tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post5988334940957863203..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Reporting From Ithaca: Is Maurice Hinchey Really In Trouble?William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-37593233702803707152010-10-23T00:16:02.858-04:002010-10-23T00:16:02.858-04:00The answer to the question presented by this artic...The answer to the question presented by this article is YES!! The citizens of NY would be in more trouble if Mo is re-elected. It's time for Mo to go. Let him retire in the real world instead of the lala land he helped create in DC.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894352983894871202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71898211319963993002010-10-14T14:41:22.537-04:002010-10-14T14:41:22.537-04:00Birdalone, Jay Townsend has done very little real ...Birdalone, Jay Townsend has done very little real campaigning around the state. Tea Party groups vetted him and like him a lot (I liked him but preferred Berntsen, who seems like he could kill a terrorist bare-handed without breaking a sweat), but he's not a fighter. His polls are dreadful. I actually saw the first Townsend yard sign a couple of days ago. His campaign is not doing the job, and he's gotten virtually no press.<br /><br />OTOH, Joe Dioguardi (whom I also like though I preferred the fiscal whiz Malpass) has a real chance to unseat Schmucky's Mini-Me (aka Dingy Harry's hottie), Gillibrand, who is simply dreadful. Dick Morris is very high on Dioguardi who (unlike most Tea Party candidates) is a politician and a known entity.<br /><br />Worst case scenario Senate-wise: Dingy loses to Angle, Dems keep the Senate, and Schmucky gets the Majority Leader position. He's already sold NY to D.C. He'll help Obama kill off what's left of the U.S. Schmucky redefines evil.Peg C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06551207217057903731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-35044939141701836412010-10-14T00:31:49.543-04:002010-10-14T00:31:49.543-04:00Thanks for the news on Hinchey!
I am just catch...Thanks for the news on Hinchey! <br /><br />I am just catching up here, and do not know if you aware of the growing number of competitive contests downstate. In addition to CD1 (Eastern Suffolk: Bishop v Altschuler) and CD13 (Staten Island/SW Bklyn: McMahon v Grimm), add CD4 (SW Nassau: McCarthy v Becker). <br /><br />Also interesting are the CDs where the incumbents are actually being forced to campaign: <br />CD9 (a more conservative swath of Queens and Brooklyn than most realize: Weiner v Turner), CD4 (Western Suffolk: Israel v Gomez), <br />and CD14 (UEastSide/Astoria/LIC: Maloney v Brumberg).<br />I expect CD5 (NW Nassau: Ackerman v Milano) might heat up after Ackerman's J-Street fundraiser...<br /><br />My prediction is that the competitive CDs and State Senate contests will drive turnout, and that might affect (some of?) the statewide contests, with Long island and SW Brooklyn being critical. <br /><br />My big question is whether Schumer's denial of Jay Townsend's existence will backfire into the October surprise for New York.Birdalonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452782381527670466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-4915482112722221842010-10-12T20:35:40.339-04:002010-10-12T20:35:40.339-04:00Professor, Hinchey has been fundamentally vulnera...Professor, Hinchey has been fundamentally vulnerable for decades. He initially go a House seat and was reelected in flukey situations after which he has been reelected largely because the GOP in NY has been dead for years. Sure, gerrymandering hus district to embrace as many Dems as possible was important but overall, the population of voters is far less liberal than Hinchey. Add a good GOP candidate for once, along with the Tea Party and the enthusiasm gap, and it's the race of Hinchey's life,J. E. Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682657792334163396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-68725818805568257792010-10-11T14:13:03.012-04:002010-10-11T14:13:03.012-04:00I have been a volunteer for George Phillips since ...I have been a volunteer for George Phillips since last spring here in Orange County (I first met him at a Meet & Greet last Nov.) - he is the real deal! I'm doing phone-banking and door-to-doors and the responses are VERY positive. It's actually very tough to find anyone who LIKES Hinchey, but he certainly has schmoozed and bribed a LOT of elderly folks. Even so, a number of elderly are very enthusiastic about voting for George. His events around this district have been numerous and positive.<br /><br />When I first moved to the Hudson Valley in 1995 I was a flaming liberal and still was shocked at how this area (NOT far-lefty other than the enclaves of New Paltz and similar areas) could elect such a rabid Marxist. Art is right; the NY Republican Party is braindead for the most part. It's the Tea Party groups around the state that are reviving conservatism here - the Republican Party has done just about all they can do to undermine and foil us, very much as they have in other parts of the country. That's why this is not a junior partnership on our part but a hostile takeover...<br /><br />I'm in a very activist Tea Party group that spans parts of NY-22 and NY-19 so I know a lot about John Hall and Nan Hayworth, too, and attended a debate. It's extremely encouraging to think we could fire both Hinchey and Hall and send Phillips and Hayworth to D.C. in 22 days. We volunteers are not letting up - we're doubling down!Peg C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06551207217057903731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-5342704163179679292010-10-11T01:05:35.555-04:002010-10-11T01:05:35.555-04:00If you do not mind a correction. Ithaca, Binghamt...If you do not mind a correction. Ithaca, Binghamton, and Kingston are quite small metropolises and about 60% of the district's population is small-town and countryside. Upstate New York being the way it has been, this has meant Republican by default and by a large margin. Binghamton University is (perhaps) the largest employer therein; still, >85% of the population of greater Binghamton are not students there nor are members of their household employees.<br /><br /> Hinchey has twice been held to under 60% of the vote. For congressional races, that is fairly competitive. His tenure and that of his predecessor Matthew McHugh is more a testament to the power of incumbency and the degree to which the Republican apparatus in New York is simply otiose about recruiting and funding challengers. The net result of the incapacities of these characters has been that Upstate, a naturally Republican area, is represented in Congress by Democrats almost without exception. The Republicans lose elections because they nominate low calibre men, i.e. they deserve to lose.Art Decohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811784594425834599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-75344432545685099412010-10-10T22:08:01.097-04:002010-10-10T22:08:01.097-04:00Oh happy dance! Happy, happy, happy, dance, dance,...Oh happy dance! Happy, happy, happy, dance, dance, dance!<br /><br />Even the rumor of the possibility of a Hinchey loss makes my heart sing!<br /><br />You are absolutely correct about the lack of enthusiasm of the liberal base in Ithaca. Just the other day, in the full parking lot of Ithaca's health-food grocery store, I found only one (1), Obama bumper sticker, and even that one had been partially removed.Quite Rightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454908849040454661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-75317206547817573802010-10-10T14:09:12.285-04:002010-10-10T14:09:12.285-04:00"The greatest success of the 2010 election wo..."The greatest success of the 2010 election would be to make the Democrats understand that not a single one of their seats is safe."<br /><br />And the greatest success of 2012 will be to make Republicans understand that the same holds true for them!<br /><br />2010 is the fun year - 2012 the work really begins.AJsDaddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02322147619027300486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-9833620879537355732010-10-10T13:27:12.370-04:002010-10-10T13:27:12.370-04:00I am calling Tompkins County voters in support of ...I am calling Tompkins County voters in support of George Phillips. In responses so far George leads almost two-to-one with a large percentage of undecideds. Hinchey won in 2008 with 66% of the vote. Now he needs President Clinton to try to pull him through? Seems like an omen to me!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954718847221706129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-35435796733889291362010-10-10T11:00:28.974-04:002010-10-10T11:00:28.974-04:00The greatest success of the 2010 election would be...The greatest success of the 2010 election would be to make the Democrats understand that not a single one of their seats is safe.lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329025378677523718noreply@blogger.com