Everybody Vs. Russ Carnahan

I was on twitter last night and started thinking about Russ Carnahan's re-election prospects in 2010. As you probably know, Russ voted for Cap & Trade which will jack up taxes and energy costs, killing jobs and small business. It's pretty much the largest tax increase in the history of the United States.

Like I said previously, I liked Chris Sander who ran against Russ back in 2008. I hope that he runs again, but I won't blame him if he doesn't - he did not get the support of the Missouri GOP or of the National Republican Congressional Committee that he should have.

It seems as though we the people, despite the party wizards of smart, will have to do something ourselves to make this a competitive district.

We've had two tea parties in the Saint Louis area, and as many have pointed out, it's time to start focusing our energy on action. What could we do? How can we have an impact? Conventional wisdom says that anybody who goes up against someone with a big name like Carnahan stands no chance and that he will be in office until he resigns or dies.

The best way I can think of to show our dissatisfaction with the incumbent is for EVERY ELIGIBLE PERSON who lives in Carnahan's district to file papers to run against him in 2010. The legal requirements are three: you must be at least 25 years old, you must have been a citizen of the United States for seven years, and you must reside in the State of Missouri. Here's how to file.

Tea Parties are great, and quite frankly they are necessary. But I think a massive candidacy filing against Russ Carnahan would raise small government visibility to a new level. And we won't really be running against each other, we're running on less meddlesome government, less oppressive taxes, policies that don't destroy jobs, more freedom, more prosperity, and all that good stuff. Ideally, the result of this movement would be for an anti-cap-and-tax candidate to get more votes than Russ Carnahan on Election Day in November 2010. If I were to declare my candidacy, I would pledge to support whoever emerges victorious on Primary Day so long as that person is pro-liberty and anti cap-and-trade, etc.

The MOGOP should start a website like everybodyagainstrusscarnahan.com to keep track of all the candidates.

I think this would be freakin' awesome. And a primary that large should scare up some serious candidates in addition to those of us who at the very least want to send a message to Washington. And just because you run, that doesn't mean you have to vote for yourself on Primary Day. If Chris Sander is one of the many candidates, I would probably vote for him.

So what do you say? I'll run if everybody else does!

A lot of people are running for Roy Blunt's U.S. House seat, but that's an open seat since he's running for the Senate. Let's put them to shame and get over 100 candidates for the GOP Primary!

Why? BECAUSE RUSS "CAP & TRADE" CARNAHAN IS BAD FOR MISSOURI!