The next Republican in the Senate race? Probably not Tom Price
Now, that’s not to say Tom Price, who represents Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, won’t run in next year’s election to replace the retiring Saxby Chambliss. But unless no one else gets in the race during the next three months, Price won’t be the next candidate to jump in. (Paul Broun was the first.)
In a statement emailed today, Price said he’d raised $300,000 in the two weeks since Chambliss announced he wouldn’t seek re-election. That’s on top of the nearly $1.6 million in cash on hand his campaign committee reported as of Dec. 31. But, Price dded:
In November of 2012, the citizens of Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District re-elected me to represent them in the U. S. House of Representatives. This is a great honor and serious responsibility. As Vice Chairman of the Budget Committee, I’ve been entrusted with a leadership position by my colleagues. My current focus is on the formulation of a sound Budget Resolution, a plan to balance the budget within ten years and correct the many problems created by the Obama Administration. The complexity of our fiscal crisis requires daily strategy and discussions to diligently tackle key issues including sequestration spending reductions, how Washington is funded, and the debt limit.
The urgency of our country’s problems is not to be taken lightly. Public service is a sacred trust and I take my responsibilities seriously. Too often, elected officials look toward the next rung on the ladder instead of the task at hand. In the weeks to come, by demonstrating effective leadership, I will be focused on fulfilling the job I was elected to do.
The election of Georgia’s next senator is 21 months away and there is plenty of time for campaigning. To announce a decision prior to the completion of the work on the debt ceiling and critical fiscal policy in May 2013, would be distracting and unwise. At that time, Betty and I will then be prepared to come to a decision on my candidacy for the U.S. Senate as Georgia’s conservative voice.
So, we’ll have to wait until May to find out whether Price joins Broun in the race. In the meantime, we could get decisions from other members of Congress, such as Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston, and perhaps others. The state legislative session should be over by late March or early April, so we might see some action on the candidate front after that.
Is this a mistake by Price? Or will 18 months (that’s until the general election; the primary will probably be in July, only 14 months from this May) be enough time?
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
10:52 pm
Interesting conversation about liars; a human condition that should be measured in degree’s, we’ve all been there. It’s been my observation that telling the truth is a lot more fun because what do you have to lose in the end? Chuck Yeager who is 89 and still flying said that he swore of lying and fear along time ago, having fear doesn’t solve anything he said. So true but not that easy in practice.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
10:56 pm
Bruno,
Yes. She is shrewd. And yes. She is a pathological liar. But the problem with lying is that if you do it enough you slip up and get caught in some really dumb ones as she did. I thought about mentioning those mysterious files that they could never seem to find and then one day long after everything blows over those mysterious files suddenly reappear. Hard to believe she got away with that crap but when the media is largely on your side I guess dang near anything is possible.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:56 pm
HD @ 10:51–Damn you’re on a roll tonight.
Since you won’t answer my Grammy question, I’ll have to assume that you were up on stage performing. Maybe you ARE Zac Brown incognito.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
10:58 pm
Bruno
I musta missed your question. Rest assured I’m not Zac Brown. I did hear him play when he was in high school, though.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:58 pm
But the problem with lying is that if you do it enough you slip up and get caught in some really dumb ones as she did.
Which is why I always go with the truth. A lot easier to remember your stories that way.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:59 pm
10:32, HD.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:00 pm
“So true but not that easy in practice.”
We all have fear. The difference between Yeager and many of the rest of us is his ability to control that fear.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:03 pm
I don’t think my first long-term GF and I ever had an official song, but this one always reminds me of her. At the time, she had just gotten out of a bad marriage with a much older man, and I didn’t really know much about love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XDZjLAV66A
In some ways, I still don’t know much…….
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:06 pm
“Which is why I always go with the truth. A lot easier to remember your stories that way.”
Yep. Even if you have little or no morals you ought to have the common sense to just tell the truth rather than having to try and remember all your dang lies. I’ve seen plenty of people over the years get caught up in a lie because they can’t keep up with the different bs they tell different people.
On a different note I do tell the occasional white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. I had a co-worker come to work in a very loud, colorful outfit years back. She had the idea that someone had laughed about it and asked me what I thought of her outfit. I distinctly remember lying my ass off and telling her that it was bright and that brightness kind of livened up the day. In reality when I first saw her walking down the corridor in it I was shocked. I thought she was dressed for a clownshow for ringling brothers circus.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:07 pm
Bruno
Didn’t see the Grammy show. Evidently that hasn’t made it to You tube yet, I like several versions of The Weight but I think the Staple’s version. Hard to beat their vocals.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:11 pm
My first date with my ex-wife was to see “Dirty Dancing”, so I always thought of this as “our song”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd6CG3ZYbVY
Forever in my heart…..
