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DEL.ICIO.USCagle joins Oxendine, shuts down 2010 fund-raising for governor ‘til Senate runoff ends
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has joined state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine in putting his fund-raising for a 2010 run for governor on hold until the U.S. Senate race has left the room.
In a letter to supporters, Cagle sought to make a virtue of the reality that Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss is soaking up every dime he can from GOP financial sources for the Dec. 2 runoff with Democrat Jim Martin.
The Democratic attempt to reach a 60-seat majority in the U.S. Senate eclipses all other concerns, Cagle wrote:
With this in mind, I have made the difficult decision to cancel our major 2008 fundraiser which was planned for December 2.
There is no doubt this step will have a significant impact on the funds we are able to raise. While this will leave us a great deal of ground to cover, I believe that with your help we can close the gap quickly.
In the meantime, I will be focusing a great deal of time and energy turning out Republican and independent voters for my good friend Saxby Chambliss.
Oxendine, who is also making a GOP run for governor, made the same call two weeks ago, and invited Cagle to join him.
Cagle’s letter can be found in its entirety on the jump.
Friends,
First, let me thank you for your strong support of our exploratory effort to build the resources it will take to win an extremely costly and competitive run for Governor beginning next year. Support from around the state continues to be very encouraging, and I am excited about what the future holds in store.
However, we are faced with a present day challenge that I wanted to address directly with you. As you know, U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss is locked in a runoff battle with former State Representative Jim Martin for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat. This election will be decided on December 2, 2008.
This election is clearly important to Georgia. However, it’s really about much, much more than that. As Democrats consolidate control of the House of Representatives and the White House, there is virtually no limit on what they can pass unless we hold the line in the U.S. Senate. That line exists at 57-60 votes, depending on how many Republicans join with the Democrats on a given issue. Typically the number of moderates who cross party lines is one or two. The Democrats currently have 57 seats, with two other seats still in play in other states. If they add Georgia to the list, they have a reliable 60 vote margin to shut down debate on most issues. With this, they will ram through broad union organizing expansions, socialized health care, and tax increases, as well as surrendering in the war against terrorism and packing the federal judiciary with activist judges. This kind of unchecked liberal agenda is a disaster America can’t afford.
With this in mind, I have made the difficult decision to cancel our major 2008 fundraiser which was planned for December 2. There is no doubt this step will have a significant impact on the funds we are able to raise. While this will leave us a great deal of ground to cover, I believe that with your help we can close the gap quickly. In the meantime, I will be focusing a great deal of time and energy turning out Republican and independent voters for my good friend Saxby Chambliss. I strongly urge you to do everything within your power to accomplish the same goal. America is watching Georgia right now, and the stakes could not be any higher. We must win, and if we all focus and work as a team, we can do it. As always, thanks for your support and please don’t hesitate to contact me or my staff if we can provide any additional information. We will be in touch as we reschedule this event for next year.
Sincerely,
Casey Cagle
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By howard
November 20, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
translation: he’s not getting a lot of support and is using saxby as an excuse.
By Mike
November 20, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this
Keep following Ox’s lead Casey.
By jacksmith
November 20, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
WE HAVE MORE TO DO:
Democrat Jim Martin is in a runoff against Bush Republican Saxby Chambliss for the Senate seat from Georgia. Bush’s Saxby Chambliss voted against spending a few measly dollars to provide health care coverage for Georgia, and Americas needy children. But he supported wasting hundreds of billions of your dollars, and the life BLOOD of Americas finest on an unnecessary war in Iraq.
At a time when 47 million of you have no health insurance coverage, and over 100 million of you with insurance are just one major illness away from complete financial destruction. Bush and Saxby Chambliss voted to make the heart break of bankruptcy relief even harder for all of you to use.
You see, Bush and Saxby Chambliss, and his family don’t have to worry about their health care coverage. They have the finest health care coverage your tax money can buy for them. Courtesy of you. The American Tax payer. In fact, no one but the super rich can afford the health care coverage you the tax payer provide for Saxby Chambliss, and his family for FREE! with your tax dollars.
He supposedly works for you. But he doesn’t think you and your family should have access to the type of taxpayer supported FREE health care that you provide for him, and his loved ones for FREE!. Doesn’t that just make you BURRING MAD!
Vote for JIM MARTIN for US senator from Georgia. Vote for JIM Martin who will be on your side. Vote for JIM MARTIN who will work with President Obama and a majority congress for you. Vote for JIM MARTIN most of all for your-self, your family’s, friends, and loved ones. Vote for JIM MARTIN for a better America, and a better World.
Don’t let Saxby Chambliss make a chump out of you by tricking you into voting against your own best interest. Saxby chambliss is NOT! on your side. He’s not one of you. He is on George Bush’s side. And we all know what a catastrophe the Bush Chambliss administration has been the past 8 years.
Contact all your family and friends and do every thing you can to see to it that JIM MARTIN and GEORGIANS! take that senate seat back for Georgia, and America. No matter where you live in America. This is important to you. President Obama will need all the help, and power you can give him to try and fix this catastrophic mess that the Corrupt Bush Chambliss administration has created.
As I said before you will have to vote in overwhelming numbers to overcome the Bush Chambliss “Let Them Eat Cake” vote fraud machine. Vote early if you can. Then help everyone you can get to the polls and vote for JIM MARTIN. You and your loved ones don’t have to be Saxby Chambliss’s victims anymore.
I know you will get it done. Just like you did for President Obama.
God bless all of you
jacksmith - WORKING CLASS… :-)
By Sissy Saxby
November 20, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
Back away from the trough, boys … Sissy Saxby needs to fatten up!
By Harvey
November 20, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this
Although I agree with the Democrats most of the time, there is a downside to having a veto-proof majority. Sometimes, a politician must decide whether to support legislation the he or she truly believes is vital to the country but which is highly unpopular at home. (Without arguing the pros and cons of it, the Detroit bailout measure is one.) If you’re in the minority party and such a bill is likely to pass because the majority party has 60 seats, you have the luxery of voting against the bill, making the rednecks happy, while being assured the bill will become law. It simply lets the minority party members off the hook.
By David
November 20, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
Why would anyone want a college drop out as governor? Cagle quit college and Handel never attended. We need to be careful about the signal we are sending our young people. Our educational system is already in shambles.