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Carmona for Senate beefing up his Independent voter support in Arizona

by on Feb. 08, 2012, under 2012 Presidential elections, Anybody But Mitt Romney for 2012, female-led political movement, Hispanic Latino Vote, Mike Stauffer for Sheriff to Replace Joe Arpaio

I am excited about a fresh face coming into politics via (I) Richard Carmona for Arizona Senate.

Latinos in Arizona are motivated to vote for the upcoming 2012 Senate races and we are tired of the same old faces via (R) Rep. Jeff Flake who is also running for Senate.  It is my sincerest intention for Latinos in Arizona be reminded of how JEFF FLAKED denied the DREAM Act to our Latino youth.  We will remind Latinos in the state of Arizona how Flake flip flopped on his immigration stance for his political expediency.  Latinos are no longer passive voters.  We know and understand how immigration continues to be used as a political football.  As such, we welcome a new fresh face and Latino leader entering Arizona politics.  Carmona is an Independent voter.  I am an Independent voter, too, who will push for Arizona Independent voters to vote for the INDEPENDENT thinker because party partisan politics is no longer working for us.  Rep. Flake flaked out on us when he decided to become more partisan an extreme when he sided with the Tea party.  Tea Party people are not working to compromise and solve difficult issues.  We have watched the Tea Party movement put a wrench in the political debate and policy direction as they continue to take our country towards a partisan and divisive nature.

Carmona is a registered Independent who is receiving Democratic support, and he is going to need all the help and support since former State Senator Russell Pearce (far right wing extremist) is now the AZ GOP Chair.

We encourage Independent voters to vote out the old and bring in the new.  Carmona has served under the Bush administration and has proven to work with both sides of the political aisle.  We need more unity driven politicians who are not beholden to one specific party.  We need more politicians who are willing to be bipartisan and get the American job done.

From The Hill:

Carmona bulks up his Senate campaign in Arizona

By Josh Lederman – 02/07/12 03:29 PM ET

Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona is staffing up ahead of the Democratic primary for Senate in Arizona, bringing on three new members to his team.

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Carmona announced in November he would run for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.). His early campaign efforts had been coordinated by Rodd McLeod, who ran former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s (D-Ariz.) congressional campaigns.

Read full story here.

 

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  • robertbwinn

    Independent candidates would do better not to emulate party candidates. I am glad to see Mr. Carmona running as an independent even though I disagree with most of his ideas for organizing faction.  Independent candidates always have a good effect on government, whereas, party candidates have an almost universally bad effect.  I would like to see independent voters just forget party candidates and support independent candidates like Mr. Carmona.  Whatever else you may say about him, Mr. Carmona is running for office in the correct way, while his party opponents run as representatives of two corrupt organizations which claim to be national parties.  
           Where have we seen national parties before?
            Oh, that’s right.  Europe.  The judiciary of the Italian government proclaimed Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party to be the national party of Italy.  The judiciary of Germany proclaimed Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party to be the national party of Germany.  The Communist Party of Russia controlled the judiciary of that country and used them to convict anyone who opposed the Communist Party.  
          While the federal courts and Supreme Court of the United States have not made an open endorsement of the Republican and Democratic parties, they have done so implicitly by upholding un-Constitutional state election laws at the federal court level and by refusing to hear cases brought by minor parties and independent voters at the Supreme Court level.  
        Mr. Carmona has a tough hill to climb to qualify for the ballot in Arizona, 23,000 nomination petition signatures in the last election, even more in 2012. while his major party opponents are required to get 4,000 signatures.  I would encourage him to go ahead and do it.  Independent voters are the second largest group of voters in the state, and they are not happy with either party.  
         Ballot access remains the common cause of independent voters in Arizona.  Any time an independent gets on the ballot it is helpful to independent voters.  

  • Fraser007

    I am not sure about his views on immigration and the border. Perhaps I would disagree with him. But as a person who is a good man and would do a great job representing Arizona he stands tall. I salute him.

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