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Oakland Press To Paul Welday: "Can't You Just Go Away For A While?"By Theblogprof, Section News
cross-posted at theblogprof
Keep it classy, Oakland Press! The ink is barely dry on Welday's announcement that he will challenge US Rep. Gary Peters for his seat, and the Oakland Press is asking for a time-out. That sure didn't take long! OP headline this morning: Abilities aside, it's too soon for campaigning. Being that it is now April, it is not too far from the June 2007 announcement that Gary Peters made a few years ago that he was going after Joe Knollenberg's seat. That's like a 2-month difference. (and yes, his official statement was in August, but everyone knew in June if not sooner) Just out of curiosity, I did a search to see if the Oakland Press ran a similar piece 2 years ago saying that Peters was getting in too early. Know what I found? Crickets chirping. Yup - nada. So spare me the feigned indignation, OP, that the battle in 2010 is too soon to start now, when June 2007 somehow was not. In any case, here are some snippets from the editorial:
Most members of The Oakland Press Editorial Board don't know Paul Welday personally. But the Oakland County businessman and former GOP chairman from Farmington Hills has an excellent reputation.What does the Oakland Press suggest? Legislation for campaigning only 4-6 months before the election! Where was this 2 years ago? Where? Anybody? Bueller??? Here's the thing, though: in related news, also from the Oakland Press, Peters has already amassed $430,890 in the first three months of 2009 and has cash on hand of $435,736. In fact, MI Dem Chair Mark Brewer said this: Peters raised the most money of any new member of Congress.What we have here is a thinly-veiled suggestion by the Oakland Press for an Incumbent Protection Act. In fact, implied in the article is a ban on any announcement by a challenger to run for the seat. By preventing campaigning until 4-6 months before an election, the incumbent politician will always vastly outraise a challenger because, well, that person already retains his or her seat and proposes legislation in line with interest groups that funnel that politico money. On the other hand, the challenger, not being able to campaign during much of the 2-year period for a Rep, is going to literally get short-changed. Isn't it already bad enough that we have incumbency protection in gerrymandered districts?
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