Election 2010

Harry Reid is getting extra help from the Drug Lobby because he has lined their pockets with potential profits by passing Obamacare. The Drug lobbyists are airing ads in in Nevada supporting him in his reelection bid. For mote info here is the story. Right now Senator Reid is trailing in most polls by 7% points to the Republican Sharon Angle.  But she needs our help.  We the American Citizen can help her defeat this big government tax and spender. Please go to her website to and donate.

Here is the story of Tim Scott by Bruce Smith of  My Way News .

“NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Voters in South Carolina nominated a black Republican lawmaker for an open congressional seat Tuesday, rejecting a legendary political name and adding diversity to the national party.

State Rep. Tim Scott defeated Paul Thurmond, an attorney who is son of the one-time segregationist U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond. Scott, who won the runoff with 69 percent of the vote, is now poised to become the nation’s first black GOP congressman since 2003.

Scott, 44, owns an insurance business and became the first black Republican in the South Carolina Legislature in more than a century when elected two years ago. Before that, he served 13 years on Charleston County Council and was elected chairman four times.

He’s now the favorite in the coastal 1st District, which has elected a Republican congressman for three decades. He would become the first black Republican congressman since Oklahoma’s J.C. Watts retired in 2003.

Scott grew up in poverty in North Charleston, his parents divorcing when he was 7. His mother, Frances, worked 16 hours a day raising Scott and a brother and Scott regularly introduce her at campaign events.

Scott also credits a mentor with helping him turn around his life at a time he was in danger of flunking out of high school. He said John Moniz, a conservative entrepreneur who ran a Chick-fil-A, changed his outlook on life.

Scott, who is single, later went on to graduate from Charleston Southern University with a degree in political science.

Earlier this year, Scott was campaigning for lieutenant governor, but changed his sights after U.S. Rep. Henry Brown announced he was retiring. The district reaches from near Charleston northeast along the state’s coast to the high rise hotels of Myrtle Beach.

“This race is not really about winning the election,” Scott told about 200 people gathered for a victory party in a North Charleston hotel. “It’s about finding a way to bring us together so our country leads the world in every way possible.”

Scott picked up key national endorsements, including one from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The Washington-based Club for Growth, which promotes reducing taxes, budget reform and free trade said Tuesday that donations from its members and political action committee totaled more than $313,000 for Scott.

Observers say the race may be a gauge of diversity in the GOP.

Scott promises to dismantle the new federal health care law he says costs too much and is unconstitutional. He promises to cut federal spending and simplify a federal tax code he says is the product of too much lobbying and too many lawyers.

In November, Scott will be strongly favored over Democrat Ben Frasier, who is also black.”

This is from the WSJ:

“Exactly 150 years ago, Charleston, S.C. made news when delegates angry over the election of Abraham Lincoln gathered and voted to secede from the Union. The Civil War began four months later when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter.
Charleston made a different kind of news yesterday. Republican primary voters filling the area’s open Congressional seat put two unusual candidates into a June 22 runoff. State Rep. Tim Scott, the first black Republican to sit in the state’s legislature since Reconstruction, led the polling with 32% of the vote. Paul Thurmond, a local county official and son of the legendary Senator Strom Thurmond, was the No. 2 vote-getter with 16% of the vote. Mr. Thurmond’s late father had been the 1948 presidential candidate of the segregationist State Rights Party.
Rep. Scott likes his chances in the runoff since he won three of the district’s six counties and is best-positioned to win the resort town of Myrtle Beach, which voted for a third candidate yesterday. Mr. Scott is a strong conservative. When asked in a recent debate how best to attract more people to the Republican Party, he said the GOP must return to its principles: “If we want to have a bigger party, we have to have stronger values.”
The campaign was remarkably unfettered by the historical overhang. Not only was the subject of race never mentioned, but the contest attracted almost no national attention thanks to the civil tone in which the candidates conducted a debate that dwelt mostly on questions of experience and issues like excessive federal spending. Few mainstream media outlets even bothered to notice that the outcome might lead to a black Republican representing the city where the Civil War started.
– John Fund”

This is a story regarding the battle of ideas raging within the Republican party. This is a struggle for the soul and purpose of the party. Here  is the link

Surprisingly the masses do not want this massive spending healthcare bill. Rasmussen reports that people overwhelmingly wanting it overturned. So bring on the elections!

Why would anyone retire after voting for a bill so many wanted?  Click here for the story.

A democrat strategist explains the cost this debate will have for democrats in this next election cycle. If health care passes or fails, the people are mad.