From The Hill:The office of Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) yesterday afternoon removed a claim on her website that Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) had endorsed her after Tancredo’s office said it was not true.This is the sort of thing that turns people off. Endorsements are an important part of the process and if you say you have an endorsement when you don't... It just looks like the candidate is trying to deceive the voter.
Early in the afternoon yesterday, Schmidt’s homepage touted that Tancredo was publicly backing her: “Rep. Tom Tancredo — Chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus endorses Congresswoman Jean Schmidt and thanks her for her hard work to end ‘illegal’ immigration and protect American jobs.”
But Tancredo never endorsed Schmidt in her bid for reelection this year, said his spokesman, Will Adams.
“Congresswoman Schmidt and Congressman Tancredo recently met to discuss immigration,” Adams said. During the meeting, Schmidt joined the immigration-reform caucus but that was all that transpired, he said.
“There was no endorsement,” Adams said flatly. “We normally do not endorse out-of-state races.”
He added that while Tancredo had done so occasionally this was not one of those instances.
Adams attributed the mistake to a miscommunication.
And before the Bouncin' Bob fans get all excited, he's guilty of this sort of thing too.
This has been a particularly nasty campaign. And for all the talk about "Mean" Jean's skill at running negative, she's not the one who appears to be running the negative campaign...
This was some pretty quick and thorough reporting on the part of The Hill. Jackie Kucinich wrote the piece... Kucinich...anybody know if she's related to that space alien that represents Cleveland? Just asking...
