A conservative Republican who referred to President Barack Obama as "what literally amounts to an African dictator" officially announced that he will oppose long-time U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman. Alamogordo resident William S. English says he is opposing Bingaman because he believes that Bingaman has lost touch with his constituents.
Bingaman's is up for re-election in 2012; he's currently serving his fifth term as U.S. Senator.
English, who wrote a weekly column for the Alamogordo Daily News, says that he is the son of former Arizona state Rep. William Joseph English.
"For the first time in its history, New Mexico and its people have the opportunity to lead the nation and the world into the future and it means that it must be represented responsibly, constitutionally and by the will of the people who elect that representative to the Senate," English said in a press release.
English said in a blog post last year that a "perfect ending" of Barack Obama's administration would be if Obama would "Drop dead in front of Congress while accepting the responsibility for your stupidity and let us get on with fixing the problems you created."
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