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* From the NRCC…
“Congressman Bill Enyart has sided with Nancy Pelosi over Southern Illinois families at every turn in Washington. Instead of fighting for the folks of the 12th District, Enyart has voted alongside the most liberal in Congress to raise the debt ceiling and give President Obama a blank check. Southern Illinois families have a better choice this November and that’s proven leader Mike Bost.” – Katie Prill, NRCC Spokeswoman
* The new TV ad…
* The script…
ANNCR: Bill Enyart promised to lead, but in Washington, he fell right in line.
On almost 90% of his votes, Enyart took Nancy Pelosi’s orders.
Voting 3 times to increase the debt ceiling.
Bill Enyart’s just not who we thought.
There is a better choice: Mike Bost. Will cut the debt and balance the budget.
A firefighter, former Marine.
Mike Bost won’t back down to party leaders.
A fighter for Southern Illinois.
The National Republican Congressional Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.
Since one of the few item on Congress’ fall plate is raising the debt ceiling, I suppose the obvious question created by this new ad is where Rep. Bost stands on a potential government shutdown.
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 9:29 am
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Does the NRCC not realize Scott Air Force Base is one of the largest employers in his congressional district. How does this play well?
Comment by Almost the Weekend Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 9:36 am
Let my people go!!!
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 9:36 am
Is Bost running in a primary?
Tone deaf NRCC. How did Davis And shimkus vote on this?
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 9:37 am
So the Republican House members, led by their Speaker, who voted to raise the debt ceiling, and not shut down the government again, ==”gave President Obama a blank check?”==
Complete nonsense. And of course the NRCC knows that.
Comment by walker Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 9:47 am
Anon 9:37 am,
In mid-October, Davis and Shimkus ultimately both voted to reopen the government and thus to raise the debt ceiling (alongside 85 other Republicans; 144 of them voted nay).
I don’t know if raising the minimum wage is a good economic idea for IL, economists still disagree a bit, but they’re virtually united that not raising the debt ceiling is economic lunacy. The NRCC continues to crusade for crank causes.
Comment by ZC Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 9:48 am
Yes, not raising the debt limit is good for southern Illinois. If that’s the case, then please expound on what is good for southern Illinois.
Southern Illinois depends on public funds, what with all its prisons, parks, endless road projects, etc.
Comment by Sir Reel Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 9:50 am
A little context for the NRCC. Our GOP Rep’s vote w/ party:
Hultgren - 96%
Roskam - 95%
Shimkus - 93%
Kinzinger - 93%
Schock - 93%
R. Davis - 92%
Comment by Gage Park Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:03 am
B-
It fits the Bost campaign message and takes advantage of the DCCC ad showing everyone that Bost gets crazy. Voters are angry and so is Bost.
The negative stuff on Enyart was unnecessary.
Should have stuck to the positive Bost message.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:04 am
Point of clarification. Not raising the debt ceiling would not just shut down the government, it would create a sovereign default.
Comment by Will Caskey Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:08 am
Good, I wish the state guys would point out that the party means something because you almost always vote with the leadership. A democrat will almost always go with Nancy which is way off the majority of the folks in this district.
Where does Bost sit on a shut down, I hope he is for it. The government is out of control and does very little well. Shut it down.
Hey state GOP, follow suit. Educate the voters that a vote for a democrat is a vote for Madigan to control the state for another 2 years. The small town dem may be a nice guy, but once they vote for the leadership, they are useless.
Comment by the Patriot Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:09 am
Actually I would have no research issues with describing any vote against raising the debt ceiling as a vote to end the federal govt.
X voted to end Social Security.
X voted to dissolve the armed forces.
And so forth. It is literally exactly what not raising the debt ceiling would do.
Comment by Will Caskey Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:14 am
The debt ceiling “debate” is one of the loonier tunes of recent years.
Congress routinely votes to appropriate and spend money that they know they will have to borrow to cover.
Yet when the borrowing time comes, they harrumph all fiscal-conservative-like? It makes no sense to a child.
It would be comical, except that U.S. treasuries are the cornerstone of world finance, both as a benchmark for valuing other securities and as the unquestioned instrument of liquidity.
