Maffei, Massa probable for 2008
It looks like Eric Massa and Dan Maffei are both probably running again. So says Roll Call (sorry — it’s not possible to view the full article without a subscription, I’ll have excerpts tomorrow). Nothing official yet.
Meanwhile, Kuhl could be paying a price with voters for voting against the anti-escalation measure:
DCCC spokeswoman Jennifer Crider said the Bush-Iraq ties were particularly effective in races in the Northeast and Midwest, and cited polls showing that a clear majority of Americans oppose the troop increase.
The vote “just drives home the point that these members are tied to President Bush’s failed Iraq strategy,†Crider said.
Narrowly reelected Republicans could mistakenly conclude that if the issues of Bush and Iraq didn’t bring them down in 2006, the same will hold in 2008, said Amy Walter, house editor of the Cook Political Report.
(snip)
Those voting with the president also included Reps. John Doolittle (R-Calif.), who won by 3 percent; Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.), who won by 3 percent; Jon Porter (R-Nev.), who won by 2 percent; Heather Wilson (R-N.M), who won by 1 percent; and New York Republicans Tom Reynolds and Randy Kuhl, who each won by about 3 percent.
[...] promised yesterday, here are some excerpts from the Roll Call article (subscription required) on Massa and Maffei: [...]
[...] was no wonder that both Maffie and Massa were edging ever closer (here’s a great Massa clip) to declaring their candidacies for 2008. As the month drew near a [...]