Posted on 10/20/2014 1:56:37 PM PDT by cotton1706
Sen. Mark Begich’s campaign for re-election is running out of gas as Republican candidate Dan Sullivan continues to solidify his lead in the polls.
Alaskan voters will put up with a lot, but in 2014, it increasingly appears that membership in President Barack Obama's party is not one of them.
Sen. Begich tried early to distance himself from President Obama, as many political observers believed he was one of the strongest Democratic candidates running in a red state. After President Obama’s State of Union address in January, Begich said that he would not welcome him to the state with open arms. "I'll drag him around. I'll show him whatever he wants to see, but I want to convince him and show him that some of his policies are not the right direction,” he said, adding, "I don't need him campaigning for me. I need him to change some of his policies.”
During a recent campaign stop in Juneau, Begich helpfully reminded supporters that President Obama would only be president for two years - whereas he would be elected for six. "This is about Alaska's future. Not his, ours," Begich explained to a group of about 30 supporters on a rainy day in Alaska.
But Begich’s efforts to distance himself from Obama only go so far, particularly since he clings to the President’s cabinet members. Earlier this month, Begich was embracing the Obama administration’s brand new Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro at an event in Anchorage.
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Hey Mark...did you vote for ObamaCare?
Never should have been a Senator Mark Begich.
Another posted article said he may have put up token resistance to BHO's anti-energy policies, but Begich voted with BHO/Reid 97% of the time.
Hey - Mark - how about that road to Cold Bay? What? Birds are more important than Natives?
Hey - Mark - what did you get for us here in Alaska for voting for Obamacare? Nothing?
Hey -Mark - About all those promises open ANWR? What? Nothing?
HAy - Mark - start packing baby, you’re headed home....
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today issued the following statement after Senate passage of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:
“I voted in favor of the Senate health insurance reform bill because I believe the status quo is unacceptable. The vast majority of the reforms in the Senate bill are good policies that, if given a chance, will improve the lives of Alaskans.
https://votesmart.org/public-statement/476822/sen-begich-statement-on-passage-of-health-reform-bill#.VEV5dPldV8E
Dec. 24, 2009
Leni
Question any word did he get his a*** kick by Deadliest catch crew YET probably so
I think it was FV Northwestern deck boss Edgar Hansen
“Never should have been a Senator Mark Begich”
Yep, both Parties just won’t put out to pasture those that should have been many elections prior.
Yes, Begich voted for 0bamacare.
“HAy - Mark - start packing baby, you’re headed home....”
No way, he has had his taste. There is much better money staying in DC selling your soul on K Street.
MArk Begich is Obama’s “bitch”...
Every Democrat running for re-election cast the 60th vote for Obamacare and they just can’t escape that fact.
Crab fisherman and captain of the F/V Wizard Keith Colburn, of Deadliest Catch, says Mark Begich is the “right guy for the job” in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.
OH jesus now I hate Keith more
Well not bad as FV Captain of Saga Elliot Neese that dude is a***hole
I remember his fight with Andy Hillstrand a couple seasons ago. Andy is a standup guy, Keith not so much.
I was trying to find anything online about that. If you have a link or know enough to find one, please share it.
Call me a cynic but I don’t count this toady out till the fat lady sings. Being born and raised in Louisiana I didn’t think I could ever live in a state more corrupted by unions and entitlement voters. OK so we have the mob in LA to contend with too. Remember this is the state where native villages vote 100% for write in candidates with all (murkowsi dem crossover)votes in the same handwriting. I’ll be dancing in the streets Wednesday morning if marky poo goes down by at least 6%. Otherwise the Juneau machine and the democrats will keep recounting the votes till they get it right.
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