With the Abramoff plea deals wrapping up today, the heat is really going to be turned up on Bob Ney. Ney appears to be the first one up on the DOJ hit list, so there is little chance he will be able to go the distance in his bid for re-election. The only question remaining is when will Ney drop out or get run out of the race.
It could be in the primary as republicans are supposedly courting state senator Joy Padgett to enter the race. You may remember Padgett as the candidate that painted former hostage Terry Anderson as soft on terrorism. The reality was and is that Anderson actually knows something about terrorism where as Padgett's idea of terrorism is someone stealing her pastry. Anyway, Padgett could be a tough out.
Of course, Ney may be able to make it through May before he gets indicted and he is an incumbent. But if Padgett gets in, Ney's money will go away real quick, and it should be a very ugly primary. Hopefully, Ney will win and then get indicted.
That may not happen though, so both Joe Sulzer and outsider candidate Zack Space had better be planning on running against Padgett should they win the primary.
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