Tim Mahoney (D-FL) Tacitly Admits He's A Chicken
By Erick Posted in 2008 | FL-16 | Florida | Tim Mahoney — Comments (4) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Tim Mahoney (D-FL) is running scared.
With Tom Rooney and two other Republicans gunning for him this year, Mahoney has officially declared himself too chicken to compete.
Barack Obama has effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, but freshman U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-Palm Beach Gardens, isn't hopping on the bandwagon. Mahoney says he'll remain an uncommitted superdelegate through the party convention this summer. And Mahoney plans to keep a low profile in the presidential race this fall as he seeks reelection to one of the nation's most competitive congressional seats."I wasn't elected to be a role model as to how people should vote," Mahoney says of the presidential race. "People in my district are smart enough to decide."
Mahoney says it is not about self preservation, but we all know otherwise. Mahoney does not want to be seen as aligned with someone as radical as Barack Obama.
But he will still vote for Obama, won't he.
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Historically, the district has leaned Republican, and it's about 90% white. It's not a cosmopolitan area; it's the Everglades. Doesn't sound like Obama's type of place.
The only reason Mahoney won there in 2006, was due to disgust with his predecessor, Mark Foley, for sending those suggestive emails to a Congressional page. Foley had to resign.
and "West Palm Beach" immediately came to mind. I made a few business trips to Boca Raton many years ago, and the difference of flying into Fort Lauderdale vs West Palm was stark.
and I use the term "man" very loosely!
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