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On March 15, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and his liberal associates held a press conference and vowed to shut down the federal government if necessary to maintain the Democrat’s filibuster tactic against President Bush’s judicial nominees. According to Reid, Democrats will stop all Senate activities except essential operations and national defense. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) responded to Reid’s press conference: “Senator Reid’s threat may inspire the Michael Moore wing of his party, but it will anger and confuse mainstream Americans.” Sean Rushton, executive director of the Committee for Justice noted that Reid’s media event was “kabuki theater for...

Newly elected Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is facing the same ethics charges leveled by the same literal-minded staffer who nearly forced him out of the House of Representatives seven years ago. In 1997, the House Ethics Committee ruled that Dr. Coburn could return weekly to Muskogee, Oklahoma to deliver babies despite ethics regulations intended to prevent lawmakers from practicing medicine on the side. Robert L. Walker has moved from the staff of the House to the Senate Ethics Committee and is contending that stiffer Senate regulations prohibit Coburn from practicing his obstetrician's trade. A compromise is being sought...

WASHINGTON Call them the five horsemen of the Republican Revolution: incoming US Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, John Thune of South Dakota, and David Vitter of Louisiana. Their arrival in the US Senate next week gives a powerful boost to both fiscal and social conservatives on issues ranging from judicial nominations and abortion rights to tax reform. It also tips the number of former House members in the Senate to 52 percent - the first time it has passed a majority. More than just an additional five GOP votes, they...

REPUBLICAN SENATOR-ELECT Tom Coburn is proud of the number of babies he has delivered, many of them on weekends while serving in the House of Representatives. But his participation in the miracle of life can't compete with his much-more-miraculous ability to walk on water. No one has actually seen him skip lightly across the waves, but after his remarkably thorough job of burning bridges at the close of his stint in the House, walking on water is the only way Coburn could have made it back across the Potomac.Of his congressional colleagues he has said, "Most of them are egomaniacs....

Coburn over Carson 48 to 43!! Oklahoma is finally seeing through this imposter.

If any other Okie Freepers want to help spread the word about Brad Carson's liberal record let me know. Brad Carson has been traveling the state telling voters he's a conservative Dem when nothing could be further from the truth. Combat the out of state political operatives! I'll be hanging these signs all over the Tulsa area this weekend. I plan on putting up enough signs to get attention in the local media (radio, TV, newspapers). Email me if you want to help in other areas around the state. Help from other parts of the state would be great!!!

Following two debates, Coburn polls 39.8% to Carson's 39.2%, with 21% undecided.

[b]Brad Carson: A John Kerry Kind of Politician Regardless of the Issue, He's Voted For and Against Everything Tax Cuts[/b] Brad Carson has repeatedly voted against President Bush's tax cuts (Roll call vote #103, 4/18/2002; Roll call vote #182, 5/9/2003; and Roll call vote #225, 5/23/2003). After becoming a candidate for Senate, Carson flip flopped and voted in favor of making President Bush's tax cuts permanent (Roll call vote #138, 4/28/2004 and roll call #472, 9/23/2004). [b]Protecting Pregnant Women and Unborn Children from Violence[/b] Brad Carson voted against the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, also known as "Laci and Conner's...

A Soonerpoll.com poll; conducted 8/30; surveyed 435 likely voters; margin of error +/- 4.6% (Soonerpoll.com, 9/1). General Election Matchup Now 8/1 Coburn 44% 39% Carson 37 42 Undec. 20 19

Republicans rally for unity By James S. Tyree Transcript Staff Writer Bobby Cleveland, Cleveland County Republican Club president, couldn’t believe his luck Friday night for the Big Event. The weather was pleasant in August and 14 politicians spoke and finished ahead of schedule. “It’s a miracle,” Cleveland beamed. Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Coburn headlined a cavalcade of Republicans in and/or seeking office. The Big Event took place at the Community Christian School football field. Fallin isn’t up for re-election this year and Cole is a virtual lock for a second...

Dear Friends and Supporters, The dirty tricks have begun. It has come to our attention that an unidentified organization is calling Oklahoma voters posing as a polling/research firm. According to reports that our offices are receiving, the calls begin as a routine political poll, asking the respondent to state a preference in the upcoming general election. If the voter selects Tom Coburn, the caller then lists a series of issues it says you need to know about Tom Coburn. The so-called "issues" that have been brought to our attention are despicable lies and half-truths and have absolutely no place in...

