Headline reads: “An Important Message from Congressman Lungren Regarding the Sacramento County Republican Website.”
Lungren is a Sacramento area Republican who lives in a district with one of the nation’s highest foreclosure rates. The 3rd district also has the slimmest voter registration separation between Democrats and Republicans. This week Lungren came out and criticized his own party. Wow!!! Republicans showing hate toward fellow Republicans. Say it’s isn’t TRUE.
Why did Lungren criticize the Sacramento County GOP? They ran a photo on their website depicting Osama on the left and Obama on the right with the caption reading: “The only difference between Osama and Obama is BS.
Lungren realized he had to come out swiftly against his own party, otherwise he would fall into the Bachmann pit.
Scott Garrett, realizing his seat is in deep risk, has come out with bombs falling..literally. He has blasted Denis Shulman, a Jewish rabbi, in a recent ad. The ad shows Shulman’s photo with that of Iran’s president. It also states that Shulman favors driver licenses for illegals. Interesting, the Republicans can’t tell the difference between terrorists and illegals or maybe it is convenient for them to classify illegals (aka: Hispanics) as terrorists. The social conservative agenda will most certainly backfire on Garrett. Shulman has been attacking Garrett relentlessly, dubbing him as corrupt and time to fire Scott Garrett. I already see Garrett heading for the exit, especially given that the financial crisis is hitting this district hard. This is the Nancy Johnson ad of this cycle indeed and I see it will backfire on Garrett. Here is an ad from Shulman classifying Garrett as corrupt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v… and now Garrett’s most recent terrorism fear ad: http://www.politico.com/blogs/…
While still in New Jersey, let’s ad Rob Andrews to a race to watch on election night. The major newspapers in the district have endorsed the Republican opponent, classifying him as a RINO. The reason is plainly clear. Andrews filed for a Senate run at the last minute and placed his wife as his replacement. He then lost the Senate primary and vowed that he would not seek to reclaim his seat. In the end Andrews did just that. He is now being classified as dishonest and undeserving to be re-elected. While Democrats in North NJ would enjoy to see Andrews defeated the likelihood is that this will not occur.
Talking about fear tactics. Tom Feeney has gone on the offensive with his social issue agenda. Just like Garrett he seeks to link terrorists and illegal immigrants as one in the same, stating that Suzanne Kosmas favors driver licenses for illegals. Feeney already understands that his zero chance of winning. If Seminole County goes for Kosmas, then Feeney can go to bed very early.
Finally, ever since Roy Carter released this ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v… Virgina “Nut” Foxx’s numbers have shown a steady decline. Carter has been running a grassroots campaign and this ad is one of the best of the cycle. It will certainly motivate veterans and women to get Foxx out of the hen house.
Finally, let’s look at some of the most endangered Republicans and realize they share one common bond: social conservatives. Musgrave, Goode, Feeney, Keller, Garrett, Foxx, Bachmann, Kuhl, Shadegg, Bilbray, Rohrabacher, Brown, Sali, Walberg, Graves, Terry, McHenry, Schmidt, and Culberson.
It was only a matter of time before the obstructionists would pay and this is their year. However, it took the mass eviction of a dozen moderate GOP’ers before the public realized that they evicted the wrong people. However, an eviction is an eviction either way. 2008 is the year of social conservatives being thrown overboard. Finally!!