Today's Democrat and Chronicle has a long analysis of race in the 29th on the first page of the "Local" section. The article concentrates on the race as an example of the Republican strategy of making all Congressional races about local issues, versus the Democrat's attempt to make them a referendum on issues like Iraq.
A prime example of the local strategy, from Kuhl:
"My opponent has no history in the district, no experience, no ties to the district. I have tremendous legislative experience. I was born in the district. My father was born in the district. And I've got more than two decades of experience in serving the people. That's what this race comes down to."
Massa's rejoinder:
...his life experience as a naval officer, cancer survivor and special assistant to four-star Army Gen. Wesley Clark — the former Supreme Allied Commander for Europe — means more than legislative experience...."I'm not a professional politician. And that by itself is quite unusual in a congressional race these days"
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That article is a recycle, I think -- I could swear I read an almost identical one about a month ago.
Here's a link to when the Star-Gazette ran a nearly identical article in late July.
http://www.dccc.org/stakeholder/archives/005081.html
The analysis is the same but there are a few updates, like new money numbers.
Would it have killed them to write a new piece from scratch? I know things are tight in the newspaper industry, but...