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Monday, August 30, 2004 |
| As noted by Political Wire and Backcountry Conservative, Representative Schrock has suddenly withdrawn from his reelection race. The Virginian-Pilot reports on the unspecified allegations that caused Schrock to withdraw The allegations emerged two weeks ago, on Aug. 19, when a Web site called blogACTIVE.com posted charges that Schrock was gay, and accused Schrock of being a hypocrite for opposing gay rights issues. The Web site – a one-man operation out of Washington that focuses on gay issues – has a history of “outing” gay members of Congress. The site did not offer any proof of its allegation that Schrock was gay. The Web site urged readers to write to Schrock and “let this congressional hypocrite know how you feel.” In the two weeks that followed, Schrock repeatedly declined to comment on the accusations – neither confirming nor denying them. Meanwhile, some gay-oriented message boards on the Internet, including blogACTIVE.com, filled with discussions of the charges. Still, no one offered proof of the allegations.
Locally, a Web site called Virginia News Source
reprinted the claims and challenged Schrock to respond to them, but
offered no corroboration itself. The site is operated by former
Virginia Beach City Councilman Robert Dean and a former congressional
aide, Morris Rowe. U.S. Rep Schrock drops re-election bid over "Allegations"
Whoever replaces Schrock will face David Ashe who is a former Marine. Politics comment []8:27:15 PM  trackback []
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| Something that I missed in the daily news roundup: As a result of Martinez' attacks on Bill McCollum, the St Petersburg Times has pulled its endorsement of Martinez and is now endorsing Bill McCollum. A sampling of today's editorial: No matter what else Martinez may accomplish in public life, his
reputation will be forever tainted by his campaign's nasty and
ludicrous slurs of McCollum in the final days of this race. The slurs
culminated with Martinez campaign advertisements that label McCollum -
one of the most conservative moralists in Washington during his 20
years as a U.S. representative - "the new darling of the homosexual
extremists" because he once favored a hate crime law that had
bipartisan support. A few days earlier, the Martinez campaign arranged
a conference call with reporters in which a group of right-wing
Martinez supporters labeled McCollum "antifamily." Why? Because
McCollum supports expanded stem cell research to find cures for deadly
diseases - a position that is identical to those of Nancy Reagan,
Connie Mack and many other prominent Republicans.
McCollum for GOP (St Petersburg Times)
Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []6:11:57 PM trackback []
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| A quiet news day as the candidates make their final rounds in search of votes. The latest Insider Advantage poll, taken on Friday and Saturday, shows Mel Martinez leading by one point over Bill McCollum with 20% of voters undecided. Weekend poll shows Martinez surging; Race a 32 percent Martinez to 31 percent McCollum free-for-all. (Florida Insider)
Most articles on the race look at how the candidates spent their day on Sunday.Pew time prevails in campaign stretch (St Petersburg Times)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GOP Senate hopefuls ratchet up campaigns (Palm Beach Post) Democrats with eyes on Senate hit streets (Palm Beach Post) Senate races down to wire (Orlando Sentinel) McCollum, Martinez locked in tight Senate primary (Associated Press) Deutsch rallies S. Florida backers (Sun-Sentinel) The Tampa Tribune looks at the McCollum-Martinez feud ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gainesville Sun frets about negative campaigning Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []9:32:38 AM trackback []
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Last update: 8/31/2004; 8:06:09 AM .
