The Democrats face some serious challenges in the mid-term elections next month. The economy has not responded in the way that they had hoped, and the Tea Party has energized a mushy Republican party. What are they supposed to do? Well, when in doubt, confuse the issue.<\/p>\n
This story is based on two stories–an Associated Press story in the Long Island Press<\/a> on October 8th and a story by Scott Johnson posted at Power Line<\/a> on October 9th. Both stories deal with a supposed Tea Party candidate running in New Jersey’s Third Congressional District. <\/p>\n According to the article at Power LIne:<\/p>\n “Desperate times call for desperate measures. South Jersey’s <\/em>Courier-Post<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a> newspaper <\/em>now reports<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a> that the Adler campaign recruited a fake third-party candidate (Peter DeStefano) to draw votes from Jon Runyan, the Republican candidate opposing Adler.” <\/em><\/p>\n “…Roh’s work is deserving of something like a Pulitzer Prize, but I doubt that it will get anything like the publicity it deserves. Roh helpfully quotes one Democratic operative providing the explanation for what has transpired: “The goal was to take 5 percent of Runyan’s vote.” The AP covers the story <\/em>here<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a>.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Long Island Press reports:<\/p>\n “The operatives told the Courier-Post the plan was shared with members of the South Jersey Young Democrats, and some in that group gathered signatures for DeStefano – while others didn’t because they thought the plan was unethical.<\/em><\/p>\n “Republicans started raising suspicions about DeStefano months ago when they found many of the signatures on his nominating petitions were from Democrats, including a former Adler campaign staffer.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There are other instances of this throughout the country. There are some real questions about a third-party Senate candidate in Nevada and also some questions about a third-party candidate running for Governor of Massachusetts. The idea is to split the Republican vote and allow the Democrats to win. It’s probably not illegal to run as a third party candidate in order to split the vote, but it is another reason for voters to pay strict attention in this election season and vote carefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Democrats face some serious challenges in the mid-term elections next month. The economy has not responded in the way that they had hoped, and the Tea Party has energized a mushy Republican party. What are they supposed to do? … Continue reading \n
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