Schumer Knows That Carmona Will Be A Partisan Tax-And-Spend Senator Like Himself Liberal Democrat Kingmaker Senator Chuck Schumer is glowing about the possibility that Barack Obama’s handpicked candidate Richard Carmona will fulfill his dream of having a tax-and-spend Senator from the Grand Canyon State. While Carmona likes to fancy himself as an “independent,” Schumer knows better because like himself he’s a card-carrying member of the Democrat Party and a strong supporter of the President’s job-killing healthcare law. “Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer is abuzz about liberal Democrat Richard Carmona’s candidacy because he knows that Carmona will follow suit and be a rubberstamp for Barack Obama’s job-killing agenda of higher taxes and more spending,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. Notably, six years ago Schumer was boasting that millionaire Democrat Jim Pederson would get elected in Arizona, but he was soundly defeated in what was a strong…
Sherrod Brown Thinks Passing A Budget Is Not That Important
For Three Years Sherrod Brown Has Failed To Perform The Most Basic Function Of His Job Since 1973, liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown has been running for office and during his most recent campaign he said it was important that the United States pass a budget. Interestingly, after three years of failing to pass a budget, Brown is changing his tune and telling Ohioans that he isn’t concerned about passing a budget. In fact, in the three years that Barack Obama and Sherrod Brown have controlled Washington, our national debt has increased by over $5 trillion – bringing the total debt to over $15.6 trillion. In an effort to distance himself from supporting President Obama’s tax-and-spend policies into law, Brown recently told a television station in Lima that he doesn’t think passing a budget – which according to some Democrats is the most basic responsibility of governing – is that important….
With The First Lady Scheduled To Visit Tucson, When Will Liberal Democrat Richard Carmona Campaign With President Obama?
President Obama Personally Convinced Richard Carmona To Run For The U.S. Senate With first lady Michelle Obama expected to visit Tucson today, where she will raise money for President Obama’s nonstop re-election campaign, Arizonans deserve to know when liberal Democrat Richard Carmona will appear with the President. Politico recently noted that President Obama played an instrumental role in convincing Carmona to become a card carrying Democrat so he could run for Arizona’s open Senate seat. Yet since he has entered the race, Carmona has refused to campaign with the President. “With the First Lady appearing in the Grand Canyon State, Arizonans deserve to know when liberal Democrat Richard Carmona will campaign alongside his recruiter President Obama,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “Given that Mr. Carmona is an ardent supporter of the President’s job-killing healthcare law, we look forward to them campaigning side-by-side and sharing their liberal…
Top Senate Democrat Tacitly Acknowledges He Has Angus King’s Vote In His Back Pocket State Democrats Question King’s Record, While Washington Democrats Stand Ready To Welcome Him With Open Arms
Top Senate Democrat Tacitly Acknowledges He Has Angus King’s Vote In His Back Pocket. State Democrats Question King’s Record, While Washington Democrats Stand Ready To Welcome Him With Open Arms WASHINGTON – Even as Democrats in Maine question “Independent” Angus King’s record, with the State Party telling Politico recently that they intend to support the Democratic nominee while saying that King never really had to make tough decisions as Governor, it remains clear that Democrats in Washington believe they have King’s vote firmly in their back pocket. As top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer tells The Hill newspaper today: SCHUMER: “There’s only one state where the strong likelihood is there’s a pick-up. That’s Maine and that’s ours.” Yet as one publication reported recently, national Democrats have yet to even pick up the phone and speak with Democrat State Senator Cynthia Dill who is running for the Democratic nomination. Interestingly, however, the DSCC’s website includes the following about the Maine Senate race: “Expect Democrats…
NRSC Statement & Background on Pennsylvania Republican Senate Primary
“We congratulate Tom Smith on winning the Pennsylvania Republican Senate Primary. The difference in this race couldn’t be more clear. Tom is a proven job creator who believes we need less government spending and lower taxes, while Bob Casey has voted in lockstep with Barack Obama and his agenda of higher taxes and increased government regulation. It’s time to restore fiscal sanity and pro-jobs policies in Washington D.C. and we can do that with Tom Smith as the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.” – NRSC Executive Director Rob Jesmer BACKGROUND…. Bob Casey ran for the United States Senate attacking his opponent for voting with President Bush more than 90% of the time, driving up the deficit while claiming he’d never support deficit spending, and saying that a vote for him was a vote for smart tax policy. Since the day he was elected, Bob Casey has flipped on nearly every…
