Buddy Roemer Officially Running in 2012
Buddy Roemer grew up in northern Louisiana town on a cotton plantation, more known as the Scopena Cotton Plantation. As a Methodist he goes to church every Sunday which is how he met his wife. She was the piano player at the chapel next to his church. In 1981, then a democrat, Roemer ran for a seat in the House to represent his native northern Louisiana district. As a democrat he was admired by republicans in the early 1980's for his support of the Reagan initiatives for less government and was generally in disagreement with his fellow democrats.
Roemer left the House of Representatives in 1988 to run in the gubernatorial election for Louisiana state governor. On his campaign promise to "Slay the Dragon" Roemer ousted the sitting democratic governor, Edwin Edwards, in the democratic primary. He won by 5 points and Edwards resigned his post, giving reign to Roemer before he was even inaugurated in January of 1989. Edwards decided to run again as a democrat and announced his candidacy for the 1992 gubernatorial election, however by this time Roemer had switched parties. It was looking like another Edwards/Roemer election until Roemer was challenged in the republican primary by David Duke. Duke ended up winning the republican primary causing Roemer to lose his bid at reelection.
Roemer has recently officially announced his candidacy for the president of the United States in 2012. At a recent speech in Iowa he has highlighted his previous successes. He boasts his experience as a congressman and governor while working closely with Ronald Reagan. In Louisiana his administration balanced the budget, cut the unemployment percentage in half, and evaluated the performance of teachers increasing wages to those that were successful, put an end to government waste, and reduced toxic emissions by over 40 percent.
Roemer's biggest issue and focus for 2012 is campaign finance reform. As a result he described how he will be releasing the names and addresses of all his donors and will not take any PAC money. In a plea to the crowd Roemer stated that if people really want to change government they need to elect somebody who isn't bought and paid for. He has personal experience with this in his elections for governor in Louisiana. Both his challengers Duke and Edwards took lots of special interest money and outspent him more than two to one. Both candidates were later charged on corruption scandals and Roemer thinks that politicians who essentially buy their election with campaign money need to be scrutinized as to whose side they are actually on - the American people's side or big money side?
Roemer declared his intention on a 2012 presidential run on March 7th 2011, however he has been making open statements about his plan since 2010. Presently, he is the only presidential hopeful that will not take lobbyist or PAC money for his presidential bid. He believes that PAC money is the ultimate corruption of politics and the cause of the overspending in congress today. Politicians are busy paying off their campaign debts on special pet projects that help the PACs and lobbyists in Washington.
Roemer left the House of Representatives in 1988 to run in the gubernatorial election for Louisiana state governor. On his campaign promise to "Slay the Dragon" Roemer ousted the sitting democratic governor, Edwin Edwards, in the democratic primary. He won by 5 points and Edwards resigned his post, giving reign to Roemer before he was even inaugurated in January of 1989. Edwards decided to run again as a democrat and announced his candidacy for the 1992 gubernatorial election, however by this time Roemer had switched parties. It was looking like another Edwards/Roemer election until Roemer was challenged in the republican primary by David Duke. Duke ended up winning the republican primary causing Roemer to lose his bid at reelection.
Roemer has recently officially announced his candidacy for the president of the United States in 2012. At a recent speech in Iowa he has highlighted his previous successes. He boasts his experience as a congressman and governor while working closely with Ronald Reagan. In Louisiana his administration balanced the budget, cut the unemployment percentage in half, and evaluated the performance of teachers increasing wages to those that were successful, put an end to government waste, and reduced toxic emissions by over 40 percent.
Roemer's biggest issue and focus for 2012 is campaign finance reform. As a result he described how he will be releasing the names and addresses of all his donors and will not take any PAC money. In a plea to the crowd Roemer stated that if people really want to change government they need to elect somebody who isn't bought and paid for. He has personal experience with this in his elections for governor in Louisiana. Both his challengers Duke and Edwards took lots of special interest money and outspent him more than two to one. Both candidates were later charged on corruption scandals and Roemer thinks that politicians who essentially buy their election with campaign money need to be scrutinized as to whose side they are actually on - the American people's side or big money side?
Roemer declared his intention on a 2012 presidential run on March 7th 2011, however he has been making open statements about his plan since 2010. Presently, he is the only presidential hopeful that will not take lobbyist or PAC money for his presidential bid. He believes that PAC money is the ultimate corruption of politics and the cause of the overspending in congress today. Politicians are busy paying off their campaign debts on special pet projects that help the PACs and lobbyists in Washington.
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