Governor Sebelius has probably been doing back-flips with the Washington Post’s recent prediction that she might indeed be Barack Obama’s pick for Vice President. Why shouldn’t she. She abandoned Kansas and her moral upbringing to set herself up for this. In her terms as governor, Kathy has succeeded in creating a larger-than-ever bureaucracy while stifling economic growth by way of blocking the Holcomb plant. Even with CO2 re-capturing, she has continued her fight in this effort thus denying Western Kansas with the shot of energy it needs, all in the name of “environmentalism”. She abandoned her Catholic upbringing and teaching to define herself as a true Democrat. Recently, Archbishop Naumann asked Sebelius to refrain from partaking in communion for her record on abortion.
Sebelius proved ineffective in her home state of Ohio. Her Kansas taxpayer-funded campaign trips to assist Obama certainly weren’t something most Kansans approved of. With recent polling indicating her approval rating on the decline, one would think she’d pay attention to what Kansans think. But who cares? She no longer is talked about as a 2010 Kansas Senatorial candidate. She has her eye on something in D.C.
Ric Anderson’s article in the Topeka Capital Journal today outlined the reasons Obama probably won’t pick Sebelius to be VP. Mainly, she lacks foreign relations experience. Anderson explained that most pundits throw Kathleen’s name into the hat only to provide some variety in their lineup. Of course, Kathy is probably listening to the Washington Post instead of Ric Anderson. After all, listening to Kansans isn’t something she’s been doing for a long time.
This Monday, many Americans began to see the initial effects of the Bush Administration's Economic Stimulus package, designed to help re-inject millions of taxpayer funds back into the economy. So, the money will be returned to the hands of its' rightful owners while simultaneously being invested back into our stagnant economy – sounds like good policy on two fronts, right?
Not if you listen to House Democrats, who seem befuddled by the fact that it will be the taxpayers themselves – not Washington representatives – controlling how their money is spent.
On the eve of the enactment of perhaps the only fiscally responsible legislation passed by the Democratic House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi can do nothing more than complain about the possibility that consumers will spend their tax rebates on gas. The horror!
Even Senate Democrats have jumped into this debate…on the wrong side.
"It's galling to think that taxpayers' stimulus checks will be lining the pockets of OPEC. The sad truth is that the average American family will spend almost their entire stimulus check on higher gas prices this year," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., chairman of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress.
In their effort to pin rising gas prices on the Republican Party, the Democratic Party has unknowingly illustrated to the American Public exactly what the last year of liberal leadership has resulted in – tax increases.
Our encouragement to folks wondering how to spend the money is this – don't 'line O.P.E.C.'s pockets,' as Chuck Schumer so ignorantly put it, save the money for next year's tax filing – when the new Democratic tax increases take effect, you're gonna need it!
Even more ironic is the fact that Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats seem to think that Republicans somehow are the ones responsible for high gas prices. It was Democrats like Dennis Moore that recently rejected a call to force Speaker Pelosi to explain to America exactly why they are now experiencing so much pain at the pump.
During the last election season, when she was furiously trying to lobby her way into the Speaker’s Chair, Nancy Pelosi promised the American people that the ‘Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices.’ Now, a full two years later, we’re left wondering – when the heck will we see it?
As of now, the only plan we’ve seen from Dennis Moore and his Democratic colleagues is one that involves raising taxes on everything from hard-working American oil producers (not foreign ones, as Senator Schumer would have you believe) to American citizens themselves.
Want a commonsense plan for lowering gas prices? How about this – provide rubber-stamping, tax-hiking Democrats like Dennis Moore with a retirement plan this election-day so that the broken system in Congress can finally be cleaned up.
Just as Stay Red indicated last week, Steve Howe had yet one more ace up his sleeve. Today, Johnson County Commissioners Ed Eilert, David Lindstrom and Doug Wood were accompanied by Mayors Carl Gerlach (OP), Mike Copeland (Olathe), Laura McConwell (Mission), and Ron Shaffer (Prairie Village), in announcing their support for Steve Howe for District Attorney.
Enthusiasm for Howe continues to snowball, as endorsements from House Majority Leader Ray Merrick, and Reps. Arlen Siegfried and Jeff Colyer were also announced. Howe also cemented his support from GOP party leaders with endorsements from 3rd District Chair Ernie Straub, and GOP county officers Marvin Kleeb and Brad Seiter.
Howe has definitely harnessed the momentum in this race.
Steve Howe has received the nod from both senators Brownback and Roberts. Former senator Nancy Kassebaum-Baker has also announced her support for Howe’s candidacy. His coalition of support across the party spectrum now runs all the way to the top ranks of the Republican party. No candidate in recent memory, particularly at the county level, has received such heavy-weight support so early in the election cycle, clearly indicating that Howe has proven himself an extraordinary newcomer to the political scene. His message of public safety as Job #1, restoring the public’s trust, and conducting the office with professionalism has resonated deeply throughout the county.
Howe’s virtual steamroller of support appears to have kept any challengers at bay, setting up a primary-free race. It’s bad news for Rick Guinn who had based his whole strategy on running against Kline, and promising to be another “Paul Morrison”. No doubt, Guinn might have had a shot with Kline in the race, but with Kline emphatically stating that he won’t run, and Morrison imploding, both prongs of Guinn’s strategy have fizzled. Curiously, Mr. Guinn has been virtually AWOL from the scene since Morrison’s sex scandal and allegations of criminal acts were exposed last fall, lending credence to allegations that Guinn may have known all too well what his boss and close friend Morrison was up to.
Stay Red has also learned that the Howe campaign will be making an announcement soon that is sure to amaze area pundits and give pause to any would-be last minute challengers. Stay tuned.
Great work, Steve!