Showing posts with label campaign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label campaign. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

OP-ED from September 16, 2010

What an honor it is to follow in the footsteps of Governor Chris Christie. While out on the campaign trail this season in my run against Incumbent Frank Pallone in New Jersey Congressional District 6, I have received countless comments congratulating Governor Chris Christie on recent accomplishments in defense of taxpayers and toward restoring the economy, putting New Jersey residents back to work. In Washington DC at various speaking engagements I’ve been approached by Congressmen and Congresswomen from across the nation remarking about their admiration of my governor, Chris Christie, who says what he means and does what he says. He is described as a “folk hero” in Washington DC and many have commented that they would support him if he ran for President of the United States. “We haven’t had such a refreshing example of taxpayer representation since Ronald Reagan,” one Congressional staffer commented to me.

No one can agree with any fellow human being on every issue. We are destined to express differing opinions from time to time as we travel our different paths from stop to stop on the campaign trail, and while working in elected office. Governor Christie and I agree on the matters that are of paramount importance to taxpayers: Jobs, the Economy, and Taxes. Together, we will ensure that New Jersey’s economy is moving again as quickly as possible, and that tax burdens on all taxpayers are reduced so that the New Jersey’s economy can be restored to health. I am proud to be described as a “Chris Christie style Republican”, and it is my honor to announce when visiting other states that I am a Mayor, and candidate for Congress from New Jersey, Chris Christie’s state.

On Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at the home of Kenny Avon in Point Pleasant Governor Christie honored me with a keynote address at my fundraiser for my race against Frank Pallone. In addition to stating that there was no other Congressional Incumbent that he wanted to defeat more than Frank Pallone, Governor Christie congratulated me on my tenacity and my determination to ensure that taxpayers in Congressional District 6 received honest, passionate and steadfast representation in Washington. Governor Christie stated that he knew I could win my race because what I am doing has been done before. Governor Christie was outspent, but not outworked in his gubernatorial race. He won handily against then Governor Corzine frankly because the people of New Jersey had had enough.

My supporters are Chris Christie’s supporters. They believe in me as they believe in him. I am proud to be associated with this trailblazer who has laid the foundation for the grass roots campaign I run today. Governor Christie has stated he would like to campaign with me in this race. I’ve invited him to appear at one of my Saturday Ground Assault meetings, and I’ll be honored to participate in a Diner tour in the near future. I am grateful for the efforts of Governor Christie and GOP Chairman Jay Webber in securing the support of the Republican National Committee in my race. Our victory November 2 will be truly be a victory for Team New Jersey. Little Government is Good Government, New Jersey. Let’s take our government back!

Friday, October 15, 2010

LITTLE TO PALLONE: WHAT OTHER DECISIONS DID YOU TRY TO INFLUENCE BECAUSE SOMEBODY GAVE YOU CAMPAIGN CASH?

PRESS RELEASE

10/15/10

For Immediate Release

Contact:
Susan Barry
732.433.7873
susan@annalittleforcongress.com
Anna C. Little for Congress, Inc.

LITTLE TO PALLONE: WHAT OTHER DECISIONS DID YOU TRY TO INFLUENCE BECAUSE SOMEBODY GAVE YOU CAMPAIGN CASH?

(HIGHLANDS, October 15) - Republican Congressional challenger Anna Little - continuing to highlight a report in The New York Times indicating that her opponent, 22-year incumbent Frank Pallone, worked to overturn a decision by the Food and Drug Administration after receiving campaign contributions from a medical device manufacturer whose device had been unanimously rejected on multiple occasions by FDA scientific reviewers - today called on Pallone to explain the exact nature of the transaction.

“Yesterday, The New York Times published a disturbing report about our Congressman, Frank Pallone, using his influence to get the FDA to approve a medical device after receiving campaign contributions from the device manufacturer,” said Little. “So yesterday, we challenged Rep. Pallone to tell us what OTHER federal government agencies he’s influenced on behalf of campaign contributors.

“Today, we’d like to go back to the original transaction, and get some more detail from Mr. Pallone,” said Little.

