Posted on 05/08/2011 9:08:30 PM PDT by neverdem
John A. Boehner, the House speaker, plans to visit upstate New York on Monday to support the struggling campaign of a Republican candidate who is running for a vacant seat in Congress.
Mr. Boehner’s appearance underscores the national stake in the race, and reflects the changing fortunes of the candidate, Jane L. Corwin, a popular state lawmaker who experts in both parties had once thought would win handily in the 26th Congressional District, which is heavily Republican.
In recent weeks, Ms. Corwin has watched her advantage in the race all but disappear as her Democratic rival, Kathy Hochul, seized upon public uneasiness over the House Republicans’ plan to overhaul Medicare, the federal health insurance program for retirees.
Ms. Hochul, the Erie County clerk, has repeatedly attacked the plan, introduced last month, as a threat to the elderly and has called on Ms. Corwin to reject it. Ms. Corwin has remained steadfast in her support of the Medicare plan.
Ms. Corwin’s position has placated conservatives, who stand to play an important...
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With the Medicare debate clearly providing Ms. Hochul momentum, her campaign has signaled it has no intention to drop it. While Mr. Boehner meets with Ms. Corwin at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens restaurant in Depew, Ms. Hochul plans to hold a news conference nearby with the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
The district includes the northeastern suburbs of Buffalo and the western suburbs of Rochester, as well as Albion, Batavia, Lockport and North Tonawanda. It has about 30,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats and is considered one of the state’s more conservative regions.
The election, on May 24, is to fill the seat of Christopher Lee, a Republican who resigned in February after he e-mailed a woman a shirtless photo of himself that appeared on the Web.
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They tried the same thing in Ocean County, New Jersey, in November and lost. The Republican and candidate with the true Tea Party values won.
The tactic needs to be publicized somehow--people don't like deception.
The brilliant Ryan Plan. What a Gopher. How to snatch defeat from the Jaws of Victory.
Only ONE reason for that!!!!!!!! that being crybaby Bonehead,we gave him a huge Army and then this Turd surrenders, Holy Crap!! I argued with some Freepers that this was going to happen, back when he got the chair! need someone not afraid to fall on their sword if need be!
Thanks for the ping!
Jack Davis is the Lyndon LaRouche’ of Western NY politics.
A third-party candidate is splitting the Republican vote.
I doubt that Boehner would be of much help anywhere, maybe not even in suburban Cincinnati.
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