Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre is distancing himself from a report that he’s mulling a run for Congress… while at the same time admitting that he’s sorta kinda thinking about it.
Wally Edge, the pseudonym for a blogger at PolitickerNJ.com, writes today that Halfacre
is considering a bid for Congress against Democrat Rush Holt in 2010 and spent some time on last week’s Chamber of Commerce trip to Washington making some early fundraising connections.
True? Here’s what Halfacre told redbankgreen, via email, early this afternoon:
That article has been pointed out to me. I donÂ’t know where the guy gets his info from, but it wasnÂ’t from me. I was on the train, but other than that, I have made no decisions about what to do with myself in 2010.
But when we pressed him, he said this:
This is a bit of a surprise, frankly. But it is certainly flattering to be thought of in this way.
Intentionally or not, the Facebooking, Tweeting, tri-athletic chief executive of sleepy little Fair Haven appears to have been laying lots of digital crumbs for the crumb-trackers lately.
He’s amped up his criticisms of the Dems for runaway spending on the Obama bailout plan and the income-tax problems of Treasury Sec Tim Geithner and Tom Daschle, Obama’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services.
There were these Tweets on Saturday, for example:
and
He’s also been a persistent critic of Gov. Jon Corzine on taxation, spending and distribution of aid to municipalities. Apparently, this has not enhanced his popularity in Trenton.
There were these live posts from his trip to D.C.:
Note to self: State Treasurer does not like to be confronted about his bad fiscal policies.
and
Dubliner packed. Corzine ignored me. pissed of Treasurer and Ass. Shaer. time for dinner
Finally, for the tea-leaf crowd, there are these recent posts about who he’s been rubbing elbows with, the first from his D.C. trip and the second upon his return:
Dinner at The Caucus Room with @edtraz…important peeps, who’s who Republican NJ politicos.
and
Brunch w/NJ GOP Guvs candidates: Lonegan
and Merkt strong on policy. Missed Christie, but guy I was sitting w/
said he also did well.