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:12 pm
This song is a trip down memory lane, if there ever was one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L886mjb0O8&feature=related
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:12 pm
but I think the Staple’s version
FYI, they had Mavis Staple up there, and she did one of the verses as a solo. Zac Brown was on acoustic guitar and Elton John on piano.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:15 pm
BTW, sailfish, Chuck Yeager’s story is told pretty well in the movie “The Right Stuff”. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a watch.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:18 pm
This song is a trip down memory lane, if there ever was one.
Damn, HD, there you go again playing “I Go Crazy”. I used to cry to that one after my first long term GF moved back to Jersey to finish her schooling.
In case you didn’t notice, I’ve been a mess lately missing PB.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 11th, 2013
11:20 pm
Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies
The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven’t proved they are eligible to receive them.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888.html?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews&mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1
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Scumbags. Aided and abetted by bureaucrat scumbags.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:21 pm
Well, if we’re breaking out the hankies, I guess I have to put this one up. I’m not a huge Diana Ross fan overall, but this one seems sincere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlbbk4SPC4
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:21 pm
Really liked the Right Stuff, the movie, but if you like that, you really need to read the book.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:25 pm
We spend 2.2 billion on cell phones to low income Americans? Since when did a dang cell phone become a necessity that the federal govt needs to pay for? Jeez.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:26 pm
Apologies to the rap-haters here, but I think Puff Daddy did a good job with this remake of the Police’s “I’ll Be Watching You”, dedicated to Biggy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbl7y89Catg
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:29 pm
Bruno, Hillbilly D, others,
I thought I would mention a website that I’ve found to be pretty cool that discusses all sorts of ideas, usually scientific stuff that has no partisan slant and when it does that’s ok. Its called ted.com. If you haven’t seen it check it out sometime.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:30 pm
This is a good one to say goodnight on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9-FOLG-iA
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:31 pm
You guys are excused form listening to this one from Aaliyah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKmRlAm-ng
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:40 pm
Keep on going, guys. Just ignore me the rest of tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0habxsuXW4g
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_XCpC6HdE
nomaj
February 12th, 2013
1:09 am
Kyle, regarding the question: “Is Price making a mistake by not joining the race until after the session?”
IMO, no. Now if there was any other candidate other than Broun in the race, then maybe yes, but since it’s only Broun, so far, I don’t see time as being crucial.
Broun already has all the voters he will likely get – I can’t imagine anyone deciding upon any sort of further consideration to support this unfortunate man as a candidate. If Gingrey (a more formidable hard-right potential candidate) or Cagle (center-right, and a definite threat, statewide) jumps in, then Price will need make his move, as well. But there’s no real pressure right now, since the only one currently running is a nutjob.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
6:53 am
Yeah, genius hillary with her misspelled Russian reset button.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
7:06 am
Modern liberals simply can’t rest until the Church elects a liberal pope. Hijacking the Church for their own ideological purposes has long been their goal. They dream of a pope giving his imprimatur to the sexual revolution and socialism. Then at last the “forces of absolutism” will have been defeated!
By absolutism, the Kellers ultimately mean God. That’s the absolute authority they seek to overthrow. They numbered Benedict among their historical enemies for refusing to join them in removing God from religion.
He resisted that pressure, understanding that if the Church mirrors the morality and philosophy of the world she becomes just one more force for evil and delusion in it.
Anybody else get the feeling that unless we get a gay baby killer, the libs won’t like the new pope?
Real Athens
February 12th, 2013
7:25 am
Mavis Staples. Nick Lowe. Wilco. Levon Helm.
http://vimeo.com/34339206
Numbers-R-US
February 12th, 2013
8:20 am
Paul Broun is a good fit with the GOP. Y’all should elect him to the Senate. He’ll maintain the status quo and keep y’all protected from that science stuff.
JDW
February 12th, 2013
8:20 am
@Rafe…”You can’t add almost 6 T to a 10T dollar budget ”
What in the world are you talking about…budget Obama inherited was about $3.317 trillion ($3.517 less 200 billion in stimulas). In 2013 it is about $3.8 trillion. There is no 6 and no 10. The growth rate is around 3.5% which is far far lower than either Duhbya or Reagan.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
8:25 am
Rafe’s talking about debt, but you knew that.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
8:32 am
…and by any measure, Obozo is spending far more than Our Presidents Duhbya or Reagan.
