Republican Valerie S. Meyers withdraws from campaign for GA-8

[Ian David]

Today I announced that I'm withdrawing from the campaign to become Georgia's 8th District Representative. http://bit.ly/auhuAQ #GA08 #gagop about 3 hours ago via web

http://twitter.com/vsm2010/status/11761094167


Will Michael Steele's Smarmy Fundraising Light the Fuse of the Tea Party's 'Money Bomb'?

BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Meg White

You'd think after being portrayed as at least tangentially involved in the intimidation and threats of violence against members of Congress over the healthcare bill, tea party organizers would tone down the rhetoric and try to make the practical first birthday of the movement less inflammatory than in recent weeks.

So what's their latest plan for fundraising over the Tax Day holiday? I kid you not, they're promoting a Great Patriot Money Bomb. Basically, a nonpartisan (really?) group of tea party activists have put together a list of bona fide tea party candidates (or as they call themselves "constitutional conservatives") and linked them all together on one fundraising page.

I suppose they're hoping this effort will be more successful than the Republican National Committee's campaign to set ablaze fire House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (though the campaign has raised a fat $1.5 million for the GOP, there's little doubt that Pelosi will retain

More:
http://ow.ly/1vGGu

I guess the money bomb has fizzled, at least for Meyers.