Although I have commented regularly on Daily Kos for a number of years and have TU status, this is my first diary.  This is the first time I felt I had something important enough to report to justify a diary. The New York 29th Congressional district is largely rural and will never have a regular non-partisan poll to show how the candidates are doing, so what I have to offer is the next best thing (or perhaps it is actually better than a poll). It is a column written on September 3 by Joe Dunning who is the managing editor of The Leader, Corning New York's only newspaper. So this news comes from the part of the 29th district where Massa's opponent is strongest. Those who know him say that Joe Dunning may lean a bit to the conservative side, but is a straight shooter.