| I thought I would share something with you I posted at Jon Runyan Watch.
I have the feeling the Republicans may regret forcing Jon Runyan's opponents out of the primary. The GOP has posted the video of his first appearance and here are the highlights:
He "thinks" he is qualified because "he cares."
He tells us how bad the economy was in the late 1980s. Hmmm... first Ronald Reagan and then George H. W. Bush were President then.
He does have a good, moving story about growing up in Flint, Michigan, and how the family had just $100 for Christmas. His father couldn't find a job for three years when the factories closed.
He's not naming any issues, and admits he doesn't know about any issues, except perhaps wanting "change," opposing "big government," and wanting to let "the people" fix the recession with tax cuts.
But what will happen when he has to answer questions? President Barack Obama and Representative John Adler's stimulus package cut taxes for the working middle class. It extended unemployment benefits for those who, like his father, couldn't get a new job. How can Runyan be against this after his story? When he's asked about Chris Christie's plan to take $50 a week from the unemployed, will he answer with a story about how much $100 meant to his unemployed father? How is he going to run on Reagan's greatness when his hometown's economy and his family's prosperity was destroyed under Reagan? I just don't see where this campaign is going. |
