Posted on 01/12/2006 4:59:26 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
“If she has any pride, she’ll be out in a month,” said a Republican with close ties to Harris campaign officials. “If she cares about her party, she’ll be out in a month. Otherwise, the Senatorial Committee won’t do a thing and she’ll get beat by 15 points.”
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The sad part is that almost every time we've sent (either knowingly or unknowingly) a Gay GOPer to Congress, it's usually resulted in disaster (either disastrous votes (Jim Kolbe), or engaging in personally destructive behavior that leads to their downfall - like Bob Bauman of MD or Jon Hinson of MS). Try bringing up the name Jon Hinson to any Mississippi GOPer active in the past 20 years and you get a visceral reaction like no other.
Well, Crist manages to talk about all sorts of things in the "family values" section of his campaign website, but is silent on abortion and the right to life: http://www.charliecrist.com/issues/issues.aspx
And I don't recall Attorney General Crist doing much to save Terri Schiavo.
And Gallagher seems to be implying that he is pro-life in his campaign website, but the language is vague enough that he could wiggle out of it (like Doug Forrester did in NJ):
Protecting our Most Vulnerable Citizens
Part of building strong families and a civil society is working as a community to protect the most vulnerable. A humane and just culture must recognize the dignity of all innocent life as something worth protecting and encouraging. A culture will not be remembered so much by what it builds but by how it protects those who are most in need.
http://www.tg2006.com/en-us/Pages/About/IssueDetails.aspx?is_id=5
Frankly, I wish they would just up and say where they stand. It's Florida, not Vermont, and they could say they are pro-life without getting pilloried by the voters.
Well, Steve Gunderson wasn't all that bad, was he? And if you believe some rumors (which I don't), some of the more conservative members of Congress are in the closet.
As for self destruction, you forgot to mention Ed Schrock.
I wasn't too thrilled with Gunderson personally. I think it was Bob Dornan that told a story about Gunderson at some party they were at that was rather unflattering, to say the least.
"And if you believe some rumors (which I don't), some of the more conservative members of Congress are in the closet."
I know some names, but I won't mention them publicly (since I don't want to give the DU trolls any info -- or I might simply be in error).
"As for self destruction, you forgot to mention Ed Schrock."
Schrock was merely a blip on the radar. I at least commend him for stepping down quietly and creating no damaging problems (in stark contrast to Mr. Hinson).
I have heard that before.
His sex life is of no interest as long as he doesn't proselytize it.
If the Democrats want to be hypocritical about it and make it an issue in a campaign, I have an idea Mark Foley would be up to the challenge.
My memory is not very good lately for recalling specific incidents.
Sen. Martinez has gone against the President on several issues since his election. One of them was on off-shore drilling. He opposed the Energy Bill which called for drilling 150 miles off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
He also made some statement about US troops in Iraq, but I can't recall the specifics.
I have some friends who could name you letter and verse. They are seriously disappointed in him.
It seems that Lindsey Graham's stand in the Senate has enabled the country to have Judge Roberts on the Supreme Court, and soon to be followed by Justice Alito.
He now seems pretty crafty.
Lindsey Graham is an exceptional Senator. Again, he is worth three average Senators.
"Sen. Martinez has gone against the President on several issues since his election. One of them was on off-shore drilling. He opposed the Energy Bill which called for drilling 150 miles off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico. "
Katherine Harris has helped real people and so has Congressman Bill Young.
I'm sure Bense is a final gentleman with a great record, but I'm going with my gut on this one. Florida may be a southern state, but unfortunately, Bense may remind too many people of the "Old Florida", and that seems like a potential disadvantage these days outside the panhandle. However, I would very much like to be proven wrong on this one.
We are not sure what kind of senator he is yet. We like his local staff. They are tops.
I do recall a telling moment soon after he was sworn in. An aide had given him an internal memo of background information. He was holding it in a stack of papers while talking to Sen. Tom Harkin. He voluntarily gave this paper to Harkin.
Harkin took the opportunity to get before the microphones and villify the nefarious Republicans over this memo. I need to look up the details but at the same my initial reaction to the memo's contents was, "So What?"
Martinez immediately fired the staffer who had composed the memo and given it to him.
I thought that was craven in the extreme. It was the staffer's job to prepare this sort of briefing memo. The staffer was not the one who leaked or gave away anything. It was the Senator himself.
Perception is everything.
In the last six months or more Sen. Bill Nelson has suddenly become conservative. He has suddenly become a supporter of our military.
And, our own Senator Martinez has helped Nelson's image statewide by joining with him on a number of issues.
Nelson also puts out his astronaut ride in space. That helps too.
Most people are just not knowledgeable and pride themselves on voting for the person rather than the party.
Katherine Harris' just dad died of a heart attack. It has nothing to do with her campaign but no time is a good time to lose a parent.
Appreciate the update. Sad news.
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