US Navy Doctor To Challenge Leahy -- From The Left

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is on no one's list of vulnerable Senators in 2010. But an active duty Navy M.D. says he's ready to mount a serious challenge to the six term liberal. From the left. Daniel Freilich says he plans to formally announce his bid for Leahy's seat tomorrow in Wilmington, VT. We caught up with him this afternoon.

Freilich, 45, is an internist and infectious disease specialist for the Navy and has spent much of his military career in clinical medicine. Not surprisingly, much of his campaign message focuses on health care. Freilich is a single payer advocate and says that Leahy "bears some of the responsibility" for the idea's current DOA status in Washington as a "more than 30 year incumbent."

Overall though, Freilich praised the man he hopes -- however fleetingly -- to defeat for the Democratic nomination. "Traditionally, he's in the right direction" on most policy issues, Freilich said. "But not sufficiently so."

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Don't know why he has to run against Leahy though. He should move to some state where there's a DLC or BlueBalled piece of shit up for election and run against them.

Go campaign against a blue dog in another state. Go where you're needed. We don't need your attempted vote splitting here.

Unfortunately that same loyalty has us saddled with a republican governor we may never be able to purge. Other side of the coin....