there are now 2 dem held districts where this issue, the planting of a tea party putup to split the opp, has come to dominate their campaigns in the last week or so
bryan lentz in admiral sestak's open PA7, west philly suburbs, delaware county
lentz originally said he knew nothing about this shill, he "believed in his heart" no one in his campaign was involved
now, he's come around and admitted his involvement
Democrat Bryan Lentz admits his role in helping third candidate | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/20/2010
lentz trailed us attorney patrick meehan, one of dick morris' men, 34 to 31, per mason dixon, oct 14
the other race where this planting of a phony teapartier has become THE campaign is NJ3, just across the delaware river from philly, camden, cherry hill
there 9 termer john adler, who is an excellent candidate, is fighting off a challenge from 15 year stalwart philadelphia eagle pro bowl right tackle jon runyan
adler's the kind of guy who says things like---when i was a kid i did what i called work at my dad's dry cleaning store, he would've called it goofing off and getting in the way
the summer campaign was dominated by the well funded incumbent's tv ads attacking the tackle for buying a donkey so he could get a tax break on his camden county estate
now, everyone's talking about the tea plant
As Third District race heats up, Rep. John Adler keeps his cool | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/21/2010
both PA7 and NJ3 pipe in to the same philly media market
both are rated tossups, that'd make em pickups in the #40 to #70 range
zogby yesterday had adler trailing the football player with the ass, 40 to 37
37% support for a nine term incumbent is indecent