{"id":6591,"date":"2012-09-21T15:56:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T19:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=6591"},"modified":"2012-09-24T10:53:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T14:53:18","slug":"100-day-sprint-ny21-cantor-to-campaign-for-doheny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/09\/21\/100-day-sprint-ny21-cantor-to-campaign-for-doheny\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Day Sprint:  NY21 Cantor to campaign for Doheny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/09\/21\/100-day-sprint-ny21-cantor-to-campaign-for-doheny\/cantor-doheny\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6592\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"cantor doheny\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/cantor-doheny.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/cantor-doheny.jpg 176w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/cantor-doheny-119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a>The Doheny campaign has announced that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will campaign in the North Country in early October, another strong sign from national Republicans that they think this contest remains winnable.\u00a0 The only public, independent poll so far &#8212; from Siena &#8211; showed Doheny down 13% behind Democrat Bill Owens.\u00a0 The Doheny campaign has argued that the race is much closer.\u00a0 The Cantor event will occur in Watertown October 8th.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will visit Watertown Oct. 8 to campaign alongside Matt Doheny, the Republican, Conservative and Independence parties\u2019 candidate for the 21<span><sup>st<\/sup><\/span> district.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Matt Doheny is a great example of how hard work can lead to great success,\u201d said Cantor, who represents Virginia\u2019s 7<span><sup>th<\/sup><\/span> district in Congress. \u201cHis business experience and commitment to pro-growth ideas and job creation is exactly what we need in Congress. I&#8217;m proud to campaign for <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/100-day-sprint8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6593\" title=\"100 day sprint\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/100-day-sprint8-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/100-day-sprint8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/100-day-sprint8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/09\/100-day-sprint8.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>one of our one strongest prospects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cantor previously chaired the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare and the Republic Economic Solutions Group, in addition to his role as minority whip. He is also co-author of the New York Times best-seller, \u201cYoung Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders.\u201d That book was the foundation of the National Republican Congressional Committee\u2019s Young Guns program, which inducted Doheny as one of first its 12 members this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric Cantor is a true leader. He\u2019s worked hard to build consensus around solutions that will get Americans back to work and grow our economy,\u201d said Doheny. \u201cI\u2019m excited that he\u2019s taken an interest in my race and our district and I look forward to showing him some of the great things the north country has to offer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Details of Cantor\u2019s visit have not been finalized, but the trip is expected to include a business tour and a fundraising event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Doheny campaign has announced that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will campaign in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[6550,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6600,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591\/revisions\/6600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}