From a local rag:

Congress shouldn’t have passed the rescue plan to take troubled assets off bank balance sheets, Democratic congressional candidate Michael Montagano said Friday.

Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd, defended his support of the bill – which passed with 172 Democrats and 91 Republicans – because “we had a rock coming down the hill that was going to take the city.”

They were questioned during a debate about their views on the economic rescue plan, earmarks, energy, health care, the attacks each has used in his TV commercials and their experience for the job.

What? Montagano actually showed up for a debate? He’s missed the prior debates or shown up too late. Keep in mind, only six days ago Montagano had this to say:

But Montagano has done nothing to capitalize on the unpopularity of Souder’s decision, and he didn’t weigh in during the week Congress was tussling with the issue.

“I’m not sure that’s for me to say,” he said in an interview with The Journal Gazette.

“I didn’t think that we needed to inject any more politics in it,” Montagano said, castigating the two presidential candidates for involving themselves in the negotiations between the White House and Congress.

“We watched John McCain and Barack Obama try to get involved in this bailout and, I believe, screwed it up in the middle. It’s possibly why the first (bill) failed,” he said. “Politics, I believe, didn’t have a place in it.

“You’re talking about probably the biggest piece of legislation in my lifetime, solving one of the biggest crises of my lifetime and perhaps of the last several decades. And you have people trying to play politics.”

So, now he’s proving he’s a liar and playing politics. Nice.

Also:

Third District Congressional Candidate Mark Souder picked up support from a surprising place. The journal Gazette is endorsing Souder over the weekend saying his opponent Mike Montagano lacks “experience” and a “willingness to communicate on key issues.”

Give it up Mr. Ed.

AWB

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