Posted on 10/09/2010 8:40:07 AM PDT by lifreeper
Internal Poll Says Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's Got A Fight On Her Hands: Updated »
By Celeste Katz
Voters' favorable views of seven-term NY-4 Rep. Carolyn McCarthy have tumbled between June and October, according to an internal poll which suggests she'll have to work hard to defeat GOP challenger Fran Becker. As The Daily News' Ben Lesser reported last month:
"McCarthy got thousands of dollars in campaign checks from a lobbyist and his son who've since been charged with funneling illegal cash to politicians. At the same time the money was pouring in, McCarthy sponsored millions of taxpayer dollars in congressional 'earmarks' for some of the lobbyist's clients, records show.
"Since 2007, the Long Island Democrat has steered $4.3 million to two clients of the now-defunct PMA Group, a lobbying firm that employed the recently indicted Paul Magliocchetti and his son, Mark. The Magliocchettis were charged Aug. 4 for what federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Va., say were illegal campaign contributions made from at least 2003 through 2008."
McCarthy later said she had "no clue what was going on in the background" with PMA and said she would give $53,000 in tainted donations to charity.
The McLaughlin & Associates poll memo I obtained surveyed 300 likely voters on Wednesday and shows McCarthy and Becker in a statistical 46% to 45% tie, with 9% undecided. It also says Becker has gained a whopping 20 points since June, while McCarthy's number remains unchanged.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/10/internal-poll-suggests-rep.html#ixzz11sEPvJdf
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Boy, this just made me smile.
She’s a prototype Dem back-bencher!
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Time to get rid of this crook and Obama rubber stamp!
“McCarthy later said she had no clue”
You got that right. See the link below. She thinks a barrel shroud is “The shoulder thing that goes up”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ospNRk2uM3U
This woman needs to GO. Full left wing, anti-gun, corrupt tax and spend lump of manure.
One of the biggest gun grabbers in all of Congress. I hope she gets thrown out on her ass!
her husband’s murder on the L.I.R.R sure paid off for her.
agree 100%. She has been a disaster, complete rubber stamp for Pelosi. I hope everyone around the country sees how great an opportunity this is do get her out of that seat- one thing she has going for her is all that cash...
Seems like these dem firewalls are collapsing one after another...
Whats so shocking about that video is she had been working on that very issue for TEN years. Since there are no civilian Assault Weapons, they had to create the category by using their arbitrary criteria- those criteria were critical to the legislation. Therefore, her ignorance of the very thing she was proposing for 10 years tells you all you need to know.
Now when she comes to you and says ‘don’t worry, you can keep your current health care plan’, what are you supposed to think, that she actually knows what she is talking about? I say it perfectly captures here entire approach to the job; labels and superficial sophistry, and thats about it.
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