Hagan spends weekend at Miami 'retreat' with corporate lobbyists

We have term limits now.

Some people call them elections but they are term limits if the voters so desire. However, once elected the officeholder is just about glued to his/her seat. The lobbyists bankroll them to stay in office and be a "friend" to whatever group the lobbyist may represent.

It takes so much money to unseat an incumbent. Money buys media coverage and money can make an incumbent deadbeat look like a modern day hero. Many good candidates shy away from entering the race knowing that the incumbent can out muscle them with advertising.

Maybe the mood of the country this year will be term limiting. I hope so. I hope we get to throw the bums out. And hopefully we will not have to throw out the bums we elect this go round.

It is amazing how close "incumbent" is to "encumbrance." Hard to think of one without the other.

Bestsarah -

The voters of North Carolina, hopefully, will stop the Cal train. I see a tough primary a head of Cal Cunningham, considering he has not developed a campaign platform and his stump speeches are nothing short of attacks on Richard Burr. I, for one, am tired of the pure partisan bickering and gridlock in Washington DC, thus why would I want someone that is bought and paid for by Washington.

Martha Coakley was the DSCC supported candidate and I am sure that Democrats in MA and in DC thought that their was nothing blocking her way. Enter the voters and we know how that story ended.

It is clear by your post and the following comment that you are a die hard liberal with the mentality that big government knows best over the state and local governments.

The DSCC knows what they are doing. They have our best interests at heart and sometimes it is best to acknowledge that DC often has better ideas.

I find your comment extremely misguided and challenge you to provide evidence that Washington knows better...

My evidence that Washington does not know better...

Example 1 - Education - No Child Left Behind (a Bush policy) damaged our education system immensely.

Example 2 - NAFTA - (a Clinton policy) failed North Carolina and sent thousands of manufacturing jobs overseas to which this state has never been able to fully recover.

A general comprehension of the concept of "federalism" and the 10th Amendment are dense and challenging, but your notion that Washington knows best is in direct conflict with the mentality of the Founders.

Senator Hagan was elected into the office of U.S. Senator representing North Carolina as an agent of change. She enjoyed the coattails of President Obama in North Carolina and a general sentiment that Elizabeth Dole was nothing short of a Washington DC insider that was out of touch with North Carolina.

Senator Hagan received generous support from Chuck Schumer and the DSCC. From airing ads to paying for the Get-Out-The-Vote efforts, Senator Hagan was given almost $10 million dollars worth of resources.

Ironically, Senator Hagan campaigned on change and touted her outsider status to help usher in this change that America was desperately looking for.

Unfortunately, under the Bush Administration, the middle class has been the victim of a reckless fiscal policy, corporate greed, and a Washington culture that rewards the special interests instead of hard working Americans’ best interests.

Kay Hagan believes that Washington should act with middle class priorities in mind. When she is elected to the U.S. Senate, Kay will work tirelessly to enact policies that:
• Make the Tax Code Work for Middle Class Families
• Encourage Affordable Homeownership
• Promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Lift the Debt Burden on the Next Generation

This quote is taken directly from her campaign website.

Yet now she is playing the same games she told us that she was against. I guess it takes a lot to repay the DSCC for an election victory. So much for her campaign promises. I hope we all learn from our mistakes in sending Senator Hagan to Washington as she continues to break her promises. Let's avoid making the same mistake - do not let Cal Cunningham win the Democratic primary - he is more of the same - forget about the people who sent you to DC.

God I hope there are no pictures. That is a picture I do not want in my head.

Career politicians breed corruption and lies. VOTE them out or they and their cronies either die in or retire from public office.

Term limits are in the hands of the voters not the career politicians. They will never vote to limit terms.......just see how well ethics is being legislated by the career politicians.

They all need to go in 2010 & 2012. Vote in term limits and let's get this show on the road before there are no more shows.

Even after the 1994 elections I wasn't for Term Limits, but after this many years of a "tweedledee/tweedledum" selection maybe I'd be willing to have term limits for a century to see how it works out.

Here we find Kay Hagan relaxing in Miami Beach after a tough week of raising the national debt ceiling $2 TRILLION, consorting with some of the same lobbyist that she was vilifying during the health care takeover attempt. This woman is as disgusting as a pool of vomit.

In my personal they every last one that attended this lobbyist sponserewd weekend of meet an greet should in my estimation be arrested for prostution they only difference is in the wares that they were selling to the highest bidders . I have recently hearded that health care reform is dead on arrival an i guess these meeting just goes to prove it so what else is new the taxpayers are getting screwed again an i personally feel slightest as that i have even been kissed before the screwing took place . you go kay an you will fall in2012 just as good old BEV for she is going to go down as well to be a one termer. this coming from a loyal democrat i might not vote in 2012 an if i do it surely will not be for kay or any other republican excuse me kay i though you were a republican based on your voteing record with the republicans a big coporate businessess in this state you could pass of senator burr. thank you

Ma'am, Senator Hagan was very good at answering all my concerns around health care. See, she has an email, and her staff answers questions.
Why would she want to meet with the tea-party folks? They were the ones who LOST the last elections. They represent people who would never vote for a Democrat. See, when YOU LOSE an election, you don't get to say what the government does. Maybe your side ought to come up with some policies or something other than "we hate Obama". You can't beat something with nothing.

Remember in the Frankenstein movie when the villagers storm the castle?

That's what would have happened if this story was about Burr. As it was Hagan it should not have been reported because it is not news. If you have a hard time understanding the difference you probably work for a living and were born on this planet.

I realize this doesn't look good, but why make a story out of something that all politicians have done forever? She also breathed. Jeez. Besides, after the recent supreme court ruling I think they are considered constituents.

Kay Hagan refused to meet with the rabble, I mean her constituents once this year.

Her staff refused to give out any info on public meetings, her staff always refers the plebeian citizens to "her website" to find out when the next town hall is. Curiously, that info is never made public.

Holy mackerel, she even met with the evil tobacco lobbyists, and lobbyists from the banks? I'm shocked and stunned.

Seems like just yesterday that NC voters turned Lauch Faircloth out of office and installed John Edwards. Here we go again, Hagan is a dud of the first order. She'll make a fine bootblack for President Obama though.

Kay, I am so happy you had a chance to get away, catch some rays and enjoy the Ritz Carlton.