I was checking on Wikipedia on the next general election and ran into an interesting list. Here are the Senate seats up for grabs in 2010:
- Democratic Incumbent Race
- Blanche Lincoln, Democrat Arkansas
- Barbara Boxer, Democrat California
- Ken Salazar, Democrat Colorado
- Daniel Inouye, Democrat Hawaii
- Evan Bayh, Democrat Indiana
- Barbara Mikulski, Democrat Maryland
- Harry Reid, Democrat Nevada
- Chuck Schumer, Democrat New York
- Byron Dorgan, Democrat North Dakota
- Ron Wyden, Democrat Oregon
- Patrick Leahy, Democrat Vermont
- Patty Murray, Democrat Washington
- Russ Feingold, Democrat Wisconsin
- Republican Incumbent Races
- Richard Shelby, Republican Alabama
- Lisa Murkowski, Republican Alaska
- John McCain, Republican Arizona
- Mel Martinez, Republican Florida
- Johnny Isakson, Republican Georgia
- Mike Crapo, Republican Idaho
- Chuck Grassley, Republican Iowa
- Jim Bunning, Republican Kentucky
- David Vitter, Republican Louisiana
- Kit Bond, Republican Missouri
- Judd Gregg, Republican New Hampshire
- Richard Burr, Republican North Carolina
- George Voinovich, Republican Ohio
- Tom Coburn, Republican Oklahoma
- Arlen Specter, Republican Pennsylvania
- Jim DeMint, Republican South Carolina
- John Thune, Republican South Dakota
- Bob Bennett, Republican Utah
If your a follower of my blog you should know how I feel about certain things, one of which was the Wall Street bailout bill. The highlighted names above are Senators that voted for this bill. Prior to the election I posted the names of the Texas congressmen that voted for it and specifically left out the rest of them because then I would have had to include senator McCain. At that time I felt that it was more important to look at the short term goal of electing Senator McCain to the presidency and dealing with this issue on a smaller scale. Especially since both Obama and McCain voted for this useless, pork-laden, government inflating bill. Now however, we need to look at the long term and the next election. We need to look at everyone that voted for this bill and get them out of office. We need to make the people that created this problem and then tried to line their own pockets at our expense to pay the ultimate political price; VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE.
While I know a lot of you out there may be caught up in the Obama-Mania syndrome please try to remember one key thing; fiscal conservatism is a bi-partisan concept. No matter which side of the aisle you fall remember this list, remember who did the right thing and who screwed the public sector for their own gain. There are some pretty long term and famous names on this list, some folks have been in the senate for some 30+ years. That is most likely the very problem. The 1770 quote by William Pitt , "Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it", is a perfect example of why we need to limit the time people can hold office. These senators are out of touch with the desires of the voter and are voting not for their constituents but for their own gain. They have become corrupted by their own little bubble of greed. We need to remove those that are camping out in Washington lining their own pockets with our tax dollars. We need to remove them before their corruption can create more problems for us. They are not doing the business of the people, they are doing business for themselves and need to GO.
I'm working on a House list and will post it when I can.
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