Blog Roundup

Fossella still has no comment on whether he thinks American soldier deaths are a "small price to pay." No surprise.

Mole333 is asking readers to kick in $10 to Stephen Harrison's campaign.

The Daily Politics, wait for it, covers a story on the race! It follows a few non-New York stories but it is better than the rest of the year when they don't cover it. (It is kinda near the bottom)

And the Post is saying that Speaker Pelosi herself is wooing Recchia? Somehow I have doubts, and nothing against Domenic or anyone else, but I find it hard to believe. If this was a top 5 pickup potential maybe, even then a stretch, but with the amount of pickups out there, this among them I can't see the Speaker doing the job of the DCCC chair.

Welcome palaverist to the blog block

I stumbled across a new blogger in the district who seems very knowledgeable on political issues. Welcome The Palaverist;

There's a lot of attention already being paid to the 2008 presidential election, but let's not forget about Congress!

In 2006, I campaigned in New York's 13th Congressional District to support Steve Harrison's scrappy but unsuccessful bid to unseat Conservative Republican Vito Fossella.

Now that I actually live in the district, I'm even more anxious to see Fossella taken down. Steve Harrison has announced he'll run again, but the New York Times mentions three other potential candidates: City Council members Michael E. McMahon of Staten Island and Domenic M. Recchia Jr. of Brooklyn, and Assemblyman Michael Cusick of Staten Island.

Following Fossella at Room Eight

If you don't already you might want to check out Richard Reichard's posts on Fossella over at Room Eight. His latest; "Gingrich Hosts Fossella Fund-Raiser."

The Room Eight recommendation aside it is rather curious that Newt would be hosting a fundraising for Fossella. Newt considered a soon to be presidential candidate must be looking for something if he is coming all the way up here just to help an embattled Republican member of Congress. Certainly there are many of those all over the country. Plus considering Fossella's endorsement and backing of Guilliani I scratch my head in confusing as to what they both are getting out of this. There may be a bigger story in there somewhere.