Politics are never fair. <\/p>\n
Barack Obama’s team didn’t craft the contracts that allowed AIG executives to plunder taxpayer money. And Scott Murphy didn’t endorse that plundering.<\/p>\n
(The Albany Times-Union fact-checked Republican Jim Tedisco’s efforts to tie Murphy to l’affaire AIG and called it “a stretch.”)<\/p>\n
But the Democratic President is clearly struggling to lock down the scandal; and as public anger grows, Murphy, the House candidate from Glens Falls, is suddenly facing a headwind.<\/p>\n
In the days before this story broke, Murphy had all the momentum. Republicans were starting to say ugly things about Tedisco’s management of his campaign.<\/p>\n
But now Murphy’s team is on the defensive. (Yes, I’d give a free NCPR coffee mug to anyone willing to do a quick-shot poll on how this is actually playing with 20 district voters.)<\/p>\n
One thing I still don’t understand: Why isn’t Tedisco begging to get into tonight’s debate?
He has a chance to take the AIG issue right to Murphy on live TV.<\/p>\n
It could be a campaign-defining moment.<\/p>\n
Instead, he’s staying home. And Murphy will get a big chunk of airtime tonight to make his case. Mountain Lake PBS 9pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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