Three weeks out from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, 52 sitting members of Congress have endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. And Romney, through his leadership PACs, has donated to 48 of them, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/12/how-much-love-will-contributions-buy.html
Mitt Romney’s idea of the free market: his freedom to buy votes and lie about it.
After Romney loses, who is next in line in the republican succession? Or do we actually get to pick a candidate next time?
Bet Rush and Sean etc. stay quiet about this.
LLS
so where’s the story?
obama if funneling millions to community groups, blacks, etc. congress members have been getting millions in pork for there vote on a particular issue. where is that outrage?
It really doesn’t matter what happens in November. Romney will be no different than Obama. Not even a little IMO.
Seems to me liberals and the “Republican” elites are one in the same.
The Mormon Mafia... just greasing the needed palms.
This is so disgusting that 80% of the country is sending it down the tubes with 40% RAT socialists and 40% GOP rinos, with 100% royally screwed!
Of course he is, but one of the best things about this is we are finding out just who the wh*res are.
Well, the upside is that now we know who can be bought.
Depressing, but at least now we know.
Americans have lost all sense of decency. Our votes are meaningless. They are bought and paid for by the ESTABLISHMENT.
And to think in some countries people DIE just to vote.
America’s SHAME!
STOP SPLITTING THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE, PUT EGO’S ASIDE AND DEFEAT ROMNEY AND THE GOP AND THE MSM.
I’m shocked to find that out!
Politicians, acting like politicians.
Where do they get the nerve?
The so called Republicans have as much stink around them as the sitting “ONE”. Time for a third Party, if they can find someone who can withstand the scrutiny and the money laundering schemes. So far — NO ONE is without fault. I don’t think anyone is worth voting for, only the worst of evil.
Yep. Pay for play. Totally predictable.
Including John McCain. Most of them are for sale.
Dear Leader Pelosi,
After reading about House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s outburst over my “Overhauling Washington” plan, I wonder if his obstructionism reflects your own opposition and that of the Democratic Caucus to urgent reforms the American people so vehemently demand.
After increasing the debt by $4 trillion in less than three years, no one can believe that Americans are satisfied with business as usual, and that a permanent political class in Washington can get us out of the mess you and your colleagues have created.
A part-time Congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average American family. Do you truly oppose lawmakers spending more time in their districts? Is it so important for the Washington power brokers to build their fiefdoms of influence, including providing bailouts to Wall Street while businesses on Main Street are being boarded up every day?
Here is the fundamental question: do you believe Washington is broken? Before answering that question, consider these facts:
1) the Washington Metro area is now the most affluent metropolitan area in the country because lobbyists, contractors, elected officials and bureaucrats have been insulated from the economic ruin prevalent in the private sector;
2) Congressional office budgets have doubled since 2000 while employers all across America are laying off workers;
3) Our nation’s total debt is nearing the size of our nation’s economy, increasing our dependence on competitors like China;
4) The number of Americans out of work has increased by more than two million since January 2009, despite the massive stimulus package Democratic leaders promised would revive the economy, and;
5) on top of the job-killing spending policies of the previous Congress, employers are faced with a staggering $1.1 trillion in costs related to federal regulatory compliance.
Do you truly believe the answer to massive debt, over-regulation and bloated big-government policies is to continue to protect the status quo, which enriches and empowers Washington insiders at the expense of the American People?
My plan would overhaul Washington, eliminating certain agencies and reducing the size and scope of others. It will force Congress to make the tough decisions to balance the budget or require a further reduction in their pay. It would end lifetime appointments to future appointees to the federal bench. I don’t want to tinker around the edges when the American People demand a complete overhaul of Washington.
Let me conclude with an invitation: I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo. I think it would be a tremendous service to the American public to see a public airing of these differences. Let the people decide. If Monday doesn’t work, perhaps we could find a time in Iowa over the course of the next month to discuss these issues in front of the people of America’s heartland.
Should you choose not to respond or engage in such a healthy discussion, I will take it to mean you will continue your obstructionist ways in the face of much needed Washington reform.
Sincerely,
Rick Perry
Governor of Texas
People here have been saying the GOP wants to lose in 2012 so that they coronate Jeb in 2016. With Romney’s ascension, I believe them.
I repeat: “I didn’t leave the Republican Party. The Republican Party left me.”