In interesting GOP 2010 news, The Hill reports that the GOP tried to recruit everybody’s favorite Miracle on the Hudson pilot Captain Sully to run for a House seat in California. The NRCC sent in fellow Air Force veteran Congressman Sam Johnson (R-Texas) to lead the charge. Apparently Johnson got “only as far as Sullenberger’s business manager, who made it clear that Sullenberger would not be interesting in running for a House seat.” An NRCC spokeswoman said that “he was a pretty obvious person to chat with” in the early stage of the election cycle—despite having no political background and that he hasn’t donated money to a political campaign over the past two decades. If the GOP is simply looking for a candidate to be universally liked and to be registered with the right party, why not go for Chuck Norris? At least he’s proved his political chops.
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