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Another reason MMX FLEX is targeting 50 "Must Go" Congressmen:

 

Spotlight on Georgia's 2nd District

Sanford Bishop:  The Georgia Lap Dog

Georgia’s 2nd District is “represented” by “Must Go” Congressman Sanford Bishop, a 9-term self-identified conservative Democrat and member of the "Blue Dog" Coalition.  Georgians may love their Bulldogs and even put up with an occasional Blue Dog...but that affection does not transfer to lap dogs ... especially lap dogs (like Bishop) who voted for the radical Obama and Pelosi agenda. 

Bishop voted party-line for the Stimulus, Cap-and-Trade, and Obamacare!  According to the Washington Post, Bishop voted with the majority of his Democratic colleagues a whopping 97.7 percent of the time.  The number of congressmen with a more liberal record can be counted on one hand.  Oh yeah, and don't count Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank ... he actually has a more conservative voting record than Bishop! 

So how can anyone believe Bishop when he says: 

"My vote doesn't belong to Nancy Pelosi and it doesn't belong to Barack Obama. It belongs to the people in the 2nd District of Georgia."

Merle Black, a political science professor at Atlanta's Emory University, said a final vote on health care would be a defining moment for Bishop if he backed a plan with Obama's criteria in it - "He'll basically be seen as an Obama liberal in that district. This could be the most crucial vote he casts."

We shall see in November … Let’s hope that the voters in GA-2^nd ignore Bishop’s rhetoric this time and hold him accountable for his voting record. 

Georgia State Representative Mike Keown is challenging Bishop.  Mike is a former mayor of Coolidge and currently serves as the vice chairman of the Special Rules committee in the Georgia House. He also serves on the Education, Health and Human Services, and Natural Resources and Environmental committees.  Please visit his website to learn more about him (he rides a motorcycle, drives a dirt track race car on Saturday nights, has a permit to carry a concealed weapon ....)  

This race should be fiercely competitive throughout the year … Stay tuned.

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SAVE THE DATE !!! 2010 Primary Elections

You asked for it and now we have it.  A complete listing of dates for 2010 primary elections.

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Illinois... it looks like you're up first !!!

Spotlight on North Carolina's 2nd District

BROKEN RECORD in North Carolina !!!  

Unfortunately, this record has nothing to do with the Tarheels. 

The NC unemployment rate jumped to a record 11.2%.

Bob Etheridge (NC-2^nd) gets our vote as MVP for this record-breaking performance.  You see, Bob voted for more debt (stimulus), higher energy prices (cap & trade) and increased health care costs (obamacare).  Unfortunately for Bob, his constituents are not very enthused about his MVP award.  Remember, nearly half of them voted for McCain a short while ago.

Bob is another politician who says he is a pro-business Democrat. However, voting for cap & trade legislation is anti-business.  It causes energy rationing, leading to higher prices and ultimately fewer jobs in North Carolina.  According to the Heritage Foundation, GDP loss from cap and trade alone would be $161 billion in 2020, which means a loss of $1,870 per household per year. Under that scenario, the average monthly energy bill for a North Carolina family would double.  Barack Obama even agrees: “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates ‘would necessarily skyrocket’ .. they (energy providers) would have to retrofit their operations.  That will cost money.  They will pass that money on to consumers.”

Somebody needs to remind Bob that these consumers are also his constituents and that there is absolutely nothing “pro-business” about taking $1,870 from each of their households per year.

MMX FLEX reports that four candidates, Jay Johnson, Dan Mansell,  Frank Deatrich and Renee Elmers, will face off in the May 4th GOP primary for the opportunity to challenge Bob Etheridge, the 50 "Must Go" Congressman.  We have not endorsed any candidate at this time.

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Spotlight on Virginia's 9th District

"As your next Governor, I will make the top priority bringing jobs and opportunity to every region of Virginia." - Gov. Bob McDonald.

Too bad Rick Boucher (VA-9th) is making Gov. McDonald's task more difficult.  You see, Rick (one of our 50 "Must Go" Congressman) put the Pelosi/Reid agenda ahead of his constituents when he voted for the failed stimulus (where are the jobs?) and the cap-and-trade (don't you represent a coal-heavy region in southern VA where 6/10 votes went to McCain in '08?) bills in 2009.  Rick's voting record proves that there is no such thing as a moderate democrat.  Rick's rhetoric over the years has been nothing but hot air.

It doesn't look like Virginian's are showing the love for "Rate-Hike" Rick ... there is even speculation that he will retire rather than face the voters in VA-9.  Potential challengers, especially if he steps down, include state Sen. Wampler (his father lost his seat to Boucher in 1982) and state House Majority Leader Griffith (one slight problem: he doesn't live in the 9th, although he's apparently within walking distance of the district lines).  The challenger will be decided on May 22nd.

NRCC spokesman Andy Sere notes "The environment in the district is just incredible."  However, Rick's retirement is no sure thing, as of September 30th he had $1,701,000 cash on hand. Stay tuned …

Watch Rick claim (with a straight face no less!) that "there is not a penny of tax in this legislation" when explaining the Cap-and-Trade bill he voted for.  Unbelievable.

Spotlight on Pennsylvania's 10th District

If you thought that the race for Ohio's 16th Congressional District - a seat held by the GOP for 58 years before John Boccieri's 2008 victory – was interesting, then take a look at what is taking shape in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District.

The 10^th district is “represented” by Chris Carney (D), a "Must Go" Congressman who voted for the Stimulus (where are the jobs, northwest PA?) and Obamacare bills in 2009.  This district gave President Bush 60% of the vote in 2004 and McCain 54% of the vote in 2008.  It is also a district where (judging by the state’s 2008 democratic primary results) President Obama is not particularly popular.
 

So, it should come as little surprise that the GOP is aiming to retake this seat in 2010.  Reports are that U.S. Attorney Tom Marino will enter the race.  His name should sound familiar, because House Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to recruit him in prior election cycles.  According to one insider, successfully recruiting Marino “continues the trend of capable GOP challengers lining up against incumbent Democrats who have had an entirely too easy time in previously Republican districts."

Marino is expected to make a formal announcement in Williamsport on Wednesday (January 27^th)

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BREAKING NEWS: "Must Go" Congressman Marion Berry (D-AR) Is Announcing Retirement

Update:Dem sources confirm to Hotline OnCall that Rep. Marion Berry (one of the Blue Dogs) will announce his retirement tomorrow today.

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 

"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.

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Update Update:  Berry's Parting Shot At Barry (the Blueberry Blame Game Begins)

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.”