Rather Than Focusing on Jobs, Perlmutter Plays Party Politics in New York
Rather Than Focusing on Jobs, Perlmutter Plays Party Politics in New York
While Colorado’s Unemployment Continues to Dip, Perlmutter Has to Travel Nearly 2,000 Miles from his District to Muster Support
Washington- Democrat Rep. Ed Perlmutter finds himself having to travel nearly 2,000 miles away from his district to stump for campaign cash. Perlmutter will attempt to muster support in New York City today, rather than focus on reviving Colorado’s hurting economy. It’s no surprise that Perlmutter needs to travel far to fill his campaign coffers, since he continues to show his constituents he is out-of-touch with their values by supporting the Democrats’ big-government agenda. Perlmutter has put party politics over Coloradans several times this year, first by voting for the Democrats’ failed stimulus bill and later by supporting the national energy tax. He apparently hasn’t learned his lesson, since Perlmutter is now blindly following his party bosses once more while they attempt to push a job-killing government takeover of healthcare:
“Rep Ed Perlmutter D CO-7 Supports the choice of public Healthcare option? Yes” (StandWithDrDean.com, 10/26/09)
So this afternoon, as unemployed Coloradans desperately seek jobs, Perlmutter will be lining his campaign coffers with Manhattan cash:
“The state survey of households shows that about 2.5 million Coloradans had jobs in September, down 2,300 from August. The number of employed in September 2008 was nearly 2.6 million.
“A total of 187,400 Coloradans unsuccessfully sought work in September…The number of those unemployed was 135,900 the same time a year ago when the jobless rate was 5 percent.” (Judith Kohler, “Colo. jobless rate dips to 7 percent in September,” Associated Press, 10/22/2009)
“As the economy continues to bleed jobs, Colorado families deserve more than an ongoing fundraising effort to line Ed Perlmutter’s campaign coffers,” said NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain. “If Perlmutter focused as much attention on restoring jobs as he does playing party politics, perhaps Colorado middle-class families wouldn’t be nearly as disaffected with his party’s failed economic agenda. While Perlmutter stumps for campaign cash in New York City, Coloradoans are left asking: Where are the jobs?”
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