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OH-18: Dems Demand 60 GOPers Return Cash To Disgraced Ney
On the heels of Bob Ney's guilty plea today, House Democrats are circulating a list of more than 60 GOP lawmakers who have accepted a combined $472,000 in campaign contributions from the disgraced Congressman, challenging them to return the money. The list reflects an ongoing effort by Dem strategists to nationalize corruption as an issue -- a strategy that polls suggest has had mixed results. As of now, at least one Republican House member, Rep. Geoff Davis (KY-04), is apparently refusing to return the money. The Blotter has the list here.
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This is sad. It's a bit late in the game for Dem strategists to be workshopping ideas on nationalizing corruption. The issues are Iraq, change and reining in Bush! Can you imagine a sequence of events where a voter (never mind a "low information voter") casts a vote based on this?
I've been fretting that Dems are sitting on the sidelines while Maverick Sraight Talking Republican Saint John McCain makes a show of taking on the White House, letting the GOP change the subject from Iraq. Now it looks like our side is trying to change the subject anyway!
September 16, 2006 11:30 AM | Reply | Permalink