Missing The Mark On Marsden

Lets be careful about the residency issue, shall we Republicans?

It is distasteful and extremely shallow that he has "rented a room" at someone's house.  It violates the spirit of represented government that he would represent a district he doesn't live in.  The last two times I saw this happen, Steve Chapman and Dick Black, it didn't work out.  But lets be careful, and let me explain why.

Something close to 10 of Marsden's precincts are in the 37th senate distirct, so there are a lot of voters in this district that have cast votes for Marsden in the past.  He has traction here, he's worked for votes here, and he has won here in three straight delegate races.  Barely, and I don't think Marsden has a very good hold on his district, but he's won.

We can't zero in on one controversial sliver of Marsden's record.  Instead we need a broad and conservative platform similar to what McDonnell ran on based on answering kitchen table questions with real conservative answers.  Lets make this instance of Marsden part of an overall record of shallowness.  He was a Republican working for Ken Cuccinelli, then a Democrat because Dillard couldn't get his way, and now this . . . lets paint Marsden with a broad brush of being a political oppurtunist who looks out for himself first.  Similar to how Jim LeMunyon ran against Chuck Caputo, he made Chuck's cruise ship ride part of a broader narrative rather than zeroing in on it non-stop with non-stop attacks.  That just doesn't work.

Lets just be careful and a bit clever to really help with this. 

Comments

[anomyous]

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[Ron]

Hey, but the snark is still a lot of fun!

[ProudBobFan]

While it is embarassing that the Dems are offering this candidate, it would be more embarassing if we the GOP loses to him. I think that we have talked this issue to death. We should be focusing picking the best candidate and holding on to the seat.