Posted on 03/29/2012 8:34:41 PM PDT by SmithL
A national, nonpartisan “super PAC” targeting incumbents on both sides of the aisle reportedly is taking a hard look at two Bay Area House members.
The Hill reported yesterday that the Campaign for Primary Accountability – which has already begun spending against Republicans and Democrats in other states, two of whom subsequently lost their primaries – is watching California representatives including Pete Stark, D-Fremont, and Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto.
The campaign is targeting safe districts in which entrenched incumbents have what it deems to be credible challengers, taking a “throw the bums out” mentality to ousting lawmakers it believes have been on Capitol Hill too long.
“The full measure of the success of our efforts will be seen in the next election cycle when more primary challengers step forward, giving voters a choice and an opportunity to participate in competitive elections,” spokesman Curtis Ellis told the Hill.
Spokespeople for the Stark and Eshoo campaigns didn’t immediately reply to emails seeking comment.
Under California’s new top-two primary system, all voters can choose from among all candidates of any party on June 5; the top-two vote getters – even if they’re of the same party – will advance to November’s general election.
Stark, 80, who has been in Congress since 1972, is being challenged by fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell, a Dublin councilman and Alameda County prosecutor, and by conservative nonpartisan candidate Chris Pareja, a businessman from Hayward. Eshoo, 69, who has been in Congress since 1992, is being challenged by Democrat William Parks, an attorney from Sunnyvale; Republican Dave Chapman, a software engineer from Mountain View; and Green Carol Brouillet, a political activist from Palo Alto.
The rules governing super PACs require that they not coordinate their campaign with any specific candidate in any way.
Also reportedly on the group’s watch list in California are Republican Reps. Dan Lungren, Gary Miller, John Campbell and Brian Bilbray, and Democratic Reps. Jim Costa, Adam Schiff, Grace Napolitano, Henry Waxman, Joe Baca, Karen Bass, Lucille Roybal-Allard and Maxine Waters.
Any one who can get rid of psycho-marxist Pete Stark and Maxine Waters, as well as Batboy Waxman, will be nominated for (choose one: Pope, Nobel Prize, Environmental Cleanup Worker of the Year, or Miracle Worker).
Stark is “ stark-raving mad” if you listen to his Touretts’ type verbal outbreaks. He is also a member of the “1 PERCENTERS, I.E. A MULTIMILLIONAIRE. Also has a nice record of supporting communist fronts and causes from Vietnam to El Salvador.
The same for Waters, she who needs a new wig (might ask Donald Trump to lend her a dead beaver).
Waxman is BSer #1. One of his speeches on the environment put me to sleep in record time. Mr. Nostrildamous is one of the all-time worst Members of Congress and in general, he just pisses me off by his stupidity and faux intellectualism.
Good hunting, SuperPac. America needs you.
PS: I don’t give a damn if we even support another Democrat against them. Anyone is better (well, almost anyone - Not Rahm Emanuel, Blago, Anthony’s Weiner, Elliot Spitz on her, etc.)
Finally, Eshoo is facing opposition, Now I know why I am getting so many mails from Eshoo.
Stark is one of the most vile congress critters around.
Despite all the polls that show deep dissatisfaction with Congress and the Federal Govt. 90% of incumbents at that level are re-elected. They are unopposed in primaries and have lifelong positions due to gerrymandering.
The CPA seeks to change that by using the primaries to target lifelong politicians. If you are in such a district you should cross party lines to vote in primaries the CPA is seeking to influence.
If so many people are unhappy with their representation, why do the same politicians keep returning?
It’s pointless to replace one liberal democrat with another.
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