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IOKIYAR: The OTHER primary August 8th

Mon Jul 31, 2006 at 01:45:00 PM PDT

NEWS FLASH: Party activists and extremist bloggers wage unfair challenge against incumbent in August 8th primary!

DailyKos: Yeah, yeah... heard it before 1,000 times...

No, you haven't.

I am not talking about Ted Lamont challenging Joe Lieberman - I am talking about Tim Walberg challenging Joe Schwarz in the Republican primary to represent Michigan's 7th Congressional District.  Both primaries are August 8th, but this is probably the first you've heard of the Michigan primary challenge from the Right.

The Minutemen are supporting Walberg because Schwarz voted against the House immigration bill.
RedState.com is backing the Walberg challenge because Schwarz voted against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and against the Federal Marriage Amendment.  They are crowing about a (dubious) poll showing Walberg ahead, and they are grousing that the incumbent is getting support from the opposing party.

Does this scenario sound vaguely familiar?  Yet, look at the results from Google News:
lieberman lamont primary yields 559 hits in the last week.  
walberg schwarz primary yields 24 hits, 21 of which are from Michigan.  

Do you think, maybe, the media is a little warped?

Tags: MI-07, Joe Schwarz, Tim Walberg, Minutemen (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

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