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Hopefully the McCain campaign has received or read a copy of this letter written by Ed Lasky:
I am asking you to follow the wisdom of your own words - fight for the Presidency; fight so we do not have a President who has no record of significant accomplishment, who may very well harbor feelings that are antithetical to your own and to the vast majority of Americans. Fight to protect us from a man who has risen on the strength of skill at reading a teleprompter and an adoring media that has failed in its responsibility to scrutinize the candidates in order to elect their own favorite, Barack Obama. Fight to protect us from a President who seemingly has no problem denying the rights of people to exercise their First Amendment rights, our Second Amendment rights; who basically favors the outsourcing of our foreign policy to the United Nations, who wants to give our wealth to overseas nations-with the United Nations administering this vast transfer of wealth; who wants to compel our children to join a national service corps. We need you to fight for our nation and for its future, Senator.
Both of us here at ~J’s~ have written the campaign and asked if they would provide embed codes for the videos available at McCain’s website but our requests have gone unanswered.
Opportunities to expose his opponent in vulnerable areas have remained untouched.
People have stood willing and ready to help but the candidate nor his campaign staff himself has responded. In Pennsylvania, a huge battleground state this cycle, it was last Tuesday before folks could even secure a yard sign or campaign literature in many districts.
Take a minute to read the balance of the linked post. It speaks volumes.
Written by Sue
David M Says:
October 5th, 2008 at 7:27 amVisit David M
I’ll remind you of my comment a day or so ago. The tribes have asked for campaign profiles. Obama’s campaign had them to me the next day. Nothing from the Repubicans–as in zero. I want local candidates too and the U.S. Senate and House profiles. Only the Democrats responded. I’m good friends with the state Republican chair, so I had a lot of GOP sources to ask. I only knew one person to ask for the Democrats. Again, I guess I’ll wait for the League of Women Voters information on Monday.
Sue Says:
October 5th, 2008 at 5:21 pmVisit Sue
David:
Thanks for the reminder..I had forgotten that post and had every intention of answering your comment when my foot decided to take me elsewhere.
Do you have any idea why there has been no repsonse? Did the Republicans just give up in New Mexico or is it a sense of security that they feel it is not necessary to spend money and time in the state?
Nationally, I think the Republicans have dropped the ball. I know the last month can create some surprises and change a race or two but they have not invested in all fifty states as they should have. Sure the money and time has to be allocated primarily to the battlegrounds but you never ever want to have a resident of any state feel unimportant.
David M Says:
October 5th, 2008 at 6:47 pmVisit David M
The Republicans should not give up here. The Albuquerque Journal poll shows Obama up by 5 points–the margin of error is 3 points. Tom Udall is up 19 points in the Senate race,so Steve Pierce and Heather Wilson are probably both out of Congress. However, the GOP pulled its money from our southern district, which hasn’t been held by a Democrat for about 30-35 years. That race is now even and that is a district that the Democrats never win. My district hasn’t been held by a Democrat in 40 years and the Democrat is ahead. The Republican has higher name recognition and is a genuinely good and likeable guy. The Democrat is unknown and is winning. The GOP is putting no money into that race either.
Sue Says:
October 5th, 2008 at 7:32 pmVisit Sue
Wish I had some sort of explanation to put forward David. Unfortunately the GOP seems not to have learned the lessons of 2006 and takes far too much for granted.
Some of the incumbents losing seats in Congress could just be the dissatisfaction of the voters with Congress on a whole but from what you describe this is not the case in areas of your state. When you begin to flip a district after 30 years regardless of party you would think it would set off all types of alarms. I just don’t see that sort of drive in the GOP.
What are they saving their money for..that is the ultimate question.
David M Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 7:11 amVisit David M
I regret I cannot get the link, but McCain is in Albuquerque today. Google “New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan” today. McCain is going to an invitation-only event at–of all places–the university. The NM blog examines all the Congressional races. The author of the site is a registered independent and is, in my experience, very fair.
Sue Says:
October 6th, 2008 at 12:23 pmVisit Sue
Thanks for the heads up David.
I did find the site:http://www.joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com/
Funny, he opens with the point I have been trying to make..some voters just feel forgotten by the GOP:
“Just when you thought they had forgotten us, they’re back.”
It sure does not look good for the ticket in New Mexico based on this article and the Republicans have no one to blame but themselves.