Plunderbund

Again, I refuse to drive traffic to this guy’s site, rewarding this kind of behavior. But it should be documented.
After printing some unsubstantiated “rumors” the other day, he continues today, “documenting” these rumors with an email from his “informant.” An excerpt:
I was at [redacted] almost all day last Monday trying to get evidence […]

Apparently Tiberi is suffering from tendonitis. Eric speculates that it might be from too much rubber-stamping, and suggests a solution.
Heh.

Unfutz has done some excellent work, pulling together in one place a summary of the predictions for the upcoming election. General consensus: Democrats win the House, the Senate hovering right around a split.

I’ve provided here the most recent predictions as of the time I wrote this post, but you can visit Unfutz to get […]

Time is starting to run out, but as early polling showed if Shamansky can get his message out there, he can win this district. CQ updated OH-12 from “Safe Republican” to “Republican Favored”.
12th District: Are you old enough to remember — really remember — the 1980 presidential race between Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter and […]

I’ve been wanting to write about the NRCC ad attacking Zack Space. Here is the ad:

And here is why the ad is wrong, from the Zanesville Times-Recorder.
To the Editor:
A television ad paid for by the Republican National Committee implies that the supporters of Zack Space are […]

The NRCC is abandoning several races, and it looks like Pryce is one of the candidates being thrown to the wolves.
In this week’s House Line, Reps. John Hostettler (Ind.), Don Sherwood (Pa.) and Deborah Pryce (Ohio) are all cracking the top five for the first time. Republican strategists are extremely skeptical about any of the […]

Checking my mail before I head out to pick apples with the family and then watch the OSU game (hey, it’s the weekend - bloggers are allowed to have actual lives!), I found this gem…

I think it’s pretty funny, but sometimes you don’t know how these things will go over with the general public. […]

And rightfully so. He’s mad as hell (pdf). Tiberi made all kinds of “carpetbagging” accusations and even accused Shamansky of breaking the law, while he did no such thing - and there is zero evidence pointing towards it.

OK, so this would be pathetic normally. Tiberi’s “Sham”ansky ad, which tries to attack Shamansky for owning more than one residence, debuted this past weekend, and I’ve heard from a pal who works on Republican ad campaigns at a national level that the general consensus is the ad is terrible. Which meshes with […]

Remember the flareup over a picture of Bob Shamansky with a retired military man he happened to bump into at a parade this summer? At the time, Eric pointed out that The Strategy Group for Media had a picture of Tiberi with an active duty soldier on their website.
Asking Bob to remove a photo […]

So says the Delaware Gazette (pdf).

Saw this ad last weekend, and it’s finally up on YouTube. IMO, it’s terrible - and I’m not even sure what the point of the ad is. (HT: BSB)

You can see part of the Shamansky campaign’s response after the jump.

Bob Shamansky today called for the resignations of Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) for their roles in attempting to cover up former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL)’s inappropriate advances towards a 16-year-old Congressional Page.
Said Shamansky, “the time has come for House Speaker Dennis Hastert and House Majority Leader John Boehner […]

First Boehner said he talked to Hastert about Foley, then he denied it, and now he’s saying he did, in fact, talk to Hastert about this… maybe.
Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) this morning switched his position on the leader’s culpability, telling a radio interviewer, “I believe I talked to the Speaker and he told me […]

It took a few days (and a little prodding from Shamansky and the liberal blogosphere), but Tiberi has decided to donate the $2000 he received from Mark Foley’s PAC.
Tiberi spokesman Bruce Cuthbertson said yesterday that the contribution Tiberi received from Foley’s PAC will be donated to two local childabuse prevention programs.
“For someone who focuses on […]