Posted on 05/09/2012 4:35:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
By that logic, wouldn't he have also lost in '06? ... '00, '94, '88 ........
Agreed, these people should not make “careers” out of politics. Couple terms and back to the real world. Oh, and no jobs afterwards with “companies” who have lobbied D.C.; none, for any former congresscritter.
80 years old and in office for how long? He must’ve had lots of TV money for commercials. What’s wrong with US voters.....
Crist and Specter immediately come to mind, along with Murkowski.
Crist and Specter immediately come to mind, along with Murkowski.
All of these midwestern politicians loved the ethanol subsidy because Archer Daniels Midland gave them contributions to vote for it. It made ADM and a lot of corn farmers more profit. The consumer paid for it in the form of higher fuel & groceries. He is a typical piece of SH*T politician that was doing what was best for him to get reelected.
The answer to all of these problems is TERM LIMITS for Senators and Congressmen. Two for a Senator , 3-4 for a Congressmen. All of these people who spend 20+ years inside the beltway become corrupted no matter how idealistic they start.
I would extend term limits to the unelected bureacrats.
No rule maker in the epa should be in there for more than 8 years.
I o not know Indiana Politics (keeping m fingers crossed)
He extolled the RINO Lugar to the high heavens yesterday, and as is his usual wont, called Lugar's conservative opponent, Mourdock, a goodly number of nasty names.
I'll be watching the show today with a tremendous amount of schadenfreude. For those of you from Rio Linda "schadenfreude" means "gloating with malicious satisfaction".
Woo Hoo! That'll be moi !
Leni
The answer to all of these problems is TERM LIMITS for Senators and Congressmen. Two for a Senator , 3-4 for a Congressmen. All of these people who spend 20+ years inside the beltway become corrupted no matter how idealistic they start.
Great idea. Throw in they can’t keep campaign contributions, or earn anymore than the actual salary for their position.
That would remove the I’ll get rich, and work beyond normal retirement as many of them do.
lugar’s after election comments ripping the tea party and saying Murdock would be ineffective only demonstrate how lugar was in a mental block in senate country club.
From the article ....
Mourdock was a credible opponent.
Unlike Christine ODonnell or Sharron Angle, Mourdock committed almost no gaffes on the campaign trail.
Unlike the Tea Partys less successful candidates, Mourdock was an experienced pol. He ran for Congress in the early Nineties as well as for the partys nomination for secretary of state. And he had just come off winning two statewide elections as state treasurer.
Theorem of Occam’s Razor. Generally the simplest explanation is the correct one.
Lugar is 80 years old. He has been in the Senate since 1976.
The voters decided that was long enough and effectively they term-limited him.
By now the electorate has seen what happens when you leave guys like Robert Byrd, Strom Thurmond and Arlen Specter in there until they start going senile.
Kids in their twenties visited last night. They (and their friends) are tuned in to what's happening....They're working hard to take the country back. Want their dreams fulfilled....Tea Party may be a bunch of white haired ol fogies, but the youth is too busy working two jobs to attend any gatherings....Doesn't mean they are not with the program.
A lot of events came together to allow us to beat Lugar. A lot of conservatives in Indiana had been irritated with Lugar for a long time, but there was no real alternative, and that was principally because there was no money.
The Tea Party helped galvanize conservative support around one candidate.
Citizens United allowed Super PACs to fund Mourdock's campaign--without that war chest, it's very unlikely he could have won.
With a credible candidate that had some money, people starting looking more closely at Lugar, something no one had ever done before. No one knew that he didn't have a home in Indiana until this year. Think about that: the guy had been living in DC for 36 years, and no one knew that he didn't have a house in Indiana. Remarkable.
The Citizens United decision was a BFD. Incumbents always had a huge money and name recognition advantage. Super PACs level the playing field. It will be much more difficult for incumbents to win in the future.
Term limits will never happen....it was ruled unconsitutional several years ago....
The best term limits are what happened to Luger...
People getting involved
In a way term limits is a terrible idea as the people will get lazy about bad politicans since they know they will eventually be put out of office...
Thanks for the post. Some great detail and background. Congratulations!
that statement is a paradox
“People getting involved”
“In a way term limits is a terrible idea as the people will get lazy about bad politicans since they know they will eventually be put out of office...”
(b)... People will get lazy...... and(c)
(c) its just about too late for (a) to happen.
(d) opinions vary!
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