Call It A Comeback
Unfortunately, he didn’t ask her about her current position on Day Light Savings time.
He does ask her about embryonic stem cell research and gay and lesbian civil rights legislation.
Go read the whole thing. I wish I could see their faces because Jeff certainly comes off as having to explain very basic facts to her about discrimination cases.
Pavich is in at $100,000—a good start for a largely unknown challenger. To put it in comparison, Renner raised about $320,000 for his race so this is a much better start. Renner had $70,000 at the point of the primary in 2004 and about $55,000 at the end of 2003 so Pavich is off to a good start. I’m guessing he put in just a bit of his own cash, only because $100,000 is awfully round of a number. Regardless, a great quarter this far out.
From the release:
Beecher, IL July 5, 2005 ? John Pavich, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 11th District of Illinois, today announced that he has raised a total of? $100,000, indicating strong support?for his challenge against Republican incumbent Jerry Weller.
“I am incredibly encouraged and excited about the tremendous amount of support we continue to generate in my campaign to represent the families of Illinois 11th District,? said John Pavich “To date, over 215 individuals have contributed to our race – a strong indication of the widespread support we continue to receive throughout the district.”
In the fundraising quarter that ended June 30th, John Pavich raised a total of $100,023.87.
?I?m running for congress because the people of Illinois? 11th District deserve better. They deserve to be represented by someone who is going to work for them in Washington,? said Pavich. “Fundraising is critical to successfully getting the message out that I am on the right side of the issues that matter most to people of Illinois, and I am incredibly grateful for their continued support.”
Issues of concern to Pavich are those that impact the lives of Illinois? families; protecting social security, providing affordable healthcare, delivering quality education and reversing an unemployment rate that is nearly double the national average throughout the district.
John Pavich is a former intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency?s Directorate of Operations, where he focused mostly on counter-terrorism. This experience, coupled with his legal work at the criminal tribunal in The Hague, gives John a unique perspective on our national security needs.
We got a race–so if you are up for it, donate down at the ACT Blue boxes on the right.
Quick Update: John didn’t put in his own money at all–so even a better showing. I’ll be dissecting the FEC reports next week for all of the races, but this is interesting.
But Zabriskie went down hard—still looking for info on how bad it is, but the Eurosport commentators seemed to think he might have to abandon.
The most likely challenger at this point to Armstrong is Vinokourov who Bicyling lists as 1.21 behind (not sure that’s right because of the way the TTT is scored). Julich is close 1.07 though it’s hard to imagine he’ll challenge Lance in the end.
Four Americans are in the top ten with Lance, George Hincapie, Julich and Zabriskie. Only 9 Americans are in the race.
It’s a good start to cleaning up the East St. Louis Democratic Central Committee and ultimately the rest of St. Clair County, but there’s still a long way to go until someone up on the bluff gets nailed.
I have consistently low expectations for the Bush Administration, and strangely, they always find a way not to even meet those expectations. I’m expecting them to do it again with picking a new SC Justice.
Best commentary yet: Wonkette:
Gosh, we didn’t think Drudge even liked girls…
While I watch little TV news, I may have to tune into Fox simply for the amusement value of this one….
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