Doheny Sticks to What He Knows...Money.. in HOTLINE Gabfest...

     GOP Congressional hopeful Matt Doheny was confident of his chances both next Tuesday and next November during an interview on the HOTLINE program.
     Mr. Doheny faces Kellie Greene in a Tuesday primary for the Republican nod to face Rep. Bill Owens to represent the 21st CD covering all of NNY.
      A disciplined Doheny stayed on message, stressing fiscal and finance issues and avoiding direct attacks on his opponent, even though I raised both the speeding ticket and the trip to Taiwan for him to take a swat at. He did make the obligatory linkage of Mr. Owens to Obamacare and Minorty Leader Nancy Pelosi.
      Mr. Doheny says he is a hard working, self made man from Alexandria Bay, where in ten days he gets married to fiance Mary Reidy. He also explained what he does for a living and his role in the trucking industry with Yellow Line. He bristled when I ask if he was a day trader.
      The candidate did say he believes President Obama was born in the USA and cringed at having to deal with GOP social issues, instead preferring money and national security issues.   He pledged to be an advocate for his district and said his role in a likely GOP House majority was preferable to that of Mr. Owens.
      On the political hit piece last March in Gawker, Mr. Doheny said he had no idea there would be a tracker photographing him in a DC restaurant.  He says he is trying to meet as many voters as possible, in part to dispel the Democratic Party narrative painting him as a party animal and an out of touch rich guy. (He did say a corporation is not the same as a person)
      Doheny points to his non stop campaigning as evidence of his committment to the district and its residents. His command of facts allowed him to rattle (at a fast clip) off all sorts of things. He does his homework.
       One interesting note....Doheny says he would rather play in a foursome with President Obama, President Clinton and VP Biden than hitting the links with Mitt Romney, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell.  He knows where the fun is.
      Tomorrow Kellie Greene is on the HOTLINE.