Comments on: James Clyburn’s (D-SC) ‘Stimulus’ Clause Unwittingly Provides Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) with Perfect Political Cover

By: Praying

Praying — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:44:39 +0000

or some such place of punishment, we’ll all know why. I was respectful, but completely honest.

By: its_a_right_wing_thing

its_a_right_wing_thing — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:22:25 +0000

Right now, people like Sanford and DeMint are coming off as typical Republicans who just don’t “get it” and understand the very people they are elected to represent and are seen as out of touch. However, when these corporate bailouts (stimulus) fail, they are going to look like visionaries and their party will be rewarded justly come Nov. 2010.

Right now people are hurting and looking for answers and are hoping that the Democrats do what they sent them to D.C. to do and they are trying. Only their efforts are miguided. The auto bailouts didn’t work, why would this stimulus?

People elected Democrats for 2 reasons.
1, Obama was not Bush nor Republican
2. do something about the economy 59% of people polled right before the election admitted the ecomomy as their #1 issue. If they can’t change it, people will demand change again and Republicans will start making strides back into power sooner than later.

I used to predict that Republicans would make small gains in 2010 by default. They can’t continue to lose 25+ seats every election like they did in 2006+8 otherwise they literally would have no party in about 14 years. I expected a Gov. win here and there and maybe stop the bleeding in the Sen. by maybe picking up a seat or two for a postitive net gain and the house to either lose a handful of seats or less or possible get out of the election with a net gain of +1-2 or something but now with all the eggs in one basket there is the potential for voter backlash and a landslide come 2010 but more likely 2012 as people are still likely to give them more time.

By: YankeeConservative

YankeeConservative — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:56:38 +0000

go ahead … let em know http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/contact

By: DerKrieger

DerKrieger — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:00:19 +0000

SC is jumping on the 10th Amendment bandwagon and trying to pass legislation to preserve its sovereignty from federal encroachment. I read this: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/bills/3509.htm last night and then e-mailed all the sponsors. One of the reps e-maile me back and asked me to call his office to get his “special” e-mail address for like-minded constituents.
I wrote to them to urge that they put language in the bill that would prevent the Feds from forcing the state to take any money. This also applies to Obama’s overturning of welfare reform. If SC can refuse the money then perhaps they can also refuse to add to their welfare rules.
I also asked that they expand the language of the bill to protect South Carolinians from a nationalized health care plan as AZ tried to pass in Nov.

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:03:44 +0000

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:03:07 +0000

It’s just a case of a D being so driven to get some slop from the trough that he gave Sanford cover in the process — unwittingly, as I say above.

By: skorrent1

skorrent1 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:59:03 +0000

As long as the actions of “conservative” politicians have to be driven by the search for cover to bring home the bacon to selected constituents even if it is bad for the country/state/district in the medium to long run, we fiscons have a lot of educating/persuading to do.

By: Adjoran

Adjoran — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:46:22 +0000

He can’t run again, being in his second term.

Even if his old House seat and both Senate seats were not held by Republicans who show no sign of retiring, Sanford hated Washington during his six years there (he was one of the few who honored their self-imposed “term limit”). The first year in DC, he slept in his office until finally finding a reasonably priced apartment to share with several other Republican congressmen. He never brought his family to DC or considered buying a home there, although as a wealthy man he could have easily afforded it. Instead, he kept his kids in their old schools and commuted home virtually every weekend.

While I believe he would be a strong candidate for national office, I doubt he will seek such for the above reasons. Even so, the single issue of his position on the “stimulus” bill would be unlikely to hurt his candidacy unless he reversed his stance, which would be unlikely.

Clyburn certainly was NOT looking out for Sanford by inserting the clause. He was making sure all the pork he packed into the bill for his own district gets through (knowing he could depend upon the “Republicans” in the legislature, who are like crack addicts when it comes to throwing money around).