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Needed: A Candidate To Run Against Devin Nunes
Kevin Nunes has been even more disrespectful to his constituents in CA-22 than Markwayne Mullin has been to his. Mullin at least held a town hall meeting-- which is more than Nunes has done. His constituents have taken to following him around, booing him and waving Putin signs in his face. A general 20 point GOP collapse of the Kansas magnitude would sweep Nunes out of office. Trump won his Central Valley district 52.1% to 42.6%. Nunes has never had a serious opponent before and although the DCCC is dragging its feel, several members of Congress aren't-- and are very actively looking for an opponent and ignoring the DCCC.
Wednesday a neighbor came to my door and offered a $100,000 check to Blue America to use in an Independent Expenditure campaign against Nunes. "As a downpayment," he added. I explained that the kind of candidate we need in CA-22-- part of Fresno plus Clovis, Visalia, Tulare, Dinuba-- is an issues-driven populist willing to commit to a 2-cycle strategy.
Central Valley Indivisible, Together We Will Fresno/Central Valley and Health Access California are organizing a town hall for Nunes' constituents for next Wednesday evening, April 19 (6pm) at the Ponderosa lecture hall of the College of the Sequoias in Visalia. I guess I should make my way up there-- it's just a 3 hour drive. Nunes has already announced he's not going and won't be sending one of his staffers.
Wednesday the NY Times reported that suburban voters across the nation are growing even more sour on the GOP. "While the next nationwide elections are not until 2018, Republicans have grown fearful that these voters are recoiling from what they see as lamentable conditions in Washington: a government entirely in Republican hands that has failed to deliver on fundamental goals like overhauling the health care system. Early missteps by President Trump and congressional leaders have weighed heavily on voters from the party’s more affluent wing, anchored in right-of-center suburbs around major cities in the South and Midwest. Never beloved in these precincts, Mr. Trump appears to be struggling to maintain support from certain voters who backed him last year mainly as a way of defeating Hillary Clinton... It remains to be seen if Democrats can fully exploit the turbulent environment. They hoped last fall that Mr. Trump’s unpopularity would drag down suburban-based Republican candidates across the country, but the party won full control of government. And Democrats may face a tricky balancing act if the explosion of energy on the left collides with the native sensitivities of the moderate-to-conservative districts they aim to win."
Wednesday a neighbor came to my door and offered a $100,000 check to Blue America to use in an Independent Expenditure campaign against Nunes. "As a downpayment," he added. I explained that the kind of candidate we need in CA-22-- part of Fresno plus Clovis, Visalia, Tulare, Dinuba-- is an issues-driven populist willing to commit to a 2-cycle strategy.
Central Valley Indivisible, Together We Will Fresno/Central Valley and Health Access California are organizing a town hall for Nunes' constituents for next Wednesday evening, April 19 (6pm) at the Ponderosa lecture hall of the College of the Sequoias in Visalia. I guess I should make my way up there-- it's just a 3 hour drive. Nunes has already announced he's not going and won't be sending one of his staffers.
Wednesday the NY Times reported that suburban voters across the nation are growing even more sour on the GOP. "While the next nationwide elections are not until 2018, Republicans have grown fearful that these voters are recoiling from what they see as lamentable conditions in Washington: a government entirely in Republican hands that has failed to deliver on fundamental goals like overhauling the health care system. Early missteps by President Trump and congressional leaders have weighed heavily on voters from the party’s more affluent wing, anchored in right-of-center suburbs around major cities in the South and Midwest. Never beloved in these precincts, Mr. Trump appears to be struggling to maintain support from certain voters who backed him last year mainly as a way of defeating Hillary Clinton... It remains to be seen if Democrats can fully exploit the turbulent environment. They hoped last fall that Mr. Trump’s unpopularity would drag down suburban-based Republican candidates across the country, but the party won full control of government. And Democrats may face a tricky balancing act if the explosion of energy on the left collides with the native sensitivities of the moderate-to-conservative districts they aim to win."
The complete articles is at http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2017/04/needed-candidate-to-run-against-devin.html .
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