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2010-02-19 Home Front: Politix

Ex-Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH) is the latest former member of Congress who wants his old job back. Bass, who lost his seat in '06, said he would run again in a conference call this morning.

Bass will face a GOP primary and the winner of what looks like a competitive Dem field. A centrist, Bass will face ex-state Rep. Bob Giuda (R), radio host/'08 nominee Jennifer Horn (R) and local officials from Bristol and Milford.

The man who beat him, Rep. Paul Hodes (D), is vacating the seat to run for Senate. Bass beat Hodes in '04 by a wide 58%-38% margin, but in '06, aided by the national wave that favored Dems, Hodes came back for a 53%-46% win.

The district, based in Nashua and Concord, runs all the way north to the Canadian border. It has given Dems a majority in at least the last 3 WH elections, handing Pres. Obama a 56%-43% win in '08. But few states flipped faster towards Dems than NH did, and in the current national climate, the GOP is favored to have a good year in the Granite State.

Bass joins ex-Reps. Steve Chabot (R-OH), Steve Pearce (R-NM), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Mike Sodrel (R-IN), Richard Pombo (R-CA) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), all of whom are seeking their old seats.

Posted by Fred 2010-02-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

#1 Sorry, Charlie, no do-overs. I don't give a rat's backside about how centrist you are, your experience, your contacts in the gummint, blah, blah, blah. You might not be an actual incumbent, but having been a SIX-TERM congressturd means you HAD to be able to see the mess we were about to get into, didn't do jack squat to prevent it, and therefore qualify as being part of the phuecking problem.

NO INCUMBENTS. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-02-19 01:23|| 2010-02-19 01:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Ricky, I think you are right. I don't remember hearing about Bass warning us about this collapse and trying to do something different. The GOPs only bright spot is that they aren't quite as bad as the Dems.

Posted by Formerly Dan 2010-02-19 11:10|| 2010-02-19 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 One concern I have with the 'no incumbents period' approach is that then you run the risk of a Congress full of inexperienced people who haven't learned the lessons there to be learned.

As the current Administration demonstrates, there are risks involved in going that way.

Posted by lotp 2010-02-19 11:59|| 2010-02-19 11:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I can see the attack ads now:

"Charlie Bass, that bigmouth, is running for office again....There's something fishy about him...you may have thought thought he was washed up, but he's back, slimy as ever, selling the same old line, carping about the president just for the halibut.

"Don't let Charlie Bass hook you again."

Posted by Mike 2010-02-19 17:19|| 2010-02-19 17:19|| Front Page Top

#5 You should be ashamed of yourself, Mike, but I rather imagine you aren't in the least. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-19 23:06|| 2010-02-19 23:06|| Front Page Top

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