I get these regular updates from some Dem friends, let me know if they're something interesting enough that I should post regularly.
NEW YORK: It looks like the GOP’s latest senate hopeful in New York exaggerated her resume. Kathleen Troia McFarland claimed that she had worked on Ronald Reagan’s Star War’s speech and was the highest-ranked woman at the Reagan Pentagon but interviews show that Reagan wrote the speech else and that two women were ahead of her at the Pentagon. [New York Times, 3/23/06]
OHIO: RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman is helping Mike DeWine steer clear of President Bush in Ohio. Mehlman gave an interview to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer – which you can listen to on the paper’s blog – and pumped up DeWine’s efforts to distance himself from Bush. [Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3/22/06]
MONTANA: Conrad Burns’ new primary opponent - Bob Keenan - said he would not attack Burns and then proceeded to pummel the senator for his ties to Abramoff and his record in Washington. Keenan said, “If people are happy with the situation in Washington, D.C., then I urge them to vote for Conrad Burns, because he is eminently qualified to give you more of the same.” [The Daily Interlake, 3/23/06]
TENNESSEE: The GOP’s negative attacks against Harold Ford Jr. spur a political analyst to observe that he thinks Ford “has a legitimate shot to be our next senator” and that the Republicans are worried about losing the senate seat. [Tennessee Tennessean, 3/23/06]
NEBRASKA: Ben Nelson launched his Senate campaign, touting his independent voting record, bipartisanship and dedication to Nebraska. [Lincoln Journal Star, 3/23/06; Omaha World Herald, 3/23/06]
RHODE ISLAND: A Providence Journal columnist had harsh words for GOP primary contenders Lincoln Chafee and Steve Laffey, saying that neither candidate is willing to take a stand and are unable to give direct answers to direct questions. [Providence Journal, 3/23/06]
