National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Communications Director Brian Walsh issued the following statement in response to reports that national Democrats have shoved aside former State Party Chair Don Bivens in favor of their anointed candidate Richard Carmona: “After President Obama personally recruited Richard Carmona to run for the Senate, it should surprise no one that the liberal Washington establishment would eventually clear the field for their anointed candidate and loyal ally. “Today’s news only serves as a reminder to Arizonans that a vote for Carmona this November is a vote for President Obama’s liberal, big government agenda of higher taxes, reckless Washington spending and job-killing healthcare takeovers. “We look forward to hearing when President Obama and Richard Carmona will be campaigning side-by-side in Arizona in the days ahead.” BACKGROUND … “On September 23, President Obama called Richard Carmona to encourage him to run,” said one Democratic strategist. (Alexander Burns, Obama…
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As Healthcare Overreach Spreads, Liberal Democrats Richard Carmona & Don Bivens Remain Silent
As President Barack Obama continues his war on religious freedom both former Arizona Democrat Party Chairman Don Bivens and his handpicked candidate liberal Democrat Richard Carmona have remained silent surrounding the Obama Administration’s recent health care guidelines. Notably, Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid who hails from neighboring Nevada, said the entire Senate Democratic caucus supports the President’s decision. “This latest mandate stemming from Obama’s job-killing healthcare law is a troubling overreach into the private healthcare decisions of Arizonans and yet while countless of legislators have stepped forward and voiced their opinion, Richard Carmona and Don Bivens have remained silent,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox said today. “No one in Arizona should be forced to choose between violating their religious beliefs and facing government penalties, yet under the health care bill which both Bivens and Carmona support, that’s what they are now facing”
Obama & National Dems Give Cold Shoulder To Former State Party Chairman In Arizona Senate Race, Hope To Recruit G.W. Bush Appointee Instead…
“Believe They Have A Shot In Arizona… But Only If They Get The Right Candidate” Barely had former two-time Arizona Democrat Party Chairman Don Bivens announced his candidacy for the United States Senate, when his party’s professional political class in Washington – including no less than President Barack Obama himself – dismissed him off-hand. On October 6th, barely a week after Bivens’ announcement, Politico lifted the curtain on the backroom deal-making taking place among Washington Democrats, and reported that President Obama had personally phoned former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, who was appointed to that office by President George W. Bush, urging him to run for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. And now, just a few weeks later, National Journal’s Reid Wilson reports today that “Democrats believe they have a shot in Arizona, too, but only if they get the right candidate.” In other words, in a state where they…
