Subscribe to
Posts [Atom]
Friday, February 12, 2010
Futility = A Republican Primary in the NC-10
Incumbent Munchkin Patty McHenry in the NC-10 has little cash on hand, widespread pockets of horror at his very being in his own district, and two Republican primary rivals on the May 4th ballot. If he had one of those two challengers, he might be in trouble, since all the disaffection for McHenry could coalesce around one opponent. But two? Fuggetaboutit!
One of those two challengers has self-financed to the tune of $485,000. The other one, a mere $250,000.
But that's a lot of combined scratch to throw down a rathole. And neither challenger has shown any willingness to attack McHenry or even to draw sharp distinctions between themselves and the incumbent. (Oh, one of the two challengers suggests that McHenry is too liberal -- I'm not making this up -- without being specific about that.)
So far, that primary in the NC-10 is a colossal waste of time and a massive waste of money.
One of those two challengers has self-financed to the tune of $485,000. The other one, a mere $250,000.
But that's a lot of combined scratch to throw down a rathole. And neither challenger has shown any willingness to attack McHenry or even to draw sharp distinctions between themselves and the incumbent. (Oh, one of the two challengers suggests that McHenry is too liberal -- I'm not making this up -- without being specific about that.)
So far, that primary in the NC-10 is a colossal waste of time and a massive waste of money.
Labels: Patrick McHenry, Scott Keadle, Vance Patterson
