Just walk away, Renee. You won’t see me follow you back home:
Republican Renee Ellmers, who will likely face a recount in her bid to unseat Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.), appealed for help Thursday from the National Republican Congressional Committee.
The NRCC declined and Ellmers isn’t happy about it.
The Republican said she asked the committee for help covering the costs related to a looming recount – Ellmers leads Etheridge by some 1,600 votes and earlier this week the incumbent signaled his intention to request a recount.
After elections officials discovered a counting error in one of the state’s counties, the Republican’s lead over Etheridge shrunk. The difference between the two is now less than 1 percent of the vote, enabling Etheridge to ask for a recount.
Now, the Ellmers campaign has always had a notoriously frosty relationship with the NRCC, but since when is that a valid reason to cut a seat loose? What the hell is going on here?
Elmers knew the NRCC was behind the camera incident and she hated that and made it known? Or does the NRCC have dirt on Ellmers that they know might come out later and not want to be associated?
Its definitely weird.
general was weird this election. The D’s got killed in the state legislature but were able to hold all their house seats except Ethridge, and who knows what will happen there.
First, she’s a loose cannon, they’d just as soon not go the extra mile to help some one who will be yet another bombthrower who throws the party off message now that they’re in power in the House.
Second, they don’t need the seat. They have their largest majority since at least the Truman/Eisenhower period, and they’re a disciplined caucus even with far fewer seats.
Third, recounts seldom reverse an outcome, she’s likely to prevail anyway. I’ll be shocked if Etheridge ends up reelected; his better bet is to make a 2012 comeback.
As I said, these reasons are related, closely so, not mutually exclusive. They just don’t need to blow effort on this, and they can call whatever result occurs a win-win in that either they get an extra seat to pad the margin, or they escape having to suffer a blowhard. It’s unconventional, yes, but it’s not a bad decision.
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politic…
really be overcome in a recount? Seems like they aren’t risking much by not helping her.
I think the biggest reason they are not helping her is that they are probably flat broke and in debt. Now, of course they can get more money in and will, but also, they are sending a message to members that they need to be self-sufficient. Ellmers should have no trouble raising the money she needs to protect her in the recount; I assume that donors tapped for the election can be hit up again. She’s about to go to Congress – how hard will it be to get this money in?
Now, I’m sure she’d rather not have to make the calls and just have the NRCC come in and pay for it, but if she wants to be successful, she has to learn to do things for herself. She got elected with a lot of help, but she’s in the front door. Time to get to work, Renee.
Did they spend any money on this race? I can’t remember. I thought that this was a race that was supposed to be competitive and then a lot of people backed away once they saw how…passionate…Elmers is. That crazy ad probably didn’t help. They might not really want her as a face of their new caucus.
I am surprised Virginia Foxx and Sue Myrick aren’t giving her money. She is their triplet!
if the others held on? Just what the hell happened? The only thing I know about this race is that someone else here called him an idiot because he lost to an “overt bigot” like Ellmers.