Thursday, June 24, 2010
Democratic Candidates-in-Waiting Begin Cranking It Up
Posted by Jackson Baker on Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- JB
- Herron addressing crowd at Schledwitz home
*State Senator Roy Herron of Dresden, the Democratic nominee-in-waiting for the open 8th District congressional seat, was in Memphis this week for a well-attended fundraising event at the river-bluff residence of entrepreneur/political broker Karl Schledwitz.
Herron will face the winner of the current free-for-all involving Republican primary candidates Stephen Fincher of Frog Jump, George Flinn of Memphis, and Ron Kirkland of Jackson.
*7th District congressional nominee Greg Rabidoux, who faces the formidable task of challenging GOP incumbent Marsha Blackburn, will be the beneficiary of a meet & greet/fundraiser on Friday at the home of Adrienne Pakis-Gillon on Prestwick Drive.
*Jackson businessman Mike McWherter, the sole Democratic candidate for governor, apparently has no imminent plans for visiting Memphis but this week got what he hopes will be a major boost in Nashville, appearing before the media with Governor Phil Bredesen, who officially endorsed his candidacy.
McWherter awaits the outcome of the GOP gubernatorial primary, currently being contested by Knoxville mayor Bill Haslam, Chattanooga congressman Zach Wamp, and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey of Blountville.
In announcing his endorsement of McWherter, Bredesen said in part: “Mike’s background as a small business owner gives him the personal perspective and experience he needs to move our state forward, particularly during these tough economic times. He understands what it takes to make a payroll, to provide health insurance to working families and to create new jobs from scratch. I believe Mike is the most qualified candidate in this race and I look forward helping him win in November.”
At the Herron event, host Schledwitz jested ironically to an audience loaded with well-known donors and members of the local political community that “I love having a Democratic buddy who can write a book about God and Politics [a title by Herron, author of three books] and still be a Democrat.” His point was that Democrat Herron, a longtime legislator, lawyer and former minister, embodied many of the social virtues that voters are used to hearing touted by Republican candidates.
“I can be the urban candidate if not the urbane candidate,” Herron said, following suit. “We’re going to be talking about job, jobs, and jobs,” the candidate said, noting the high rate of unemployment in the countries of the 8th District. Herron also stressed the importance of reducing the federal deficit, which, he noted, had begun mounting to mega-levels under the Bush administration.
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Yeah, that's what Democrats are missing: God. Why not go all the way and throw guns in there too while they're at it? I mean, after all, the god and guns crowd can be enticed into voting Democratic, can't they?
Do these people really not understand the concept of "natural constituency?"
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Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.
Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://mickeywhite.blogspot.com/2009/09/tn…
Mickey
If Roy Herron really cares about jobs, then he needs to curb his hawkish tendencies on the federal budget deficit until after the recession is over. We need a jobs and stimulus plan that involves more than the U.S. Census Bureau. Yes, Bush left us with a mountain of debt, but this is probably the worst possible time in the last twenty years to suddenly decide that fiscal austerity is the trendy thing to do.
Almost none of the present debt was spent on American workers. For crying out loud, we gave the Iraqis a single payer health care system with a lot of that money, not to mention the Americans who died for it, and we still don't have anything even close to that here after the so-called health care reform passed in Congress.
It's ridiculous that we're in this position at all, yet here we are. Still, even with all the wreckage left behind after the disastrous Bush Administration, if your biggest problem is the federal budget deficit, then you obviously travel in some very privileged circles. For people who are struggling to make an honest living in this economy, that is absolutely the last fucking thing on their minds.
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