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Mack has some interesting ideas.
Floridas Senate race is up for grabs. The incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson, who paints himself as a centrist, is starting to fall behind Republican Connie Mack in the polls, and for good reason: voters are finally becoming aware of how far to the left Nelson truly is.
Nelson has veered farther and farther left over the past 30 years; in the last two years of the Carter presidency, he only supported Carter 49% and 68% of the time, but in 2009-2011, he supported Barack Obama 97%, 98% and 97% of the time. The public is taking note. In 2006 at this juncture he was polling in the mid-50s; this year hes in the mid-40s. His vulnerability is high this year because, unlike 2006, when the Democrats swept both Houses of Congress and Nelson could hide his big-spending proclivities, 2012 is the year of fiscal hawks, and his voting record in that regard is horrific:
1. He has voted to raise the debt ceiling 11 times.
2. He has voted for almost 89,000 earmarks.
3. He has sponsored or co-sponsored legislation that could cost $1.45 trillion.
4. He has voted for increasing taxes 143 times.
Most egregiously, Nelsons was the 60th vote for ObamaCare, allowing it to pass. This decision is killing Florida; in North Florida, small business owners (SBOs) are saying that ObamaCare is driving up their premiums; in Jacksonville, SBOs are worried that ObamaCare could force them to sell their businesses; in Melbourne, the medical device tax embedded in ObamaCare is stifling innovation in medical device companies. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has already warned that ObamaCare will kill 800,000 jobs nationwide...
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Connie Mack Upending Liberal Bill Nelson in Florida
Floridas Senate race is up for grabs. The incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson, who paints himself as a centrist, is starting to fall behind Republican Connie Mack in the polls, and for good reason: voters are finally becoming aware of how far to the left Nelson truly is.
Nelson has veered farther and farther left over the past 30 years; in the last two years of the Carter presidency, he only supported Carter 49% and 68% of the time, but in 2009-2011, he supported Barack Obama 97%, 98% and 97% of the time. The public is taking note. In 2006 at this juncture he was polling in the mid-50s; this year hes in the mid-40s. His vulnerability is high this year because, unlike 2006, when the Democrats swept both Houses of Congress and Nelson could hide his big-spending proclivities, 2012 is the year of fiscal hawks, and his voting record in that regard is horrific:
1. He has voted to raise the debt ceiling 11 times.
2. He has voted for almost 89,000 earmarks.
3. He has sponsored or co-sponsored legislation that could cost $1.45 trillion.
4. He has voted for increasing taxes 143 times.
Most egregiously, Nelsons was the 60th vote for ObamaCare, allowing it to pass. This decision is killing Florida; in North Florida, small business owners (SBOs) are saying that ObamaCare is driving up their premiums; in Jacksonville, SBOs are worried that ObamaCare could force them to sell their businesses; in Melbourne, the medical device tax embedded in ObamaCare is stifling innovation in medical device companies. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has already warned that ObamaCare will kill 800,000 jobs nationwide...
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Connie Mack Upending Liberal Bill Nelson in Florida
