Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Pressure On Key Incumbents Mount

It's not looking good for Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd right now. Here is a report that illustrates just what a quandary he is in.

...He currently enjoys a disapproval rating of 58%. Although Congress as a whole is quite unpopular, few senators can count on such dismal ratings.

As if the 58%-disapproval rating is not bad enough, a recent Quinnipiac University poll shows Dodd trailing former GOP Rep. Rob Simmons by 16 percentage points. In other words, if elections were held today, the Republican Party would take over Dodd’s senate seat. National Republicans have already announced they will pour more money into the race, and the state’s Republican Party has sent out several emails blasting Dodd.

Disapproval ratings of 58% and currently running 16 percentage points behind a Republican in a liberal northeast state is not a position a long term senator wants to be in. I know it's a long time until the election, but I can be quite sure fighting an uphill battle is not exactly an ideal situation. This may get other Democrats in the state interested in a primary battle against a powerful incumbent, something that is rarely successful.

John McCain is about to find out what a primary race is, it looks like he has a GOP challenger to his seat.

Chris Simcox, the founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and a prominent figure in the movement to clamp down on illegal immigration, will be announcing tomorrow at an event on the Mexican border that he's resigned from the group to run in the 2010 Senate primary.


The Politico article is from yesterday, so we can expect the announcement today. For those that cannot wait, here is Mr Simcox's website and here is a video you may want to watch, to see his claim to fame:



Maybe this is why McCain has been trying to distance himself from Sarah Palin lately. We all know he isn't exactly the most conservative member of his party and his platform is not well-received by many who were forced to support him, in this last Presidential race (mainly by default). He is not going to be able to out-conservative his opponent.

Wouldn't it be funny if she were to do some campaigning for Simcox?

The point here is this, no matter what they want us to believe, any incumbent can be beaten. It's looking very much like Dodd can be turned out of office and don't tell Chris Simcox has hasn't a chance against the powerful McCain. He thinks he can win. And with the dissatisfaction many have with McCain these days, he just may have a chance.

McCain is Democrat Lite, Simcox can isolate conservatives and win them over, if he plays it right and can raise a little money. Dodd is a hypocritical and crooked politician, who deserves to work in a used car dealership. If no Democrat can muster support to run against him in the primary, this one will likely go to the GOP next year.

How about you and your officials? Democrat or Republican, it makes no difference. This is not about parties. Both are out of touch right now. This is about getting rid of the career politicians who have made a huge mess out of this nation and are trying to make you believe they are the answer. This isn't about a catchy slogan, this is about real change.

All Democrats like Barney Frank and John Murtha should be fired. All Republicans like Dan Burton and John McCain should be fired. That's change. There is no good reason to keep re-electing people who consistently do not get it, do not understand the common man, and yet lie their asses off to convince us all that they do.

I can't think of any, right now.

Got one? I'd like to hear it.


13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I know … I know! I have a good reason!

My mom likes it when Diane Feinstein uses her position to enrich her husband’s real estate business by sending a friendly note to the FDIC.

She loves it when Nancy Pelosi manages to insert language in the minimum wage legislation that exempts her husband’s business from that same legislation.

My mom likes it when Barney Frank can slip it in ... um, engineer a financial market meltdown, blame it on republicans, and walk away laughing because he knows that, as a practical matter, no one will ever attempt to prosecute him for being the crook he is.

I'm too small to understand this stuff, but if we didn't keep electing these people, who would serve as a role model for dudes like Lizzie Borden?

You didn’t think of that, did you?

Eric Cartman

PS. Before you start ragging on me, I had to stay home from school today cuz my tummy hurts.

Darth Rob said...

Thanks for the link! No real change is gonna happen, you'll just get younger politicians who use the system to support their pet projects and because they are human they will be targets for lobbyists. We should make the penalty for taking kickbacks and bribes, death! Then they will all straighten up.

~Leslie said...

L.A. Sunset, what do you think about Mike Pence? I'm curious to know.

I am in agreement with you on this issue. I would really like to see incumbants be replaced by people who will really represent the people. It is about time for them to all realize that their positions/careers lie in the hands of the voters, not the other way around. Nicely presented by the way.

It would be really funny and appropriate if Palin advertized for him!

LA Sunset said...

//PS. Before you start ragging on me, I had to stay home from school today cuz my tummy hurts.//

You little Communist puke. When I get done with you, part of your digestive tract is going to hurt. The very end of it. It's called dorsalis pedis rectus.

LA Sunset said...

//No real change is gonna happen, you'll just get younger politicians who use the system to support their pet projects and because they are human they will be targets for lobbyists.//

Once it is determined the new people are doing the same thing as the ones we voted out, we vote them out. We do this as often as necessary until it becomes clear who these people work for.

The only reason this won't work is because people do not have the guts to do it.

LA Sunset said...

//what do you think about Mike Pence? I'm curious to know. //

Mr. Pence is one of the few that are worthy of the post he has been entrusted to maintain. He is by far the exception, not the rule.

~Leslie said...

Yes, I think so too. He is upstanding. I wish I was in his district so I could vote for him. :D

The only ones that are presented on my voting ticket are Lugar and Burton.

*sigh*

Anonymous said...

The 2010 elections are going to be critical to the future of our nation. This is one area where I am in absolute agreement with Mr. Sunsett. There is not a single indication that the inmates are running the asylum ... there are too many to count.

Releasing the CIA memos is one example, and so too is Ă˜bama's position about New Haven fire-fighters. Add this one to the ever-increasing list of abject stupidity. It is difficult not to feel thoroughly disgusted.

And speaking of that, all this LA-Leslie love is making me ill.

:-)

LA Sunset said...

//The only ones that are presented on my voting ticket are Lugar and Burton.//

Bayh and Burton will be on your ballot this year, I'd vote against both of them, if I were in your district. Burton looks like he will have some opposition, despite the fact he has raised about what he usually does around this time in the cycle. The primary is the time to get him out.

As for Bayh, the general election will be the time to oust him.

LA Sunset said...

//And speaking of that, all this LA-Leslie love is making me ill.
//

Add the adjective "jealous" to go with "wedge-driving" and others on the the list, describing the noun bastard. ;P

~Leslie said...

Oh yeah, I forgot about Evan Bayh. He has never earned my vote.

I will be paying very close attention to the elections. Everyone needs to be. Everyone needs to be reading and studying the backgrounds of EVERYONE running. Not just wait until a week before the vote when you are inundated with all the "good" the candidates have done and all that jazz.

Or worse, not just when they wait until the the day of elections to decide they want to vote. Eeny, meeny, meiny...shmoe.

Anyone who doesn't research the candidates they are voting for needs to stay home.

Thanks for the rant, L.A Sunsett (sorry I spelled your name wrong earlier.) LOL

*don't worry Mustang, I left a comment on your blog too. Although, some may not like it. :)

~Leslie said...

*I did it again! LA Sunsett. Sheesh. I will get it right.

Anonymous said...

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