“Specifically, we’d like answers to the following questions:

“When you accepted your first contribution from an executive of the device manufacturer in December 2007, did you know then that he was hoping you would look favorably upon his request for help with the FDA? Put another way, was the campaign contribution — $2300, the maximum then allowed by law - the first you had heard of the device manufacturer and its problem with the FDA?

“If not - that is, if you knew of the device manufacturer’s problems with the FDA BEFORE you accepted the contribution - did you or anyone on your congressional or campaign staff (including fundraising consultants) indicate to the executive that his request would be far more likely to be given favorable consideration if it were accompanied by a contribution?

“If yes - that is, if you did NOT know of the device manufacturer’s problems with the FDA at the time you accepted the contribution - at what point, exactly, DID you become aware of the problems with the FDA? And at that point, did the fact that you had already accepted a contribution from an executive of the company raise any questions at all in your mind as to the propriety of offering assistance to a campaign contributor?

“The timing of the two contributions - the first, in December 2007, the second, in October 2008 - certainly seems interesting, given that the heavy lifting of the influence exerted by your office appears to have begun in December 2007. Would it be reasonable to draw the conclusion that the December 2007 contribution was an enticement to action, and the October 2008 contribution a ‘thank you’ for a job well done? If not, why not?

“We have many more questions for Mr. Pallone on this matter,” said Little. “But we don’t want to overtax him the way he overtaxes us. So we’ll just leave it here for now.

“Remember, you cannot change Washington without changing the people we send to Washington!”

Yesterday’s New York Times report: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/health/policy/15fda.html?_r=2

Last year’s New York Times report: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/health/policy/25knee.html

Friday, October 8, 2010

LITTLE: DON'T JUST GIVE WAIVERS, REPEAL THE DARN THING

For Immediate Release

October 8, 2010

Contact: Susan Barry
732.433.7873
susan@annalittleforcongress.com
Anna C. Little for Congress, Inc.


LITTLE: DON'T JUST GIVE WAIVERS, REPEAL THE DARN THING

(HIGHLANDS, October 8) - Republican Congressional challenger Anna Little - responding to news reports indicating that major employers like McDonalds are receiving waivers from the Obama Administration to keep them from dropping health insurance for their employees - today reiterated her determination to fight in Congress to repeal Obamacare.

"When Nancy Pelosi and Frank Pallone succeeded in jamming through their government takeover of healthcare back in the Spring, we predicted that it wouldn't be long before major insurers threatened to drop out of markets and major employers threatened to drop their employee coverage," said Little. "Sadly, the law hasn't even been on the books for a year, and already those predictions are coming to pass.

"According to a report in Wednesday's New York Times, companies like McDonalds are telling the Obama Administration that the new regulations are simply too costly and too complicated to implement, and that unless they get a waiver from the regulations, they'll be forced to drop health insurance coverage for their employees," Little continued. "The Administration's response? Grant the waivers.

"That's terrific for McDonalds. But what about all the hundreds of thousands of other businesses, large and small, that don't have the clout or the name ID McDonalds has? What about them? They're going to have to live with the regulations - or drop their coverage. And that would force even more Americans to leave their doctors, and apply for coverage in some government-controlled insurance pool. That's just wrong.

"Remember, Frank Pallone said this is HIS bill. 'This is not Obama's bill. This isn't Nancy Pelosi's bill. It's MY bill,' he famously said.

"I wonder what is Frank's solution? Because my solution is simple - don't give waivers, just repeal the darn thing.

"Remember, you cannot change Washington without changing the people we send to Washington!"

You can read the full New York Times report here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/business/07insure.html?_r=2&ref=business

LITTLE CAMP RESPONDS TO MONMOUTH POLL ADJUSTMENT

For Immediate Release

October 8, 2010

Contact: Susan Barry
732.433.7873
susan@annalittleforcongress.com
Anna C. Little for Congress, Inc.

