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New Hampshire reporter to announce candidacy for phantom congressional seat UPDATED!
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
11/20/09 7:49 AM EST
Grant Bosse will announce today that he is seeking a seat in Congress by becoming a candidate for New Hampshire's 00 congressional district.
Bosse, an investigative journlist associated with the Watchdog.org group, is thus the first candidate in the nation to announce for one of the estimated 440 phantom congressional districts in which officials with President Obama's economic stimulus program credited their program with creating thousands of jobs at a cost of more than $6.4 billion.
Why is he doing it? "Because even a fake district needs real leadership," Bosse said. For more details, go here. Bosse is expected to be only the first of a wave of candidates announcing in the next few days for phantom congressional districts.
The Examiner has been unable to confirm reports that the New Hampshire development may be the start of a national movement to convert existing congressional seats into phantom districts to match the likelihood of fulfillment by most Washington politicians of their many promises on issues like health care reform, job creation, and "reaching across the aisle in a spirit of compromise for the nation's good."
UPDATE: We have video!
Bosse announces. Watch it here.
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