Jeff Flake opposes cap and trade, and he said so at the time:

http://flake.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=134743

“The last thing a fragile economy needs is a new energy tax, yet that’s essentially what this cap and trade bill is,” said Flake. “This bill is more about generating revenue for the federal government than it is about addressing climate change.”

Unfortunately, Congressman Flake was unable to vote on the bill due to a family obligation. Congressman Flake’s daughter was Arizona’s representative in the America’s Junior Miss scholarship program, and Congressman Flake and his wife were there supporting her.

“Obviously, it was a tough decision to miss voting against the cap and trade bill. But I’ve let my daughter down enough over the years, and I felt I just couldn’t let her down again.”

Had he been able to vote, he would have voted against the bill.

Arizona please do not listen to this career politician. he only comes out of his cave at election time. We have a chance to get rid of these career politicians lets elect Wil Cardin, if he turns out to be Flake/McCain JR, it will be easier to rid uf of him in 6 years. They did it in Utah and Indiana, lets make the change here too.

You may have seen an ad running on television from my opponent claiming that I want a massive energy tax and suggesting that I support cap and trade. This, of course, is untrue.

Let me give you, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story.

In 2009, President Obama and the Democratic Majority in Congress were pushing the cap-and-trade bill, which most Republicans and I opposed. During debate on the bill, there were a number of us that thought we needed a way to expose the Democrats’ awful plan for what it was — a revenue grab in the worst way.

So we put together a revenue-neutral tax swap designed to counter the Democrats’ bill. Unlike cap and trade, our proposal cut taxes and didnot increase spending. The legislation stipulated that any carbon tax revenue raised by the government would go directly into the Social Security Trust Fund, and at the same time the payroll tax would be lowered by the same amount. This way, there was no incentive for politicians to raise the tax, since they wouldn’t get their hands on the money to spend. It was used as a way to call the Democrats’ bluff. I should note that in the end, we succeeded — cap and trade failed.

Many notable conservatives supported our proposal’s honest, market-driven approach, including Arthur Laffer, a noted economist and former economic policy advisor to President Reagan, who said: “The bill that Jeff Flake cosponsored was a smart, free market, conservative approach to expose the Democrat’s Cap and Trade bill for was it was — a massive tax increase.”

Laffer penned an op-ed in the New York Times in support of our approach, as did conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, writing in the Weekly Standard.

Rest assured that I will, as I have in the past, lead the fight in Congress for lower taxes, limited government and less regulation.

Sincerely,
Jeff Flake

Listen: It would be hilarious if it were proved that Obama was born in Kenya. Honestly. I would love it more than most of you.

But face the facts: He has already served a term as president, and enough verification exists that it isn’t likely we are going to prove he’s ineligible. In fact, it makes the right wing look nutty, and gives people an excuse to dismiss more serious arguments we make, like “Obama is ruining America by racking up enormous, unsustainable debt levels and starting huge new entitlement programs when we should be fixing the broken ones we already have.”

Let’s oppose Obama because he’s a European-style socialist screwing up America, rather than because he’s an illegal alien from Kenya. I know that doesn’t scratch your Bircher itch or quell the voices in your head, but the true conservatives among us would like you nutjobs to shutup and get serious.

I kind of think someone like Schandlbauer could fare well against a Democrat; she is a nightmare for them with respect to their demographic/identity-politics strategy. A Hispanic woman. Especially if Andrei Cherny gets the nod on the Demo side. She deserves a close look.

Concerning Brewer, ask yourself if the following just might be? At least read this hyperlink “American Republic replaced by “Council of Governors”?”

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, a New World Order COLLABORATOR?
http://patriothq.com/2011/08/04/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-a-new-world-order-collaborator

I think this is much for catchy and apropos, Flake’s a F**