LITTLE CAMP RESPONDS TO MONMOUTH POLL ADJUSTMENT


(HIGHLANDS, October 8) - Larry Cirignano, campaign manager for Republican congressional challenger Anna Little - responding to the Monmouth University Polling Institute's remarkable decision to adjust its numbers on a survey as a result of a numbers-crunching analysis by a local blogger - today released the following statement:

"In all my years of working to elect conservative candidates, I've never before seen a pollster acknowledge that his own numbers were wrong. But yesterday afternoon, that's exactly what happened, when the Monmouth University Polling Institute adjusted the numbers on the survey it released a day earlier and cut 22-year incumbent Frank Pallone's 'lead' by 25 percent, slashing it from 12 points to just 9.

"This remarkable turn of events happened as the result of an analysis by Art Gallagher, the editor of MoreMonmouthMusings.net.

"When the survey results were originally released, we questioned the methodology of the survey - it used robo-calls instead of live callers. We also raised a question regarding the composition of the survey sample, given that the survey indicated that Anna Little was leading Frank Pallone by 51-38 percent among Independents, yet Anna was still supposedly trailing by a dozen points - a clear indication that there were too many Democrats included in the survey.

"But Art Gallagher took the questions a step further. He checked the survey sample against voter file databases and demonstrated through a rigorous analysis (available online here: http://www.moremonmouthmusings.net/2010/10/06/musings-on-the-monmouth-university-cd-6-poll/) that the Monmouth numbers simply did not add up correctly. And then he got in touch with the survey director and shared the results of his analysis.

"And, to his credit, Monmouth University Polling Institute director Patrick Murray acknowledged to Gallagher that 'your assumptions are as good as mine, and this is a very volatile electorate' - and then he adjusted his own numbers to reflect a 51-42 percent Pallone lead, instead of the 12-point lead he originally projected.

"When you stop to consider that the day before, Murray, speaking of what he believed to be a 12-point Pallone lead, said, 'A 12 point lead may look comfortable, but not when you consider the fact that Pallone regularly wins reelection by more than 30 points,' you can only ask yourself - just how worried is Frank Pallone now?

"We're quite confident that when our campaign's advertising kicks in, these numbers are going to shift even further in our favor.

"Remember, you cannot change Washington without changing the people we send to Washington!"

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ANNA LITTLE ANNOUNCES OPENING OF CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS IN RED BANK

For Immediate Release

10/5/10

Contact:
Susan Barry
(732) 658 5461
Anna C. Little for Congress, Inc

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ANNA LITTLE ANNOUNCES OPENING OF CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS IN RED BANK

(Red Bank, NJ) - Sixth District Congressional Candidate Anna Little announced today the grand opening of a new campaign headquarters in Red Bank, NJ, across from the historic Red Bank Train Station.

Little, the Mayor of Highlands and former Freeholder will be gathering with Red Bank business merchants, property owners/landlords, and town residents, at a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for 6:00 PM. on Thursday, 10/7. A reception immediately following the ceremony will take place at the restaurant TASTE, located in The Galleria, just a few doors north of the new headquarters location.

WHO: Congressional Candidate Anna Little
WHAT: Grand Opening of the Red Bank Headquarters
WHERE: 64C Bridge Avenue Red Bank, NJ 07701
WHEN: 6 PM Thursday, 10/7/10

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Pallone's "Recovery" Dies Amidst Rising Unemployment; Candidate Anna Little slams Pallone and Pelosi for the 54,000 jobs lost in August

For Immediate Release

September 7, 2010

Contact:
Leigh-Ann Bellew
(732) 670-6699

Pallone's "Recovery" Dies Amidst Rising Unemployment
Candidate Anna Little slams Pallone and Pelosi for the 54,000 jobs lost in August


Highlands, NJ- Pallone and Pelosi have whipped up a toxic mixture of reckless spending, "Bureaucrats-Gone-Wild" regulation, and top-down economic control -- and breaking economic news reveals just how deadly it has been for our economy.

The US Labor Department announced Friday that the nation's unemployment rate has once again begun to climb; it currently stands at 9.6 percent, 48 percent higher than its level when President Barack Obama was elected in November 2008.

Source: Washington Post

Candidate Anna Little believes that it is time for Frank Pallone and Nancy Pelosi to take responsibility for the economic mess that they have made. "By excessive borrowing, taxing, spending, and regulating, progressives are doing precisely the opposite of what we should be doing to allow our economy to thrive and produce jobs," Little said. "They need to get out of the way of the private sector economy."

