Reply #7: Lutrin comments briefly. From the Sarasota SunHerald

[madfloridian]

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081016/BLOG01/810160276/2121?Title=Democrats_not_helping_Mahoney_out_of_this_one#

"One of the problems for U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney as he tries to fight through allegations that he had an affair, is that he’s not likely to have a lot of Democrats coming to his side even as Republicans are calling for his resignation.

..."It’s not just the morale significance of the charges against him. From the start of his emergence as a candidate in the 16th District, Democrats questioned his loyalty and commitment to the Democratic Party ideas given that he was a Republican as recently at 2004. (Wrong..He was still a Republican in 2005...probably August.)

“They all know he’s not a real Democrat,” said David Lutrin, the Palm Beach Gardens school teacher I wrote about in today’s H-T.

Lutrin isn’t alone in his assessment. Early on Democratic bloggers chimed in against Mahoney, a venture capitalist who was until 2006, mostly unknown in the 16th District.

And they mentioned Lutrin again a couple of days ago.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081016/ARTICLE/810160371

"David Lutrin can hardly hold back the "I told you so."

Three years ago the schoolteacher and passionate anti-war activist from Palm Beach County was all set to run for Congress against then-U.S. Rep. Mark Foley. The 54-year-old husband and father opened up a campaign account, started stumping in the 16th Congressional District and thought he had won the blessing of national Democrats.

But then, almost overnight, Lutrin said the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee began pressuring him to get out of the race and told him it was no longer backing him. Instead it was putting resources, including a check from then-DCCC chairman Rahm Emanuel, behind a political newcomer: Tim Mahoney, a multimillionaire venture capitalist and former Republican, who was mostly unknown within state Democratic circles.

That decision may come back to haunt Democrats."

What Karen Thurman and Rahm wrought in 2006 may come back to bite them in the you know what.