Rumors out of Arksansas were wrong as Lincoln is not retiring but announcing how much money she raised for her race. Big mistake -- Lincoln will be a major target for supporting Obama's agenda from Red State Arkansas in 2010!
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Yesterday afternoon word leaked that Senator Blanche Lincoln, Democrat from Arkansas, was going to announce her retirement. One year ago all these Democrats were giddy about the prospects of controlling all three branches of Government and ramming the Obama agenda of the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and Obamacare trifecta through the Congress for signature.
The first major piece of legislation was the Stimulus they railroaded through the House with some Democrats now wishing they had voted NO, passing in the Senate, and Obama signing the bill. Some Republicans in both Houses foolishly voted for the stimulus because they were concerned that something had to be done. That was a mistake. What they voted for has turned into a nightmare as no one can give an accurate accounting where millions of dollars have gone. Why should we expect accounting when they couldn't even get zip codes right? Money was thrown at the problem with little to no additional jobs created. Saving the jobs of state employees isn't exactly what most people would have expected out of a stimulus package.
Next Pelosi rams Cap and Trade through the House with eight (8) Republican votes (one from NY-23 resigned later to take a job in the Administration). Why any Republican voted for this bill is beyond comprehension. That said if the eight (8) Republicans would have voted NO, Pelosi would have cracked her whip and found eight (8) more YES votes among the Blue Dogs. The Cap and Trade bill is still waiting to be heard in the Senate. After the Global Warming fraud which has turned into a debacle we expect no further action in an election year and maybe never. Now Republicans and Democrats are working together under the leaderhsip of Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska fighting to keep the EPA from stepping in with new rules and regulations by trying to do an end run around legislation that is stalled.
The final leg of the trifecta was to be Obamacare which has NO Republican support and received NO Republican votes when separate bills passed both Houses. Now with Senator-Elect Scott Brown's win in Massachusetts, the outcome of negotiations between the House and Senate members are not going well. Obama has signaled they might want to back down to a smaller version but that is not selling either. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have managed something that is hard to do on a bill. They have both liberals and conservatives mad at them on Obamacare.
With Republicans taking the Governors races in Virginia and New Jersey and winning the Senate seat in Massachusetts once held by Ted Kennedy, the hand writing is on the wall for 2010. Any Democrat after the MA Senate race is now vulnerable as voters from all parts of the Country and political ideology are disgusted with lack of transparency, voting without reading because bills are rammed through by Democrat leadership, and complete arrogance that the Democrats in leadership 'know what is best' for the American Taxpayers.
These Democrats who are retiring understand that "We The People" are the ones who vote them into office. They have been non-responsive and refused to stand up to their Democrat leadership of Obama/Reid/Pelosi as they continued putting the Democrat Party over the will of their own constituents. Rather then get defeated on Nov 2nd 2010, they are jumping off a sinking ship.
The latest from Gateway Pundit: Senator Joe Lieberman told Eyewitness News 3 that it is possible that he could run as a “good old-fashioned New England Republican” in 2012. Lieberman says he was kicked out of the Democratic party in the 2006 primary after his stance on the Iraq War. (Lieberman was right -- surge worked)
The bottom line is that in the final analysis, the voters of America will have the last say on 2 November 2010 when they go to the polls. Right now those voters are mad at what they are seeing out of DC and disgusted with the "Hope and Change" of Obama.
This article from the Washington Examiner gives an excellent assessment of where Republicans stand in their quest to take back the House and why Democrats are bolting from races.
With majority at risk, Democrats bolting from races
By: Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional CorrespondentJanuary 26, 2010
In the wake of Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, two Democratic candidates have decided against running for office and more are likely to bow out in the weeks to come.
The shifting political winds, signaled in November by Republican victories in both the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections, have for the first time put the House majority within reach of the Republicans and the Senate within a few seats of a GOP takeover. "The special election in Massachusetts and the elections in New Jersey and in Virginia certainly indicate that the prospects are pretty strong for Republicans this year," said James Campbell, political science professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Vice President Biden's son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, disappointed the party Monday when he announced he will not seek the Senate seat held by his father for 36 years.
The announcement came shortly after Rep. Marion Berry, a fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrat from Arkansas, announced he would not seek an eighth term.
Biden's decision is expected to make the Delaware Senate race an easy victory for Republican candidate Mike Castle, a moderate who currently serves in the House. Berry is the sixth House Democrat to abandon a competitive race this cycle, and that list will likely grow.
"I think you will see more retirements this week," said Dave Wasserman, who edits the coverage of House races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Wasserman said that he lists about 60 Democratic seats as competitive, which means that it is at least a possibility a Republican could win.
The GOP needs to win 40 seats to take over the majority, and Wasserman said the most likely outcome will result in Republicans picking up 25 to 35 seats in November. But some political analysts believe that number could be higher, particularly in light of Brown's victory. "If you had to say what is possible, I would not discount the possibility of Republicans regaining the majority," Wasserman said.
Read more at the Washington Examiner
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