Pearce feeling ‘very positive’ about campaign
Pearce, shown today at the Roundhouse. (Photo by Heath Haussamen)
Steve Pearce says the movement that helped Scott Brown recently win a Senate seat in Massachusetts also helps him in his quest to retake New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District seat – but it isn’t because he’s a Republican.
“This is not about Republicans. This is about frustration with Washington,” Pearce said today in an interview. “If Republicans make the mistake of believing this is about us, there’s going to be a tendency to overinflate.”
Pearce, speaking at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, said the message from voters is clear: “Things have got to change.”
The former congressman, who’s seeking to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, was in Santa Fe to meet with members of the state Christian Association of Parent Educators – a homeschooling group whose members gathered at the Roundhouse to celebrate the governor’s declaring the first week in February as home education week in New Mexico.
Pearce told members of the group that evangelical Christians could be more influential if more voted. He said half of eligible evangelicals register to vote – and only half of those actually do vote.
He also told them they could be more influential if they took more time to volunteer on campaigns – such as his – and run for offices such as school board positions, though he said he knows many of them lead busy lives.
In his interview, Pearce said he’s feeling “very positive” about the race and confident that his campaign will “have the resources we need.”
Recently, two Republicans from Las Cruces began campaigns for state auditor and treasurer. In addition, one of five Republicans for governor is from Las Cruces.
As the largest city in the 2nd District, Las Cruces is a place where Teague has concentrated much of his time because it its significant population of Democrats. Pearce said having Republicans from the city running in statewide races could help him in his race against Teague, though he clarified that he wasn’t endorsing anyone in the gubernatorial race.
“If Cruces shows up – a lot of Republicans – it could be good for us,” Pearce said.
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Yes, jivaro99, I AM satisfied with what we have. You may say he “doesn’t know his way around Congress”, but given the current state of that institution, is that really a BAD thing?
Hemingway is looking at things from the wrong perspective as is Thinker. It is not what Steve Pearce does or does not deserve. It is what we the people can count on. He may have followed the party line with Bush, but he did a lot of good for the state. That is more than I can say for Teague, or anyone else in the race.
Are either of you satisfied with what we have? Would you rather have a man with experience and drive or would you rather have someone that doesn’t know his way around in Congress? He at least has the needs of the people in mind.
Hemingway’s points below are only one-HUGE- reason Pearce doesn’t deserve to be returned to office. Smart people will ignore his “I’m a Good Christian Man so vote for me and I’ll do everything right” act and scrutinize his voting and position record.
I especially agree with Hemingway’s first statement: Pearce was a total tool and lackey for what in the past was the Republican party power-base–the Bush Administration and it’s many representatives in big business. He voted their bidding on command, like a robotic zombie. The only difference now is that Pearce, being a man never to pass up an opportunity, sees his chance to jump on board ship with the latest power-base in the Republican party: “teabaggers” (whatever THEY can be defined to be).
It’s really sad to see that people like Pearce are all that’s left of what was once a reasonably sane political party: Christianist fanatics, know-nothing deficit hawks, and self-promoting, performance artists and grifters pretending to “care about my country” while all they really want is to keep the money rolling into their own bank accounts.
There is no such thing as a “conservative” left in the Republican party today, I’m afraid–they don’t even know what the word means.
I met Mr. Pearce for the first time last Sat. during a luncheon and was very impressed. His conservative values and concern for our nation were foremost in his mind. He is a good Christian man who will protect our rights and freedoms in America. He is more concerned about doing the right thing than the popular thing. I fully support his efforts.
GO Pearce!!!! He was a fiscal conservative then and he will be a fiscal conservative when we return him to Washington!! Good bye Harry!
Mr. Pearce was one of instigators of the problems we have today – always supporting the Bush Administration. He was part of the Washington establishment. Now he trying to hook up with the Tea party fanatics.
This is the same guy, who is a wealthy veteran, who neglected our veterans. Although Congressman Steve Pearce touted he is veteran, he has a miserable record with regards to our veterans. This is a real issue in the 2010 election. In 2003 instead of acknowledging that more money was needed for veterans health care, Congressman Pearce told veterans in Tularosa, New Mexico that problems with VA health care are the result of abuse by veterans and their families of an “entitlement” program. “It’s very difficult to get fraud and abuse out of entitlement programs… People sometimes don’t exist in the first place or they are passed away and someone is still drawing funds. I am very suspicious of entitlement action,” said Pearce. A local veteran responded by telling Pearce, “This is not entitlement, but something we’ve earned.” This was documented in Alamogordo Daily News, on August 6, 2003.
Our veterans and their medical care should be an important priority. the wealthy Pearce could care less for our our military men and women. As Teddy Roosevelt said: “A man (or woman) who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards”. Mr. Pearce gave the veterans a raw deal. New Mexicans should not FORGET Mr. Pearce and how he treated our veterans.