During his 2010 campaign, Mr. Schilling, a pizza parlor owner and political novice, labored to persuade people that a Republican deserved a chance in a seat that Democrats had held for almost three decades. Now, like scores of other Republican freshmen across the country who triumphed that year in a Republican wave, he must prove he should be permitted to stay.
For Mr. Schilling and roughly two dozen other Tea Party-backed Republican freshmen who now find themselves in districts where there are more registered Democrats than Republicans, a re-election campaign is a remarkably tricky task.
They are the subject of constant attack ads, assailing them for votes on a budget that would change the Medicare system, accusing them of trying to curtail protections for women and criticizing their support for earmark bans that could impede local projects. But they are also scrutinized by conservative activists who were crucial to their election and want to make sure they do not stray too far from Tea Party orthodoxy in pursuit of a second term.
Republican freshmen like Chip Cravaack of Minnesota, Robert Dold of Illinois and Ann Marie Buerkle of New York are among those eager to prove that they are more than flukes who rode in on a wave only to paddle back out to the sea of one-termers.
Source: The New York Times
[quote]Since the beginning of this administration, I’ve watched in amazement as the conservative pundits and commentators degrade the education level of Americans, spewing their lies and misinformation while the rest of the world look at us as fools.[/quote].
Mr Grant:
Clearly your mission statement defines the content of your blog. I can't fault you for being true to your calling.
However I can't help but to notice that your blog is yet another "Anti-Republican Blog Fronting As A Pro-Black Blog".
You say that the Tea-Party is having a rough time of reelection.
I wonder if you are concerned at how the people representing Black Community's that were PROMISED progress and yet have been hardest hit due to the failed development of their institutions HAVE AN EASY TIME being reelected – because the people don't seem to mind being used?
It is not "mis-information" that is your problem sir. Your problem is that you KEEP YOUR ENEMY ON TRIAL so you don't have to INDICT YOUR FRIENDS for their failures.