King Will Drop Out if Mitchell Runs

The Arizona Republic has a piece on the efforts of the state party to recruit a more widely known candidate to run against Hayworth. Harry Mitchell, State Senator and state party chairman, is currently the target of an effort to draft him to run. And as for Larry King should Mitchell enter the race? According to the Republican article, King has said he will drop out.

I like both Larry King and Harry Mitchell. They are both great candidates and can both give Hayworth quite a race. Harry, though, is the more experienced politician and has more name recognition in the district, especially in Scottsdale and Tempe. Mitchell, along with Chuck Blanchard, both polled better than Hayworth in the DCCC's internal poll.

In other news, J.D. Hayworth has told President Bush to take a hike and is sponsoring a bill to ban foreign governments from owning or carrying out operations at our seaports. Hayworth must be paying attention to the climate at home. The port deal is incredibly unpopular on both sides of the political spectrum. This issue is being closely followed by the American public and I bet that this district would overwhelmingly reject the deal if asked in a poll.

Also, Hayworth is beefing up his record on his favorite pet issue- immigration. He recently introduced a bill to criminalize the construction of tunnels that cross our international borders and penalize those who use them. It's a good idea that has been offered up by Senators Feinstein and Kyl. Of course, any Republican bill on immigration must be taken with a grain of salt, especially coming from xenophobic Hayworth.

Hayworth's book Whatever It Takes was released a few months back and I think I'll pick it up next week. Hayworth will use immigration as much as he can in this election. It's probably the only issue that he'll attract voters with since he's embroiled in the Abramoff scandal and can't shake his cozy ties with King George.