Dan Quayle slates Ariz. fundraiser By KASIE HUNT 9/14/10 5:41 PM EDT
Politico.com
The Quayles are spreading the wealth.
Former Vice President Dan Quayle will host a fundraiser for three Arizona congressional candidates at his Paradise Valley home this Friday night —and the money will benefit not just his son, Ben, but also the GOP nominees in Arizona’s 1st and 5th districts.
Dentist Paul Gosar, running against Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick in the 1st, sent out an invitation Monday inviting supporters to the fundraiser, which will also benefit 5th District nominee Dave Schweikert in his race against Rep. Harry Mitchell.
Friday’s guest of honor is House Minority Leader John Boehner, whom Gosar billed as “the man who will soon replace Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House.” Co-chairing the fundraiser is the state’s Republican congressional delegation, including Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl and Reps. Jeff Flake, John Shadegg and Trent Franks.
Dan Quayle has already helped his son raise more than $1.3 million for his campaign for the retiring Shadegg’s 3rd District seat—much of it from former politicians and colleagues outside of Arizona. Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, hosted a May fundraiser at their Houston home to help Ben Quayle, and officials
including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Bush chief of staff John Sununu have donated to Quayle’s campaign.
Quayle is the frontrunner in the heavily Republican district, though he faces a well-funded Democratic opponent in businessman Jon Hulburd. Hulburd’s wife, Carrie, is one of the family owners of S.C. Johnson, the consumer products giant.
RealClearPolitics.com Gosar already leades you by 6%.
We tried to warn you way last year but you wouldn't listen.
To:Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick
September 4, 2010
Starting over a year ago in Aug 2010, many of us tried in vain to get you to represent the majority of us and vote against Obamacare. You even walked out of one of your own "TownHall" meetings refusing to hold another one where you are required to meet with us face to face.
We told you we would not vote for you again if you supported ObamaCare.
You did not listen, but instead went with the far left liberal Democrats in Congress thinking you knew what was best for us even though the majority of us clearly did NOT want Obamacare and still don't!
Paul Gosar will vote to repeal the Obamacare mess and he won't support Nancy ("you have to let us pass the health care bill before you can know what is in it") Pelosi for Speaker. And he is leading you in the polls by 6%already. See RealClearPolitics.com. You
can't say we didn't warn you. Last time around I voted for YOU.
And then you voted for Obamacare. So much for voting for phony "blue dog" democrats. I won't be fooled again. I am now financially supporting and voting for Republican Paul Gosar, and I am FIRED UP like never before!!
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How David Schweikert can unseat Harry Mitchell
AZ Republic Robert Robb
From the political notebook:
• The best chance for a Republican pickup of a congressional seat in Arizona is probably David Schweikert's challenge against Harry Mitchell in the East Valley.
There are two reasons for this. The first is the political arithmetic.
There are 38,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats in the district. That compares with a 17,000 Republican-registration advantage in Gabrielle Giffords' southern Arizona district and a 20,000 registration disadvantage in Ann Kirkpatrick's district in northern Arizona.
The second is the quality of candidates. Schweikert is a mainstream conservative with a track record as a state legislator and county treasurer, as well as previous congressional bids. He's not the leap in the dark voters would be making with Jesse Kelly, Gifford's challenger, or Paul Gosar, who's taking on Kirkpatrick.
To maximize his chances, however, Schweikert needs to run an unconventional and unlikely campaign.To overcome the registration disadvantage, Mitchell relies on crossover Republicans and particularly the large segment of the district, 32 percent, registered independent.
Given the prevailing national and local sentiment, crossover Republicans are going to be much harder for Mitchell to find, making him even more dependent on the independent vote.
If Schweikert can hold Mitchell to less than 60 percent of the independent vote, he will probably win.
If he can hold Mitchell to less than 55 percent of the independent vote, he will certainly win. The best Schweikert approach to independents wouldn't be to attempt to demonize Mitchell. Indeed, it would be respectful of Mitchell's iconic status in much of the district, after 40 years of public service on the Tempe City Council, as Tempe mayor, in the state Legislature and in Congress.
And it wouldn't attempt to depict Mitchell as a clone of Nancy Pelosi, which he is not. In fact, it would acknowledge Mitchell's occasional acts of deviation from Democratic orthodoxy, such as on taxes. Instead, the argument would be as follows: Mitchell is a good man who has served his community with honor.
However, at this point in our country's history, we just cannot afford a congressman who occasionally votes no on small things, such as mostly meaningless budget resolutions.
Instead, we need a congressman who will vote no consistently on big things, such as a $700 billion bank bailout, an $800 billion stimulus spending spree, and a trillion-dollar health-care plan. That's where independent voters in the district are probably at. And in politics, the easiest way to get voters to vote your way is to show them how what they already believe naturally leads to the conclusion you want
them to reach. Nuanced arguments such as this, however, don't come naturally to candidates or political consultants. Their instincts are always for smash-mouth politics.
Given the temper of the times, smash-mouth politics might get it done for Schweikert. But it doesn't maximize his chances.
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