Five Days to Go
June 1st, 2006 at 11:06am Geraldine
Fallon is in Marshalltown today, campaigning there for the last time before the election. He commented on his opponents’ endorsements saying,
My campaign has never been about media endorsements,” he said. “Even though I don’t have many endorsements from the labor unions, but many rank-and-file members supporting me.
It’s sort of funny that that’s the first quote in the Times-Republican article, since Fallon received his first batch of legislative endorsements yesterday.
Reflecting on the campaign at this point, Fallon said “I can’t say I’m going to win, but I’m confident it will be competitive.” On his supporters, he added, “I’m giving them a reason to vote,” he said. “I feel a lot of people have lost hope in the political process. I’m giving them a reason to hope.”
If the Fallon campaign has toyed with the idea of endorsing Blouin, I would imagine that sort of quote indicates where Fallon stands. (Just speculation.)
On an unrelated note, George Pataki visited Iowa yesterday and agreed to hold a fundraiser for Jeff Lamberti in New York next month. Here’s where the Boswell-Lamberti thermometer stands as of May 17. (Boxer money yet to come.)
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2 Comments Add your own
1. noneed4thneed | June 1st, 2006 at 9:23 pm
I was at the event in Marshalltown and that quote from Fallon about the race being competitive was taking out of context. That quote followed a whole paragraph about why Fallon has the best chance in the primary. Then he sort of backstepped saying that he knows it will be a competive race.
Fallon was in Marshalltown on Tuesday afternoon, which meant that it was too late to get in the paper here in Marshalltown on Wed. That is why it was in Thursday’s paper.
The TR also didn’t mention Fallon’s comments about the DM Register and how he was endorsed by the Iowa City Press Citizen and the Sierra Club.
2. Hannah | June 2nd, 2006 at 10:01 am
Thanks for the clarification! I think another reflection on this election season would have to be that the news coverage has been particularly bad/sloppy/selective.
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