It was absurd of Thad McCotter to run in the first place. Now he’s seeking reelection, but has a serious primary. His opponent is saying that McCotter promised him he was in the Presidential race to stay. If so, he went back on his word.
Then that makes him a whore; a cheap, unclean whore.
To be fair, what was McCotter supposed to say? “I’m running for president, but I expect to be knocked out long before we even have the first primary and will return to my House race after that”? *Of course* he said that he was in the presidential race “to stay,” that’s what he’s supposed to say.
Did he actually say “I will not be a candidate for reelection to the House, and would encourage conservatives to file for the seat,” or did he merely say “I expect to be our party’s presidential nominee, which would mean that I won’t be able to run for reelection”? Huge difference among those two quotes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kz7YUdy-Cg
Thad in one word.
I understand why he ran, terrible field so he thought he might have a shot, he was decidedly wrong as almost everyone else expected.
I wanted him to run for Senate instead but happily now we have Pete Hoekstra in the race who is superior to McCotter in both conservatism and electablity, in my estimation.
I expected he’d get back in the race for his house seat though I didn’t know that he (allegedly) promised not to. This is a very common welch move when quitting a race for higher office.
And of course he’s now for Mitt, they were both pro-bailout yes? (yes I know the poor sod is from Michigan so he “had no choice”tm but to support the illegal GM bailout so I’ve cut him slack on that)
I don’t know a thing about his primary challenger State Senator Mike Kowall other than the fact he’s blessed with the feared power of the ‘stache. If he’s to the right of or the same as McCotter then I hope he wins.