Earmark Pledge “Political Suicide”?

CA-41 Democratic candidate Tim Prince stated on the phone that he couldn’t sign FreedomWorks’ earmark pledge because it would be "political suicide."  That’s kind of surprising in light of the fact that so many other signers, who have actually made it to Congress, feel that far from "political suicide" it’s good policy and good politics to take a public stand on this important issue.    In fact, many of the most successful politicians out there are ones that have made a career out of fighting earmarks and pork barrel spending – Sen. John McCain, Sen. Tom Coburn, Rep. Jeff Flake, Rep. John Boehner – just to name a few.

Cutting wasteful spending and saving people money seems like a pretty good platform to run on.   Go to www.timprinceforcongress.com and let Mr. Prince know that keeping money in voters’ pockets is political gold.