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August 16th, 2005

Quack, Quack Your Way to Washington

Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Nonetheless, this guy is the type of candidate the Democratic establishment should seriously support if it wants to regain power. Maryland-6th is currently represented by Roscoe Bartlett, who doesn’t exactly take the right positions on key issues. Plus, Duck served in Iraq, and that plays well in redder areas, as we saw with Paul Hackett just a few weeks ago.

Interestingly, the district is somewhat similar to Hackett’s Ohio-2nd. Both are solidly red, and in November, the incumbents won by solid majorities. But only a few months later, in the Ohio-2nd special election, Iraq veteran Hackett narrowed the gap to 4%. Could Duck do the same in a district where the reigning GOP’er last won by 34%?

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