Way To Go, Brett Guthrie

Congressman Brett Guthrie, though newly-elected, is proving to be a voice for common sense on the Hill. Guthrie has co-sponsored legislation that would withhold funds from the Obama administrations myriad "czars" unless and until they go through Senate confirmation.

Guthrie's press release states:

"I am pleased to co-sponsor legislation to ensure that no public funds are appropriated for the salaries of czars who have not been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

"Only a few of the over 30 Czars that have been appointed by the president, have actually been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The Administration relies on these unique appointments to advance the President's agenda and these Czars are given a tremendous amount of power over important policy areas.

"Czars should be put through the same constitutionally-mandated process that all executive appointments must go through. I am a cosponsor of H.R. 3226 and look forward to supporting this bill when it comes before the U.S. House of Representatives."

BACKGROUND: Congressman Guthrie is a co-sponsor of H.R. 3226, which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 15, 2009, by Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA). The bill requires any task force, council, or similar office (including Czars) which is established or appointed by the President, to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Guthrie Leads By 10 In KY-2

Brett Guthrie leads Dave Boswell by ten points (53-43) in the battle to replace Congressman Ron Lewis. According to a poll commissioned by Roll Call and WHAS, Guthrie leads in all groups except seniors, where the two candidates are tied.

The district, which encompasses Fort Knox, gives President Bush a 39 percent approval rating. That's how conservative it is.

Now, will the DCCC take its money and its ads elsewhere so we can watch TV again in peace? It's not happening for Boswell, no matter how many visits the Clintons pay us.

David Boswell Misrepresents Brett Guthrie's Position on Social Security

Democratic Congressional candidate David Boswell is running a new ad that accuses Republican Brett Guthrie of wanting to privatize social security.

However, Guthrie said not once but twice that he opposes privatizing social security; he was clear and unequivocal. Boswell well knows Guthrie's position because Boswell was there (at debates in Bowling Green and Elizabethtown) and even said that he and Guthrie appear to be "on the same page" on the issue.

In a season of ads that have twisted words and records, Boswell's latest ad appears to be the most dishonest.

Demo-blog On Boswell

The latest SUSA poll shows Republican Brett Guthrie is beating David Boswell by nine points to replace Rep. Ron Lewis. Or as BluegrassRoots put it, Guthrie is "trouncing" Boswell in Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District.

That's altogether fitting, because if you went to Central Casting to recruit a Republican to run for the district that encompasses Fort Knox, you'd get Brett Guthrie -- West Point grad, 101st Airborne with a masters from Yale (we'll overlook that last credential). His district is fortunate he's willing to serve his country yet again, this time in Congress.

BluegrassRoots doesn't much like the candidate it's stuck with. The Demo-blog called Boswell "a racist, misogynistic punk." That's way worse than anything Guthrie has ever said about Boswell. But then again, the Demo-blog is in a position to know, because Boswell is their guy.

Boswell Called Out on DCCC Ad

The Bowling Green Daily News took Democratic Congressional candidate David Boswell to task for an ad -- the second such one -- by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The ad accuses Brett Guthrie of "shipping jobs to Mexico."

That is not so, according to the paper, and by failing to disavow it, Boswell condones the lie:

At this stage of the game we have to assume that 2nd Congressional candidate David Boswell condones a second set of television advertisements that say his opponent, 2nd Congressional candidate, Brett Guthrie’s company sent jobs to Mexico.

As you might recall several weeks ago the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a television advertisement saying that Guthrie’s company, Trace Die Cast, was shipping work to Mexico that should have stayed in Kentucky.

We took issue with Boswell at the time and now we take issue with him and the DCCC again for running a more recent advertisement saying that Trace Die Cast shipped work to Mexico. In the advertisement, Guthrie is heard speaking and a caption said that he sent jobs to Mexico.Mr. Boswell, this ad is simply not true and you have had plenty of opportunity’s to condemn these ads and tell the DCCC to stop running them, and instead you have sat idle while they continue.

That is a real shame.

During debates with Guthrie, Boswell has said he didn’t know the context of the advertisement, but he himself continues to appear in the ads.

This could suggest that he is working in lockstep with the DCCC.

The truth of the matter is that Trace had a contract to make a part and ship it to Mexico. All of the work was done at Trace Die Cast by employees of the company and shipped to Mexico and the part didn’t come back to Trace Die Cast.

Mr. Boswell, who has been in politics for a long time, should know better than this. He is allowing the DCCC, which knows nothing about the 2nd Congressional District in Kentucky, to run these ads that distort an American success story embodied in the Guthrie family.

Why doesn’t Boswell contact the DCCC and tell them to stop these inaccurate, distorted ads?

One can only speculate that Boswell condones the advertisements and is willing to ignore these distortions if they aid his campaign.

It is past time for David Boswell to admit that this advertisement was wrong and inaccurate and be a stand up guy and tell the DCCC to pull it immediately.

The residents of Bowling Green don't know how lucky they are to have an alternative to the lockstep liberalism of the Courier-Journal. Can you imagine the C-J condemning the DSCC, for example, for its smear of Mitch McConnell?

Guthrie Responds to Heller

Republican candidate for the Second Congressional District Brett Guthrie responded to the Supreme Court's decision in Heller:

"I am ecstatic about the Supreme Court’s ruling today affirming the right of an individual to keep and bear arms. Today’s ruling shows the importance of having judges on the bench who interpret the Constitution as written instead of legislating from the bench. As a Member of Congress, I will always vote to uphold the Second Amendment and the rights of gun owners and sportsmen and women everywhere.”

Well said, Mr. Guthrie.

Guthrie Campaign Going Like Gangbusters

Republican Congressional candidate Brett Guthrie has raised $600,000 -- three times more than his Democratic opponent, according to Guthrie's campaign. Guthrie is the Republican nominee for Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District.

Guthrie's opponent, David Boswell, said that he spent $200,000 -- all of his campaign's money -- in the Democratic primary.

Guthrie appears to be using the funds raised to recruit a top-flight campaign staff. His TV/radio advertising person, Brad Todd, has produced ads for Mitt Romney, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Michael Steele (who ran for the U.S. Senate in Maryland and is coming to Louisville to campaign for Anne Northup). Guthrie's pollster, Jan van Lohuizen, has conducted polling for Mitch McConnell since 1984 and knows Kentucky well.