Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Politicians - S.C. Sen. Lindsey Graham
Being censured by your own is a pretty heavy hit.
Lindsey Graham is not my kind of elected representative because you can never be sure on what issue he will let you down.
Apparently, his local party members think the same way...
Lindsey Graham is not my kind of elected representative because you can never be sure on what issue he will let you down.
Apparently, his local party members think the same way...
This is from an article by Robert Behre at PostAndCourier.com:
"'We have people in office who are not living by the Republican way,' he said, 'and yet nobody says anything about it. Lindsey Graham is a perfect example of that.'
Throughout Graham's career, he has fashioned himself as a pragmatic politician willing to reach across the aisle and compromise to reach a solution. His recent willingness to support a cap-and-trade energy bill is just the latest example.
'I don't think that it will cause Lindsey Graham to do anything differently than he has already done,' Bennett said, 'but it's a message from the voters and activists in Charleston County that they have had enough.'
But Clemson University political science professor Dave Woodard said Graham may have overreached on the cap-and-trade issue.
I think he's in trouble. I really do,' Woodward said. 'Obviously, he doesn't run for a while (2014, to be exact), and he's hoping people forget, but I think that's not going to be the case. I think if he gets a serious challenge in the primary, he'll be in real trouble.'"
