As Steve has pointed out here, Carol Shea-Porter has been voting pretty much in lockstep with the Democrat leadership:
Do you know why Carol only votes with her party 98% of the time? She’s missed 2% of the votes.
Independent thinker? Only from a definition that might be found in Nancy Hussein Reid’s talking point books (LARGE colorful print edition)! Now, let’s add some more context to the background for Carol’s "going to be a wicked hard slog" run for re-election. Steve has pointed out that the GrassRoots Carol no longer exists – just call her PACgurl now – with most of that coming from the "invisible" special interests – unions. In fact, Carol LOVES the unions – and they have shown they love her. But like all money, it comes with strings attached – just ask Governor Lynch!
And payback for her having a hard time is gonna be quite the something for the rest of us – as in "shut yer yaps, knaves". Certainly during her Town Hall event held in Laconia in early April, she pretty much acted like a teacher scared of the crowd (like when she imperiously told a Sr. Citizen "you’re done" – Tricky Dick Nixon couldn’t have done better – and in doing so, she didn’t answer him just like she’s stonewalling now!). Thus, why should we be surprised that she supports the DISCLOSE Act. Remember this little phrase from our Bill of Rights?
Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech,
Well, she has decided, with her vote, that only a chosen few are allowed to have such a Right – and it isn’t Individuals, it isn’t small groups, it isn’t small businesses, and it isn’t for large groups of individuals that are called Companies. Can you figure out WHO she believes should have the right?
Unions. Why? Money. Power. Their Support. So screw everyone else.
She’d better hope it works, cause the political undercurrent is not flowing her way. Reported by a DEMOCRAT leaning polling outfit, Democracy Corp (run by that uber-Dem, James Carville), it seems that Carol’s head honcho, Barack Obama has made himself finally known to the general voters
The latest poll by Democracy Corps, the firm of James Carville and Stan Greenberg, has Republicans leading on the generic ballot among likely voters, 48 percent to 42 percent.
Other data points from it:
- 56% say Obama is “too liberal,” (35 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 21 percent say “well,”)
- 55% say Obama is “a socialist,” (33 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 22 percent say “well,”)
Rasmussen has more dreary news that is going to establish the background of the stage for Shea-Porter’s defeat:
- A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of voters now view President Obama’s handling of the economy as poor. This is the president’s highest negative rating in this area since he took office in January 2009.
- only 29% believe the stimulus plan helped the economy,
- most still believe it was a mistake for the government to takeover General Motors and Chrysler
- most favor a repeal of the health care law.
- Eighty-two percent (82%) say it’s important to cut the federal deficit in half but few expect that to happen.
Robert Gibbs, Barack Obama’s chief spokesman, got into hot water this week for daring to speak the truth – that the Democrats could lose control of the House of Representatives in November. But it could be even worse than that.
premiums for millions of American families in 2016 will be 10-13 percent higher than they otherwise would be. This represents a $2100 increase per family, compared with the status quo.…
CBS:
40% approval rating for Obama
Pew: On Obamacare (That CSP dearly loves and to which she has pegged her reputation, after listening to her at her Town Hall event):
- Just 7% say they want to let the law stand and see how it works.
- Nearly half of Americans (47%) disapprove of the health care law
- An overwhelming proportion of opponents of health care legislation – 37% of the public overall – favor repealing the legislation as soon as possible.
And that being one of the TEA Party movement’s biggest issues, how will she survive?
Data Point: Carol Shea-Porter has voted for each and every bill that has such a sucky review from the public. How the heck is she going to run away from it all??? Will she be part of the Democrat debacle that she herself has helped to bring about?
With a Dear Leader viewed the way outlined above, what’s a Carol to do in hiding her love for him (metaphorically speaking, via her votes)? Think NH voters are going to dig that? Further, with her votes affirming that she agrees with Obama and all that he stands for….does that make her one as well? Is she willing and can she abuse the notion that she believes that she is more for the Founders philosophy of Rights (Natural Rights, stemming from God) than the Progressive idea of Rights (Positive Rights, stemming from what Government can give you, once you have lobbied for them)?
And actually sound something some what less twisted than the proverbial pretzel as she weakly tries to combat the Obama-Carter Misery Index.
