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the albany project - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday, there was a vote to cut funding for the Iraq War. Only 290 representatives chose to record an actual up and down vote. But 132 Republicans chose to vote "present", including Rep. Randy Kuhl . Now, NY-29 Democratic candidate Eric Massa wants answers from Kuhl. In a press release today, Massa had this response to Kuhl's "present" vote. "As America continues to spiral...
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rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
We can expect Randy Kuhl and whoever the Republican nominees are in NY-25 and NY-26 to pull out every trick in the books this fall. One trick we’ve been hearing a lot about in special elections is the idea of making Obama into a bogeyman that will scare voters who might otherwise vote Democrat [...]
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The Fighting 29th (Free subscription) | yesterday
Randy Kuhl voted on three Iraq funding amendments yesterday. All of those votes will probably come back to haunt him this fall. First, Kuhl voted present on the main funding amendment as part of a Republican protest against the way...
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The Fighting 29th (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Randy Kuhl was one of 100 Republicans who voted for the Farm Bill yesterday. Though the bill is under veto threat from the White House, strong bi-partisan support means that any veto will be overridden by the House and...
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rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
http://drvino.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/touriga.jpg The Farm Bill passed in the House today (and Randy Kuhl voted “yes”). Some say this Bill has something for everyone, but Bush sees it as “giving money away to rich farmers.” Yes, I know that there are lots of mega-corporate farms out there, but seeing “rich” and “farmers” in the same sentence, [...]
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the albany project - Front Page (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Governor Howard Dean , the chairman of the Democratic Party , will be in Rochester tomorrow for a reception benefiting NY-29 Democratic candidate Eric Massa and to attend the Monroe County Democratic Committee's designating caucus. Massa's race with Rep. Randy Kuhl has been declared a toss up by Roll Call and Roll Call has also named Kuhl one of the top ten most vulnerable members...
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The Fighting 29th (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Massa Campaign has a new fundraising letter out, and it contains some information that puts yesterday's NRCC release of an old poll into context. Roll Call, which is a subscription-only DC paper, has put Randy Kuhl on its...
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The Fighting 29th (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The National Republican Congressional Committee has released the results of a January poll that show Randy Kuhl 20 points ahead of Eric Massa. As with all polls from candidates or their representatives, this one should be taken with a...
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rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Fighting29th highlights something rather interesting: Reader Elmer sends today's Corning Leader Opinion Page [pdf], which contains an op-ed from Randy Kuhl and a letter from Eric Massa. Kuhl's op-ed is a protest of the Democrats’ plan to bring the Iraq Supplemental up for a vote without committee action or much meaningful debate. At one point in the [...]
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Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Hoping to drum up support and money for Rep. Randy Kuhl's re-election bid, the National Republican Congressional Committee released a poll today that it conducted in January that shows Kuhl with a 20 percentage-point lead over Democrat Eric Massa. Kuhl represents the 29th Congressional District, which runs from the Southern Tier to the Rochester suburbs. Politicial parties...
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The Fighting 29th (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Reader Elmer sends today's Corning Leader Opinion Page [pdf], which contains an op-ed from Randy Kuhl and a letter from Eric Massa. Kuhl's op-ed is a protest of the Democrats' plan to bring the Iraq Supplemental up for a...
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The Fighting 29th (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Randy Kuhl's vote against the Housing Bill yesterday will not become a campaign issue in the 29th. The main provision of the bill would let the FHA re-insure underwater mortgages if the mortgage holder (bank) agrees to reduce the...
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The Fighting 29th (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
If you're reading this article about Bush's threatened veto of the Housing Bill, and then you see this press release from Randy Kuhl, don't be confused. Kuhl is co-sponsoring a housing bill, but it isn't the housing bill that Bush...
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rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Earlier, we and Rotten concurred that Randy Kuhl and other Congressional Republicans will have to move past childish name-calling and adopt an actual agenda if they're going to have any chance to survive in November. It seems that Newt Gingrich, of all people agree with us. Problem is, the agenda he suggests is [...]
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rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Looks like Randy Kuhl is not the only one improving his golf game. From PGA.com transcripts:2008 Senior PGA Championship Media Day: And now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to introduce our newly single-digit handicapper in government here, Maggie Brooks, the Monroe County Executive. Maggie speaks: Not only will golfers come from around the globe to compete [...]