Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 01:30:00 PM EDT
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Chris Daggett said yesterday that he was pressured by national Republicans not to run his Independent campaign for Governor:In an interview on Sirius-XM Radio early Wednesday, Daggett said businessman Christy Mihos had called him to urge him to quit the race, saying he may be blamed for giving Corzine four more years. Mihos ran for Massachusetts governor as an independent in 2006, and he is now running as a Republican for that post.
"He felt that he did a lousy job when he ran [as] an independent, and now people are blaming him for it, and trying to act as though, or worry that I might be blamed in New Jersey for a Republican losing," Daggett said. But Daggett wasn't having any of that talk and pushed back as he has consistently against arguments that he was going to cost the GOP the race:"If the Republicans lose in New Jersey, they've got to look in the mirror," Daggett said. "The Republicans are the party of no. They don't participate meaningfully in the debate about how to fix things."
Daggett, asked if Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele had contacted him, said no. But, he said, Republicans "have sent other missionaries."
A spokesman for the Republican Governors Association said the organization did not urge Mihos to contact Daggett. This isn't the first time in this campaign we've seen a candidate receive pressure from the right side to drop their campaigns. In the primary, Rick Merckt said that John Inglesino, a fundraiser for and friend of Chris Christie offered him a "major position" if he dropped his run for office. Christie of course said Inglesino was just a volunteer and that he had no knowledge of the offer. I guess they just figure they can't lose to people they don't actually end up running against. |
| Jason Springer :: Daggett says the GOP tried to force him out of the race |
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