I read from an email from the Republican Communications Director for the Senate Budget Committee. A listener to my show this morning called Saxby’s Washington Office and they said I was lying. Well, read for yourself what the Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee say about Saxby Chambliss‘s proposal: It seems the G6 plan does not balance elimination of deductions with reductions of rates in | Read More »
This is really sad and pathetic. I can only guess they have struck such a bad deal because they negotiated from a position of fear. You never get a good deal when you are negotiating because you are scared. The Senate Budget Committee is sending around an email pointing out some of the horrors of the Gang of Six’s gangrene plan. Consider this: Saxby Chambliss, | Read More »
The “Gang of Six”, which is the group in the Senate trying to come up with bipartisan tax increases and tax restructuring to implement the Deficit Commission’s plans, is collapsing. Late yesterday, Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn bolted from the group because the Democrats are unwilling to deal with restructuring entitlements in their quest to raise taxes. Two Republicans remain, Mike Crapo of Idaho and Saxby | Read More »
Georgia Republicans will be going to their state convention this weekend in Macon, Georgia. While I live just a few miles from where the convention will be, I won’t be going. The only surprise that could come from the convention is if Sue Everhart, the incumbent chair of the Georgia Republican Party, loses. She has won every major straw poll working up to the state | Read More »
A few weeks ago, I reported that the Senate Republicans’ point man on dealing with the deficit, Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), said he’d support tax increases as a means to reduce the deficit. Chambliss promptly denied it. Yesterday, in the New York Times, Chambliss admitted he and the Senate Republicans will support tax increases to pay off the deficit. Mr. Chambliss has been increasingly outspoken in | Read More »
There is a quote out there that sometimes get attributed to Republican Senate Leader Everett Dirksen and sometimes not. The quote is that there two parties in Washington — the stupid party and the evil party. Every once in a while the stupid party and the evil party get together and do something that is both stupid and evil. In Washington, that is called bipartisanship. | Read More »
Saxby Chambliss is the Republican point man on deficit reduction. He is working with his friend Mark Warner (D-VA) to come up with a “good government” plan to reduce the deficit. “Good government,” by the way, is code for big government, bi-partisan compromise. On Sunday’s Fox News Sunday, Chambliss used diplomatic speak to say he’d consider tax increases. Several of you have asked me for | Read More »
Given that Hawkins has repeatedly sided with liberal Democrats and tax and spenders in the Georgia legislature, it comes as no surprise he also gave money to Max Cleland. That he’d brag about it, though, is troubling. Let’s get Tom Graves to Washington.
This post is past due, I’m afraid. I committed to write it about three weeks ago and kept getting distracted. Last month I pointed out problems with Majority Strategies/Next Wave Communications. Specifically, I pointed out that Majority Strategies screwed up the absentee ballot mailer in Saxby Chambliss’s runoff, as they had in Ohio. Likewise, I pointed out the various conflicts of interest between the organization | Read More »
This content requires the most recent version of the Adobe Flash Player. Get this version below:Get Flash Charlie Cook has an article up in which he decides conservatives are self-destructive. A fellow who oversees lobbying in all 50 states for a major corporation recently told me about a certain Republican U.S. senator up for re-election in 2010, someone generally regarded as fairly conservative who might | Read More »
There seems to be a lot of happy talk surrounding Barack Obama’s recent trip to Capitol Hill, and his attempt to sell his stimulus bill to Republicans by adding a few ‘tax cuts.’ But bipartisan bonhomie notwithstanding, there’s no more reason to embrace Barack Obama’s stimulus plan today than there was a week ago. It is still a tremendous waste of taxpayer dollars, will do nothing | Read More »
William Jefferson lost. Let’s be honest. In his district, his loss had more to do with him not sharing the money in his freezer than it does him having put the money in his freezer. But beyond that, the media response is interesting. Since Barack Obama’s election, Republicans won the Georgia runoff. Republicans won William Jefferson’s seat in a heavily Democrat area. Republicans won McCrery’s | Read More »
Regarding my earlier post, I keep getting people talking about me hating Saxby. These people are absolutely misreading my post. I’m not hating on Saxby. I love the guy (in that heterosexual way). I’m writing out of disappointment, not hate. He ran a disastrous campaign and embraced lots of bad advice. I want better for the guy. He is, at heart, really a conservative. I | Read More »
I agree, Saxby. Fresh off his double-digits runoff win, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss says his party must return to its conservative roots. But what is troubling is this: he said he expects his campaign will be a model for Republicans looking to regroup in the 2010 election cycle. Now, if you mean being forced to put your team in the corner and let the professional, | Read More »
Both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama campaigned in Georgia. Palin flew all over the state rallying Republicans. Obama flew under the radar heavily targeting black voters, demanding support for Martin, and running heavy radio advertising on urban stations. Ladies and Gentlemen, black voters turned out for Obama, but not for Obama’s candidates. Remember that for 2010. But folks, remember this too: Sarah Palin asked Republicans | Read More »
I was going to post-jack Josh’s post, but instead I’ll go all ego and put up my own post here. Governor Palin will be in Georgia on Monday. In fact, she’ll be 30 minutes from my house at 1:30 p.m. So anyway, I’ve decided to buy my wife a shotgun for Christmas. I could use Governor Palin’s advice on this as I’ve never bought a | Read More »
This is Faiz Shakir. He is a research director at the Center for American Progress and editor of Think Progress. Center for American Progress is the “think tank” that only thinks about how to spin Democrat agenda items into publicly acceptable public policies. And Faiz Shakir is one of their hit men — running Think Progress to help set a media narrative in favor of | Read More »
For those of you who think we should just let the Democrats have sixty seats and let them run the place, this is an important story. It’s an important story about how much damage the Democrats could do and how some groups, besides unions, are desperately seeking sixty Democrat senators. Down in Georgia, the Stonewall Democrats are throwing a fundraiser for Jim Martin. The Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered | Read More »
I’d like to take this opportunity to heartily encourage you to come on down to Macon, GA to campaign for Saxby Chambliss. He needs all the help he can get — we can’t have 60 Democrats in the Senate. I’m happy to buy you cup of coffee and show you around the office. There are lots of venues. I guarantee you’d turn out a huge | Read More »
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