Risking default on treasuries is simply insane. Any default would be catastrophic in the short and longer terms.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:16 am
Great argument, the P.
“Dump Madigan” worked so well! They should try that again, right?
Thanks for pointing that out!
Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:18 am
“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can’t pay its own bills. … I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.”
— Then-Sen. Barack Obama, floor speech in the Senate, March 16, 2006
I don’t believe anyone would consider Obama a conservative.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:32 am
So while Mike Bost is passionately fighting against raising the debt ceiling in Congress, what happens to the air force base, prison, road workers in his district who depend on federal money for their livelihoods. These outside groups, especially NRCC, Crossroads, etc. do more harm than good for their candidates.
Comment by duke Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:34 am
If the NRCC is hitting Enyart on siding with his party and saying Bost will be different, I’d be curious to see what percentage of the time Bost voted along party lines in the State House. Just saying.
Comment by Ryan Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:38 am
Tying Enyart to Pelosi can’t help in that district.
Comment by Formerly Known As... Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 10:54 am
So while Mike Bost is passionately fighting against raising the debt ceiling in Congress…
We don’t know where he stands on that. You are jumping the gun with assumptions.
Back in the debt ceiling debate, the GOP wanted to raise it while forcing expenditure cuts. Obama agreed and the ceiling was raised and automatic spending cuts were put into place. Those automatic spending cuts occurred. The world not only didn’t end, the economy improved. So, if you want to take sides, the results showed that the GOP was correct. The debt ceiling increase with expenditure cuts was the best thing to do.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 11:01 am
If anything the sequester slowed our national growth and had nothing to do empirically with economic improvement other than slowing it. I still can’t believe people believe in the fairy tale economics of Hayek.
Comment by Jorge Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 11:28 am
Good ad. It’s a pass.
Comment by A guy... Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 12:04 pm
Good ad,but not needed.
Comment by Ed Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 12:25 pm
I still can’t believe people believe in the fairy tale economics of Hayek.
People who agree with Hayek on many economic theories he had proposed, don’t believe in fairy tales. They are open minded and probably went beyond Econ 101. Research does that.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 12:42 pm
The sequester also cut Title funding to schools. If you are in a district with free/reduced lunch students, your district received less federal money. The poor got poorer.
Comment by Exit 59 Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 1:01 pm
V man take a look at the economic issues across the pond. That’s all you need to see about how well and wonderful Hayekian economic theory works.
Comment by Jorge Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 1:56 pm
V man take a look at the economic issues across the pond.
You are suggesting that someone with a graduate degree in Der Oeffentlichen Verwaltung from Germany would be unfamiliar with European economics?
Beißt du mich!
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 2:29 pm
I believe you forgot an l in beibt.
Comment by Jorge Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 3:20 pm
This Germanic stuff is making my head spin. Maybe a Kraftwerk close out on Friday is needed for Society and Community.
Comment by Da Moat Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 4:04 pm
==Mike Bost won’t back down to party leaders.==
Because he is one?
Comment by Jimmy CrackCorn Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 4:22 pm
Vanilla Man 10:32 am, fair enough, Obama’s statement that he opposed raising the debt ceiling was a stupid comment.
I at least didn’t say it was a conservative position, I said it was a dumb position, whoever peddles it. The NRCC is running with it now, however, so I will criticize them now.
Comment by ZC Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 6:33 pm
1. I doubt many people in the IL-12th actually know who Nancy Pelosi is. 2. I think the main reason why Republicans can’t stand Nancy Pelosi is because they can’t stand women in power. 3. Nice to see that the Republicans like attacking a 30 year veteran of the Air Force and Army. Stay classy GOP!
Comment by StraightOuttaCobden Tuesday, Sep 9, 14 @ 6:47 pm
Good to see that several comments are properly aware of the consequences of failing to raise the debt ceiling.
The debt ceiling should be eliminated entirely.
Whether there is a budget deficit or not is decided when continuing resolutions or actual budget bills are passed.
It makes absolutely no sense to come back at some later time and say “oh, that money we allocated for X? Well, we can’t actually spend it because of the debt ceiling”.
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