National Democrats Continue Giving Dill Cold Shoulder
Further Evidence of Backroom Deal With Supposed Independent Angus King National Democrats, as part of their relentless “Year of The Woman” narrative, are out today touting two new joint fundraising committees created to boost female U.S. Senate candidates. However, one female candidate’s name is conspicuously absent – Maine State Senator Cynthia Dill – even though like Dill, at least three other female candidates being supported by the national party are not yet the official Democratic nominees in their respective races. According to The Hill: Each of the committees the DSCC registered include different participants, although six candidates and the DSCC are included in both committees. The six benefiting from both are Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Hawaii Senate candidate Rep. Mazie Hirono (D), Wisconsin Senate candidate Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D), and Nevada Senate candidate Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.). Of those, Berkley and Baldwin…
McCaskill Solicits Campaign Contributions From Government Office Building
Actions Potentially Violate Both Senate Ethics Rules & Federal Law Senator Claire McCaskill’s uphill re-election bid was the subject of a story in yesterday’s Washington Post which was then the focus of an interview that her official government office curiously set up with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews yesterday evening. In the course of yesterday’s MSNBC interview, which was conducted from the Russell Senate Office Building, Senator McCaskill made a direct pitch for campaign contributions – even directing viewers to her campaign website – which would appear to violate both Senate ethics rules and federal law. The U.S. Senate ethics manual clearly states – “Senate Members and staff may not receive or solicit campaign contributions in any federal building.” As The Daily Caller reports today, “[A] Democratic lawmaker may have violated prohibitions against soliciting campaign contributions on government property while appearing on MSNBC on Monday night.” “Senator McCaskill has a long record…
Bob Kerrey Admits He Worked For A Company That Tried To Exploit A Loophole To Gain TARP Funds
Kerrey Served On The Board Of Directors For Genworth, Which Tried To Get TARP Funds During the financial meltdown in 2008, liberal Democrat Bob Kerrey served on the board of Genworth and this past weekend, Kerrey admitted to KHAS-TV that his company attempted to exploit a loophole in order to receive TARP funds. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO During the interview, this slick speaking New Yorker tried to convince Nebraskans that he was doing the FDIC a favor by purchasing a bank in Minnesota. Additionally, Nebraska Watchdog recently reported that Genworth, who was paying Kerrey over $200,000 a year to advise the company, unsuccessfully tried to exploit a loophole to gain TARP funding. The story notes, Project on Government Oversight – a nonpartisan government watchdog group – was critical of Genworth’s actions, saying they were “trying to jump on the gravy train.” As Nebraska Watchdog reports: A fundraiser…
Facing Re-Election, Joe Manchin Now Sings A Different Tune On Obama Presidency
Now Claims To Oppose Obama Despite Unabashedly Supporting Him In 2008 When Barack Obama was the Democratic nominee for President in 2008, he had no greater friend and supporter than then-West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, despite Obama’s demonstrated record as an anti-coal, big government liberal. At press conferences and campaign events, Manchin said he was “totally committed to Senator Barack Obama being the next President of the United States,” and routinely shared his view that Obama was the right leader at the right time to lead America forward and get the economy back on track. And even after Obama lost West Virginia by 13 points in the 2008 election, Manchin still wholeheartedly endorsed Obama’s massive stimulus spending bills, telling West Virginians that the Obama stimulus “would make a big difference in the job market” and that it had provided a “shot in the arm” to West Virginia. Over the last…
Tammy Baldwin Votes Against Small Businesses
Once Again Baldwin Stands Up For Bigger Government & More Spending, Rather Than Standing Behind Wisconsin Business Owners Continuing a long pattern of supporting bigger government, higher taxes and more spending, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin today voted against efforts to spur job creation by giving small businesses a 20 percent tax cut, despite the fact that families in Wisconsin continue to struggle with soaring gas prices and a lagging economy. Remarkably, Baldwin’s opposition to small business tax relief comes just three short months after she went on a much trumpeted “January Jobs Tour” when she said, “the people of Wisconsin want a U.S. senator who will fight for the middle class, make job creation a priority and expand economic opportunities for working families.” “Rather than supporting the small businesses of Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin stayed true to her liberal form by voting against legislation to spur economic growth in the Badger…
