Laesch on Lincoln
ArchPundit
This should be a good start on the unsuitability of John Laesch
(working now)
Illinois Congressional Races
Journal Star Endorses Pavich
Pretty much using Pavich’s words:
If voters in the 11th Congressional District believe in holding politicians accountable for their promises, they won’t re-elect Republican incumbent Jerry Weller, who got swept into Congress with the legendary Contract With America class of 1994.
Instead, they should vote for Democrat John Pavich, says the 30-year-old attorney from Beecher. Weller and others who signed the contract that launched the historic GOP takeover of the House have not kept their end of the bargain, Pavich says. They haven’t returned fiscal discipline to Capitol Hill – see record deficits – haven’t restored ethics to government – see Tom DeLay, Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, Mark Foley, etc. – haven’t imposed term limits – see Weller seeking his seventh term. Meanwhile, the GOP Congress has allowed itself to be steamrolled by the executive branch into little more than a rubber stamp.
Herald Endorses Bean and Duckworth
I’m betting a sweep of endorsements.
Pavich Mail
Finally got all this loaded–some very good mail for the Pavich campaign–the first is my favorite. The biggest problem Pavich is having is name ID and getting a critical mass to know who he is. Help him out here
Seals-Kirk numbers
New Seals-Kirk data from the Seals camp. Two things stick out–first, Seals’ problem is primarily one of name ID and thus the commercials going up are a big bit of what he needs to do.
Second, Kirk’s job approval/favorability is dropping fast.
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Bush is only at 40% approval in the District so get Dan’s positives out there and pointing out Kirk’s support of Bush are the keys to making this a race.
Rich also has the early fundraising numbers up–check them out–tie for this quarter between the two, but Kirk was far ahead previously. Help Dan out
For more info–I did an interview with Dan a while ago.
Tin Foil Hats
It’s nice to see Democrats helping the Republican fantasy talking points along:
Last spring Mahoney was a country club Republican believing in none of our values and sharing in none of our dreams. Then Rahm, knowing full well that Foley was an out of control pedophile who might slip up, promised him a good shot at a cushy, lucrative congressional seat. And all he’d have to do would be to make a switch on a piece of paper at the registrar’s office and declare that he’s a registered Democrat instead of a registered Republican. That’s Rahm Emanuel’s kind of candidate.
Let’s remind everyone that there is no evidence that Rahm knew anything about Foley until after the press hit the story–and in fact, Hastert kept the information from even the Democratic members of the committee overseeing the Page program….
Criticizing Rahm is fine. I’m critical of some of his decisions and I understand many who are far more critical. However, doing the Republicans bidding is usually what many progressives argue the DLC is doing. Explain to me how Klein isn’t doing it.
Hastert’s National Numbers Steady
Survey USA shows just abotu the same numbers as in previous days. The issue then being that his numbers are pretty stable and pretty bad and he’s largely sidelined for the campaign.
That Crack Kerry Team
Dear Larry,
It’s like a meeting of the “no accountability” caucus of the Republican Party. Tonight in Chicago, George W. Bush and House Speaker Denny Hastert will appear side-by-side campaigning for Republican candidates.
And, if you think Republicans can’t dance, wait until you see 2006 candidates waltz away from the dreaded prospect of being caught in a photo op between the President and the Speaker of the House.“Woulda. Shoulda. Coulda.”
That was Denny Hastert’s instinctive response to questions about why the Republican leadership hadn’t done more to protect young congressional pages in the Mark Foley scandal. Those are the words of a politician and a party who have made a habit of ignoring the facts, ducking responsibility, and avoiding accountability.
Woulda stopped the corruption of Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, and Duke Cunningham. Coulda forced President Bush to abandon his destructive “stay the course” policy in Iraq. Shoulda cared about something other than cynically holding onto power.
Too late now, Denny. We’ve had enough. That’s why we’ve added John Laesch, your Democratic opponent and a former Navy intelligence analyst, to our October slate of veterans running for Congress.
Rush a contribution to our veteran candidates right now.
What better way to respond to the Bush-Hastert get-together in Chicago than rushing contributions to five veterans running in races that can finally break the Republican grip on power. This isn’t the October Denny Hastert and George Bush had in mind.
They thought they’d have Democratic candidates on the run… burying our hopes in an avalanche of special interest money… stealing our momentum with bogus “soft on terrorism” charges.
Speaker Hastert was planning a victory march from one congressional district to another. That’s until one Republican candidate after another begged him to stay home and not bring the debate about his shameful failures of leadership into their races.
Now, with your help, John Laesch can bring that debate into Hastert’s own congressional race. Make Denny Hastert explain himself to the people of Illinois’ 14th District. And help our four other veterans running in some of the closest, must-win races in the country.
Rush a contribution to our veteran candidates right now.
Don’t just support John Laesch’s run against Hastert. Tell Patrick Murphy in Pennsylvania that you won’t tolerate Republican attempts to “swift-boat” him by disparaging his service to our country.
Tell Leonard Boswell in Iowa that you won’t let him be thrown off course by hundreds of thousands of dollars in ads funded by the Texas millionaire who was behind the Republicans’ 2004 “swift-boat” attack strategy.
Help Lee Ballenger in South Carolina stand up to the flood of special interest money pouring into his opponent’s campaign from powerful oil and gas interests. And help Colonel Mike Weaver continue his surge in Kentucky with a campaign that tells the truth about the Bush fiasco in Iraq.
Rush a contribution to our veteran candidates right now.
Denny Hastert has been the longest-running Republican speaker in history. But in 25 days, we can take the gavel out of his hands — and the smirk off George W. Bush’s face. Don’t back down. Don’t stop working.
Rush your support now to as many of our five veteran candidates as you possibly can.
Together we’ll win.
John Kerry
I think I can name another relevant veteran candidate related to this fundraiser….
Gee, how did this guy lose.
Click on the link above to correct John’s stupidity.