take19 - TAKEN!!!

Sue Kelly runs away from the cameras, runs away from debates with John Hall, and Tuesday night, she ran away from the district to fundraise with Republican senator Mike DeWine. Maybe Sue needs to commiserate with another conservative-hiding-as-a-moderate who is in a tough fight against a great opponent? Birds of a feather, they say. Maybe Sue thinks she’s so popular here that she doesn’t need to fight for votes? (My canvassing in a conservative area in Orange County last weekend debunks that one.)

Maybe Sue and Mike (and heck, even Pamela) are making plans to get together once the two politicos are forced into retirement in January? Maybe Sue really enjoys hanging out with wingnut blogger Pamela from AtlasShrugs, even if it made for an awkward threesome that noted Vanity Fair blogger James Wolcott calls a "halfway house for halfwits". At last night's soiree, Geller was singing Sue's praises and touting her conservative qualifications. Which just goes to show you that Sue pretends to be an "independent" here in NY-19, but as this picture shows, it's easy to see where she really stands when she thinks nobody is watching.