The 7-term Dem won more than 60% of the vote in every re-election bid. But he represents a district that gave McCain (R-AZ) 59% of the vote in 2008 and voted for the Stimulus and Obamacare. No campaign rhetoric - even with Obama's former campaign manager David Plouffe now overseeing the Dem races - could overcome Berry's 2009 record.
We expect Plouffe to nudge out several other Dems who walked the Obama / Pelosi plank while representing McCain districts. Stay tuned.
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Update: Challenger Rick Crawford's Statement
Check out Rick Crawford here.
_______________________________________"I respect Congressman Berry’s decision to retire and applaud his many years of public service. I will continue to run a strong campaign based on creating jobs, reducing the deficit, and representing Arkansas values. We can’t afford Obama’s liberal agenda and I am ready to go to Washington to be a check and balance on the liberal Congress."
Check out Rick Crawford here.
The Politico is reporting:
“I’ve been doing that with this White House, and they just don’t seem to give it any credibility at all,” Berry said. “They just kept telling us how good it was going to be. The president himself, when that was brought up in one group, said, ‘Well, the big difference here and in ’94 was you’ve got me.’ We’re going to see how much difference that makes now.” [snip]
“I began to preach last January that we had already seen this movie and we didn’t want to see it again because we know how it comes out,” said Arkansas’ 1st District congressman, who worked in the Clinton administration before being elected to the House in 1996... "I just began to have flashbacks to 1993 and ’94. No one that was here in ’94, or at the day after the election felt like. It certainly wasn’t a good feeling.”
I hope that the voters in Berry's district remember that no dems can be trusted.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt that once Berry saw MMX Flex was targeting his race, he realized he had no choice but to resign.
ReplyDelete"The Prez set me up!" - Berry explaining his votes and forced retirement.
ReplyDeleteObama.Reid.Pelosi exposed the myth of the moderate democrat. This is no longer your "Daddy's Democratic Party." Instead, it is the party that your Daddy (or granddaddy) risked their lives to defeat in Eastern Europe and the Asian Pacific.
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