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January 5, 2010
TUESDAY'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. * In Massachusetts, Rasmussen polled the upcoming special election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat, and found Martha Coakley (D) leading Scott Brown (R), 50% to 41%. The election is two weeks from today. * Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry (D), in something of a surprise, announced today that he will not be a candidate for governor this year. State Democratic leaders seem rather pleased with the news. * Sen. Bob Bennett (R) of Utah continues to face pressure from the state party's far-right base, and will now face yet another primary challenger. Mike Lee, the general counsel to former Gov. John Huntsman (R), will throw his hat into the ring tomorrow, and is expected to be a credible challenger. * Rep. Pete King's (R-N.Y.) on-again, off-again interest in running for the Senate appears to be moving back towards on-again. After practically ruling out the possibility a few months ago, King told Don Imus yesterday, "Actually, I am looking at it." * Rep. Pete Hoekstra's (R) gubernatorial campaign in Michigan neglected to purchase the candidate's name as a URL. Big mistake. * New York Gov. David Paterson (D) will likely face state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in a primary, but in the meantime, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy (D) has also formed an exploratory committee for the same race. * And in the latest in a series of setbacks for Gov. Charlie Crist (R) in Florida, state GOP Chairman Jim Greer will give up his office today, facing pressure from right-wing activists. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (5)
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If the Dems are only up 9% in Mass then we are really in trouble. Can you imagine the disaster for health care if we lose that seat? Posted by: neil wilson on January 5, 2010 at 12:29 PM | PERMALINKThe Lee candidacy is an important, and ominous, issue. Bennett has a number of challengers, but Lee has major Utah family/church/political ties. His father was Solicitor General for Reagan, and former dean of BYU law school and also BYU pres. Mike Lee has clerked for Alito, and moved back to Utah to practice law. He has been traveling around the state to talk about the constitution, no doubt a clever ruse to gage support, try out themes, etc. He is clearly part of the conservative establishment, but right of Bennett. For him to mount a challenge is very interesting, and may be another marker of how far right the Rs are moving. In addition, if Bennett loses, utah will lose big at the pork trough. Posted by: bigutah on January 5, 2010 at 12:39 PM | PERMALINKI live in MA and have only seen Scott Brown bumper stickers. I think Martha is in trouble. Posted by: Rick on January 5, 2010 at 12:47 PM | PERMALINK@Rick: Well, I live in IL and I've seen neither Scott Brown nor Martha stickers. That means about the same thing as your little anecdote. Posted by: Kenneth G. Cavness on January 5, 2010 at 1:04 PM | PERMALINK"Can you imagine the disaster for health care if we lose that seat?" You mean "Can you imgine the disaster for insurance companies if we lose this seat?" Yeah, actually, I think I'm fine with that. Losing Kennedy's seat in order to stop the insurance companies getting a blank check to bleed america dry is a very small price to pay. Posted by: tlaloc on January 5, 2010 at 2:19 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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