The latest dead-tree version of National Review features a John J. Miller article on the ?crop of Afghan and Iraq War vets? who will help Republicans battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the fall elections.
The first candidate mentioned ? and the only one pictured ? is Ilario Pantano, who?s seeking to unseat North Carolina 7th District Democrat Mike McIntyre.
Wilmington-area John Locke Foundation supporters might remember Pantano?s 2006 Headliner presentation on his book Warlord.
Here?s an early paragraph from Miller?s new article:
Today, Pantano is one of the GOP?s great hopes for wresting control of the House away from Democrats. North Carolina?s 7th district, which includes Wilmington and its environs, prefers Republican presidential candidates. John McCain took it with 52 percent and George W. Bush took it with more. Since 1996, however, the area?s voters have sent blue-dog Democrat Mike McIntyre to Washington, often with commanding majorities against token opposition. Pantano insists that he?ll deliver a different result in 2010: ?When I saw that Scott Brown could win a Senate race in Massachusetts, I knew I could win here.?