Are you convinced that all candidates running for political office are the same? Do you see "politics" as just another career choice, where candidates work their way up the ladder and – once elected to the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate – use their power, influence and our tax dollars to keep their jobs for life? Are you annoyed that the party establishment handpicks the candidates to fill the important posts, then lays out the breadcrumbs for the rest of us to dutifully follow to the polls? Just when you thought there was no way that an...

Former three-term Republican Rep. Tom Coburn and Democratic Rep. Brad Carson wasted little time celebrating their Oklahoma Senate primaries, quickly turning their attention toward each other in their bid to replace retiring GOP Sen. Don Nickles. In comments Tuesday night after both scoring impressive victories, Coburn ridiculed Carson's claim of being a conservative Democrat, and Carson questioned Coburn's commitment to Oklahoma. They agreed on only one thing: a tough general election battle looms between two candidates with starkly different visions for the state. Coburn's win came in a bitter Republican primary that included charges of double-crosses and shady land deals....

Ex-Congressman Builds Solid Lead in Okla. Wednesday July 28, 2004 2:01 AM By RON JENKINS Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Rep. Brad Carson cruised to the Democratic nomination Tuesday for the seat of retiring GOP Sen. Don Nickles, while a former three-term congressman opened up a commanding lead in the Republican primary. Carson faced little opposition in the Democratic race, but former Rep. Tom Coburn, ex-Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys and a third candidate had been engaged in a bruising Republican campaign marked by allegations of backstabbing and shady land deals. With 3 percent precincts reporting, Coburn had...

See Returns at: http://www.newsok.com/electok/results# Roll Call: Coburn Poised to Win GOP Primary From RollCall.com (subscription req.): Sources said [Kirk] Humphreys’ support declined in recent weeks after he was targeted by [Bob] Anthony’s ads, which portrayed the former mayor as a crooked politician who engaged in shady land deals while in office. The ads especially hurt Humphreys in his Oklahoma City base. At the same time, [Tom] Coburn saw his support grow after he hit television airwaves for the first time. The Club for Growth, which is supporting Coburn, also has aired positive ads on his behalf and briefly went after...

U.S. Senate, OK GOP Primary 7/26/2004 Coburn 54% Humphreys 25% Anthony 13% Other/Undecided 7% Data Collected 7/23/04 - 7/25/04 Geography: State of Oklahoma Sample Population: 517 Certain GOP Voters Margin of Error: 4.4% Client: KFOR-TV Oklahoma City, KJRH-TV Tulsa

Istook Endorses Coburn Humphreys Campaign Says Endorsement Not Surprising POSTED: 11:04 pm CDT July 20, 2004 UPDATED: 11:12 pm CDT July 20, 2004 OKLAHOMA CITY -- U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., said Tuesday that he is endorsing former Congressman Tom Coburn in the GOP race for the U.S. Senate. Istook urged Oklahoma Republicans to avoid a runoff by uniting behind the Muskogee physician. The endorsement came just a week before the July 27 primary. Coburn, former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys and Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony are battling for the top spot on the Republican side. U.S. Rep. Brad Carson...

July 21, 2004 Poll Shows Coburn With a Big Lead in OK Senate Race In a National Research Inc. poll commissioned by the Club for Growth, Tom Coburn has amassed a big lead in the Oklahoma GOP Senate primary race. Candidate % of Vote Coburn 51.4 Humphreys 22.6 Anthony 8.2 Undecided/Don’t Know 17.4 Refused 0.4 According to Oklahoma state election law, if any candidate can get 50% of the primary vote, then they can skip the run-off. This poll is based on a telephone survey of 500 likely Republican primary voters residing in the state of Oklahoma. The survey was...

U.S. Senate, OK GOP Primary 7/19/2004 Coburn 46% Humphreys 32% Anthony 12% Other/Undecided 11% Data Collected 7/16/04 - 7/18/04 Geography State of Oklahoma Sample Population 436 Certain GOP Voters Margin of Error 4.8%

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Coburn and former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys are about even in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, according to a statewide poll. The poll, sponsored by the Tulsa World and KOTV-Channel 6, showed Coburn with 37 percent support, Humphreys with 34 percent and state Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony with 7 percent. Jay Richard Hunt had 1 percent and 21 percent said they were undecided. The difference between Coburn and Humphreys is well within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 5.9 percentage points. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the...