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March 19, 2010
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. * How badly is Florida Gov. Charlie Crist struggling in his Republican Senate primary against former state House Speaker Marco Rubio? The latest Research 2000 poll shows Rubio's support nearly doubling Crist's -- Rubio 58%, Crist 30%. * Republicans in Kentucky and D.C. are starting to worry that right-wing ophthalmologist Rand Paul might actually beat Trey Grayson in the Republican Senate primary. * Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is already facing a tough primary challenge, and now a credible Democrat is eyeing the race: Arizona businesswoman Nan Stockholm Walden. * In the race to replace the late Rep. John Murtha in Pennsylvania, it looks like Democrat Mark Critz has the early edge. * In New York, Long Island Democrat Steve Levy announced this morning that he will run for governor as a Republican. * Speaking of New York, Levy's gubernatorial GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Rick Lazio, said he will not jump to the Senate race. * And in still more New York news, the Working Families Party is about to make life much more difficult on Rep. Mike Arcuri (D), now that he's chosen betrayal and will oppose health care reform after supporting it in November. * The U.S. Chamber of Commerce intends to spend at least $50 million to elect "pro-business" candidates this year. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (8)
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I would love to see insane teabagger Hayworth take that bastard McCain out in the primary and then lose in the general to a Democrat. That would make my year. Posted by: shortstop on March 19, 2010 at 12:05 PM | PERMALINKRepublicans in Kentucky and D.C. are starting to worry that right-wing ophthalmologist Rand Paul might actually beat Trey Grayson in the Republican Senate primary. OMG, this guy is actually serious about his positions! He's not just posturing! Posted by: TonyB on March 19, 2010 at 12:08 PM | PERMALINK"Pro business" for the Chamber involves getting back to old fashioned American values: Repeal child labor laws, the 40 hour week, minimum wage, abolish the EPA, and ban labor unions. In short, return to the Gilded Age, the Gay 90's, those fabled days of yore, before BOTH of those Roosevelts screwed up the country. Posted by: DAY on March 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM | PERMALINKYesterday I called up the local Chamber of Commerce and complained, civilly but relentlessly, about their duplicitous, factually wrong, and false ads about health care reform, and it was fun. Bottom line: "This is dishonest." First they said they had nothing to do with the ads. I said, "You're the Chamber of Commerce, it's your name on the ads, if you don't like it, tell headquarters, but this makes you look bad." They bounced me to another person who asked if I'd like to hear from her Executive Director. I said OK and left my number. Surprise, surprise, he hasn't called. It was a good use of five minutes. Posted by: SF on March 19, 2010 at 12:56 PM | PERMALINKIs the Arizona Tea Party gonna flip Goldwater/McCain's seat to the Dems? Stay tuned. Posted by: hoi polloi on March 19, 2010 at 1:05 PM | PERMALINKToo bad my Union ancestors didn't burn down more of Georgia and South Carolina when we had the chance. Burn them down and salt the ground, like Rome did to Carthage. Amazing that 150 years later, we still have these unreconstructed southern traitors to deal with. "War of Yankee Aggression" my ass! You traitors got what the hell you deserved and you got off lucky. Posted by: TCinLA on March 19, 2010 at 5:17 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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