Posted on 10/25/2009 8:40:26 AM PDT by fiscon1
A series of upsets and close calls in big-city elections is producing the first group of politicians to fall victim to voters' economic frustrations: America's mayors.
While political observers are focused on the outcome of the Nov. 3 gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey for early insights into the 2010 midterms, it's in City Hall where the most ominous trend is emerging.
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“Change” is now “ominous”? LOL
Why would new blood be an 'ominous trend'?
Wow. You CAN fight City Hall!
Only ominous to the power elites and the media that feeds them.
Most incumbents should be thrown out. Commie Democrats of course, but RINOs too. Anyone who has been in for longer than 8 years should be thrown out. The old senile alcoholics like Ted Kennedy who were in Congress for 40+ years are a joke. I’d like to see a fresh crop of true conservatives running the cesspool/sewer known as Congress in 2010.
Right, I thought we were all socialists and all for the hope and change thing now.
Most cities are so FUBAR’d now I can’t imagine anyone other than a profiteer looking to empty the last bits of change into their pockets would even want the job. Who in their right mind, for instance, would want to be mayor of Detroit?
In my estimation rinos should be thrown out first without a doubt. We have to get a handle on the party before anything positive can really happen.
MEANWHILE...I was at the Arizona Federation of Republican Woman convention this weekend and we are JAZZED UP!!! We have record numbers of people joining up and we are ready to take back Congress with CONSERVATIVE candidates. Even party loyalists spoke of the need to get rid of the old guard. It was quite something.
The loneliest table was the McCain table. I actually had a nasty “discussion” with the McCain people until his guy actually told me he was, himself, a lot more conservative than McCain. McCain called during the banquet to talk to us and it was completely uninspired. He just generates NO excitement. Next week Chris Simcox is coming to town..he might be the guy we’re waiting for to beat McCain. I’ll keep you guys posted.
That says pretty much everything about Politico's bias.
Coming next:
Governor Goodhair and Sen. Kay
That sounds great. It would be wonderful if the people of Arizona put Captain Queeg out to pasture. Let him spend his wife’s beer money and stop pretending to care about anyone or anything other than himself. McCain was a disgrace long before 2008. If anyone could lose an election to a guy who had been a senator for 10 minutes and whose middle name was Hussein, Captain Queeg was the man!
Why bother voting twice for term limits if the city council can change the number from 2 to 3 at whim. Why not 6? or 20?
Good post,,,
In mid-America's cities and towns across the various states as well.
In our small suburban community, we fired the mayor and all but one member of the city council - he's most loathsome but no one stepped up to challenge him until the last minute and they guy (a real nut) was a last minute write-in. H lost by 7 votes!
Oh, I hope you are right.
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