Comments on: FlashReport launches anti-McNerney web site

By: Freak_of_the_far_right

Freak_of_the_far_right — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:38:08 +0000

Actually McNerney earned the seat because nobody but the really politically astute understood that Pombo was going to get crushed. He stepped up again after being beat badly and won the 2nd time. He earned it.

The funny thing about Andal is he was the big GOP savior he was raising the money, running off the competition. All the Republican Sheeple were afraid to run against him. Guy Houston bailed and ran against his ex-staffer who kicked his tail. Five other potential republicans ran for the assembly seat.

In retrospect if any of those people had run in the primary maybe Andal would be running a better campaign that would have galvanized the voters positively for him. We will never know. This race the 11th house district and the 15th assembly are the far rights last stand in the Tri Valley. If they don’t win this time oblivion awaits.

By: Freak_of_the_far_right

Freak_of_the_far_right — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:08:40 +0000

What you are missing RR is Andal needs to campaign against the reason the district is voting democrat: the republicans in DC. Andal is too establishment to do that. We need a pit-bull who will rip some sense into the GOP.

By: RR

RR — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:11:03 +0000

Andal has a shot at making the incumbent uncomfortable, but he’s definitely a long-shot. This is the Dems’ year, like it or not. Andal can win only by criticizing McNerney’s record and pointing out how he could help the district more than the incumbent. It’s doubtful Dean can pull it off.

By: Rewgolfer

Rewgolfer — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:02:50 +0000

Republicans have a chance to oust McNerney. He sort of lucked into that seat, he was a pretty weak candidate 2 yars ago. I recall he didn’t have a job, he claimed to be a “wind consultant” or something like that. Having said that, the odds should be in McNerney’s favor. He has 18 goverment paid staffers working for him; basically, it’s almost impossible to get rid of a Congressman once they are in office.

By: Freak_of_the_far_right

Freak_of_the_far_right — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:48:11 +0000

Things must be getting hairy over at the Andal Campaign. Now Jonny Fleischman has weighed in. Gee I wonder why our local GOP Super Leader Tom Del Baccarro is allowing Fleischman to get into his backyard?
The big question is Andal going to be raising any cash to match McNerney soon? With the republican brand as tarnished as it is some of the local GOP hacks/insiders who were drinking the hard GOP Koolade earlier in the year are getting concerned about his prospects.

So what if McNerney is getting earmarks that is what I expect from Congress. As Mark Twain said of congress they are our native criminal class. The current GOP congressional minority is as earmark addicted as ever. What makes anyone think Andal will be any different?
If nothing else the fact that he has not publicly repudiated the failures of the GOP tells me that he is not the kind of leader we need to make changes in congress and in the DC/GOP in general. Instead this is Andals statement from his website:
“Bring a new standard of ethics and accountability to Congress and the federal bureaucracy — to restore confidence in government, honor to public service and trust in our elected leaders.”

Andal if you are listening we the voting public does not want pabulum. We want a reform minded pit-bull to go to DC fighting to change the culture of stupidity there. Nothing else will do. If you can change from a sheep to a pit-bull then you need to do it now.

The reality for local republicans is that 2010 will be the year to get rid of McNerney. Maybe we can have a real primary with competition. Robert Rao are you listening? Andal is just a cheap suit version of old style republicanism that the public has grown to hate. The voting public would rather elect McNerney than return to the Bill Baker era.

By: Rewgolfer

Rewgolfer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:24:49 +0000

The founding fathers set up congressional elections to happen every two years to force Congress to answer for thier action every 24 months. Sadly, with these gerrymandered districts like Miller’s they answer to nobody. In the modern era you can only vote out Senators, because they don’t have the luxury of gerrymandering.

By: Rewgolfer

Rewgolfer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:18:27 +0000

Congressman George Miller has been in office for 35 years, and he shows no sign of ever leaving or retiring. Basically he’s our permanent Congressman, whether voters like it or not. The reason he’s our permanent Congressman is because of gerrymandered districts, and campaign finance laws that favor incumbents. When somebody holds a congressional district permanently by manipulating the rules behind the scenes , ie reappotionment, they are thwarting democracy. So it’s a sad thing that only the McNerney
Andal race is “competitive”. I’d like to see more competive races but with anti-democratic office holders like Miller around there is scant chance this will happen.

By: RR

RR — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:54:23 +0000

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