Article on California CD 50

I posted some brief thoughts on the importance of the Special Election to replace Duke Cunningham in a previous post. I found this article today on the race, and recommend it. This will be one of the most interesting things to happen on Tuesday, which really is a pretty big day for elections, at least as far as Primary elections are concerned, and I look forward to re-hashing the results on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Incidentally, the most interesting line from the article comes near the bottom. "[National Republican officials] say they do not see the race as a portent for November, and that [Bilbray's] struggles are not unusual given the unpredictable nature of special elections." This, to me, says that national Republican leaders are trying to distance themselves from this race. The polling data (47-45) indicates that this is not a bad idea.