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CD-07: Walberg supporter calls primary opponent a 'carpetbagger'

by: Eric B.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 11:49:43 AM EST


The food fight begineth:

UPDATE: The Walberg campaign was quick to dub Rooney a "carpetbagger" for only recenty moving to the district. "We do not need a lawyer from Wayne County when we have Tim Walberg," Walberg supporter Mark Behnke, the mayor of Battle Creek, said in a statement released by the campaign.

The only way you could improve this is if Sharon Renier joined the fray.

Update! ... Well, my stars and garters, that joke did have a very familiar feel to it. Clucketh the Munith Turkey Lady from the archives.

"I'm officially a Republican," (Sharon Renier) said, adding that she will "absolutely" take on Tim Walberg in the Republican primary for U.S. House District 7 in 2010.

"I am no longer a Democrat," Renier said. "They don't even know when they've got a good candidate."

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Eric B. :: CD-07: Walberg supporter calls primary opponent a 'carpetbagger'
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Being a carpetbagger... (0.00 / 0)
...hasn't stopped Doug Hoffman in NY-23 -- heck, he doesn't even live in teh district -- so I don't see why it should make a difference here.

Although it is funny that Walberg's initial challenge to Joe Schwarz in '06 was very similar to the way Hoffman and all his Club for Growth, outside-the-district support drove the moderate Republican to defeat and an eventual endorsement of a Democratic challenger.

It just happened much much faster in upstate New York.


Is the Club for Growth (0.00 / 0)
going to bankroll Timmy again?  

It Sounds Like the Setup of a Joke... (4.00 / 2)
A carpetbagger and a teabagger are seeking the nomination...


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