Congressman Mike McMahon (D-NY): Political genius.

Mike Grimm, a G.O.P challenger for Mike McMahon’s Congressional seat, took in over $200,000 in his last filing.

But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, the McMahon campaign compiled a list of Jewish donors to Grimm and provided it to The Politicker.

The file, labeled “Grimm Jewish Money Q2,” for the second quarter fundraising period, shows a list of over 80 names, a half-dozen of which in fact do hail from Staten Island, and a handful of others that list Brooklyn as home.

“Where is Grimm’s money coming from,” said Jennifer Nelson, McMahon’s campaign spokeman. “There is a lot of Jewish money, a lot of money from people in Florida and Manhattan, retirees.”

Idea for the McMahon campaign’s next advertising spot: McMahon wearing Colonial-style clothing, on horseback, riding through the countryside and yelling, “The Jews are coming! The Jews are coming!”

Seriously though, the spin is just sad:

Nelson stressed that the point of compiling the list was not to show that Grimm had a lot of Jewish support, but that he had little support in the district.

“I don’t think ethnicity matters. When people look at who is funding his campaign it’s not people who have a direct vested interest [in the district.]“

Really? That’s what you’re going with? Ethnicity doesn’t matter? That kind of runs contrary to the list you put out entitled, “Grimm Jewish Money Q2″. Jewish money. Not extra-constituency money. Jewish money. Clearly ethnicity was a factor in the campaign’s attack.

Via Ace.