NY Sun Harrison article

The Democrat's criticisms of Mr. Fossella, who is the only GOP member of the city's congressional delegation, are consistent with the party's national strategy of linking Republican incumbents to Bush administration policies.

"I think he's repeatedly voted far more closely with the people of Texas than he does with the people of Staten Island," Mr. Harrison said.

For his part, Mr. Fossella, 41, seems to be distancing himself from the White House. His campaign slogan proclaims that he is "an independent fighter," and as Mr. Harrison is quick to note, the word Republican does not appear in the biography on Mr. Fossella's campaign Web site.

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