Posted on 05/13/2010 12:14:13 PM PDT by FTJM
There’s only one earmark Chuck DeVore, conservative Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat, wants to embrace — the “earmark” he hopes voters put next to his name in California’s June 8 primary election. DeVore is working hard running a grassroots campaign relying heavily on Tea Party gatherings, talk radio and news media to beat two more widely known opponents who are competing for the GOP nomination, businesswoman Carly Fiorina and former Rep. Tom Campbell. The GOP winner will take on the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Barbara Boxer, in November. DeVore, a lanky 6-foot-5 state Assemblyman who represents Orange County, minces few words. An opening slogan on his website speaks volumes: “No need to compromise.” That attitude and his straight talk have made him a favorite at Tea Party events and won him the endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. DeVore believes the only way to change the current government mess is to stick to principles. If elected, he won’t, for example, cast a single vote for any bill with an attached earmark, the pork barrel provisions linked to Congressional bills that direct funds to be spent on specific projects. “No earmarks. I look at it on the basis of how we’ve been crushing our children and grandchildren under a debt they can’t possibly afford to repay.
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Great, now go raise some money so you can be on air in the multi-million dollar media market of CA. Hurry up...
Go Chuck Go!
DeVore!
Yeah, it’s too bad he wasn’t forced out at a public company with a golden parachute.
DeVore is about principles and he has raised over 2 million in largely small donations. He doesn’t have big money like Carly or Campbell but he is the right man for the job. When is that conservatives are going to get smart and stop gravitating to unprincipled big money soft Republican candidates they think can get elected when they could have just elected a conservative? Tom Campbell has lost very badly twice running for the Senate. What makes anyone think that come the general election he will do any better when Boxer ties him directly to the problems in Sacramento? Carly on the other hand has the problem of being a late comer to her political identity and has supported taxing the internet and has said the immigration debate has a racist tone.
bttt
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