JDW
February 12th, 2013
8:36 am
@Bruno…”The bottom line is that spending has exploded under Obama, every single year he has been in office. Now I’m not naive enough to lay all the blame at the foot of one man, but the common Lib claim that Bush spent us into poverty and that Obama has been an innocent victim of that spending is pure BS. Man up, will you??”
You got your numbers right and your conclusion wrong. The FY 2009 budget was Duhbya’s and that is a simple fact that has been fact checked to death.
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/obamas-spending-inferno-or-not/
Any none partisan should get that.
The vast majority of those increases you like to rail about are increases in things that rise automatically given our economic situation. Things like unemployment, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid. Or in the case of Social Security something that has risen due to demographics. Outside of the stimulus there has been very little growth in discretionary spending which is in fact one of the reasons for the slower recovery.
JDW
February 12th, 2013
8:38 am
@LBB”and by any measure, Obozo is spending far more than Our Presidents Duhbya or Reagan.”
Your measuring method is broken. Try taking off those glasses of doom you con’s seem to love. The real world looks a lot better then.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
8:40 am
What numbers do you want to use, JDW? Dollars? Inflation-adjusted dollars? Percent of GDP?
Any of the above will result in you being shown to be a liar.
Bruno
February 12th, 2013
9:07 am
The vast majority of those increases you like to rail about are increases in things that rise automatically given our economic situation. Things like unemployment, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid. Or in the case of Social Security something that has risen due to demographics. Outside of the stimulus there has been very little growth in discretionary spending which is in fact one of the reasons for the slower recovery.
JDW–From what you’ve stated in the past, I believe you have significant business experience. As such, I would think you could provide a little more than a “throw your hands in the air” answer like that. As a former business owner myself, I had to adjust my budgets yearly in relation to my income. Though there isn’t a one-to-one correlation between business spending and governmental spending, core basic economic principles apply to both, e.g. you can’t spend significantly more than you pull in year after year and hope to survive.
I know that you have taken up the job of carrying water for the Dem Party here on the blogs, but try to be a little reasonable now and again, will you??
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
9:15 am
The FY 2009 budget was Duhbya’s
uh huh
“The majority was elected on a pledge of fiscal responsibility, but so far it’s acting like a teenager with a new credit card,” Bush said in his speech here. “This year alone, the leadership in Congress has proposed to spend $22 billion more than my budget provides. Now, some of them claim that’s not really much of a difference — the scary part is, they seem to mean it.”
Democrats and their allies quickly attacked Bush for his veto of the education-health bill. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.) called it “pure politics,” and the National Education Association, a teachers union, called it a “politically-motivated attack on children.” Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean vowed that “Republicans will pay for it in next year’s elections.”
He vetoed it, they overrode the veto. Own it, cowards.
TBone
February 12th, 2013
9:17 am
Here’s an idea; elect someone who does not know the machinations of DC. Those recycled “politicians” have hed their days in the sun and have done nothing for the country. Until these guys put the country and its people first, get rid of them. They are corrupt or are getting there fast.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
9:23 am
Some people you just know are Conservatives -
DR. CARSON: I’ve always said if God grabs me by the collar and sticks me in that arena, that’s the only way that I’ll do it. But, no, I’m actually going to retire in June from surgery. I will still teach, I will still be involved, but I’m going to retire from surgery, so it does open up a lot of possibilities for me. I’m very focused on education and getting the populace back to where it used to be — like back in 1831 when Alexis de Tocqueville was so impressed — because an uneducated populace will fall for anything.
And then there’s karl rove and his crew.
When are we going to boot these moderates and get back to what everyone knows as the facts?
JDW
February 12th, 2013
11:32 am
@Bruno…” As a former business owner myself, I had to adjust my budgets yearly in relation to my income. Though there isn’t a one-to-one correlation between business spending and governmental spending, core basic economic principles apply to both, e.g. you can’t spend significantly more than you pull in year after year and hope to survive.”
Sorry but there is really no correlation between business budgeting and government budgeting. In 2011 56% of all spending was Mandatory Spending and could not have been changed except by legislative action and I have seen much of that recently. Of the remaining 44% almost half is Military spending. Of the remaining spending other than the stimulus it has grown almost ZERO.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
9:22 pm
Which measure of spending shall we use, JDW?
Crickets…..