Drat! Jay Buckey drops out of NH Senate race
Dr. Jay Buckey
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Democrat Jay Buckey has announced his withdrawal from the Democratic primary race for the nomination to run for the US Senate seat currently held by John E. Sununu. Dr. Jay Buckey appeared on our radio program, Meet the New Press, several weeks back, and we thought him to be rather likeable. We lament the news of his exit, as it appeared that Mr. Buckey would offer an alternative to the sleaze and muck that you just know will be the hallmarks of a Jeanne/Billy Shaheen campaign and its Clintonian methods.
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Here is Dr. Buckey's statement:
Today I'm announcing with regret my withdrawal from the campaign to represent New Hampshire in the US Senate. I remain committed to the goals of our campaign, but I do not have the financial resources needed to campaign full-time for the next nine months, which is what would be required to beat John Sununu..I would like to thank all the people who have volunteered their time, money, and energy to support the campaign. I'm proud that our campaign has brought the need for an Apollo Program for Energy to the forefront of the Senate debate here in New Hampshire, and I’m going to continue to work for the issues that have been the foundation of our campaign, including:
We wish Dr. Buckey well and thank him for bringing a small ray of sunshine to what will undoubtedly be a rather nasty and dirty campaign thanks to the Shaheen/Clinton machine. We were pulling hard for Buckey, realizing that if Sununu does lose in November, the alternative of a Senator Buckey was a much more pleasant prospect than that of "Senator Shaheen"...
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