Posted on 05/09/2005 6:48:17 PM PDT by MisterRepublican
The two top Democrats in Vermont — former Gov. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy — are not ready to endorse U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders in his bid for the U.S. Senate in 2006.
Sanders, who has launched his 2006 campaign in cyberspace and is talking up his bid outside of Vermont, has remained relatively quiet at home about the pending race.
Conventional political wisdom holds that Sanders will get the backing of Democrats, support he has seen in almost all of his seven congressional races. Only once did a Democrat formally oppose Sanders, but that candidate did not have the full support of the state party.
Sanders hopes to become the first independent ever elected to the upper chamber, replacing Sen. Jim Jeffords. Although Jeffords will retire as an independent, he was elected to the post as a Republican. He left the party in 2001 over differences with the Bush administration. Jeffords announced his retirement from Vermont politics on April 20.
To date, Sanders has received favorable comments from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, who is heading up the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. However, there has been no official support offered.
Leahy, who has held Vermont’s other Senate seat since 1974 and ranks as the titular head of the state party, isn’t ready to throw his support to Sanders.
"Senator Leahy and Congressman Sanders have had a long, close and successful working relationship together on behalf of Vermont's agenda. [Leahy] has discussed the upcoming Senate vacancy with Congressman Sanders and with party leaders and others in Vermont, and I'm sure there will be many more such discussions,” said spokesman David Carle.
(Excerpt) Read more at vermontguardian.com ...
Coolidge and Grover Cleveland -- a Democrat, amazingly enough -- were probably the two most consistent limited-government Presidents of the post-Civil War Era (or of any era, for that matter.) Coolidge was a highly intelligent man who, despite his simple and rather homely modes of expression, translated from Latin and Greek for recreation and had a firm grasp of economic theory. BTW, Coolidge's hometown of Plymouth Notch is a beautiful place to visit and should be a Freeper shrine.
As of now, no. However, the Republicans have a candidate for the House seat that have Democrats sweating, albeit she is a RINO like Jeffords was.
He was probably one (if not the most) underated president in this history of this nation.
Its a shame too.
For gods sake, at one point, unemployment dropped below 2%. Today, if it even got anywhere near that number, left wingers would be screaming bloody murder thinking that would cause inflation.
Absolutely. Of course, the Smart Set of his day heaped ridicule on him, too. Like Reagan and Bush, he took it all good-naturedly and never struck back in kind. He was a very decent man, too. He took the Constitution very seriously and tried to the best of his ability to make all of his actions consistent with its stated intention. Leftist historians, starting with the New Deal, have attempted to paint him as a bumpkin who was in over his head as President. Reagan helped to revive his reputation by putting his portrait in the Oval Office. I think most Conservatives now rate him as one of our truly fine Presidents.
No doubt about that.
Though one must also concede, he may have also been one of the funniest presidents, his sense of humor would probably rival any presidential contender today, and was in the same league as President Reagans.
They're all Marxist commies to the core and there's nothing honest about them in the least. I love the fact that Dean and Leahy slapped Bernie in the face. Implode you leftist scum. There's no place for you in a republic.
So that means he could/would/will also be the 'first' ex-Democrat Senator in Vermont history?
Er, in case that wasn't clear, I meant those final comments for Dean, Leahy, Sanders and ilk, not you two.
Not for six more years at least. He was just re-elected last fall.
Yes, he tended to be light-hearted and did not take himself, or his critics, too seriously. If you have not been to his home, you really should go -- you get a great feeling for what he was like -- the plainest, simplest of people who through a series of unlikely events found himself President. I first went there in the late 70s and actually met his son John, who ran the family cheese business. They used to say it was the only place on earth where you could get a Coolidge Burger.
If Reps aren't going to run a good candidate in Vermont than I welcome Bernie to the U.S. Senate. I cannot tolerate the man, good news is the majority of Americans will feel the same. Perfect face to join Kennedy, Kerry, Hillary, Boxer, Reid and Pelosi.
Who said Vermont is a republic ? They've gone to Quebec in a handbasket.
I was speaking of the country as a whole. But then your comment would still fit wouldn't it?
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