Further Evidence of Backroom Deal With Supposed Independent Angus King National Democrats, as part of their relentless “Year of The Woman” narrative, are out today touting two new joint fundraising committees created to boost female U.S. Senate candidates. However, one female candidate’s name is conspicuously absent – Maine State Senator Cynthia Dill – even though like Dill, at least three other female candidates being supported by the national party are not yet the official Democratic nominees in their respective races. According to The Hill: Each of the committees the DSCC registered include different participants, although six candidates and the DSCC are included in both committees. The six benefiting from both are Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Hawaii Senate candidate Rep. Mazie Hirono (D), Wisconsin Senate candidate Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D), and Nevada Senate candidate Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.). Of those, Berkley and Baldwin…
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National Democrats Succeed In Pushing Pingree Aside
8 Days Until Filing Deadline & National Party Mounts No Effort To Field A Viable Democratic Candidate, Further Suggesting Backroom Deal With King One day after top Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) would not deny that he’s had recent private conversations with former Maine Governor Angus King, a prominent liberal blogger for the Washington Post reports this morning that Congresswoman Chellie Pingree — “a favorite of national liberals and progressives — has decided not to run for the seat of retiring Olympia Snowe.” Responding to this unsurprising news, National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Rob Jesmer reiterated the view today that the fix has been in for national Democrats to privately anoint Independent candidate Angus King as their standard-bearer. “The decision by national Democrats to throw Chellie Pingree and other proud Democratic leaders in Maine aside, in favor of an ‘independent’ who supported President Bush in 2000, makes clear they…
