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OK, Now That Stupak’s Gone, Who Wants to Beat Another Blue Dog Democrat?

Posted on | April 9, 2010 | 16 Comments

His name is Rep. John Barrow, and he’s from Georgia’s 12th District. Say hello to his Republican challenger, Ray McKinney, a nuclear power project manager from Emanuel County, Ga.:

Peach Pundit blogged about Ray’s campaign earlier this week, and I reported that — happy! happy! joy! joy!MoveOn.org is preparing to attack Barrow from the left, where he faces a Democratic primary challenge from former state Sen. Regina Thomas. In 2006, Barrow won by a 1% margin and the word here at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans is that GA12 is being added to the NRCC’s target list.

UPDATE 9 a.m. CT, Saturday: Ray’s campaign Web site is a work in progress. In fact, the site didn’t go live until last night during the SRLC Blogger Bash, which was Tweeted by Melissa Clouthier:

Also, thanks to @RayMcKinney Campaign, @FreedomWorks for sponsoring and honoring bloggers at #blogbash at #srlc Great party!

Yeah, Ray’s on Twitter. Because he’s cool like that.

Comments

16 Responses to “OK, Now That Stupak’s Gone, Who Wants to Beat Another Blue Dog Democrat?”

  1. Miss Sharon
    April 10th, 2010 @ 3:12 am

    Well. We can at least Google bomb him.

    http://www.raymckinney.org/

  2. Miss Sharon
    April 9th, 2010 @ 10:12 pm

    Well. We can at least Google bomb him.

    http://www.raymckinney.org/

  3. Stephanie
    April 10th, 2010 @ 4:40 am

    Ahahahaha. Always gotta find a Democrat to attack, don’t ya?

  4. Stephanie
    April 9th, 2010 @ 11:40 pm

    Ahahahaha. Always gotta find a Democrat to attack, don’t ya?

  5. Patrick
    April 10th, 2010 @ 6:05 am

    Happy Happy Joy Joy?!?!

    Oh Lord. Now he thinks he’s stimpy… 🙄

  6. Patrick
    April 10th, 2010 @ 1:05 am

    Happy Happy Joy Joy?!?!

    Oh Lord. Now he thinks he’s stimpy… 🙄

  7. Estragon
    April 10th, 2010 @ 8:47 am

    Well, this is a district where we might have a chance, and it makes sense to keep it on the radar.

    Erickson has gone off the deep end, urging donations to Republicans in GA-04 (Atlanta, McKinney’s old district), TN-09 (Memphis, 60% black) and IL-17 (only D+3 in registration, but gerrymandered after 1990 and 2000 Censuses to be pretty safely Democratic, even for the odious Phil Hare).

    Wasting money in districts we would only win in a major landslide (if then) means diverting scarce resources from the districts which are competitive, and the money might actually make the difference.

  8. Estragon
    April 10th, 2010 @ 3:47 am

    Well, this is a district where we might have a chance, and it makes sense to keep it on the radar.

    Erickson has gone off the deep end, urging donations to Republicans in GA-04 (Atlanta, McKinney’s old district), TN-09 (Memphis, 60% black) and IL-17 (only D+3 in registration, but gerrymandered after 1990 and 2000 Censuses to be pretty safely Democratic, even for the odious Phil Hare).

    Wasting money in districts we would only win in a major landslide (if then) means diverting scarce resources from the districts which are competitive, and the money might actually make the difference.

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  10. McGehee
    April 10th, 2010 @ 12:57 pm

    Wasting money in districts we would only win in a major landslide (if then) means diverting scarce resources from the districts which are competitive, and the money might actually make the difference.

    It works both ways though — and in this election cycle the Republicans might be expected to have the money to waste.

  11. McGehee
    April 10th, 2010 @ 7:57 am

    Wasting money in districts we would only win in a major landslide (if then) means diverting scarce resources from the districts which are competitive, and the money might actually make the difference.

    It works both ways though — and in this election cycle the Republicans might be expected to have the money to waste.

  12. KingShamus
    April 10th, 2010 @ 1:23 pm

    Everytime MoveOn.org challenges a Democrat from a far-left standpoint, John Boehner gets 1 shade more tan.

  13. KingShamus
    April 10th, 2010 @ 8:23 am

    Everytime MoveOn.org challenges a Democrat from a far-left standpoint, John Boehner gets 1 shade more tan.

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