Rep. Bill Owens voted for a GOP backed deregulation bill, leading GOP insiders to suggest the Congressman is running scared and eager to be seen as bipartisan and centrist in his bid for reelection against Republican Matt Doheny.
Mr. Owens on the other hand has been stressing he is an independent centrist Democrat not walking in lock step with his party's leadership. Thirteen Democrats voted for the deregulation bill which is not expected to pass the Senate. A classic one house bill where everyone gets a press release but the public gets nothing.
The Owens strategy is surely to be seen as a stately and reassuring character in the NNY tradition of John McHugh and other vestiges of the Rockefeller/Javits era of the NYS GOP.
The Doheny campaign wants voters to see Mr. Owens as an opportunist and liberal wolf in sheep's clothing.
One thing is for sure the race is 45-45 with most votes frozen in amber and the remaining 10 percent of voters in play. That's what the candidates are vying for with their strategic votes and dueling press releases.
Meanwhile the most battles in the campaign are occuring in the eastern counties new to the district with Doheny on the road seven days a week and Owens trying to fit campaigning in with his duties in DC.
Watertown Daily Times | Owens votes for deregulation bill
17 comments:
We need Hassig to take a few votes and break the tie. Hoffman got all those votes even though he sounded weird in person. No reason why those dumb libruls can't be sucked in. Come on super PAC!
Owens is a centrist - therefore he doesn't have to pretend to be one. It's the GOP that is running scared from their frat boy candidate.
No centrist would ever vote for Obamacare like Owens did. Suck just one c%ck and you're forever a C%cksucker. Vote for one left wing extremist healthcare bill and you are forever a left wing extremist.
We have heard there is real trouble brewing in the Doheny camp!Time will tell.....
Ask Ow & Do ... why is there a need to station troops in Poland?
Ummm... Mr. Myor...What did your informal poll reveal a couple of weeks ago before it disappeared?
This race is not close. It will be an easy win for Doheny unless Owens goes after Doheny on character
If Owens voted for a GOP bill, its because Nancie allowed him to come up for air and do so. Nothing of substance gets done without her approval.
If there were any poll showing one side or the other ahead, then the winning side would release that poll. And you can bet both sides have taken polls.
12:37 am, and you are dreaming of Nancy Pelosi? That must REALLy give you a Boehner!
Eeewwww 9:26. I'm not sure what is more of a turn off. Nancie herself or the attention that desk of hers receives from Owens. I gotta think this through.
“This race is not close. It will be an easy win for Doheny unless Owens goes after Doheny on character.”
Fixed it for you:
It will be an easy win for Owens because of Doheney’s ineptitude and lack of character.
Eaxactly @ 4:14 PM
4:14
We have an overwhelming republican majority in this district and Owens has to attack Doheny to have any hope
2:35AM, apparently your comment is predicated on the belief that the “overwhelming majority” of Republicans will be voting lockstep for Doheny. As a Republican, I tend to differ.
We have an overwhelming RINO majority in this dristrict.
Alot of people came to their senses when our first Communists and chief took over the white house, and now see the error of their ways in the past. tehy now see that voting for a Republican that's supports cardcheck and Obmacare put us on this disastrous path. But it still going to be a horse race.
10:29 is on it. RINO's only up here. We're a lot like Dave Mance. We talked, but when it came right down to it we were mostly believers in big government. Most of our real creative workers have left. Only the handout queens are still here. I figure Owens/Pelosi will be a strong candidate.
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