John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, issued a statement today:

Wendy Long would make an outstanding addition to the U.S. Senate, and I believe she is the perfect candidate to break the Democrat stranglehold on New York. I endorse her with enthusiasm and believe with her platform of Jobs, Freedom, and Accountability she can win this race.

Those of us looking for a change — votes in the Senate to overturn the president’s crippling health-care plan for one — ought to be getting behind stellar candidates. Instead of having the 514th argument over Todd Akin, who has dug in, support a stellar candidate. A few unlikely people saying this-can-be-done can change the trajectory of a campaign. Wendy Long is exactly the woman whom anyone who cares about responsible governance and serious, liberating reform wants in the Senate.