Saturday, August 6, 2011

It is About the Quality of Their Judgement

The S&P has downgraded the U.S. Credit Rating. The Treasury Secretary is Tim Geithner appointed to serve at the beginning of Obama's term.

Attorney General Eric Holder was appointed by Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate at the beginning of Obama's term. Holder's tenure has included Operation Gun Runner, and much more.

Of course, in order for any cabinet appointments and judicial appointments to be allowed to serve, they must receive confirmation from the U.S. Senate. Let us not look past the Republican Senators who currently serve in office, and voted YES to confirm such appointments. The review below also notes votes in favor of the confirmation Obama's controversial Supreme Court picks, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. One additional big mistake that 2 Republican Senators made, was being the only Republicans to vote YES on Obama's failed stimulus package in 2009. Let us review and let us run primary opponents against these failing Republican Senators. I have rated their lack on success based on their confirmation votes.

#1
Olympia Snowe (Maine, currently serving her 3rd- 6 year Term)
Voted YES to confirm the following individuals:
Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court
Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court
* In addition Snowe voted YES on the failed Obama Stimulus
Senator Snowe is up for re-election in 2012. She should be the prime target of all grass roots conservatives and conservative voters in Maine, in the 2012 Primaries. If you are looking to donate to primary campaigns, look to donate to her opponent. There is no state in the union that should have a Republican Senator who has voted the way Snowe has. She clearly can be called a Republican in Name Only (RINO), no matter how misused and overused this label has become in recent years.

#2
Richard Lugar (Indiana, currently serving his 6th- 6 year Term)
Voted YES to confirm the following individuals:
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court
Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court
Senator Lugar is up for re-election in 2012. He has had many additional votes that should be called into question by primary voters. I will write a review with further information on his Senate votes in recent years. It is very likely that a strong conservative and electable candidate will run a primary against Lugar in 2012. Put your money on Lugar's primary challenger.

# 3
Lindsey Graham (South Carolina, currently serving his 2nd- 6 year term)
Voted YES to confirm the following individuals:
Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court
Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court
Senator Graham is up for re-election in 2014. After the 2012 Elections are complete, Graham should replace Snowe as primary opponent #1 during the 2014 Republican Primary. He has attempted to position himself as a conservative over the past year, but his voting record is plain as day. In addition to his voting record, he has talked out of both sides of his mouth during his entire Senate career. As with Lugar, a review is forthcoming.

#4
Susan Collins (Maine, currently serving her 3rd- 6 year term)
Voted YES to confirm the following individuals:
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court
Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court
* In addition Collins voted YES on the failed Obama Stimulus.
Senator Collins is up for re-election in 2014, and after the 2012 Elections are complete, she will be next in line after Lindsey Graham to face a strong primary challenge. It is said that it is difficult for a conservative to win the Republican Primary in Maine, so it all depends on the quality of the candidate who runs against Collins. It is likely that only the grass roots will be present to extend an effort to oust Collins and Snowe. No one out of the established GOP is going to step forward, so a quality candidate (i.e. a conservative who is articulate with a clean record) is the best bet.

#5
Orrin Hatch (Utah, currently serving his 6th- 6 Year term)
Voted YES to confirm the following individuals:
Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Senator Hatch is up for re-election in 2012. Like many Senators in a conservative state, as a long 6 year term begins to wrap up, he shifts completely to the right and hopes that voters don't remember the previous 5 years of the term. Hatch has had some good moments in his Senate career, but he has also had many unwise votes. Hatch is a politician who earns brownie points for a gentlemanly demeanor and statesman like air, but the effort to appear above the fray, honorable, and esteemed has taken away from a steadfast conservative position that a Senator from Utah should take. Review on the way.

#6
Bob Corker (Tennessee, currently serving his 1st- 6 Year term)
Voted YES to confirm the following individuals:
Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Senator Corker is up for re-election in 2012. Word comes from Tennessee that many voters have not gotten from Corker what they expected when they voted him into office in 2006. More on Corker to come.

#7
Lamar Alexander (Tennessee, currently serving his 2nd- 6 Year term)
Voted YES to confirm the following individuals:
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court
Senator Alexander is up for re-election in 2014.

Only grass roots conservatives can create the environment to unseat these Senators in the Republican Primary. Seeking out conservative candidates who have shown the ability to win and live their lives fairly and honestly is the place to start. Conservative voters dedicated to replacing politicians who do not get the job done right and have been lackluster in the defense of liberty and American values, will be ready to team up with the right candidate and see to it that a conservative takes a seat in the Senate.

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