Comments on: McNerney launches re-election campaign

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Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:51:13 +0000

[...] CA-09: Rep. Jerry McNerney says he’s going to seek re-election in the district now numbered as the [...]

By: Elwood

Elwood — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:20:56 +0000

@ Hilltopper

I understand that 2012 is also the year that pigs will fly.

By: Hilltopper

Hilltopper — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:06:39 +0000

John W (#12) makes a good point. 2012 may stand as the biggest anti-incumbent year we have ever seen. Nate Silver actually suggested that it is possible (albeit not probable) that 2012 could have the incumbent president lose, but his party take over the house–something that his never happened since the beginning of the modern political parties in the 1850′s. That anti-incumbent tide (if it happens) would hurt the R’s more, but hurt McNerney’s chances too.

By: John W

John W — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:55:56 +0000

McNerney may be favored due to slightly higher Dem registration in the new district; but there may be a strong anti-incumbent backlash due to the current spectacle in D.C., especially for Republican incumbents.

If I were running against a Republican incumbent, especially one of the Tea Party variety, I’d run a commercial with a video re-enactment of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting with troops in Afghanistan and being asked whether they will get paid in the event of default. And him having to give an honest “I don’t know” answer.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:22:36 +0000

Vote for Vince Gill!

By: Hilltopper

Hilltopper — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:59:22 +0000

Re #9: He announced he would live in San Joaquin County, although he is eligible even if he did not move (think Doolittle and McClintock).

The race should be another good one. The large chunk of Democrats in San Joaquin that had been carved from the district are reunited with the county and the district is now several percent more Democratic than the old 11th. And 2012 will have the heavier turn-out that 2010 lacked. Although Gill has raised a lot of money, McNerney is favored.

Indeed, watch for the real action in the Lungren-Bera race. I’d call that one a toss-up.

By: BGR

BGR — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:45:07 +0000

Which District will Jerry actually live in?

By: John W

John W — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:58:44 +0000

If I’m destined to be in Pete Stark’s district, maybe I’ll sign up to run in the primary against him on a Civility, Compromise and Reason platform. The platform will include the best governance, spending cut, tax and health care ideas I can think of, with the goal of offending virtually every interest group about something. I have no qualifications whatever, but if Joe Walsh in Illinois can have a couple of house foreclosures and be a deadbeat dad and then win as a Tea Party candidate on a platform of fiscal responsibility, what the heck!

By: Tom Benigno

Tom Benigno — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:25:37 +0000

I see this blog subject matter is a little mixed up. It starts out about Mc Nerney and ends up with Mayor Wilson. So I will respond to a little of both. Mc Nerney is making a big mistake, moving to the San Joaquin Valley and depending on those residents to elect him. As for mayor Wilson running for city council, that’s a step back for him. As for the rest of the subject matter about the redistricting, that’s a mess.

By: John W

John W — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:24:26 +0000

Mayor Wilson is not pleased about San Ramon being split from Danville into Pete Stark’s district. As a SR resident, I share his angst. Makes no sense when you see how they do everything from school districts to Fourth of July parades together. My residence adjoins a Danville park on the Danville/SR line in the Blackhawk area but will be in a different district.