Posted on 10/24/2014 3:17:57 PM PDT by cotton1706
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most powerful business group in the country is spending tens of millions of dollars to help Republicans win control of the Senate with one glaring omission — the tight Georgia Senate race.
Rob Engstrom, political director for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Friday that the organization will stay on the sidelines in the contest between businessman David Perdue and Democrat Michelle Nunn in Georgia as well as the competitive Louisiana race pitting three-term Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy.
Days before the Nov. 4 election, both races are which are critical to GOP hopes of a Senate majority look as if they will be decided in runoffs — December for Louisiana and January for Georgia. Republicans need a net gain of six seats to wrest control from the Democrats.
"We're a member-driven organization," Engstrom said in a taped interview for C-SPAN's "Newsmakers." ''In Georgia — happens to be my home state — we aggressively and proudly backed Jack Kingston during the primary and during the runoff. We surveyed our members in the state of Georgia and their advice and counsel to us is that we stay neutral in this race."
The Chamber and Perdue engaged in a very public spat this past summer. Perdue said he walked out of an hour-long interview with the Chamber after 10 minutes because he balked at the group's ultimatum that if elected, he vote with them 100 percent of the time.
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The Chamber of Amnesty can kiss my rear end!
They are no better than the unions.
The chamber can rot.
I would encourage every business person I know to not be affiliated with the chamber. They may not care about losing members now but it will eventually come back to bite them. They sold out to liberal dollars.
Sam Nunn is a Director of Coca Cola hmmm
Lets be clear the Chamber of Commerce in GA tries to protect the construction industry (pro illegal aliesn) and big agra (pro illegal aliens).
SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The US Chamber of Commerce and most local community chambers stink. Having been a member of a local chamber, my conclusion is that its key purpose is providing employment for it own staff.
So true of so many useless organizations
The Chamber of Commerce. One time that meant something. Being a member was a prideful thing.
Somewhere along the line, this organization drank the Commie/Fascist kool-aid.
They are worthless today.
Did I read that Nunn and Carter are both leading in GA, or was that a nightmare?
You did read that they were leading. The good thing is, there are runoff in GA.
Wasn’t Perdue a Chamber choice in the primary? Or was it the other guy in the runoff (Kingston?). Both were pretty much Chamber drones. The conservatives got pushed out before the runoff.
Both states have run offs and two chamber GOP-e chosen candidates. Perhaps the Chamber is keeping its powder dry for the run offs? Just saying.
The Chamber of Communists strikes again.
I hate those guys.
Perdue doesn’t look so bad now does he!
“The Chamber of Commerce. One time that meant something. Being a member was a prideful thing.
Somewhere along the line, this organization drank the Commie/Fascist kool-aid.
They are worthless today.”
More like DEADLY!
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