Vermont Republican Congressional candidate Martha Rainville, hot on the heels of a plagiarism scandal, has driven former Republican Senator James Jeffords to back her Democratic opponent.
Retiring Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, who sat as an Independent since 2001, has endorsed Democratic state Sen. Peter Welch (D) in the state’s at-large Congressional race.
In an October 9, 2006 letter to Rep. Tom Reynolds (N.Y.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Jeffords said he “did not want to get personally involved” with Vermont's 2006 campaigns. He continued, “the NRCC is currently running an advertisement in Vermont in support of Martha Rainville. ... [T]he ad displays my picture and name, which strongly implies that I am supporting [her]. That is not true.”
The Senator asked the NRCC to stop running the ad. The NRCC refused.
He concluded that the country would be better off with Democrats in control of the House and "Therefore, for this election, I believe Peter Welch is a better choice for Vermont."
A spokesman for the Rainville campaign said that they did not consider the NRCC ad an endorsement, but were "NOT SURPRISED" by Jeffords' endorsement of Rainville’s opponent.
Hopefully this will be the last post on Martha's zany antics.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
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