-
Cubs Lose! Cubs Lose!
May 6, 2013 | 28 comments
-
The Perfect Country Singer
April 29, 2013 | 24 comments
-
Searching for the Duke
April 25, 2013 | 106 comments
-
Carlos’s Moment of Clarity
April 16, 2013 | 27 comments
-
Civil Blight in Old Blighty
April 15, 2013 | 24 comments
Campaign Crawlers
A Florida Senate Primer
Folks like Mike Haridopolos are lining up to oust moderate sounding, liberal voting incumbent Bill Nelson.
(Page 2 of 2)
But it won’t be easy. Nelson is a low-key fellow who speaks with a disarming, good-ole-boy drawl. Florida’s left-stream media insist on referring to him as a “moderate.” Looking at Nelson’s voting record, Floridians are entitled to wonder what it would take to earn the title “left-wing geek.”
Sharon Day, co-chair of the RNC and Florida’s Republican Committeewoman, told me, “There should be some price to pay for his [Nelson’s] votes. We’re living with the results of those votes now. There needs to be some accountability.”
Do these Republican candidates, singing from the conservative hymnal, mean what they say or are they just tuned in to polls and focus groups? Floridians will get a clearer picture of this in the 14 months before the state’s primaries, and nearly 17 to the general election. But the success of any one of these would almost certainly move Florida politically to the right and help stave off what Florida conservatives refer to as the dreaded purple disease.
About the Author
Larry Thornberry is a writer in Tampa.
Intelligent Design| 6.22.11 @ 7:01AM
When Obama says "jump", Bill Nelson says, "How high?" Nelson is a model Demo-Socialist in the U.S. Senate. Voters will throw Obama, Nelson and their kind into the garbage truck in 2012. The Republican who will replace Nelson in the Senate is George LeMieux, who did an outstanding job when he was appointed to finish out the term of Mel Martinez, who resigned.
lydia | 6.23.11 @ 10:30AM
he won because idoit Floridians think that his real first name is Anthony and that he has a genie. Hopefully this time he will be exposed for the fraud that he is.
I am a 28 years old doctor, mature and beautiful.and now I am seeking a good man who can give me real love , so i got a username Andromeda2002 on--s'e'ek'c'ou'ga'r.c óm--.it is the first and best club for y'ounger women and old'er men, or older women and y'ounger men,to int'eract with each other. Maybe you wanna ch'eck 'it out or tell your friends!
sandcrab| 6.22.11 @ 7:06AM
This Lake County retiree sez LeMieux ain't got a prayer in the primary. But Nelson will be defeated in 2012.
Michael Tomlinson| 6.22.11 @ 8:18AM
Whoever receives the nomination needs to run the tapes of Nelson warmly supporting Obama after the USN SEALs killed Osama bin Laden. Tie the Obama rat around Nelson's neck and make him live with it.
Below are just a few reasons why Bill "Obama" Nelson will lose.
(1) When Bush left office the unemployment rate was 7.6% under Obama it has been consistently 9-10%.
(2) 13.9 million people in the U.S. are out of work according to the federal government's unemployment calculations.
(3) The number of "discouraged" workers -- those who are out of work but no longer trying to get a job because they consider the prospects to be too poor -- is currently 1.3 million (no doubt a low estimate).
(4) The U.S. labor force, the total of those who are working or actively looking for work, has shrunk by 246,000 people.
(5) The percentage of the working age population that is working or seeking work is now 64%, a 25-year low.
(6) If there 130,500 new jobs per month (Obama's high), it would still take 9 years to get the 13.9 million currently jobless workers back on the job.
(7) The "number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers, because companies are forced to cut their hours to avoid firing them)" was 8.5 million in May.
(8) The poverty rate has increased 8.3% under Obama.
(9) Real median household income under President Bush was $50,112 under the failed policies of Obama it is now $49,777 or a -0.7% decrease.
(10) Under Obama the house marketing is now worse than during FDR's Great Depression. The fall in house prices is now greater than that suffered during FDR’s Great Depression (31% in FDR’s Great Depression -vs. - 33% during Obama’s Depression).
