Comments on: PA-4: Does Dem Rep. Jason Altimire really want to drill? http://www.redstate.com/mark_kilmer/2008/08/06/pa-4-does-dem-rep-jason-altimire-really-wan/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:55:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave_in_Fla http://www.redstate.com/mark_kilmer/2008/08/06/pa-4-does-dem-rep-jason-altimire-really-wan/#comment-509 Dave_in_Fla Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:24:01 +0000 #comment-509 <p>Not being familiar with the race, I didn't know if they had a reason for kicking her out last cycle.</p> <p>Now if we could just get some cash into FL-22. That district should be ours, but Klein has over $3M and a 10 to 1 funding advantage.</p> Not being familiar with the race, I didn’t know if they had a reason for kicking her out last cycle.

Now if we could just get some cash into FL-22. That district should be ours, but Klein has over $3M and a 10 to 1 funding advantage.

]]> By: Mark_Kilmer http://www.redstate.com/mark_kilmer/2008/08/06/pa-4-does-dem-rep-jason-altimire-really-wan/#comment-508 Mark_Kilmer Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:18:17 +0000 #comment-508 <p>She'll raise more money, and I'm optimistic about this one. It is one of the best chances of an R pickup in PA, though hopes are also pinned on Colonel Russell in the 12th against Okinawa Jack.</p> She’ll raise more money, and I’m optimistic about this one. It is one of the best chances of an R pickup in PA, though hopes are also pinned on Colonel Russell in the 12th against Okinawa Jack.

]]> By: IJB http://www.redstate.com/mark_kilmer/2008/08/06/pa-4-does-dem-rep-jason-altimire-really-wan/#comment-507 IJB Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:14:28 +0000 #comment-507 <p>She probably needs over a $1mil. The RNC and the RNCC will then likely supplement her. </p> <p>Good challengers don't need parity on money with incumbents - they can fairly easily get by even with an about 2-to-1 money <em>disadvantage</em>. </p> <p>I have no doubt Hart will have the money she needs by the time she needs it. </p> She probably needs over a $1mil. The RNC and the RNCC will then likely supplement her.

Good challengers don’t need parity on money with incumbents – they can fairly easily get by even with an about 2-to-1 money disadvantage.

I have no doubt Hart will have the money she needs by the time she needs it.

]]> By: Dave_in_Fla http://www.redstate.com/mark_kilmer/2008/08/06/pa-4-does-dem-rep-jason-altimire-really-wan/#comment-506 Dave_in_Fla Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:57:29 +0000 #comment-506 <p>Altmire has raised over $2M. Hart has raised $831K.</p> <p>She is going to need a lot more money to win this. The VERY good news is she doesn't need to work on name recognition. The district already knows her.</p> Altmire has raised over $2M. Hart has raised $831K.

She is going to need a lot more money to win this. The VERY good news is she doesn’t need to work on name recognition. The district already knows her.

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