If the Republican establishment thinks it's going to be able to take advantage of America's growing concern over government growth and spending, they are going to have to do better than recruiting official advocates for Obama's Stimulus Plan to run for the Senate .
As Chuck Todd had reported late last month, Republicans have been courting state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who was appointed to her position by former GOP Gov. Craig Benson and re-appointed by Democratic Gov. John Lynch.
Now Ayotte says she's resigning (effective July 17) and is now officially exploring a Senate bid. "Recently, many New Hampshire citizens have urged me to run for United States Senate," she said in a statement. "I appreciate their confidence in me. After discussing this matter with my husband, Joe, and our family, I have decided to resign as Attorney General in order to explore a campaign for the United States Senate."
Not only is she supportive of the stimulus, as recently as May she was actively engaged in encouraging the spending on the part of government and non-profits. And she has her Deputy, Bud Fitch, pulling part-time duty distributing the funds . These strategies are emerging as one of the problems with the now all but failed Obama strategy. She's also now being called a "quitter like Sarah Palin" by Palin obsessed Democrats. Evidently women aren't allowed to resign posts for higher office.
May 15, 2009 -- CONCORD - New Hampshire Governor John Lynch and Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte today encouraged state, county, local and non-profit agencies to apply for criminal justice grants funded through the federal stimulus act. These grants will be administered by the Attorney General’s Office. The goal of this funding is to assist agencies and non-profits in the criminal justice community impacted by the recession, which will help to preserve and create jobs.
In any event, this is just another unfortunate sign that the Republican establishment is not getting the message. Nor are they going to be able to fool people anymore if they try to claim the banner of fiscal restraint and limited government if those principles are not guiding their actions behind the scenes.
People are done being fooled by just another DC political party that is more a part of the problem, than a potential cure.
