Mike McIntyre cuts and ru… what’s that? CAROLYN MCCARTHY (D, NY-04) is out?

Carolyn “I’m blaming my lung cancer on my father being around asbestos and not my pack-a-day habit?” McCarthy? Carolyn “I used Heath Shuler’s money-laundering-for-lobbyists scheme” McCarthy? Carolyn “PMA Porker” McCarthy?

Ayup. Announced it at the same time as McIntyre.  My response?

“O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.

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Rep. Mike McIntyre (D, NC-07) refuses to endorse Barack Obama in public.

How bad is it for Democrats in North Carolina right now?  This bad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9pTykLEl4F4

The gist of the video is as follows:

When asked if he supported Obama, [Rep. Mike] Mcintyre told the reporter he wasn’t doing “political interviews” at a prayer breakfast because “it wouldn’t be appropriate.”

But – as the video later notes – Rep. McIntyre will talk about how he’s for North Carolina’s Amendment 1 banning same-sex marriage!  He’s for it.  Dear God, please, people need to believe that he’s for it*… Continue reading Rep. Mike McIntyre (D, NC-07) refuses to endorse Barack Obama in public.