I hope they make this work. IMHO, Newsom gets the first crack at challenging Schuler. Shuler’s huge margin last year is more due to a very erratic opponent than his own popularity.
Courtesy ping.
The Democrats hold 257 of the 435 congressional seats. The Republicans must take back 40 seats to regain the majority, and McCarthy believes the party will be competitive in 2010.
"To get 40, you don't pick out 40 seats, you pick out 80," McCarthy said.
I am glad to see that the NRCC is at least trying.
The so-called “blue dogs” need to go because they’re votes for the speakership and even God knows, or maybe I should say, “especially God knows” that Nazi Pelosi needs to go.
This is one of the races I intend to donate to. I was so gleeful participating in the defeat of Tom Daschle (financial donations and GOTV phone calls). There are several ripe districts around the country if the GOP gets their “SH” with their “IT”.
But his voting record says different. He has an ACU rating of only 34%. He was a deciding vote for the passage of Cap & Trade.
Naturally, he is holding no face-to-face town meetings on DeathCare. Bold, eh? He says he is against single payer but expresses his opposition in weasel words and when push comes to shove will vote for the Democrat Plan (is there another one?).
Schuler is nothing more than another Blue Dog poodle whom Nancy Pelosi can count on for a crucial vote. The District needs to vote him out and send him back to Waynesville, or Tennessee, or wherever the heck he is from!
But the GOP needs to be careful which candidate it picks. Some are GOP in name only - like Chuck McGrady from Henderson County, who is a former President of the Sierra Club and a committed Liberal. He would be worse than Schuler!