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GOP lets vulnerable incumbent [Cao] fend for himself
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Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Oct 20, 2010 05:57pm |
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Category | General |
Author | Molly K. Hooper |
News Date | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Rep. Joseph Cao stood with his Republican leaders in opposing the stimulus package and healthcare reform, but the GOP’s campaign committee has not spent a dime to save the targeted Louisiana freshman.
After Cao defeated ethics-scarred Rep. William Jefferson (D) in 2008, House GOP leader John Boehner (Ohio) crowed about the win. In a widely circulated memo titled “The Future is Cao,” Boehner extolled the way the GOP candidate defied the odds to win a district that President Obama won with 75 percent of the vote. |
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