Frank Pallone and Nancy Pelosi, however, don't seem to be getting the message. They have supported calling the latest economic news -- a net monthly loss of 54,000 jobs -- "positive news." Little, however, understands what the people in Congressional District 6 are thinking: Who in their right mind sees the loss of thousands of jobs as positive?

Even worse, there are hints to the media that they are planning a "Stimulus II." Reports and op-eds in the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and other liberal media organizations suggest that it will contain direct aid to states, a disastrous and expensive policy eliminated decades ago -- as well as massive investments in public works, a tried-and-failed strategy that discouraged private investment and prolonged the Great Depression.

Sources: New York Times
Christian Science Monitor

Like a medieval doctor bleeding his patient, Progressives insist that the right treatment is more government, more leeches. "It is working as intended," The Times opined Saturday.

"It is time that America wakes up to the progressives' perverse intentions," Little said. "If we allow them, they will destroy our prosperity, our way of life, and what makes our country great."

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Manalapan, NJ Will Never Be The Same: Hurricane Anna Makes Landfall in Hazlet this Saturday 9/4/10

For Immediate Release


Contact:

Leigh-Ann Bellew

(732) 670-6699


September 1, 2010


Manalapan, NJ Will Never Be The Same

Hurricane Anna Makes Landfall in Hazlet this Saturday 9/4/10


Highlands, NJ - Another weekend, another 3,000 voters met. In a ground game that has, through six weeks, personally contacted more than 25,000 voters in the 6th District, Anna's Army takes on their first real challenge when they descend on Hazlet, NJ this Saturday, September 4th at the Red Oak Diner on Rt. 35. It must also be noted that Anna's interview with CNN's Soledad O'Brien attracted well over 100 supporters to Ocean Grove, NJ on Monday morning.


Tireless and dedicated volunteers will attempt the massive feat of contacting almost 6,000 voters to spread Anna's message of less spending, less costly and job-killing regulation, lower taxes and genuinely smaller government. If their unprecedented performance thus far is any indication, Anna's Army is up to the challenge.


Taking on 22-year incumbent Democrat Frank Pallone for the people's 6th District House seat, the Republican nominee for Congress Anna Little is vying to become the only female in New Jersey's all-male Congressional delegation.


Anna and her rapidly expanding army of volunteers will rally at the Red Oak Diner, 2973 Rt. 35 North in Hazlet, NJ on Saturday, September 4th. Members of the press are cordially invited to this historic campaign and all members of the public are welcome. Anna Little will be in attendance and will address the rally between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Anna’s Army Tackles Matawan: Volunteer Corps nearly doubles in size

For Immediate Release

Contact: Anna C. Little for Congress Inc.
P.O. Box 382
Highlands, NJ 07732
(732) 216-4771
anna@annalittleforcongress.com

Anna’s Army Tackles Matawan

Volunteer Corps nearly doubles in size


Highlands, NJ: In the second week of her ground game, to songs like “The Marine Corps Hymn” and “Stars and Stripes Forever”, nearly 50 volunteer walkers for Anna Little, Republican Congressional nominee for New Jersey’s 6th District, made nearly 3,000 phone calls and knocked on over 1,700 doors in less than four hours this past Saturday in Matawan, NJ. Members of the Press are invited to witness and document Anna’s burgeoning volunteer effort in South Amboy this Saturday, August 7th. Details will be announced shortly.

(Please contact Press@annalittleforcongress.com for more details)

Beginning the day at 8 a.m. at the Park Place Diner on Rt. 34, hundreds of invited constituents and curious passersby stopped by to hear Anna’s stance on the issues before volunteers fanned out across the town. Working in teams of 2 or 3, with more experienced volunteers now mentoring the nearly two dozen newcomers, “Anna’s Army” personally touched over 1,700 homes in Matawan in less than four hours. For those of you scoring at home, that’s over 400 homes per hour for four hours.

Growing daily by leaps and bounds, Anna's volunteer 'army' will continue the campaign train similarly this Saturday, August 7, canvassing South Amboy starting at 8:30 am at a location to be announced shortly.