Scott Leffler- The Buffalo Bean

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, Chris Lee, Media on 09 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

It’s pretty sad that the only way Barack Obama can attack John McCain is by linking him to President Bush… my friend Scott Leffler seems to think that a similar strategy would work in the 26th District by linking Chris Lee to Tom Reynolds, who many liberal bloggers in WNY despise, for whatever...

NY-26: Bloggers’ Primary Reax...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, NY-26 on 09 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments

26th District Blog talks about why Jon Powers failed. When asked about making a prediction last night I said continually “Logic would be on the side of Powers but… I don’t know.” He had money, he had biography but most importantly he had the support of the local Democratic Party establishment...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, NY-26 on 09 7th, 2008 | Comments Off

Jerry Zremski has a very thorough piece on the incredibly negative Democratic primary in the 26th district.. but the one thing that really caught my eye was this: The recent flier calls Powers “a teacher challenging parents to turn off the TV and video games and read to their kids.” On another...

Leffler is Really P.O.’d At Jon Po...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008 on 09 5th, 2008 | Comments Off

Scott Leffler recently noted that Powers was deliberately using Jack Davis’s words out of context… He’s been in contact withe the Powers campaign since, and their response hasn’t changed his mind. He wrote back to their response: I must admit, I’m quite disappointed in this...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, NY-26 on 09 3rd, 2008 | Comments Off

Scott Leffler is not very happy with Jon Powers today. While enjoying some family TV time tonight I saw a new ad for the Jon Powers campaign. And I gotta tell ya, it pissed me off. It was – in essense – a rehashed Tom Reynolds ad from two years ago. And that Tom Reynolds ad featured a sound...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, NY-26 on 08 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Scott Leffler interviewed Jon Powers on his radio show today. He’s posted a link to a podcast of the show. I’ve listened to a good portion of it, and found Powers to be quite disappointing. He started off the show sticking to his usual script about why he’s running for Congress, and...