Trail Mix: Byrne Promotes Jobs in Birmingham
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Republican Bradley Byrne adds to the chorus concerning job creation.
His campaign sweeps through Birmingham today, first at Cooper Construction Company, next at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law.
Bryne says “more than 225,000 of our fellow citizens (in Alabama) are without work. Families are hurting. We can’t wait on Washington, or depend on any other outside force to turn this situation around. It’s up to us to set our own stage for recovery.”
Byrne is promoting his jobs plan with a focus today on small business regulatory relief to cut through government red tape. He also touches on his opposition to the ‘Card Check’ bill that he says threatens Alabama’s edge as a Right-to-Work state, Cap and Trade legislation and Byrne calls for a stop to the “continuing problem of lawsuit abuse”… all red meat topics for conservatives.
Last night, Byrne echoed the criticism of other Alabama Republicans concerning the president’s SOTU.
His response? “The focus must be on creating jobs, not creating larger debt,” his campaign statement read in part.
Tim James campaign also took aim at federal spending: “Obama fiddles while Alabama and the rest of America burns.”
Rep. Robert Bentley released a two-and-a-half minute response to the SOTU on YouTube. Bentley says Republicans “lost their way,” but are now returning to conservative princples. You can see it here.
Treasurer Kay Ivey created a Twitter debate with the president last night. Here’s an idea. If you didn’t see it, why not recreate it. Cue up the president’s speech here, then start reading Ivey’s post with the first tweet:
“Good evening folks! Everybody got their popcorn popped for the State of the Union? My tweets are about to begin…K”
Its certainly an election year.
Rick Journey
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