I interviewed John and the Ann Marie Buerkle event last night:
this is the real problem for dems. Over and over I see republican voters who are new to the system, while on the Democratic side existing voters are staying home.
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Voices of the voters: John at the Buerkle event
Posted: October 18, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, internet/free speech, opinion/news, politics, short films/interviewsTags: ann marie Buerkle, have fedora will travel, ny-25, road trip, voices of the voters
Voices of the Candidates: Ann Marie Buerkle republican for congress Ny-25
Posted: October 18, 2010 by datechguy in elections, politics, short films/interviewsTags: 2010 elections, ann marie Buerkle, election 2010, have fedora will travel, ny-25, road trip, voices of the candidates
I caught most of Ann Marie Buerkle’s speech today at the event in Clyde yesterday
I like her a lot, but the Lonely Conservative’s high opinion of her speaks volumes as well.
7:42 a.m. Bright eyed and bushy taled in Jamesville NY
Posted: October 18, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, internet/free speech, politicsTags: 2010 elections, election 2010, have fedora will travel, ny, ny-24, richard hannah, road trip, robert stacy mccain
Got a very good nights sleep, Stacy is still kinda Crashed on the couch but he was up later than me and thus managed to tell this story before I did:
“I work 75 hours a week at this place,” said the owner-operator of a convenience store on State Route 41 in Cortland County. “All I ever get are bills coming in, where they’re raising the taxes on this and raising the taxes on that.”
The silver-haired small business owner’s diatribe had begun when I put a copy of the Syracuse Post-Standard on the counter and he asked, “Reading about all our political prostitutes?”
His business was my favorite stop of the trip, he sold RootBeer Popsicle which I like in the same way Stacy likes coffee and cigs.
He also points out that the store was in fact in NY-24 so I stand corrected about passing through Mr. Hannah’s district.
He also updated his post with an interview with Ann Maire Buerkle
It's not generally known but Robert Stacy McCain weaves a multi colored cocoon and emerges from it daily to blog
So once he emerges from the cacoon we will be off and running.
Jamesville NY 10:10 PM
Posted: October 17, 2010 by datechguy in congress, internet/free speech, politics, special eventsTags: 2010 elections, ann marie Buerkle, election 2010, george phillips, have fedora will travel, ny-22, ny-25, road trip, robert stacy mccain
At the Phillips HQ in Elmira
We ended up at the George Phillips HQ in Elmira near 4 p.m. The candidate had a commitment but his campaign manager gave us a run down of the district.
Campaign mgr Matt Hudson Explains the situation
It is a very odd shaped place that is designed to add democratic strength to the district.
The Long and Winding 22nd district
and before you complain about the evil democrats doing that, it was republicans who did so under the theory that it decreased democratic turnout in several other districts at the risk of this one. (think of GA-4 etc)
What we heard is what I’ve heard consistently from voters. New people coming, excited and energized, can’t keep up with sign requests, people of all parties ready for a change. As a rule you take such info with a healthy set of skepticism from a campaign manager but I’ve heard this story over and over again, I’m inclined to buy it.
This is only a glimpse, the views here are all spectacular!
We then jumped into the car and headed north we talked to some voters on the way and a pair just before the meeting with Mr. Phillips campaign man. The consistent feeling was anger, the results slightly different, some were too disgusted to vote, others were angry and couldn’t wait to vote, and one voter didn’t like the Gov choices.
Voters are just as angry but still mixed on Carl
We reached Clyde in Monroe county at the tale end of the event
I'd never actually seen a Grange hall
Buerkle was pressing the …
Buerkle and the voters
…as Stacy and the Lonely Conservative discussed the race
Stacy and the Lonely Conservative talk campaign
Ann Marie Buerkle addressed the crowd and the people seemed to like what they heard. I must confess I’m partial to her myself, her family came from Italy around the same time as mine.
Buerkle addresses the crowd
We have one more stop in NY tomorrow then it’s off to Penn-10. I’ll have some video up tomorrow, meanwhile Stacy’s latest post is here. We passed through Mr. Hanna’s district but didn’t have time to stop today.
Update Forgot to mention we ended up at the Lonely Conservatives place where this report was filed from.
I will be uploading video tomorrow.
Update 2: The Lonely Conservative tells more
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