On November 2nd, 2004, Congressman David Vitter won the seat of retiring senator John Breaux. Vitter Blog's mission is now complete, and we acknowledge and honor the hard work of all that worked to elect Louisiana's first Republican senator since Reconstruction. With that, we now turn our attention to other blogs, who will be documenting the races in their states.
Rep. Dennis Moore is the lone Democrat in Kansas' congressional delegation, and as such is always heavily targeted by Republicans. Moore has survived up until now, but his luck could run out. Check out this blog to see if Kansas goes all GOP in 2006.
Firedennismore.blogspot.com
P.S. I finally cleaned up my tagboard, and will be monitoring it much more closely in the future.
This will come as a bit of a surprise to some, as Senators DeMint and Coburn have been touted in many circles as the most conservative, especially the Club for Growth. But hey, it's great company. This story is actually two months old, but I have been meaning to post it.
The Senate's seven freshman Republicans, whom the GOP refers to as the Magnificent Seven, are a pretty conservative group. Turns out, according to National Journal, Louisiana's David Vitter is the most conservative of the bunch. The magazine's survey is based on voting records compiled by six of the freshmen when they served in the House, although their years of service differ. Former Bush housing secretary Mel Martinez, R-Fla., never served in the House and therefore isn't included in the survey, although few considered him in the running for the group's most conservative. According to National Journal, Vitter compiled a cumulative conservative voting record of 89.2 percent, meaning he took the "conservative" option on nearly 90 percent of the votes cast during his five-year House career. No. 2 was Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who scored a conservative voting mark of 88.6 percent, followed by Richard Burr, R-N.C., 76.6 percent; Tom Coburn, R-Okla., 75.5 percent; Jim Thune, R-S.D., 74.6 percent; and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., 73.1 percent. During his Senate campaign, Vitter tried to modify his image by putting an emphasis on legislation not normally seen as conservative causes, mainly legalizing the importation of drugs from Canada and other industrialized nations.
From The Times Picayune
Senator Tom Coburn R-OK., pledged to crack down on pork in spending bills, and he got his chance this past week. Senator Coburn introduced an amendment to remove $486 million from an appropriations bill. Freshman Senator David Vitter voted along with GOP freshmen Richard Burr R-NC, Jim Demint R-SC, Johnny Isakson R-GA, and John Thune R-SD against tabling the amendment. Senator Landrieu, on the other hand, voted in favor, and Coburn's amendment was defeated. Check on the link below, and you'll find Vitter, Coburn, etc, had some interesting company on their side.
Check out this entry from the Club for Growth blog. It has the full story behind Coburn's efforts.
List of roll call votes.
With Bill Frist stepping down in 06, Tennessee will be electing a new senator. This blog will follow the campaign of former Rep. Ed Bryant, a conservative Republican running in the primary. Bryant ran for another open seat in 02, but lost the primary to Lamar Alexander. Ed clearly deserves the shot this time, so lend him your support!
http://bloggingforbryant.blogspot.com/
Another blog dedicated to re-electing Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. I am following the race closely and I invite you to take a look at this site. Looks very good!
http://www.stickwithrick.com/
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