On May 11, Blueskygirl wrote about the rise and possible win in the vote next Tuesday of Democrat Kathy Hochul in NY 26 Congressional District between Rochester and Buffalo.
Today the NYTimes published the second article in a week about the race for the 26th, this time particularly about Jack Davis, who is running as a third candidate on a Tea Party line and splitting the vote with Conservative Jane Corwin, giving Hochul a gift from heaven.
Here's the NYTimes article from this morning. Blueskygirl linked to the first NYTimes article on May 11.
Davis has created alarm among Republicans and Conservatives, so much so that John Boehner came to the 26th last week on behalf of Corwin. Karl Rove has sent Corwin a bunch of tea-colored money. The Tea Party is calling in ever-classy baseball batman Carl Paladino to denounce Davis.
Better yet, tea partiers all over NY are up in arms about Davis. They are angry and trying, at the last minute, to organize (not their best skill) resistance to him and support for Corwin. It is a refreshing turn of events,. Blueskygirl is totally enjoying herself.
Blueskygirl doesn't think Davis is deliberately trying to create a win for the Democrat. Still, could intentional Trojan horses become an election tool next time around? Anything could happen, given the tea partiers inate inability to organize. Ah, can relegation "to the dust bin of history" be far off?
@bluskies:
ReplyDeleteI went to the townhall meeting in Pompey tonight. Among Buerkle's quibbling statements were a couple regarding Medicare.
1) "It's not a voucher system." When asked how it worked, she said that the "public chooses the insurance plan they want, and the government would pay a part of the premium." Apparently, each member of the public would need to be handed an extraclassy, typewritten receipt, a la a 1920s stock certificate, with a big capped "VOUCHER" stamped on it for the Ryan plan to count as a voucher system.
2) "It's not a privatization [of Medicare]." So, then, I assume that when she lauds the benefits of privatization, those particular encomiums don't apply to the Medicare non-voucher system.
Regarding, the budget, she kept claiming that there were no other budget plans, despite Obama's budget plan (released April 13th - more than a month ago) as well as the "The People's Budget Plan," from the Progressive Caucas having been released.
She continues to announce that the US has "the highest corporate tax rate in the world," which she modified tonight by adding that Japan has a higher rate, which it intends to lower, according to her. However, that will still leave Germany with a higher rate than the US. Furthermore, Buerkle is speaking about the _Statutory_ corporate tax rate, which she consistently fails to mention. Contrary to its apical place on the statutory rate hill, the US has one of the lowest _effective_ corporate tax rates in the OECD.
Hah. Sorry, that was extremely long, but I thought you might appreciate a sympathetic ear (and voice).