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April 28, 2006

Roach coach

After implying as much for a couple of weeks, Jon Fleischman now states flatly that he thinks the second-place Republican finisher in the special election for Duke Cunningham's old 50th Congressional district should challenge the leading Republican in the June primary for a full term in the seat. Fleischman, who traveled with his candidate, Eric Roach, on a trip to Washington to guage support, continues to be a case-study in the merger of news-making and new-reporting as a blogger and editor who is still practicing politics full time.