So many stories, so little time. Let’s do some quick hits.
- FL-24: Muck-encrusted Rep. Tom Feeney is going to face a major Democratic challenger next year: former state Rep. Suzanne Kosmas. Kosmas was recruited by the DCCC to run after internal polling showed her in a competitive race against Abramoff associate Feeney. Glad to have this race filled. I’m looking forward to taking this crumb-bum on, who recently derided the proposed S-CHIP expansion as a “budget-busting, Cuban-style health care plan”. Your modern Republican Party in action, folks!
- NM-Sen: Chuck Schumer and EMILY’s list are trying to recruit New Mexico Lt. Gov. Diane Denish to consider the Senate race. Let’s hope Chuck can pull off another miracle here.
- IL-11: So get this: two of the Republicans running to succeed scandal-plagued Jerry Weller don’t exactly look formidable out of the starting gate. New Lenox Mayor Tim Balderman gets the kiss of death by being endorsed by Weller, while Marguerite Murer, a former Bush Administration staffer who ran the Correspondence office for the president, has fun inflating her bio:
With the civilian rank equivalent to a two-star general, Marguerite charged forward leading Correspondence with solid business principles. From the war on terror and securing our homeland, to Medicare, Supreme Court nominations and the devastating Hurricane Katrina, Marguerite has communicated with millions of Americans. (Emphasis added)
What a laugh.
- WA-08: Darcy Burner posts a big fundraising haul this quarter–$305K raised and $370K CoH, thanks in part to the netroots community during the Burn Bush effort this summer.
- NM-01: The Democratic primary is getting a lot more crowded in this open seat race, with state Health Secretary Michelle Lujan Grisham formally entering the race today. The retirement of Wilson has been a blessing and a curse for Martin Heinrich, who was previously seen as the front runner for the nomination.
I’m glad to hear that Schumer is putting pressure on Diane Denish to run, I REALLY don’t want to be forced to vote for Martin Chavez.
What did she do, say “Hm, I’m a GS-38 and so is a two-star general, so we’re the same!”
(I know they don’t use the General Schedule for those types of jobs, I think there’s one called the Administrative Schedule instead, but I can’t recall.)
Looked it up… it’s the Executive Schedule, and then the separate Senior Executive Service. Ordinary minions like me (ex-Forest Service) and almost everyone else who works for government are in the General Schedule.
Still, I can almost promise you she used her ES or SES number to make that comparison to the two-star general. Hilarious.
In what? the 101st Fighting Keyboardists?
It might be good to point out that she is a FORMER State Representative because she was term limited, not because she was defeated.