Sandy Treadwell, GOP candidate for the New York 20th Congressional district, has, without a doubt, the bussiest PR machine I have yet encountered in the political races that I've covered. His near-daily press releases are sometimes reminiscent of the daily press releases we're used to receiving from the NYRA people during the track season... "Come to the track today, there's a really exciting ice cream eating contest/hat show/beer garden/hot dog eating contest/free T-shirts/new widget/etc..."

And by saying this, I mean no disrespect. Certainly, Treadwell is offering powerful evidence that he will stay ontop of issues, if elected. I do get a similar amount of material from U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is running to keep her seat, but she has the advantage of being a congresswoman, and can therefore issue press release on things she's doing in congress. In addition, she has a separate PR machine for her race and her campaign.

Treadwell, who is not in congress, is left to write press releases on issues. He clearly has a lot of ideas, but he sometimes gets stuck in his desire to wail again Gillibrand, and looses his message in the process. Recently, Treadwell has been VERY down on U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel. Of course, he's got to reason to be down on Rangel, but because of the amount of press he's putting out on Rangel, I almost forgot who Treadwell's opponent is.

In the press release I've pasted below, he doesn't even mention his opponent until the last setence. At this point, I think it's safe to say Treadwell is beating a dead horse. New York is far away. And, what is a rent controlled apartment anyway?

Rangel Watch - Day 13

Rangel Gets Offensive, But New York Pols Do Nothing

Halfmoon, NY: The following is a statement from Sandy Treadwell, Republican, Independence and Conservative Party candidate for the 20^th Congressional District:

"The failure of leading New Yorkers to ask Charles Rangel to step aside in the wake of admitting to evading federal income taxes, accepting a no-interest loan from a wealthy contributor, and having four rent controlled apartments is unfortunate and another indication of how deeply flawed the political culture on both sides of the aisle has become. And now that tacit support of Rangel’s glib attitude has manifested itself in deeply offensive remarks made with respect to Governor Sarah Palin.

“Unfortunately, this is not some contrived ‘brouhaha’ as Mayor Bloomberg suggests. It’s a serious pattern of abuse and privilege that should not be tolerated. The ambivalence and acceptance toward this kind of behavior is deeply troubling. And now as Congress wrestles with a trillion dollar bailout of our financial institutions the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee has become a sideshow issuing self righteous denials and insulting remarks while at the same time throwing up his hands in the face of crisis. The American people deserve better. They deserve strong leadership they can trust.

“I'm calling on Charles Rangel to step aside not because he's a Democrat and not because I question his commitment to serve New Yorkers and his country. It is simply about what is right and what is wrong at this time of crisis in our country. Americans have the right to expect that a man who writes the tax code will abide by the tax code. Our families work hard and they have the right to expect that their representatives play by the same rules that they do. And that the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee can focus on the financial crisis rather than his own self-induced ethics troubles.

“I once again urge Kirsten Gillibrand to return campaign contributions raised by Congressman Rangel, reject his deeply offensive remarks, and join me in calling for him to step down as Chairman of Ways and Means while the House Ethics Committee investigates his actions.”