Weldon is getting desperate
Curt Weldon is privately calling in every favor he has ever earned from anybody. Rumor has it that he overdid his "I am independent of Pres. Bush" and that the national repubs have tossed him out the window of the train. Too bad because his efforts to distance himself from the President were useless anyway.
Weldon has only the money from the Military Industrial Complex now. Oh, yeah, and the Delco Repubs are still backing him because they have to.
Weldon has only the money from the Military Industrial Complex now. Oh, yeah, and the Delco Repubs are still backing him because they have to.
posted by Ruth Lespho at 9:01 AM
27 Comments:
"Have to" is right. In public, I will do what I have to to support Weldon to keep my job, but when it comes time to enter my choice on that computer, it will be Sestak's name that I choose. It's time for Weldon to find another job.
Ruth, with Weldon ahead by 19 points, I think national Republicans are just putting their money to where its actually needed -- you know, races that are actually competitive and where the Democrat has a chance of winning.
Nice made up rumor though.
I'm curious about this rumor. Any more information you can share... any specifics?
I think all the talk about Curt's Able Danger fantasy in the last few days may have hurt him.
People keep throwing around that 19 point number. Where is this number coming from? I recall reading that it came from his internal polls (cite - Weldon Leads Opponent by 19 points in Latest Poll - Delco Times 9/18/2006). If that's what you're citing, seems quite biased to me. Is there a more neutral poll with more realistic numbers?
I want to know--whose poll has Joe down 19 pts? What is the udnecided number? What is the margin of error? Where was the sample drawn from? I have consistently heard from dems and privately from repubs who know that it is a race well within the margin of error--if the weldonites are so confident in the poll showing 19, can we see the poll, the numbers and the questions? obviously this weldon-inspired propaganda is only intended as an attempt to derail the sestak train and depress joe's turnout, Democrat and republican (and there are lots of Rs voting for Joe)or affect finance numbers.
The heck with the poll -- it was more rumor than reality anyway, a desperate attempt by the Weldon camp to rally the faithful.
I want to know more about the national GOP pulling its money from PA-07. There are always last-minute revisions of the ad buys -- have they backed off from the massive TV ad campaign that was planned?
If so, that is absolutely huge news and a sure sign that Weldon is a dead duck.
We need more details!
Not a rumor. The poll is posted on RealClear Politics here (run by Time Magazine). the site is constantly being updated so the poll may get bumped back a page tomorrow. Its listed on Monday, September 18th - Weldon 52, Sestak 33.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/latestpolls/index-2.html
This is the phony poll by Public Opinion Strategies. It was taken with a small sample (400) and immediately after Sept 11 anniversary. The questions used have not been released. I have heard that the poll was a push-poll with loaded questions, and given the timing, designed to play up the fears of 9/11.
However, since that "poll"...
--- the Pentagon has issued a report debunking Able Danger
--- Weldon made the list of the 20 most corrupt in Congress
--- The April 2006 NIE report concluded that the War in Iraq is hurting the War on Terror, and we all know the situation is worse now than back in April.
As for the first comment from the REP with a county job, don't let Delco GOP put illegal pressure on you to campaign. If enough of you get together and refuse to campaign, they can't fire all of you, as it would reveal too clearly the illegal threats/coercion.
Delco GOP has people convinced that they have to register REP to get their trash picked up. I urge all county employees to stand up against the bullying by the GOP and campaign for the candidate they like. This is American, not Communist Russia or some banana republic.
Whatever happened to 'Give me Liberty or Give me Death?'
Stand up for your rights.
The person who says they are a county employee and has to work for the Weldon campaign is probably a Sestak staffer spreading rumors,I have been a county employee under both Weldon and Edgar and never even heard of anyone being coerced to work on a campaign to keep their job.
Here's what a real poll says about the race in the 7th, from today's Daily News:
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/15636282.htm
Poll: Tight race in 7th District
RETIRED NAVY VICE-admiral Joe Sestak is running neck-and-neck with 10-term Republican Congressman Curt Weldon in the suburban 7th Congressional District, according to a new Keystone Poll survey.
Democratic upstart Sestak was leading Weldon by a single point, 45 percent to 44 percent, among likely voters, and 44 percent to 43 percent among all registered voters, the survey found.
The difference between the candidates was well within the survey's four-point margin of error, meaning that the results could easily flip if a different group of voters were surveyed.
"It's virtually dead-even. It doesn't get any closer than this," said G. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College, in Lancaster. The survey was conducted by telephone over the past week.
First, I never said I was being "coerced to work on a campaign" for Weldon. I did say that I would support him in public. I'm not stupid. I know that in the courthouse, if I speak out against Weldon and for Sestak, there will be negative consequences. it won't come all at once, but little things will add up over time. I know how to play the game.
Especially now with his poll showing Joe ahead, they will be looking fo the 24% or republican's supporting Joe. The "Wel[l]don[es]" do not play nicely when they are behind....
disappointed republican:
There are already negative consequences. You have been forced to suppress your rights to free speech and expression.
I realize that many county workers live under the threat of escalating retributions. However, think about he coal miners from the turn of the last century standing up for their rights under threats to their very lives.
Admittedly, Sexton and friends are cut from the same cloth as the mine owners, but these days the real power lies in the workers that can use the Internet to get the truth out and better labor protection laws.
If the RINO's at the courthouse stood up and exercised their rights, the tide would turn in their favor in the long run. They have people convinced that they have more power than they really do.
The truth is that cockroaches run away when you shine enough light on them.
Don't be afraid. Help is on the way. Dems are on the march!
"Dems are on the march",maybe they will run the 7th just as good as they run Philly.
Hey--the world is about seeing things differently. At least Dems would run tbings differently and republicans wouldn't need to be afraid to voice opinions when we don't like something.
