Souder Now In Serious Trouble
Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 10/1/08 @ 8:58 pm - Filed Under 2008 Local Elections, Featured, Uncategorized
Democratic 3rd District Congressional nominee Mike Montagano was upgraded from the DCCC’s emerging races list onto their Red to Blue List. This is a big deal. During the 2006 cycle, the DCCC Red to Blue campaign raised over $22 million and candidates on the list received an average of over $400k. Only the top-tier races make this list - the ones the party thinks are the most winnable.
This will likely give Montagano the funding needed to counter the Souder smear campaign over the next month…
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If the Democrats had a real candidate, they’d actually have a chance at winning this thing.
Define real. You mean someone that has been in the system for years like Souder? Or someone old and “experienced”? Because we know that “experience” = brilliance in government, right?
Bully for Montagano for jumping into a race against an incumbent with wide name recognition and long history of “experience”. I’m sure Souder never thought Montagano would even show up as a blip on the screen.
I hope the man (Souder) is defeated and defeated in a huge way in November. A slice of humble pie is in order.
Maybe he can go back to IPFW again and be student body president. I don’t think that there are term limits in the IPSGA constitution - at least as I left it - we never imposed them. But gosh, let me check with Kody….
There aren’t any
Ms. Kelty:
Sometimes the arrogrance can come back to bite.
While Mr. Souder has seemingly charmed some of the “base”, he has flaunted his “brillance” way, way to many times for a number of Republicians.
Of course, maybe George Bush will call him to the White House in a show of support! That will insure his “real candidate” status.
I don’t know that Montagano is the guy for the job but he’s got to be better than Souder.
We should have worked harder on Hayhurst, that was a shame.
John:
Has my mother entered the room? Or maybe an aunt of mine? I missed out on any Ms. Kelty in the room. But I’ll leave that at as honest mistake.
But onto the real question:
A real candidate would be one who gets out there and defines his positions, comes up with real plans for how he is going to make an impact. Tom Hayhurst was a real candidate. Montagano simply chants positions that any old joe could say was a good idea. The only thing about him that I’m certain of is that he’s for winning and against losing. Unless I’ve missed his plan and the fact that I worked 2 offices down from his campaign headquarters and thought it was a vacant building all summer, I’d say Montagano doesn’t quite cut the “real” definition.
I’m not a fan of Souder, but when the other candidate won’t lay out the cards to give himself a chance or give us a plan, I’ll go for Souder.
Mr. Kelty:
My aging eyes and fat fingers somtimes play nasty tricks on me. Please accept my humble apology!
This is a case where, I’m sorry to have to say this, but I’d sooner have a warm slab of bacon than more of Mark Souder!
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