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Posted by Congress Watcher on January 21, 2008 at 5:09 pm · Filed under All Articles, Links, Senate campaigns
Our award for the Most Alliterative Congressional Blog of 2008 goes to…
Ditch Mitch, a blog set up by activists who oppose the re-election of Kentucky’s Republican Senator Mitch McConnell.
Goodness me, who wouldn’t be against the re-election of Mitch McConnell to the U.S. Senate this year? Take a look at the legislative rating of Senator McConnell over at Progressive Patriots - he got a zero percent.
Even over on the right wing side, Senator McConnell has been ineffective in getting important work of the nation done. Perhaps that’s why Ditch Mitch’s latest article is entitled, MCCONNELLISM AT WORK, MANUFACTURING JOBS CONTINUE TO DROP.
Posted by Congress Watcher on June 15, 2006 at 1:14 pm · Filed under All Articles, House campaigns, Links
Earlier this year, one of the primary concerns about congressional candidate Michael Arcuri is that he would not be able to run a successful campaign and work full time as a District Attorney at the same time. It now seems that this concern was justified. So, New York State’s 24th District race, what was once one of the Democrats’ brightest hopes for 2006, is now rapidly fading from view.
Mike Arcuri’s campaign seems to be struggling just to keep up the appearance of activity. “Breaking news” from the campaign is typically one to two weeks old. The campaign’s calendar is nearly empty. Relevant issues come and go, but Michael Arcuri doesn’t seem interested in talking about them. He’s been too busy with his work as Oneida County DA to even make it out to most of the district’s communities for a brief visit. In a recent online poll at a progressive blog, everyone responding said that they wanted Arcuri to win, but didn’t think he could pull it off.
Michael Arcuri wants to keep his position as Oneida County District Attorney because he was just re-elected to the job half a year ago. It’s a good fallback job if he loses the congressional campaign. But, in this year of all years, Democrats deserve candidates who can put all their energy into their campaigns. In a district that leans slightly toward the Republicans, anything less will enable the GOP to hold onto the seat, even though the Republican incumbent, Sherwood Boehlert, is retiring. Who knows when the seat would open up again? It may be another 20 years before Democrats in the area have another chance to escape Republican representation. Let’s hope that, next time, the candidate is willing to make a real effort.
Posted by Congress Watcher on May 5, 2006 at 11:23 am · Filed under All Articles, Links, Senate campaigns
Yesterday, I wrote an article advising readers to keep an eye on the campaign of Ned Lamont, who is challenging Senator Joseph Lieberman for the Democratic nomination in Connecticut to the United States Senate this year. Ned Lamont is running as a progressive Democrat, against the right wing Republican policies of Senator Lieberman, who is a Democrat in name only.
Today, an online resource that tracks both Joseph Lieberman and Ned Lamont has come to my attention, and it’s worth a look from you. It’s called Kiss Joe Goodbye.
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