Purcell: 2010 will be a Big Year for Republican Candidates— but what about Republican Voters?

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 2009

Purcell: 2010 will be a Big Year for RepublicanCandidates— but what about Republican Voters?

BATAVIA. Batavia businessman Jim Purcell, Republican candidate for the 14th Congressional district, released the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate’s historic vote to move forward with debate on the Obama/Reid Healthcare Bill:

“Yesterday’s party line vote to move forward a $2.5 TRILLION so-called ‘health care reform’ bill demonstrates just how out of touch Democrats are with most Americans. Next year could make the 1994 Republican Revolution look like a small-town parade by comparison. But the sad reality of recent history is that what has been good for Republican candidates has not always been good for Republican voters.

“Republicans lost control of Congress in 2006 because the American people lost confidence in the GOP’s ability to lead the country. And for good reason. Instead of being the conservative change our country needed, the GOP became part of the problem.

“Now, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Bill Foster are getting their chance to show the American people just how incompetently they govern. Republicans can win in 2010—but not with the same kind of Republicans that lost our majority in 2006.

“I believe I am the only candidate running in the 14th Congressional with the ability to inspire the confidence of Republican and Independent voters in the district feeling disenfranchised by ‘politics as usual.’

“Restoring the confidence of voters will defeat Bill Foster and Barack Obama next fall, but, more importantly, start rolling back the failed policies of the last 20 years and ensure our children have a prosperous future.”