The campaign PR machines are revving up to full spin mode as election 2008 trickles down to local races. Here’s an update: Supervisor Federal Glover (District 5) will kick off his re-election campaign Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 21 as his campaign opens election office in Antioch at 4049 Lone Tree Way, Bluerock Center, Suite E, Antioch. Glover is opposed by Gary Agopian.
The campaign of Republican Assembly 15 candidate, Abraham Wilson, is crowing about winnin endorsements of both the San Ramon and Elk Grove Chambers of Commerce. Wilson’s campaign positions the San Ramon endorsement
as a “loss” for Democratic opponent, Joan Buchanan, who enjoyed that group’s endorsement during the Democratic Primary. Sources say Buchanan is in the pocket of labor and anti-business forces.
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Things must be getting hairy over at the Andal Campaign. Now Jonny Fleischman has weighed in. Gee I wonder why our local GOP Super Leader Tom Del Baccarro is allowing Fleischman to get into his backyard?
The big question is Andal going to be raising any cash to match McNerney soon? With the republican brand as tarnished as it is some of the local GOP hacks/insiders who were drinking the hard GOP Koolade earlier in the year are getting concerned about his prospects.
So what if McNerney is getting earmarks that is what I expect from Congress. As Mark Twain said of congress they are our native criminal class. The current GOP congressional minority is as earmark addicted as ever. What makes anyone think Andal will be any different?
If nothing else the fact that he has not publicly repudiated the failures of the GOP tells me that he is not the kind of leader we need to make changes in congress and in the DC/GOP in general. Instead this is Andal’s statement from his website:
“Bring a new standard of ethics and accountability to Congress and the federal bureaucracy — to restore confidence in government, honor to public service and trust in our elected leaders.”
Andal if you are listening we the voting public does not want pabulum. We want a reform minded pit-bull to go to DC fighting to change the culture of stupidity there. Nothing else will do.
For local republicans 2010 will be the year to get rid of McNerney. Maybe we can have a real primary with competition. Robert Rao are you listening? Andal is just a cheap suit version of old style republicanism that the public has grown to hate. The voting public would rather elect McNerney than return to the Bill Baker era.