Another Bass: Former GOP congressman enters NH-02 race
By Emily on 02/18/2010 @ 06:01 PM
This just in from NH-02: Charlie Bass is in the running for the GOP nomination for this open seat. As a former Congressman, Bass is anything but a fresh face -- he held this seat from 1995 until 2007, after losing it to Democrat Paul Hodes. Now that Hodes is vacating the seat to run for Senate, Bass is eager to fill his old seat once again. He made his candidacy official yesterday, holding a kick-off campaign call with reporters.
EMILY's List candidate Annie McLane Kuster is already hard at work to get her message out to the district's voters and keep this open seat in Democratic hands this fall -- but as NH Political Report pointed out yesterday, Bass has an energized Republican base behind him, just as he did when he first announced his run for Congress in 1994.
We need Annie's voice in Congress -- and we certainly can't afford to watch this seat fall into Bass's hands. Just look at what he had to say about his thoughts on the Tea Party movement during his call yesterday:
“As far as the tea party movement is concerned I love ‘em. God bless every single one of them. Do you know what their agenda is? ...Exactly the same as mine."
In an email to Annie's supporters yesterday, Annie's campaign manager Colin Van Ostern said, "Unlike Congressman Bass’s plans to take our country backwards, Annie has a positive agenda for our country." And, based on some of the inconsistencies in Bass's record -- accusing President Obama of "coddling terrorists" when Bass himself voted against establishing the original 9/11 commission, for example -- there's no doubt we must act now to make sure Annie's positioned to win this race.
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