How John Hoeven Can Save America
Among the sixty Senators voting to begin debate on Harry Reid’s 2,074-page health care bill were thirteen from states which voted for John McCain last fall, five of them from states which haven’t voted for a Democrat for President in forty-five years. Alaska’s Mark Begich (who wouldn’t be in office but for prosecutorial misconduct in the trial of the man he ousted), Nebraska’s Ben Nelson, South Dakota’s Tim Johnson and Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan from North Dakota.
Those two Democrats from the Peace Garden State masquerade as budget hawks when back home on the Great Plains, but in Washington, they practically march in lockstep with the Democratic leadership. They may claim to promote fiscal discipline, but both men voted for the $787 billion “stimulus.” And yesterday, Dorgan who is up for reelection next year, boasted that the purpose of the Reid bill (even more expensive than the “stimulus”) “is to try to get a handle on” health care costs. Reminds me of the woman who ate chocolate cake to try to get a handle on her weight.
Neither his name nor that of his senior colleague was on the list of the wavering Democrats, those who might have voted for cloture. Like Conrad, Dorgan’s drunk his party’s Kool-aid, convinced that his regular visits home and friendly manner will continue to endear him to his constituents. But, if the popular Republican Governor of his state decided to throw his hat into the ring, well, then, Dorgan could no longer rest on his manner and constituent service. He would have to fight for his seat.
Facing a battle to stay in the Senate, he could no longer be a loyal foot soldier in Harry Reid’s army. A recent poll shows that John Hoeven, that good Governor, would crush Dorgan. To fight back, Dorgan would have to show that he’s different from the run of the mill Democrat.
Once Hoeven announced, Dorgan would constantly be looking over his shoulder. Harry Reid could no longer count on his vote.
So, for the sake of your country and for slowing, if not stopping, the Democrats’ statist juggernaut, all we can say is run, John, run.
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I will pray to God that he does! There has to be something that STOPS this insanity, ANYTHING!
Comment by Jaded — November 22, 2009 @ 10:17 am - November 22, 2009
I don’t think Dorgan has to worry about being a Reid foot soldier unless he plans to move to Nevada after he and Reid are shown the door.
Hopefully.
Comment by Joseph Brown — November 22, 2009 @ 11:16 am - November 22, 2009
be at the polls in 2010! vote the democrats out and the rinos.
Comment by southernsue — November 22, 2009 @ 11:32 am - November 22, 2009
Its all about the Jobs.
If Job growth improves signifigantly, Dems sweep.
If not, maybe not.
Comment by gillie — November 22, 2009 @ 2:10 pm - November 22, 2009
“(who wouldn’t be in office but for prosecutorial misconduct in the trail of the man he ousted),”
Proof yet again, that you are not a financial conservative but instead a partisan Hack.
He lost because he took bribes.
He lost because he stole money for the National Park and put it in his aides hands.
The only reason he is not in jail is because the republican led AG office bungled the investigation and lawyered like a pack of idiots.
But you don’t care because you have no principles. You only care about the number of repubs in office.
Comment by gillie — November 22, 2009 @ 2:11 pm - November 22, 2009
Interesting, my neighbor who works for Kodak was told the either day that another Layoff was coming and that those individuals who are to be laid off will know on 12/15. Happy Holidays.
Comment by Steven E. Kalbach — November 22, 2009 @ 2:18 pm - November 22, 2009
I do so love how gillie, who supports William Jefferson, is whining about “taking bribes”. More proof that gillie and the entire Obama Party have no principles and fully endorse and support criminal behavior.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — November 22, 2009 @ 2:46 pm - November 22, 2009
Re: My Senator Begich… Wrote him an email with specific questions about his views… Got back a form letter… One termer… Sorry we Alaskans failed you, peeps…
Comment by toes192 — November 22, 2009 @ 2:56 pm - November 22, 2009
Wanna watch something disgusting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxis7Y1ikIQ&feature=player_embedded Mind boggling…
Comment by Steven E. Kalbach — November 22, 2009 @ 9:45 pm - November 22, 2009
Re: Post 9:
That is bad. Reminds me of when you could see people falling out of the World Trade Center.
Comment by Discarded by Hope and Change — November 23, 2009 @ 12:36 am - November 23, 2009
Pay no attention to Helmet Head Dorgan’s Abramoff ties and partisan hackery. Nor his ties to William Oldaker, an appropriations lobbyist who served as treasurer for Helmet Head’s PAC as well as nine others while serving as treasurer for 24 campaign committees.
Neither pay attention to his funneling millions of defense dollars to Sioux Manufacturing, maker of Kevlar helmets for our soldiers, who fudged their QA tests. Forget also Helmet Head getting an $8 million fed contract for the parents of one of his staffers.
