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NY-9: Democrats Panic as Bob Turner Surges in Anthony Weiner’s District

Posted on | September 9, 2011 | 7 Comments

Three weeks ago, I told you about Republican Bob Turner’s “unexpectedly” strong campaign in New York’s 9th District in the Sept. 13 special election to fill Anthony Weiner’s seat:

The district’s Cook Partisan Voting Index rating is only D+5 — not nearly as prohibitively partisan as Jerry Nadler’s 8th District (D+22), for example. And remember how fired up we got for Sean Bielat’s challenge to Barney Frank? The Cook PVI rating for Frank’s MA-4 district is D+14. So if a bunch of bloggers and Tea Party types could put the fear into Barney — and we had him sweating, didn’t we? — we might actually be able to beat this Democrat second-teamer Dave Weprin.

Sept. 13 is Tuesday, and apparently the Turner campaign has inspired genuine fear in the Democrats:

Democrats are showing the clearest sign yet of concern ahead of next Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 9th District — the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up on air with an expensive television buy in the campaign’s closing days.
According to buy information obtained by Hotline On Call, the DCCC has made a $483,500 TV ad buy in the district, starting tomorrow through Monday. The broadcast TV buy will not air on September 11, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Democratic super PAC House Majority PAC has also bought advertising time in the district as well.

There’s good reason for the Democrats to panic: A poll conducted last week showed Turner leading 44%-40% with 12% undecided. The jitters have caused Democrats to make numerous blunders in NY-9, including a TV ad that had to be re-edited because “an image of a plane flying over the Manhattan skyline — meant to be a corporate jet to represent Republican Bob Turner’s support for corporate tax loopholes . . . evoked anger in some corners for the echoes it brought up just days before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.” Some Democrats are blaming the Weprin campaign staff. But the Democratic candidate hasn’t exactly covered himself in glory, either:

Weprin endured ribbing in New York City tabloids after he pulled out of a recent debate and explained that he was doing so because of Hurricane Irene – which, at the time, had already passed. A few days later, he was criticized after he told the New York Daily News that the nation’s deficit was $4 trillion, even though it is actually $14 trillion.
Then there is Weprin’s effort to manage his connection to President Barack Obama. At a press conference last month, Weprin declined to answer whether he would endorse Obama, only to release a statement the next day clarifying that he would. Then, he hedged in his support for the president in a newspaper interview last week, saying: “I will probably not refuse to endorse him because I think I will be more effective by supporting him but at the same time, being very strongly against him on some of his policies.”

In a district with a significant Jewish population, Weprin is suffering because of perceptions that the Obama administration hasn’t been sufficiently pro-Israel — a point Donald Trump makes in his robo-call for Turner:

All in all, it’s a perfect storm that might flip NY-9 to Republicans, and you can help. Remember yesterday, I told you about Conservative Action Fund’s effort for Mark Amodei in Nevada’s 2nd District? Well, CAF is also supporting Bob Turner and your contribution — $25, $50, $100 — could make a big difference.

BOB TURNER for U.S. CONGRESS
He’s Scaring Liberals to Death!


Category: Congress, Election, New York

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7 Responses to “NY-9: Democrats Panic as Bob Turner Surges in Anthony Weiner’s District”

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  4. Adjoran
    September 9th, 2011 @ 6:00 pm

    Heh.  Sweet.

    No updates on Weiner’s treatment?  I hear they are working wonders with electro-shock therapy these days  . . .

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