Posted on 07/29/2014 1:37:04 PM PDT by bestintxas
Rob Engstrom, the US Chamber of Commerce's national political director, recently told a gathering of trade association executives that the Chamber planned to endorse Louisiana Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu in her reelection bid this year. The endorsement, reported by the New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, could decide the balance of power in the Senate and preserve Sen. Harry Reid as majority leader. Landrieu, running in crimson-red Louisiana, is one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for reelection this November. In the RealClearPolitics average of polls, she trails her leading Republican challenger, Rep. Bill Cassidy, by one point. An endorsement from the Chamber could throw her a critical lifeline as she tries to separate herself from Obama and national Democrats and position herself as a conservative Democrat. Because of the unique way Louisiana conducts its elections, the Chamber endorsement could also lead to an upside-down political world where the ostensibly pro-business interest group is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's last line of defense to hang on to his leader's gavel. Louisiana holds its primary election on the same day other states conduct their general election. The top two voter getters in Louisiana then proceed to a run-off election in December. It is not improbable that control of the Senate could hang on the outcome of the December run-off in Louisiana. Having endorsed Landrieu, the Chamber would find itself fighting to keep Democrats in control of the Senate. Two of the Chamber's current top legislative priorities are preserving the Export-Import Bank, which subsidizes foreign sales of certain manufactured goods and comprehensive immigration reform. Both of the issues have put the Chamber on the opposite side of many conservatives. The Chamber recently faced a political setback when one of its supported candidates lost in part because of its backing of him.
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Could substitute "GOP Establishment" for "US Chamber"
In the RealClearPolitics average of polls, she trails her leading Republican challenger, Rep. Bill Cassidy, by one point.
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Well within The Margin of Cheating.
Other things being equal, if Vendor A is a member of the Chamber and Vendor B is NOT a member, from now on Vendor B will get my business every time.
May they root in hell.
Also rot there.
I’m wondering if a Chamber of Commerce endorsement will be a negative in winning voters from either political party. Let Landrieu have it. The implication is that both of the ‘pubs still in the picture are not Chamber of Commerce cronies.
Can we now finally, one and for all, kill off the stereotype of Republicans as crooked fatcat businessmen sucking on stogies as they shaft their customers and employees, please? We all know that all those guys are all Democrats.
The Democrats have long been able to tap Wall Street for more money than the Republicans. It is hard to maintain the fiction under those circumstances that they are the party of the downtrodden. The Republican Party is facing a rupture because the establishment which controls the party from Washington has turned a deaf ear to the base as it panders after the moneyed interests who just endorsed Mary Landrieu.
What is the difference between elitist Republicans and Mary Landrieu at this point? The main difference is they compete for the same money. They then turn around to respective constituencies and claim populist bona fides. The main identifier of the respective constituencies is race.
Let the establishment Republicans join the Democrat party and let the lunchpail Reagan Democrats combine with the Republican very conservative base to form a majority party to reform America.
The Chamber of Commerce has been infiltrated and by the UN. Leaders in the US Chamber of Commerce have been playing footsie with the UN vying for lucrative and prestigious positions.
Chamber of Cronies
Wait, that’s a very interesting tidbit. Anyone know what is talking about at the end that they lost? And how is out known that their guy lost partly because of their support?
The GOP candidate should run an ad pointing out that Landrieu is supported by corporate fat cats. That will go over like a ecad balloon in LA.
A good rule of thumb when analyzing Dem v Rep pols, add 5 pts to the Republican and subtract 5 from the Democrat to get a more accurate result ....
And Hillary or Warren in 2016?
They do everything the CoC promises to do for your business without the leftwing politics.
100% agree with your sentiment.
I am throughly sick of Donohue and his ilk. To hell with them.
I like “root” better.
That means they have to dig.
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