(11) The national debt when President Bush left office in trillions of dollars was $10.627 under Obama it is now $14.052 or a 32.2%. In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history – over 27 times as fast.
(12) He paid the 6 Democrats ruining Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $34.4 million in bonuses.
(13) Obama and the Democrat Congress gave tens of millions of dollars in stimulus money to Democrat tax cheats who owe millions of dollars in back taxes.
(14) According to figures from the Obama administration’s own Bureau of Economic Analysis, for the nine economic quarters that Obama has been in office real annual growth in GDP has been just 1.5 percent. That’s less than half the annual GDP growth during the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s. Even more striking is that the rate of growth under Obama has been only slightly higher than during the 1930s — which, of course, was the decade of the Great Depression. In the 1930s, real annual GDP growth was 1.3 percent — just 0.2 percent less than under Obama.
(15) In Egypt his policies are empowering Muslim fundamentalists (Carter II's Iran), in Libya he is supporting al Qaeda militants and in Afghanistan he is ready to make a deal with the Taliban and "share power" with them.
gearjammer| 6.22.11 @ 8:28AM
The dems do well with these former astronauts. John Glenn always won in what was then a pretty conservative Ohio. Be prepared for Mark Kelly in Azizona. the sainted NASA hubby if the sainted Gabby Giffords has submitted his resignation from the Navy. And, guess what ? The sainted couple have just signed a book deal with Simon and Schuster, which I believe is owned by CBS. The democrats are going for the open Arizona senate seat with this guy. Are conservatives and GOP ready ?
Bo| 6.22.11 @ 10:17AM
"Are conservatives and GOP ready ?"
The answer to this question seem to perpetually be a resounding "no".
2Anglico| 6.22.11 @ 8:36AM
This is the race to watch. If Nelson wins, all hope is lost. Nelson is the proto-typical politician. He says NOTHING every time he opens his mouth. He is an empty suit. He is the poster boy for the Peter Principle. He somehow got the job of Insurance Commissioner in Florida and immediately proved beyond any doubt he knew ZERO about insurance. He parlayed that job into his current gig. The man MUST be defeated!
lol wut?| 6.22.11 @ 12:37PM
he won because idoit Floridians think that his real first name is Anthony and that he has a genie. Hopefully this time he will be exposed for the fraud that he is.
Marco| 6.22.11 @ 9:36AM
A fundraiser thrown by McCain, Collins and Murkowski? And he was Crist's right-hand man? Sounds like LeMieux is just another RINO. There are too many of those in the Senate already.
Intelligent Design| 6.22.11 @ 1:29PM
The 2010 National Taxpayers Union’s Rating of Congress scored George LeMieux 93% based on his conservative voting record compared to liberal voting Bill Nelson’s 16%. A Member of Congress’s “Taxpayer Score” reflects his or her commitment to reducing or controlling federal spending, taxes, debt, and regulation.
RCV| 6.22.11 @ 5:22PM
No wonder the latest poll on RealClearPolitics has Nelson up by twenty points over LeMieux!
PCP Smoker| 6.22.11 @ 9:36PM
Larry is all over Fla. Great stuff. LeMieux will soon become Former FLA Sen. LeMieux. The hunt is on for Rinos in Fla and Hasner has the M-16. Put a bullet right between his eyes.
Nite| 6.22.11 @ 10:11PM
I will vote for the Republican nominee against do nothing Nelson. The Republican has got to be better than Nelson.
vibrator | 6.23.11 @ 1:26AM
Yeah ,, Hahaha , you are right .，welcome to visit www.sexdollusa.com.cheapest price and best serviser will be your best choise.our Adult toys inculding
lisseursGHD | 6.27.11 @ 12:00AM
Bienvenue chez notre ghd france,ghd lisseurs professionnels fourlisseur en ligne où vous offre des stylers ghd variés, fers à lisser de bonne qualité et à prix fous-économisez jusqu'à 54%! Commandez maintenant.