveyUSA poll shows Lt. Gov. John Garamendi (D) as the leading candidate to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), who joined the Obama administration earlier this year. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (6)
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Wait--Hoffman refused to debate because it was hosted by a publicly-owned media source?!? That is so totally screwed up it's beyond words. Is he waiting for Fox to host a debate for his tiny little congressional district or something so that he can feel "safe"???? Posted by: Michigoose on October 30, 2009 at 12:07 PM | PERMALINKChristie's new message yesterday dared the governor to "man up and say I'm fat." When it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and sits down like a hippopotamus. . . Posted by: cld on October 30, 2009 at 12:31 PM | PERMALINK* For his part, Christie's new message yesterday dared the governor to "man up and say I'm fat." that might be effective if they were both say contestants on biggest loser Posted by: mudwall jackson on October 30, 2009 at 2:10 PM | PERMALINKHeather Wilson is unpopular in New Mexico. She might have won the primary, but would've been trounced in the race. She likely would not have won even her congressional seat had she run in 2008. She had burnt quite a few bridges in her tenure as congresswoman. She is toxic in New Mexico and (hopefully) perhaps nationally as well. Posted by: Meady on October 30, 2009 at 2:12 PM | PERMALINKI know I'm repeating myself here, but if Hoffman was the only one running, I'd vote against him. Posted by: Schtick on October 30, 2009 at 3:43 PM | PERMALINKHoffman's refusal to debate on NCPR is yet another indication that he knows nothing about the district he wants to represent, and has no interest in becoming knowledgeable. Radio in the 23rd is largely nonexistent. It's a poor, sparsely-populated area with loads of mountains that block broadcast signals. NCPR maintains an extensive network of broadcast frequencies that covers most of the area. Hence, it is the only meaningful forum for a radio debate. Indeed, the 23rd is a prime example of the very thing that defeated Newt Gingrich's attempts to defund public broadcasting back in the 90s. Turned out that a lot of rural, conservative parts of the country DEPEND on public radio, and opposed Newt's plan. Public radio is virtually the only entity that bothers to broadcast in poor, rural areas. But Hoffman doesn't care about that. (I suspect he doesn't even know it.) He'd rather make an ideological point, than try to reach the voters he supposedly wants to serve. Posted by: jvwalt on October 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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