This Monday (11/3), you will have a chance to meet Dale on your way to work. From 7:30AM - 9:00AM Dale will be at the Alabrassa Cafe in Liverpool waiting to meet you. Stop by for free coffee and biscuits and talk about the issues with Dale.

Alabrassa Cafe is located at 612 Oswego Street, hope you all can make it!

The local news publication, the Eagle News Papers announced their endorsement of Dale Sweetland this week.  In the endorsement, they cited a statement from former County Executive Nick Pirro as their reason for the endorsement;

"...this campaign is about voters here sending their choice to Washington, not about Washington sending its choice to us.  We think Pirro has a point."

For more on the endorsement, check here

Today Dale Sweetland received the 60 Plus Association's Honoray Guardian of Seniors' Rights award.  The organization's spokesperson, legendary musician Pat Boone, cited Sweetland's support for repealing the 1993 tax imposed by President Clinton on Social Security benefits, as well as Sweetland's support to repeal the 'Death Tax' which hurts small businesses and farmers across New York and the country. "Dale Sweetland, running for the U.S. House of Representatives for New York's 25th District, knows a bad tax when he sees one," said Boone, "and the Death Tax is as bad as they come!"

For more on the award, please check out the press release on the press page.

Natalie has seen Dale on TV, and signs all around her home. Natalie likes the sound of Dales' last name "Sweetland."

Natalie finally got a chance to meet Dale!

After the House of Representatives rejected a bailout plan for Wall Street and the stock market plunged 777 points Monday, a lot of people were angry. Some vented at greedy executives. Others took it out on Congress for failing to act.

With that in mind, Republican Dale Sweetland decided it was a bad day to conduct a poll to find out where voters stand in his race against Democrat Dan Maffei for the 25th Congressional District seat.

Sweetland canceled the one-day poll planned for Monday because of concerns it might not be an accurate measure of the race to succeed retiring Rep. James Walsh, R-Onondaga.

"I don't think any person would have tried to do a poll at that point," said Bill Rapp, Sweetland's campaign manager. "I don't think it would be an adequate representation of any campaign."

Rapp said the Sweetland campaign has not decided whether to attempt the poll again in the four weeks before the Nov. 4 election. No polling data has been released by either candidate or any public entity since the start of the campaign.

At least five political analysts in Washington, D.C., have given the edge to Maffei without citing any polling numbers.

Race drops to No. 4

For months, a popular Washington Post political blogger has given the edge to Maffei, rating the 25th District race No. 1 in the nation on his list of House seats most likely to change parties in the fall election.

But in blogger Chris Cillizza's latest rankings on his "Friday House Line," the 25th District race dropped for the first time. It's now No. 4.

Cillizza explained the reason: "Dan Maffei, who nearly ousted retiring Rep. Jim Walsh in 2006, has held the number one slot on the Line for as long as we can remember. Why did he drop? If anyone is going to be hurt by Rep. Charlie Rangel's ongoing ethics problems, it's Maffei - a former Rangel staffer."

Maffei worked for Rangel, D-Harlem, on the House Ways and Means Committee from 1998 to 2005.

Since then, Rangel has helped raise money for both of Maffei's campaigns for the 25th District seat. Maffei took in $57,000 at a single event sponsored by Rangel this summer - a New York City birthday party. It was the most money raised among 10 candidates who benefited from Rangel's birthday bash.

Rangel has recently admitted that he owes thousands of dollars in back taxes for failing to disclose $75,000 in rental income from a villa in the Dominican Republic.

Mark Weiner's Washington Notebook appears Sunday in The Post-Standard. He can be reached at mweiner@syracuse.com or 202-383-7818.

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Dale joined Assemblyman Oaks at the Marion American Legion for their Annual Raffle.

Dale met with hundreds of Wayne County folks, who asked questions and talked about issues that really matter like our troubled economy, energy, taxes and jobs.

Two great New Yorkers who are supporting Dale were kind enough host a luncheon on Dales' behalf.