Boycott Congressman feeling the heat
Image via WikipediaThe contrast between the two candidates couldn't have been starker. On one side of the stage slouched Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, 62, a four-term congressman and local Democratic icon, sporting a bushy moustache and wearing an open-collared shirt that he had changed into an hour earlier but already looked rumpled.Hispanics are not stupid. They recognize that the boycott idea hurts them as much as anyone and it does much more economic damage to them than the law on immigration issues which will not harm citizens at all.
On the other end sat Republican nominee Ruth McClung, 28, her yellow jacket matching her sensibly styled blond hair, carefully smiling at the crowd gathered here this week at a candidate forum about 15 miles from the Mexico border.
Grijalva has represented southern Arizona for decades and his daughter sits on the Tucson School Board, as he did in the 1970s. McClung's only other experience running for office was her campaign to become captain of her high school swim team.
Yet, in a district in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2-1 margin, the novice candidate is neck-and-neck with Grijalva in the polls.
Democrats are facing tough races in what they once thought were safe areas around the country, but Grijalva faces an additional burden. He called for a boycott of his state after Gov. Jan Brewer signed a tough immigration law, known as SB 1070, in April.
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That McClung is doing so well is another reflection of this year's election being a vote against Democrats. Grijalva deserves all the grief he is getting in this election. I hope McClung wins.
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