A FAIL Of Congressional Proportions
If you are a member of Congress, staffer for one, a Political party leader, staffer, strategist, or media talking head this is incredibly bad news for you. Some high lights, or lowlights depending on whether you earn an honest living or not.
But the new findings are not necessarily good news for Republican incumbents who are acutely aware of so-called “Tea Party” challenges on the right. Only 15% of Republicans who plan to vote in 2012 state primaries think the party’s representatives in Congress have done a good job of representing GOP values.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters find it unlikely that the current Congress will seriously address the most important issues facing our nation.
Most voters also think the news media has too much power over their elected representatives in Washington and the decisions they make.
And please call the Minnesota members of Congress. Pelosi and Obama are short of the votes to pass their Health Care takeover bill and are twisting arms. MoveOn has threatened radical primary challengers for anyone who votes against it. We need to threaten them with a pink slip if they vote for it.
Folks, this is important, make sure you members of Congress votes no!
Pelosi will call the vote this weekend if she can force enough Democrats to side with her and Obama’s radical agenda. Please remind them who they really work for.
Or I suppose you could be revited by how Mayors Rybak and Coleman are….
Here’s the numbers for MN’s Delegation, please call them!
CD1 Democrat Tim Walz
Rochester Office
1134 7th St NW
Rochester, MN 55901
507-206-0643Washington Office
1722 Longworth House
Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
202-225-2472Mankato Office
227 E Main St #220
Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-21491-877-TIM WALZ
CD2 Republican John Kline
MN Office
101 West Burnsville Parkway, Suite 201
Burnsville, MN 55337
Phone: (952) 808-1213Toll-Free: (888) 808-6644
DC Office
1210 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2271
CD3 Republican Eric Paulsen
Washington, DC Office
Erik Paulsen 126 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2871District Office
250 Prairie Center Drive, Suite 230
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Phone: (952) 405-8510
CD4 Democrat Betty McCollum
Washington D.C. Office • 1714 Longworth HOB • Washington, DC 20515 • phone: (202) 225-6631 • fax: (202) 225-1968
St. Paul Office • 165 Western Ave North • Suite 17 • St. Paul, MN 55102 • phone: (651) 224-9191 • fax: (651) 224-3056
CD5 Democrat Keith Ellison
Minneapolis Office
2100 Plymouth Avenue N
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Phone: (612) 522-1212Washington D.C. Office
1122 Longworth Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4755
CD6 Republican Michele Bachmann
Washington Office
107 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2331
Fax: (202) 225-6475
Woodbury Office
6043 Hudson Rd, Suite 330
Woodbury, MN 55125
Phone: 651-731-5400
Fax: 651-731-6650
St. Cloud/Waite Park Office
110 2nd Street S, Suite 232
Waite Park, MN 56387
Phone: 320-253-5931
Fax: 320-240-6905
CD7 Democrat Colin Peterson
Washington, DC
(202) 225-2165
(202) 225-1593 (fax)
Detroit Lakes
(218) 847-5056
Marshall
(507) 537-2299
Montevideo
(320) 235-1061
Red Lake Falls
(218) 253-4356
Redwood Falls
(507) 637-2270
Willmar
(320) 235-1061
CD8 Democrat Jim Oberstar
D.C. Office
2365 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-6211
Duluth Office
231 Federal Building
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 727-7474
Chisholm Office
City Hall, 316 Lake St.
Chisholm, MN 55719
(218) 254-5761
Brainerd Office
City Hall, 501 Laurel St.
Brainerd, MN 56401
(218) 828-4400
North Branch Office
38625 14th Ave., Ste. 300B
North Branch, MN 55056
(651) 277-1234
Light them up this weekend folks. Light those numbers up!
Don’t waste time calling our Republican reps, they’re rock solid on this issue. Reportedly, 100% of them are. This is the “re-branding” of the Party we’ve been looking for; our candidates and elected officials are the ones best able to do it. We ought to support them, and the Party apparatus that stands behind them, at every opportunity. If you want to call and THANK Kline, Bachmann, and Paulsen, feel free.
“re-branding”?
To what? The Party of ‘no’. They have been rock solid against the President’s agenda and still -”73% of GOP Voters Say Congressional Republicans Have Lost Touch With Their Base”.
Your party has a lot of issues and it may be that saying no is not enough or, it may be the wrong answer. Try yes.