In politics, the vehicle you drive often becomes the metaphor for your common folks bona fides, so it should be no surprise newly minted Congressional candidate Kellie Green plans to travel the massive NNY district in her pickup truck, which she described to her supporters as "cute."
Surely her primary opponent or her potential November foe would never describe their vehicles that way.
And in the district that long elected moderate John McHugh and more recently, Democrat Bill Owens, Ms. Greene is not mincing words in describing herself not just a conservative, but also a "far right" and "staunch" one.
Assuming she meets ballot access requirements by garnering signatures from GOP voters, Ms Greene will first face Matt Doheny in a June 26 primary. She also indicated a third candidate may still enter the race. That could be Doug Hoffman, who narrowly lost the primary in 2010 and is widely credited with a third party run that prevent NY 23 from being part of the national GOP wave.
Strange things can happen in a primary. I remember some years back a three way Democratic contest in which a woman named Margaret Ravenscroft spent no money and beat two seemingly stronger candidates.
That would be a hard thing to imagine here, as Mr. Doheny has worked very hard over two years to build support among party regulars and he has the resources to mount the campaign needed over eleven counties, hundreds of miles and several media markets.
It will be interesting to see if the primary becomes a race to the right or will Mr. Doheny be content to run a little to the left of Ms. Greene, as has been the tradition of North Country Republicans as long as I can remember.
While her career was in international trade and logistics, I didn't see anything in the coverage to suggest whether she is working now or why she chose Sackets Harbor as a residence rather than her native Oswego. It could be because Sackets is sure to in what district ultimately contains Matt Doheny and Bill Owens.
Her entry makes the race more interesting, but for now it does not change the dynamics as the hurdles she faces are high. Her kickoff looked good but it's a long way from a press conference to winning an eleven county primary.
Watertown Daily Times Kellie Greene launches congressional bid
14 comments:
Very difficult to understand this scenario. Was she invited back to enter this race by someone...or the opposition? Is the word "carpetbagger" still used in any of this? I find Doheny a perfectly acceptable candidate...and I like many others I think...will not support any of the incumbents. The reasons for this should be obvious...inactivity...argumentative...unable to work together (or even individually) the current Congress is just deplorable, childish and ineffective. It looks to me that she is being set up for a tumble.
Well, those who don't care for Doheny will now have a choice. Which is as it should be. Her remarks, however, about the possiblity of a third party run are disturbing, as that would guarentee another term for Owens. Owens voted for Obamacare. He has to go. Doheny vs. Owens would mean, Doheny wins. Ms. Greene running a competent campaign against Mr. Owens means Owens goes home. If Doheny wins the nomination and Ms. Greene throws her support behind Doheny, good. If Doheny wins the primary and Ms. Greene mounts a spirited 3rd. party run, that would make me very suspicious of the motives behind her campaign. She's supposedly a conservative, living out west for years and moves back to a liberal, decaying craphole like N.Y. and anoounces her intent to run for Congress ????? Against a man who, if running a two party race should easily beat Owens????? With apologies to Ms. Greene if my suspicions are baseless, and to the rest of you, these opinions are more than likely worth just what you are paying for them.
8:51, Doheny does not beat Owens easily in a two way race...he has to work for it.
And it would be too easy to find something in her past to indicate she is not who she says she is politically if that were the case.
You know...like wanting to spend money on ports in Oswego ;)
Possible candidates with same credibility as Kellie:
Kim Kardashian, Mary Parry, Dannie Runagain,Mike the Plumber, Tony Keating, Bob Gorman, Harold Johnson, Mel Busler,Newt, Dannie Ineedajobpleeze,Ray Canale, John McHugh,Dannie Who,Mayor Smith, Dr. Smith, Surgeon Smith,Charles W. Hayes,Msgr.Mastellon, HUGE HUGE HUGE guy, Financier St. Croix, Harry Pack and Don A.B.C.D.E.F. Coon.
The Right Handed left Winger would be a good candidate for the Parks & Rec job. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
McHugh used to be one of us, didn't he?
Other candidates:
The Ravenscrofts, Ernie LaBaff, That Danny guy,Emerson Laughland, Hoffman, The Pink RINO etc etc etc etc etc.......oh wait a minute, they all ran and LOST.
Love how these conservatives want-a-bees (see Patty- tug hill, prisons) always lead with;
#1 cut government
#2 cut spending
#3 lower taxes
#4 cut Obama care
#5 cut waste and fraud.
Then in office will not cut government spending in their own district only others (see tug hill, prisons and Fort Drum)
Will not reduce spending as they propose more spending.
Rile against government and propose new spending- like on government port.
Offer only "free market" as a solution to everything.
Say we have to spend less yet, say defense is off the table for cuts
I think we should have a fruitcake candidate on the other side. As 8:51 says, those who don't support Owens should have an alternative, which "is as is should be". The problem here is Democrat voters are too lock step to think about alternatives. They're Dannie types, with their minds all set up even before the candidates are chosen. You have only to look at the D or R in front of their name for people like that. They're the FreeStuff crowd. What can the world do for me. Unfortuately, there are too many of them to change the tide right now. The fact that we are bankrupt makes no difference to them. They believe they will still come out on top. And they're probably right.
This Kellie Green thing is just a continuation of the previous vote splitting strategy that has given us Owens/Pelosi.
1107 is speaking my language
If that Hassig guy from St. Lawrence county runs - you will have your fruitcake. Careful what you might wish for.
9:44,
8:51 stands corrected. Doheny will have to work for it. He should win a two-way race in a walk, but the north country ain't what it used to be. As I said in another post, Schumer and Silver keep getting re-elected, too. And neither one of those birds should garner enough votes to get elected dog catcher.
McHugh? Who?
A fresh face??? Look closely, that's Christine O'Donnell!
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