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Christie to headline fundraisers for Meehan
New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie will headline two fundraisers next month for his former colleague Pat Meehan, lending the 7th District hopeful the prestige of the latest big Republican win.
Christie, who beat incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine earlier this month and was a U.S. Attorney with Meehan, will be at a big-dollar fundraiser for Meehan Dec. 2 at the Union League in downtown Philadelphia, a campaign official said. Later that evening, he’ll appear at a smaller-dollar event in Delaware County, which makes up most of the House district and where Meehan was district attorney.
“It’s an important event because they both served together as U.S. attorneys, so they have a lot in common,” said Vince Galko, Meehan’s senior adviser. “They both have a record of going after corruption.”
With a clear field, Meehan is expected to be the Republican nominee in one of the most competitive House races in the country. He’ll face the winner of a Democratic primary between state Representative Bryan Lentz (D-Delaware), political consultant E. Teresa Touey and environmental lawyer Gail Conner.
November 16, 2009 at 11:22 am
Tags: Chris Christie, PA-7, Pat Meehan
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dave lewis
Nov 16th, 2009
If you look at the way Christie ran. It does offer more of a Blueprint than what happened in the NY-23. The center wins the game.
Does this mean that Meehan will keep Sarah Palin and the Tea Bagger nuts away? interesting….
flynnbw
Nov 16th, 2009
Big question: will Mr. Meehan be able to bring the Republicans who have voted for Democrats at the national level in recent years back to the fold?
ChescoTom
Nov 16th, 2009
Dave,
It would be nice if you didn’t lower the discourse (and yourself) by using vulgarity to make your point.
I am more interested in seeing what this means for Meehan. As a former Specter staffer, who are the other big name folks he can count on for fundraisers. Mayor Giuliani is a former prosecutor and northeastern moderate. Perhaps we can expect to see him here in the coming months.
One of the biggest questions Meehan has to answer for conservatives is how he reconciles Senator Specter’s switch and Meehan’s past relationship with the Senior Senator. Will they attack each other? Will they tacitly assist each other? It remains to be seen.
dave lewis
Nov 16th, 2009
Sounds like you never heard Tea baggers they even have a party.
dave lewis
Nov 16th, 2009
And a nut is a nut
curious
Nov 16th, 2009
Tom-
And couple more questions-
Doesn’t Christie have enough challenges to stay busy in NJ?
How many folks will just remember this pair for their Bush/Rove connection?
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ChescoTom
Nov 17th, 2009
Dave, even President Obama is urging folks to elevate the discourse in this country. You do your argument a disservice in resorting to Tourettes.
Curious, I’m sure Gov-elect Christie has plenty of challenges to stay busy in NJ. He may even have a proportionate amount of challenges as President Obama. President Obama you might recall has set a record for fundraising, attending over 4x as many as his predecessor over the same period (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125651404955107091.html). Given President Obama’s attendance at 26 fundraisers, I think the Gov-elect crossing the Delaware River to attend one can be excused.
As for your Rovian fantasy, if you are convinced of its power to persuade please keep it up. Such conspiracies will soon only fuel the ire of the netroots. After two years of complete D rule, voters will be correct in asking what the party in power has failed to do rather than buy into attenuated conspiracy theories.