rssGOP Congressman: Scozzafava ‘Has to Win’
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:41 pm
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I ran into Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), the fourth-ranking member of the House Republican leadership, before this morning’s Big Government press conference — he had intended to speak, but had to run out early. McCotter is one of the relatively few House Republicans who’s come out for GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23 special election; I asked him why.
“I think the Republican has to win the seat,” said McCotter. “We don’t want the Democrats to win it. But in my own 51 percent seat, I’m a little busy.” (McCotter won re-election in 2008 with 51 percent of the vote.)
McCotter asked me what chance I gave Scozzafava; I referred to her high-profile blunder of calling the cops on mild-mannered Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack. And McCotter declined to handicap the race himself. “You’d have to ask (Rep.) Peter King (R-N.Y.) about that,” he said.
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Comment posted October 23, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
Thad might should stick to Redeye as a platform of public comment. He is glib and entertaining in that format. I am disappointed to see he has endorsed the Repub. He seems otherwise, at first blush, to have a brain and a conservative bent.
Is there no one who balances a check book or is able to see the corruption hidden in plain sight? If the FBI relies on Beck and conservative talk radio to hear the truth, maybe we are well advised to continue same.
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