Veteran Democrat Senator Byron Dorgan, (ND) has decided 30 years in the U.S. Congress, are quite enough and he has opted out of running for another six-year Senate term.
Dorgan, 67, said his decision was not related to the prospect of a tough election battle looming this year but that it was time to pursue other interests.
And if you believe that, we’ve got a bridge to sell you.
His full-of-bravado “Dear John” letter to constituents can be read here. In it, he insisted that “….my decision has no relationship to the prospect of a difficult election contest this year. Frankly, I think if I had decided to run for another term in the Senate I would be reelected,” he wrote.
The numbers tell another story.
A recent Rasmussen Reports survey showed North Dakota voters strongly oppose the Obama health care bill, just 30% favor the proposed health care reform plan while 64% are opposed. Dorgan has been a consistent vote in support of the government takeover.
Rasmussen also showed Republican Gov. John Hoeven leading Dorgan 58 percent to 36 percent if he were to challenge Sen. Dorgan. Hoeven remains undeclared.
Democrats are in a heap ‘o trouble, with numbers falling to significant new lows — down 6 points since the 2008 election.
Gov. Jan Brewer issued a letter to Arizona’s Attorney General Terry Goddard yesterday, requesting that he conduct an immediate review of the constitutionality of the health care reform bill (H.R. 3590) recently passed by the U.S. Senate. The bill presents devastating financial impacts to Arizona.
Thirteen other states are looking into the legality of the proposal which, as a result of Democrat deal-making, permanently excludes Nebraska from having to pay to expand its Medicare program, the AZ Daily Sun reports.
Read the letter signed by the 13 state attorneys general here.
Then compare Goddard’s snide response to her request, which can be read here.
While Goddard can’t file a lawsuit, as the bill is still a concept not yet a law, Brewer is on track with her request, since Goddard is free to begin an investigation.
But remember Samuel Pearson “Terry” Goddard, III, is first and foremost a Democrat who has opened an exploratory campaign to challenge the sitting governor. He is clearly playing politics rather than doing the job over a dozen other attorneys general view as a matter of urgency.
Goddard, the scion of an Arizona liberal political dynasty, is term-limited in his current post and is trying for the third time to control the state from the governor’s office. His father, known as Sam, was a single-term governor from 1965 – 1967, squeaking into office with a slim 6 percent margin of victory.
Although he ran for reelection, he was twice defeated by conservative Republican, Jack Williams.
This impending medical catastrophe was reported back in November — when the government takeover of medical care was initially getting an airing. Now that the harsh realities are setting in, Bloomberg News runs an in-depth report, beginning with this paragraph:
The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the U.S. government pays too little.
More than 3,000 patients eligible for Medicare, the government’s largest health-insurance program, will be forced to pay cash if they want to continue seeing their doctors at a Mayo family clinic in Glendale, northwest of Phoenix, according to a Mayo spokesman.
Rush Limbaugh, conservative icon and radio talk show host has been admitted to the Queens Medical Center in Honolulu with chest pains.
Paramedics responded to a Wednesday afternoon call from the Kahala Hotel and Resort where Limbaugh is vacationing, KITV-TV reported. The station, citing unnamed sources, said the 58-year-old Limbaugh was taken to The Queens Medical Center in serious condition.
A new means of ensuring more people forego the now pricey meals served to air travelers has emerged. It appears rat droppings, flies, live roaches, ants and dangerous pathogens are in ample supply in airline foods. This USAToday report indicates airport terminal kitchens fare no better.
Yum.
Read the certified warning letter that was sent by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the chief operating officer of LSG SkyChefs regarding the change of classification for the Denver airline catering facility from “Approved” to “Provisional.”
It is interesting and newsworthy that, as the nation prepares to celebrate Christmas, we are witnesses to the passage of legislation promoted in part by elements of the “faith community” who have put most of their faith in the federal government and its mammon, is the conclusion reached by Cliff Kincaid, editor of Accuracy in Media, in his enlightening article Blame the Bishops.
The Catholic Bishops have emerged as a major “progressive” force in the United States, determined to saddle the country with a socialized medicine scheme. The disagreements over abortion among the “Big Government progressives” should not distract our attention from this basic fact. The Bishops also favor “climate change” legislation and amnesty for illegal aliens.
In addition to the lobbyists who were working on Capitol Hill, the bishops have a staff of 350 in Washington, D.C. and operate on a budget that was estimated back in 2002 at $131 million a year. By contrast, the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress operates on about $48 million a year.
Ironically, we have also discovered that Soros, an atheist, is putting big money into various Catholic organizations, such as Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Not surprisingly, it is backing the health care legislation, Kincaid writes.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ 1993 resolution titled, A Framework for Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Protecting Human Life, Promoting Human Dignity, Pursuing the Common Good, reads like a paean to socialism.
Read this eye-opening list of the “Sweetheart Deals” made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in order to secure the 60 votes necessary for passage of the nationalized intrusion into the American health care delivery system. The colossal government takeover will be delivered as a merciless Christmas gift to each and every American this evening.
The massive (2078 pages) and largely unread bill (HR 3590) includes colossal tax hikes, ruthless Medicare rationing and alarming bureaucratic intervention into our previously private health care decisions.
The information was compiled by the Republican Study Committee, U.S. House of Representatives. H/T to the Eagle Forum for making it readily available.
Earlier this month, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons scathingly attacked Harry Reid for his unwavering adherence to the government plan that will cost Nevadans “more than half a billion dollars.” In a fascinating turn of events, Gibbons is being challenged in next year’s election by Reid’s son, Rory, who is a Democrat candidate for governor.
Harry has challenges of his own.
Sue Lowden, a former Nevada state senator and Nevada Republican Party chairman is taking on the unpopular Harry Reid in the 2010 senate race. Lowden’s accomplishments include a career as an award-winning television news reporter.
Former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle provides yet another challenge to Reid.
Danny Tarkanian, a businessman and former lawyer and is also in the mix
A December Las Vegas Review-Journal poll shows Reid taking a trouncing from either Lowden or Tarkanian. Rasmussen Reports indicates Reid is continuing to lag behind all potential Republican challengers in next year’s U.S. Senate race.
One fact is indisputable: The arrogant weasel Reid, who disregards the will of the American public, needs to be retired.
A legal scholar says the Senate healthcare bill is not only stuffed full of racial quotas and preferences, but it also gives the disgraced liberal activist group ACORN opportunities to receive funding from the Department of Health and Human Services, OneNewsNow reports.
Posted by seeingredaz 
Posted by seeingredaz 
Posted by seeingredaz 