As Cecil County gears up for next year’s election, this quote by Michelle Bernard, President of the Independent Women’s Forum, serves as a good warning to all those seeking public office.
It’s all about the spending and if candidates don’t get that, well…you have to be blind to not get that (or living under a rock).
Republicans: especially in a special or off year election, your base is going to drive the race and impact the perception of the candidate. The base isn’t going to be satisfied with candidates barely distinguishable from that of the other party. And it isn’t about social issues: it’s about the size of government, limits to government power, government’s burden on taxpayers, and the protection of individual rights. Most importantly, conservatives will take heart that so many independents have expressed support, not for the most “centrist or “moderate” candidate, but for the one who promised to limit the size of our government’s ever expanding waste line. In this case, it was the conservative candidate.
Democrats should be concerned about this very same thing: Democrats are losing independents in droves. Runaway spending, runaway government like creating czars that can arbitrarily make the equivalent of law, and a perceived unwillingness to listen to the public (which doesn’t want this health care package: see the Independent Women’s Forum’s last poll to see the tepid support these plans receive from women and Independents) has a heavy price.
I would love to see some comments from our candidates for County Commissioner on what they plan to do different than our current commissioners to reduce wastefull spending in Cecil County and put a stop to the increase in taxation?