Shall I go on?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — November 23, 2009 @ 3:49 am - November 23, 2009
gillie, go look at the results in the Alaska Senate race in 2010–at how close it was. Had the prosecutorial conduct been exposed earlier, the judge would likely have dismissed the case, hence, no prosecution. Had there been no prosecution of Ted Stevens, he would have kept his seat.
Without the prosecution, this would not have dominated the state’s news in the weeks before the election. Stevens would have been in Alaska campaigning intead of in DC defending himself.
As to the bungling of the case, let’s see it was a Republican AG which allowed the prosecution to go forward. And a Democratic AG who dismissed it. Career prosecutors handled the case. If anyone bungled it, it was they. But, then again, they may never have had much of a case anyway. And while I grant Stevens did many things wrong in his career–which we have criticized on this blog–he may well not have broken any laws.
Given who it’s coming from, that accusation is really something. All you seem to care about is “proving” we’re narrow-minded partisans. Yet, you’re the one who spends so much time on a blog of people you claim are so narrow. If you want to argue out points, great, we welcome different viewpoints. But, if you want to nitpick one point in a post (as you do on numerous occasions) while ignoring the overall point of the post, you merely prove your readiness to insult. A really juvenile way of going about things. And then, in your nitpicking, as in the above, you get yours facts wrong.
Without the news going against Stevens and with him promoting himself, he surely would have won.
So, please check the facts before leveling your insults. And quick buying left-wing spin which you spout while accusing us of partisan hackery. How rich that.
If you want to counter my point, fine, even a nitpicking point, well, then fine, counter it. But, you didn’t do that. You insult us and make silly claims. I’m no fan of Ted Stevens as anyone who reads this blog knows all too well. But, just because I don’t like him doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have won.
Go look at Charlie Rangel, just as corrupt, if not more so, than Stevens. And he keeps winning election. Go back and check the election returns and do some research in other places besides left-wing blogs; you might learn something.
Go look at the margin of the Alaska race and let me repeat, pay attention to what people were reading in the Last Frontier in the weeks leading up to the election.
Then, look into your own heart and ask yourself why you spend so much time on a blog commenting to the posts of a blogger who, you claim, lacks principles.
And then compare, your comment #4 to your comment #3. You tell me I only care about the number of Republicans in office, while you’re predicting a Democratic sweep when even the most optimistic Democrats are forecasting losses.
If job growth doesn’t improve significantly maybe not? Maybe not? Maybe the Democrats won’t sweep. If job growth doesn’t improve significantly, gillie, Democats will likely be routed.
So, who’s the partisan hack here?
Comment by B. Daniel Blatt — November 23, 2009 @ 5:06 am - November 23, 2009
Don’t forget Dan,
gillie’s lamenting that only if President Obama’s ties to racist organizations, to terrorists, to Chicago corruption and to his own racist tirades in his books had been exposed sooner, he’d not be president.
No… wait…
Comment by The_Livewire — November 23, 2009 @ 6:46 am - November 23, 2009
“But, then again, they may never have had much of a case anyway.”
Huh?????? The evidence was loud and clear. It was prosecutors being idiots when they didn’t HAVE to what screwed it up.
“pay attention to what people were reading in the Last Frontier ”
They were reading the facts, he was a corrupt bribe taking senator.
“You tell me I only care about the number of Republicans in office, while you’re predicting a Democratic sweep when even the most optimistic Democrats are forecasting losses”
If unemployment can get down to do 7.5% things will be fine for Dems.
“If job growth doesn’t improve significantly, gillie, Democats will likely be routed”
If Repubs puts up candidates like Hoffman, maybe not. – that is the Dems hope here. If you let the the whack jobs of your party run the show, I don’t think Dems lose too badly. – And you KNOW this, why else do you support semi-moderates like Carly.
Comment by gillie — November 23, 2009 @ 10:43 am - November 23, 2009
Yeah, but, uh, gillie, he was a corrupt Senator who still was pretty popular up in the Last Frontier.
And also, calling Carly a semi-moderate? Hardly. She’s less conservative than Chuck DeVore who’s about as far right as they can get.
As to your last point, well, it seems you define anyone to the right of Susan Collins a whack job.
Fascinating how you need to twist the facts and my words to make your points, but you do provide endless sport for me–and give me a chance to practice my writing when I am having trouble starting a post. Kind of like the warm up before a race.
Comment by B. Daniel Blatt — November 23, 2009 @ 2:29 pm - November 23, 2009
Of course Dan, that is the goal move everyone to the left…
Comment by Steven E. Kalbach — November 23, 2009 @ 7:43 pm - November 23, 2009