you didn t. paul: let s look at an ad that the national republican campaign committee is running in spratt s district. announcer: for years he wasn t listening to south carolina. since nancy pelosi took over he s become a rubber stamp. cap and trade energy tax, sprat voted yes, wall street bailout, yes. wasteful stimulus bill, you betcha. obama s health care bill, spratt yes, yes every time. he works for her. paul: a in the past a lot of these candidates culturally conservatives some pro-life, a lot pro gun endorsed by the nra they could say i m a culture conservative, i m one of you, in these conservative districts. this time they could vote liberal on economic issues. this time the litmus test issues all economic. so they are exposed.
committee chairman? this time they have a shot, what are the dynamics in that race? you ve got a republican, new fresh out there running. he s a state senator. he s out there talking again like dan said about health care, stimulus, cap and trade. this too is a district that is conservative. one of the problems that these guys have not just mr. spratt, skeleton, oberstar. they are saying you need to keep us, we are very powerful and we ve shown you through our many years we are in tune with the district and conservative. what the opponents are saying and what voters are saying, wait a minute, if you are as powerful as you are, and you are in tune with this district why were you not stopping nancy pelosi? there s a bar that is being set for them is somewhat higher than some democrats out there. they are saying you had a responsibility to step up and
he s running against a formidable candidate saying she not sufficiently pro military. clinton came out to campaign for him. sarah palin has been out to campaign for her. he s in a district that voted in 2008 for john mccain. 60%. obama s approval rating in that state is 36%. he may lose having voted with pelosi. this is a perfect story of what the democrats did. they forced guys like skeleton to vote with them on obama care, stimulus and cap and trade. now they are paying the price. just as they were warned for the entire past year. paul: she is a former teacher and businesswoman, first time candidate so she has that freshness too. kim, what about extra the budget committee chairman what about spratt the budget