rssHouse GOP Makes it Rain for Tedisco
Monday, March 16, 2009 at 12:59 pm
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Reid Wilson reports that 82 House Republicans have donated to State Rep. Jim Tedisco’s campaign for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D) vacated seat in New York’s 20th Congressional District. The reason:
Though officials at the NRCC warn the race will be close, privately Republican strategists say a loss would be devastating. Republicans hold a wide voter registration advantage in the district, and before Gillibrand beat an ethically tainted incumbent in 2006 Republicans had held the seat since the 1970s.
The marginal benefit of one extra Republican congressman, in a district that will very likely get chopped up in 2011 redistricting, is not enough of a reason for all of this. It’s about enthusiasm and momentum: a Tedisco win means one or two news cycles about the “Republican comeback,” and a defeat means the opposite, plus donor panic about the GOP.
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Comment posted March 17, 2009 @ 7:14 am
Scott Murphy is going to rubber stamp all the bills that Nancy Pelosi tells him to.
He's a product of a Washington DC slick campaign with nice commercials but don't get
fooled folks. He'll vote yes for the mortgage bailout bill and yes on a second stimulus package.
The people who got us into this mess with AIG was Barney Frank and Dodd, and it was rushed
through without thought and voted on. Exactly what Scotty Murphy did when he said he'd vote
for the first stimulus bill without reflecting on it or reading the bill.
I'm voting Tedisco for congress for fiscal responsibility.
Comment posted March 17, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
Scott Murphy is going to rubber stamp all the bills that Nancy Pelosi tells him to.
He's a product of a Washington DC slick campaign with nice commercials but don't get
fooled folks. He'll vote yes for the mortgage bailout bill and yes on a second stimulus package.
The people who got us into this mess with AIG was Barney Frank and Dodd, and it was rushed
through without thought and voted on. Exactly what Scotty Murphy did when he said he'd vote
for the first stimulus bill without reflecting on it or reading the bill.
I'm voting Tedisco for congress for fiscal responsibility.
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