Last time I checked, Republican stewardship of the 7th did not result in some sort of Utopia. Since republicans have been in control of this district for so long, and believe they have done everything approriately, just run on the record and stay away from the sleaze.
I guess that horse has left the barn, reading about the selaze piece launched on Sestak. Its that scorched earth mentality that makes me to be a R. If you regularly get 60% of the vote, and believe you have done all correctly, then why do you need to get in the gutter. Talk and remind people about what you believe to be your accomplishments in office. Don't focus on personal and apparently false attacks on your opponent. It cheapens everyting.
The problem is that many of the "Democrats" in Philly are actually Republicans registered as Democrats.
What Delaware county needs is a BALANCE of Dems and Rep and some independents. The 5-member council should be 2-Rep 2-Dep and one NP (to keep the balance).
The county staff should be a mixture of people chosen based upon ability, without regard to party affliation.
The military industrial complex,I guess you have no clue how important Boeing is to Delco and how many famalies they help support.No Weldon no Boeing in Delco.
Ah, yes, the Boeing myth...
This is the ridiculous (and false) assertion that Weldon is the only person keeping Boeing here.
1) It assumes that no other Congressman would support Boeing. Why? Is Boeing so bad that only a Congressman on the take could support it?
2) Sestak was in charge of 60-billion budget and he included funding for Boeing. So, he has record of supporting Boeing.
3) John Murtha is on the Appropriations Committee and funded Boeing.
4) Hundreds of Congressman vote every year to fund Boeing.
5) On the flip side, what if Boeing actually made inferior products and national security was better off with a different contractor? Would it be right to accept political payoffs to for inferior national security? Fortunately, Boeing is not Haliburton, but Weldon would promote a helicopter made out of Jello if his top patrons asked him.
6) Boeing is not the only employer in Delco. By Weldon focusing on Boeing and not on hundreds of thousands employed elsewhere, Delco has seen an erosion of wages, benefits and job security.
The 7th district needs a Congressman that has the attention span and integrity to look beyond the companies lining the pockets of his friends and family.
And the reality is that over the past 10 years, Boeing has lost thousands of jobs at this plant. Weldon hasn't done much except to stem the bleeding a bit.
From the Delco Times, 12/19/2001:
"Boeing Co.'s unrelenting downsizing in Delaware County continued last week with the announcement that layoffs in the next 30 months would reduce the Ridley facility's workforce 20 to 30 percent...
Boeing is a champion in procuring corporate welfare. Competition between states for job-producing industries has led to tax incentives and other business giveaways, and Boeing rarely misses the opportunity to feed at the public trough...
Boeing's workforce dipped to 5,000 this year. By mid-2004, the company expects that number to shrink to between 3,500 to 4,000."
Its not stemming the bleeding if you work there,and Dave its no "Boeing myth" to the thousands who work there.It must be great to have an answer for everything. P.S. -What about UPSb
Sure, it's swell if you still have a job -- at Boeing, or anywhere else. But for the dwindling workforce at Boeing, it must get tiring attending all those goodbye parties for their laid-off coworkers.
The "myth" is that Weldon is solely responsible and no one else would/could have done better.
During election time Boeing makes a point of telling their workers how wonderful Curt is, but that doesn't make it true.
A retired 3-star admiral might carry MORE weight in not only recommendations for weapons systems, but has 31 years worth of high ranking contacts to pull in to testify in favor of Boeing systems (if they are in fact needed).
Boeing has a lot of time/money invested in purchasing Curt and I can see why they are loathe to have a congressman they don't own. It is scary having to earn your contracts based strictly on merit rather than patronage.
Would anyone (beside Boeing Execs)have an objection to Sestak bringing in a BIGGER defense contractor to the area, if it was a rival to Boeing? In terms of total jobs, is it a big deal if 3000 Boeing employees switch to different contractor if 2000 additional jobs come into the area?
Ys, it is great having an answer for (almost) everything, but also a terrible burden. The Weldon supporters are gratefully spared the brutal ravages of intelligence. :-)
What is UPSb? I don't recognize the abbreviation.
I don't get your claim that the national Repubs have ditched Weldon. John McCain and Laura Bush are both coming this week for him and others have been here lately. That doesn't sound like national Republicans have ditched him.
Besides, with all the stuff going on lately with Republicans in actual danger of losing the house, why would they "throw him from the train" for something as petty as labeling himself as indenpendent of the President??!
You're just rumor mongering.
I don't think anyone labeled it anything other than rumor, did they? Let's go back and look at the original post:
"Rumor has it that he overdid his "I am independent of Pres. Bush" and that the national repubs have tossed him out the window of the train."
I'd say that's pretty good "truth in advertising." And nearly all of the comments attached to that post have strayed pretty far from the original subject matter, so I'd hardly say this thread qualifies as rumor-mongering.
Still, I'd like to get somebody with inside info about the GOP ad buy to either confirm or deny whether the original item was true...has the NRCC cut back on Curt's ads for the final five weeks?
I think UPSb might be a typo,Weldon is now taking full responsibility for bringing in the UPS facility at Tinicum.
""Have to" is right. In public, I will do what I have to to support Weldon to keep my job, but when it comes time to enter my choice on that computer, it will be Sestak's name that I choose. It's time for Weldon to find another job."
This is just pathetic. Why don't you grow a set and find another job. This is exactly why YOU will ammount to nothing in the political world. I hate traitors, even if they are on my side.
Hmm..
This last anonymous poster seems to be a Sestak supporter trying to piss-off a Republican county worker that likes Sestak.
While I think county-worker guy should stand up for what he believes publicly, "traitor" is completely inappropriate.
I smell a Weldon Staffer. (and you have to stink pretty bad for smell to travel the internet)
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