Republicans Struggling to Find Candidates

Republicans are struggling to find candidates at the Congressional level this cycle and, in particular, coming up empty-handed in New York. From the New York Times this morning:

Heading into this election cycle, Republican leaders in Washington identified dozens of Congressional seats they believed they could pick up in November’s election — some where Democrats narrowly won a first term in 2006, and others where Democrats represent Republican-leaning districts.

But that strategy appears to have run into complications, both in the New York region and in some other parts of the country, as many potential Republican candidates — including public officials and wealthy entrepreneurs — have stayed on the sidelines, despite direct appeals from party leaders.

In some cases, potential candidates see a tough climate for Republicans, largely because of a troubled economy and a protracted war, according to some Republicans.

It also doesn't help when your "foreign policy expert" presidential candidate cannot tell the difference between Shi'a and Sunni groups. Or ties himself so close to President Bush on Iraq. Or when his speech on the rosy outlook in Iraq gets interrupted by mortar attacks in the Green Zone. Or he admits he doesn't know anything about economics, either. Those are not exactly strong coattails...

(Hat tip: Robert Harding, The Albany Project)

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How sweet it is to see the NY GOP in disarray. :-)

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ap2152002 on April 9, 2008 at 04:03 AM

Yep, I think Ohio's GOP is running for cover since they are the ones that caused Ohio's economy to go down the drain the last sixteen years. Being tied to the most unpopular president in American History doesn't help either.

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Darien on April 9, 2008 at 12:37 PM

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