{"id":5787,"date":"2005-11-09T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2005-11-09T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2005-11-09T12:30:15","modified_gmt":"2005-11-09T17:30:15","slug":"i-suspect-well-be-hearing-a-lot-of-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/i-suspect-well-be-hearing-a-lot-of-this\/","title":{"rendered":"I suspect we’ll be hearing a lot of this"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) is a very conservative lawmaker from a reliably Republican district in a consistently “red” state. And after yesterday’s results, even Hayworth doesn’t want to be seen with Bush<\/a> in his home district.<\/p>\n

You may know J.D. Hayworth as the Arizona Republican caught up in Jack Abramoff’s mess<\/a>, as a member of the ultra-conservative RSC<\/a> (“Wingnut Caucus”), or as the guy who tried to spin David Kay’s testimony<\/a> as an exoneration of the Bush Administration. Now we can know him for this:<\/p>\n

IMUS: Would you just answer my question, would you like [President Bush] to come to Arizona and cut campaign commercials and run them on those TV stations everywhere? <\/p>\n

REP. HAYWORTH: In a word, no. At this time. <\/p>\n

IMUS: That’s being honest. J.D. Hayworth here on the “Imus in the morning” program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To appreciate the humor, you have to actually hear Hayworth say it. Shadow TV has a clip<\/a>. Pay particular attention to the speed with which Hayworth dismisses the idea, as if one would have to be crazy<\/em> to seek Bush’s support.<\/p>\n

I imagine this will be coming up more and more. A month ago Rep. Shelly Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) suggested she wouldn’t run for the Senate in part because she couldn’t count on Bush<\/a> to be a campaign asset.<\/p>\n

“In 2002, when I ran for my second term, the president came in and gave me a 5 [percentage] point bump up in the polls,” Capito said. “Whether he has the ability to bump someone up at this point is a valid question.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was in early October; things have only gotten worse since.<\/p>\n

If Bush looks like a lame duck, and quacks like a lame duck…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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