Other Lib’ral Senators that voted for this bill:

Orrin Hatch, Judd Gregg, and John McCain (co-sponsors)
Alexander
Bennett
Burr
Saxby
Cochran
Enzi
Grassley
Hutchinson
Johanns
Lugar
Martinez
McConnell
Murkowski
Voinivich
Wicker

…….The bill, which passed the House last week as the GIVE (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education) Act, will create 175,000 new opportunities for service in areas of critical national need, including education, health, poverty and clean energy. It will do so not by creating new government bureaucracies, but by scaling up the efforts of existing public service, nonprofit and faith-based groups. At $14,000 per full-time service job, leveraged with countless additional volunteers, it is also an extraordinary value for our dollar in a time of economic crisis.

We are especially pleased that the legislation also calls for creating a Veterans Corps, which will both provide support to returning veterans and military families and – as important – engage them in service. This point is crucial – too often, veterans, especially wounded veterans, return home with a strong desire to serve but with few avenues to do so…….

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/26/answering-the-call-again/

Toomey came very close for someone the working not only against apowerful sitting senator, but also one that had the backing of the Bush Whitehouse.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/26/answering-the-call-again/

I also think the general election voters of Pennsylvania will hand him his head on a platter.

He is so far removed from the actual Republican platform and creed, that GOP loyalists must choose between HONORING principles or trying to maintain POWER by backing an incumbent, who has the power and money of Wall Street behind him.

He has deviated from conservatism in the instances cited above on issues that are like waving a red flag before a bull.

If the economy improves, the bull may continue to be docile. If 401k’s continue to be looted while Isakson and cronies have bailed out the looters, there will be hell to pay and no shortage of ammunition to use against him.

The financial/economic crisis is far from done, within weeks or months the “safe,” “quaranteed income” and “stable” options in many 401k’s that people fled to “avoid” carnage in the markets will be shown to be comprised largely of nearly-worthless insurance contracts and CDO’s. When that happens, Wall Street millions will be an anchor around Isakson’s neck.

His actions last September with the EESA/TARP program were stunningly incompetent, which he has effectively admitted.

Johnny Isakson is one of the nicest people in politics, but he has no business in the United States Senate.

He is not the problem though. The problem is voters who stupidly choose personality over performance, even when that performance has been ruinous to their own interests.

When America falls, and that day looks to be rapidly approaching, it will be because the citizenry threw away everything the founders and patriots fought to leave us, in exchange for a government check.

Johnny Isakson believes in the checkbook citizenry. Sadly, that is a pretty safe bet.

You can count as valid what Howard Rouark says, for he has touch with the grassroots.

I never said that Cain would beat him….I said he could….

Cain does and has “pimped” the Fair Tax…no doubt. But just because he’s so vocal about it doesn’t mean that he’s one-dimensional. He’s inline with every other Conservative issue from streamlining Social Security to keeping a stong defense.

I said Cain would be running against Johnny’s record, which is vulnerable, otherwise Erick wouldn’t be interested in writing the original article.

The party will definetly be behind Johnny….It would be a VERY steep hill to climb….But it is possible….

And you are wrong about popularity. He is popular, but……. Newt could and would beat him. And a full stomach has a short memory. How many times did it take for him to get elected to a state wide office?

In 90′ he lost to Zell for Governor.
In 96′ he was pro-choice. He lost the primary to Guy Milner.

I personally like Johnny. He’s a good man. But he is beatable if given a more Conservative alternative.

Kindly keep your “Know Nothing” opinion about my opinion to yourself.

You’re lying to yourself. I would hope Cain would run a better campaign, but it’s doubtful he’d get the political minds to work with him. No sane GOP consultant would risk his career on a campaign against an incumbant senator. Isakson is better funded now than he was in 2004, and he would have the support of the RSCC.

Cain ran on one issue last year which was the fair tax. His solution for the cost of healthcare was the fairtax. His solution for the decifits was the fairtax. If we had the fairtax, our education system would be better. He pimped the fair tax ad nauseum.

It was a non issue in round one, because Isakson is a co-sponsor to the fair tax act.

If you want to through around hypotheticals of who would be a good challenge to Isakson in the primary, go ahead. But there is not one person in this state popular enough to mount a challenge. Contrary to perception on pp, Isakson is popular in the state.

From now on, please refrain from speaking about things you know nothing of.

Progressive Dem, Saxby was originally for the compromise but voted against it in the end due to overwhelming public outcry. That doesn’t get him off the hook, but the issue somewhat went away because the grassroots uprising had been so spectacularly successful it took amnesty off the table.

Boortz wouldn’t run as a Republican. Matter of fact Boortz wouldn’t run, period…

If my attempt at posting the image fails….Isakson and Friends plotting Amnesty for Illegals

Sweet spot or HOT SPOT?

On Amnesty Isakson teamed with Kennedy – HOT SPOT

On TARP Isakson can’t tell where $350 billion went, after going against 90% of constituents – HOT SPOT

Now this.

In A GOP primary, he’s got some ‘splainin’ to do….

Isakson and Chambliss both voted against cloture on the National Service Reauthorization bill…this is Americorps, and the bill expands the numbers from 75,000 to 250,000 at a cost of 6B, leaving the door open for “mandatory” service in this bill too.

This stuff is so creepy; all of you who have children better guard them well.

How about Paul Broun? At this point he’s the only one of my legislators I can trust.