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…
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NRSC Statement On President Obama’s Hand-Picked Candidate Richard Carmona
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…
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”
President Obama Brought His Campaign To Arizona, But His Recruited Senate Candidate Ducked
Richard Carmona Was Noticeably Absent From Obama’s Visit Yesterday, President Barack Obama visited Chandler, Arizona but one person who skipped the event was Democrat Senate candidate Richard Carmona who the President personally recruited to run. While the liberal kingmakers in Washington tried for months to get Carmona to challenge former Democrat party boss Don Bivens for the nomination, they were ultimately unsuccessful. That’s when the Campaigner-in-Chief got involved and personally encouraged Carmona to jump into the race, while Obama campaign officials claimed a Carmona candidacy would help them make Arizona competitive for the President. It seems, however, that with the President’s poll numbers mired at just 41 percent approval in Arizona, Carmona wasn’t ready to return the favor. “It speaks volumes about President Obama’s standing among Arizonans that even his hand-picked Senate candidate Richard Carmona wasn’t willing to stand at his side,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan…
Pentagon Rebukes Richard Carmona For Keeping Them In The Dark On Political Aspirations
Carmona Resigns Just Two Days After Accepting The Position To Run For U.S. Last Tuesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that former Surgeon General Richard Carmona would lead an independent investigation on the mishandling of the remains of fallen U.S. troops at the Dover Air Force Base. This led to speculation that Carmona was resisting public pressure from Democrats in Washington to run for the Senate, and instead focusing on this new solemn duty. Yet just two days later, Carmona announced that in fact he was running for the Democrat nomination against former Arizona party boss Don Bivens, and under apparent pressure from the DoD, he stepped down from the panel just three days after accepting the new investigative panel. As The Hill reports: On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Carmona would head an independent panel overseeing the investigation into the mishandling of the remains of fallen U.S. troops. …
NRSC Statement On Arizona Democrat U.S. Senate Primary
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Communications Director Brian Walsh issued the following statement in response to reports that national Democrats have convinced former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona to enter Arizona’s Democrat U.S. Senate primary against two-time former state Democrat Party Chairman Don Bivens: “With their eagerness to recruit Richard Carmona, national Democrats have chosen to create a costly, divisive primary and pit themselves against a growing list of Arizona liberals who have thrown their weight behind former two-time state Democrat Party chairman Don Bivens. It’s clear that Carmona is the hand-picked candidate of the Washington Democrat establishment. It’s also clear that, whichever candidate emerges from this contentious Democrat primary, he’ll have a difficult time selling Arizonans on his support for ObamaCare and the rest of President Obama’s failed, tax-and-spend agenda in Washington.” On October 6th, barely a week after two-time former Democrat Party Chairman Don Bivens’ entrance into the…
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…
