(Updated with NRCC/WSJ info) Taylor explains “endorsements”; Rigell outraises everyone; Loyola’s wife has a baby; Golden submits a joint resolution

Some rumors have been circulating to me via email about Scott Taylor’s endorsements from Rep. Duncan Hunter and Virginia Beach School Board Chairman Dan Edwards…rumors to the effect that they never were.

Regarding the Hunter endorsement, the Taylor campaign insists that it is legit, and that Hunter has both authorized a statement of support and will be appearing at a fundraiser for Taylor on March 5 with former Survivor star and Navy SEAL Rudy Boesch.

According to the Taylor campaign, “We will stay true to our conservative message of fiscal responsibility, energy independence and strong national defense. We will never attack or defame any other candidate in such a loathsome and repulsive manner as has been done to us. The citizens of the Second Congressional District deserve better than nauseating gutter politics.”

The Taylor campaign also referred to another campaign having the “funding” to launch these attacks, which, if you read between the lines, is that they believe these rumors are being spread by the Rigell campaign.

But there might be some truth to the Edwards’ rumor.

The only time that endorsement appeared in public was in a post by DJ Spiker who said that it the endorsement was forthcoming…it never did.

When I emailed Edwards this past week if he was endorsing Taylor, I received a blunt, “NO,” with no explanation.

Certainly that’s the case now, but that’s now how the Taylor campaign saw it in January.

“Scott Taylor met with Dan Edwards and was under the impression he was to be endorsed,” wrote the Taylor campaign in a response to a Bearing Drift query. “We received a message backing out of authorizing a quote for our campaign and have not issued any official endorsement statement. We are happy to have the financial support from Dan Edwards and understand the position he is in.”

Edwards wrote a check to the Taylor campaign.

In related news, Virginia Beach City Councilman and former Fire Chief Harry Diezel has had no problem unequivocally endorsing Taylor:

“I am pleased to endorse Scott Taylor for US Congress. Taylor understands the importance of public safety and the issues confronting our citizens.”

And another member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), has also endorsed Taylor.

Fundraising

Over the weekend, we learned that Scott Rigell had a solid fundraising quarter, as well as more about how the other candidates are doing.

Rigell raised from individual contributors for the reporting period covering October 1 through December 31, 2009, a total of $113,784. He also matched the support of his donors by contributing $100,000 of his personal money for a total of $213,784 raised during the quarter. This brings Rigell’s cash-on-hand to over $500,000 – with 80% of his donors coming from Hampton Roads or the Eastern Shore.

Additionally, Rigell received good news today from both the NRCC and the Wall Street Journal.

First, the NRCC has upgraded Rigell’s status in the “Young Guns” program to contender, based on benchmarks for fundraising, press, campaign management, grassroots, etc.

“Scott has done a fantastic job doing all the things that winning campaigns do, which is why he’s being moved up from ‘On the Radar’ (first step) to ‘Contender’ (second step),” said Andy Sere of NRCC. “‘Young Gun’ is the third and final step, which makes a candidate eligible for any and all assistance NRCC may be able to offer in the fall.”

Also, Rigell was featured today in the WSJ.

However, Rigell is not the only one doing well. Bert Misuzawa is perhaps the surprise candidate of the race – according to his Dec. 31 report, he has raised over the course of the campaign $203,000, with nearly 75% of it coming from donations. He has $193,000 on hand. There is some question though regarding the number of donors from within the district.

Contrast Misuzawa with Loyola, and they both have raised about the same amount – the big difference is Loyola has self-funded about 75% of it and now has only $100,000 left.

The Taylor campaign reports having $26,000 on hand and raised $23,000. Taylor self-funded $10,000 via a loan, but still had over 150 donors…. almost all of them smaller donations and unitemized in the report.

Ken Golden only just entered the race, so there is not much financial data available for him and Ed Maulbeck is running on a shoe-string.

Loyola’s baby

In other matters, congratulations to Ben Loyola and his wife, Gretchen, on the birth of their daughter Isabel Ann on Jan. 28! Which got Loyola to thinking a little about the recent actions of Congress to raise the debt ceiling yet again:

“Congress is like the guy who maxed out credit cards wasting money on things he couldn’t afford, and then thinking he’d solve his problems if he got another credit card,” explained Loyola. “The problem is spending, and Congress has shown it can’t stop.”

The national debt currently is $40,000 for each man, woman and child in America and this increased it to $46,000.

“The leadership in Congress is writing checks that we can’t cash anymore,” added Loyola. “Congressman Glenn Nye supports Speaker Nancy Pelosi and his token votes pale in comparison to his vote to make her Speaker of the House.”

“In retrospect, it’s the most expensive vote he could’ve made.”


Golden Resolution

Additionally, Ken Golden also piled-on Nye regarding the congressman’s handling of an aircraft carrier moving to Mayport, Fla. Golden wrote a joint resolution for the House of Delegates, which Del. Bob Tata will be introducing.

“Congressman Nye and Senators Warner and Webb have failed to make a cohesive argument against the Navy’s proposed move of at least one carrier to Florida,” Golden said. “The resolution I delivered to Delegate Robert Tata of Virginia Beach lays out the logical case against the relocation of any aircraft carrier to Florida, and why such a move would be a disaster for national security, fleet preparedness, and fiscal sensibility.”

“The region stands to lose a minimum of 10,000 jobs and over one percent of its gross regional product,” Golden explained. “Thus, the loss of one or more carriers would drive a dagger into the Hampton Roads’ economy. It is not only the carriers that will move, but also the families of the sailors, the support staff, and perhaps even the entire battle group. The ripple effect through the economy will be several times that of the closing of the Ford plant.”

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