In the eye's of Karl Rove, Congressman Heath Shuler has a great big target on his back.
Because Shuler, a Democrat, represents a typically Republican-leaning district and is a freshman, the fact that Rove has targeted Shuler for defeat in 2008 is really not all that surprising. What makes the fact newsworthy is that Rove's hit list of 20 Democrats is evidence in the mushrooming General Services Administration scandal that indicates the GSA and its chief engaged in illegal partisan electoral politics -- a potential felony for those involved.
Read the above link for more details (you'll need to scroll down to find it), and be sure to check out the April 11 issue of Xpress for our feature story on Shuler's first 100 days in office.
— Hal L. Millard, staff writer
Because Shuler, a Democrat, represents a typically Republican-leaning district and is a freshman, the fact that Rove has targeted Shuler for defeat in 2008 is really not all that surprising. What makes the fact newsworthy is that Rove's hit list of 20 Democrats is evidence in the mushrooming General Services Administration scandal that indicates the GSA and its chief engaged in illegal partisan electoral politics -- a potential felony for those involved.
Read the above link for more details (you'll need to scroll down to find it), and be sure to check out the April 11 issue of Xpress for our feature story on Shuler's first 100 days in office.
— Hal L. Millard, staff writer
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This is good!! The sooner Shuler moves back to his true heart,Tennessee, the better off WNC will be.
By Devilhawk
03/30/2007
I thought his true heart was in his chest. Is Shuler a mutant?
By Jason Bugg
03/30/2007
Yes he is a mutant, actualy if you think about it, we all are products of ever changing combinations of genetic material, so we all are mutants who, if we trace our genetic codes back through the ages, are all related!!
By Devilhawk
03/30/2007
I want to be Wolverine.
By Jason Bugg
03/30/2007
You may be .
By Devilhawk
03/30/2007
Actually, I don't like Wolverine. Can I be Cyclops or Iceman?
By Jason Bugg
03/30/2007
How about CycoIceman.
By Devilhawk
03/30/2007
Well that's just unrealistic now isn't it?
By Jason Bugg
03/31/2007
could be
By Devilhawk
03/31/2007
Now you are just being vague.
By Jason Bugg
03/31/2007
about what
By Devilhawk
03/31/2007
This is all a mute point because Rove won't be in politics by the time the 2008 elections roll around. He'll either be in federal prison or banished forever under the weight of scandals to countless to name. Shuler can potentially be vulnerable, but its not in the nature of Western North Carolina to change out congressmen like summer dresses, we tend towards the certainty of incumbency, and Shuler hasn't lost his appeal sufficiently to forfeit that certainty.
By boulderjf
04/06/2007