When you look at politics on a whole it does make you wonder sometimes. There is always something that breaks across party lines and this frustrating but does make sense. Then there are the other things that puzzle the imagination on so many levels, which transcend politics. This is one of those things the debate coach who worked with Mitt Romney is no longer with the campaign. This makes no sense of course because we just watched two better performances in Florida so you would think that guy is a lock to stay on the Republican’s presidential campaign. Yu have done really well lately so hit the bricks Brett O’Donnell, he was the same person that coached 2008 nominee John McCain. This would have been a reason not to hire him but no reason was given why the end has come at this time. Bad luck is following O’Donnell as he also coached congress woman Michele Bachmann until she dropped out of the race. Really crazy as those debates in Tampa and Jacksonville key to the Romney win over Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary. We are not sure this is not ad hoc relationship as being set up to roll in send by
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Sunday, February 5th, 2012President Obama the hotel room and one hour
Saturday, February 4th, 2012When the GOP set out removing President Obama from office, they knew it would be tough. The problem increases as the money tree keeps pouring down on the President. The added problem is the news that the influence that streams the money is turning up a notch. When you hear President Barack Obama has spent time with around 25 wealthy donors who paid $35,800 each to talk with him behind closed doors at a Washington hotel. Before we start filling this post with the easy shots about being a call girl, buying influence, shakedowns, and what goes on behind closed doors. The hour long fundraiser was held at the upscale Jefferson Hotel near the White House was closed to press coverage. If you do the math that is $900,000 for one hour of glad handing. When you can bring in that kind of money it can change minds, if you thought Mitt Romney carpet bombing Newt in Florida was bad this is real influence. The fight is up hill as President Obama has been courting donors large and small as his re-election campaign as he has raised more than $220 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2011.
Panetta plays gossip girl with security
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012There are times when national news seems like high school. You hear a story and you think you can never believe that this is actually in the news as it should be in a gossip column. That is the way you feel when you hear US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta coming out saying that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic’s nuclear program. This is just crazy on so many levels and one of the reasons this President is dangerous. Panetta is only reacting to story that was already floated in the Washington Post opinion column by David Ignatius. The problem is if this was true why Israel would broadcast that it was going to happen makes no sense. We think the red meat of this story and what makes it no more than high school hall gossip other than Panetta believing there is a strong likelihood that Israel will attack. There is the worm on the hook being the US baited into taking a position in this very hairy situation. This why we say it is one of those times when the national news seems like nothing more than gossip, except instead of hurting feeling lives are at stake.
Time to move GOP west
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Let us get ready for the next primaries as the contest move west. The Republican presidential campaign has a leader Mitt Romney fresh off the Florida primary victory and Newt Gingrich looking for a new start. There will be a caucuses in Nevada on Saturday. If you missed Ron Paul in Florida he was getting ready for caucuses because he feels that is his strength. This is because the nutty delegates for Paul drive everyone crazy they vote for him just to get away. Next Tuesday we get a double header of Minnesota and Colorado and them it is back across the country to Maine the following weekend. There is going to be a change in strategy, Newt went in Florida of a South Carolina win he pulled even with Mitt Romney and we felt that after Florida is could be Newt moving to clinch the nomination. Then something happened Newt went negative calling Mitt Romney names and making comparisons to President Obama. When mix in two terrible debate performances and a new Mitt Romney getting battle tested from being attacked looking stronger. When Sunday rolled around the polls were saying it was not even going to be close and a double digit win for Romney. There is a lesson here but we are not sure that Newt will be able to see or too proud to change.
President Obama wants to change Senate
Sunday, January 29th, 2012In the classic case of saying it is my ball play my way or going home stepping to the front of the stage President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama wants to change the way the Senate does business. Claiming there is too much partisan gridlock. This is the only way he can propose and get the government reforms he asked for in the state of the union address. Things like the Senate to pass a rule that requires a yes-or-no vote for judicial and public service nominations after 90 days. The problem with all of this is his party and he own the senate. They have the majority and should be able to pass anything they want. This means he has had control of three branches of government his first two years and at least two for three years. We still hear him complaining he cannot get anything done with congress. What more can he ask for we dare say President Bush accomplished more with Nancy Pelosi running the House and Harry Reid running the senate than when the leader from the same party is in control. The wish list also includes Congress to pass legislation to ban insider trading and to prohibit people who “bundle” campaign contributions from other donors for members of Congress from lobbying Congress. New alert to leader of the free world you are in charge of the senate and your guy Vice President Joe Biden holds the tie breaker. Maybe if they do not move on your ideas because they are just bad ideas and you do not know what you are talking about.
What is an endorsement from womanizer equal
Saturday, January 28th, 2012We wrote a post a while back about getting an endorsement you really do not want. This has come up again in the Gingrich camp. Based on where he stands we suppose anyone who says they are on your side is good. We do not think an endorsement form Herman Cain is worth a news release and at this point it might have been better if he just stayed away. The reason Cain dropped out was he could not keep his hands to himself around ladies and it seems Newt has a wondering eye as well. Gingrich is committed to the race and it looks like it could be another disappointment on Tuesday when the big 99 delegates from the Florida primary do not end up in his basket. Newt Gingrich pledged once again to stay in the nominating race until the Republican convention in Tampa in August and still expects to win the nomination. Really there is one thing else he can say but we believe that after a loss in Florida and the mounting states he is not on the ballot it will seal his fate. The only reason to keep him in the race is so we do not have to watch Romney debate Paul. Santorum has been the walking dead and really the “none of the above” choice on the ballot.
Mitt Romney made $21M in 2010 without working
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012So when we told you that the lame streamer we going to pull out the old playbook on Mitt Romney it is clear that he saw it coming as well. One of the knocks on Mitt is he has been running for president for six years. This might be true and if that was the case he has thought of every angle. It should not have come as a surprise when he released his tax returns that it was more about the numbers then the rate. The facts are he made $21M in 2010, we will not get into his investments make as more money than the Yankees are paying Alex Rodriquez for a whole season. The two big numbers are he pays $3M in taxes and donated another $3M. This we say is going to be more than anyone else in the field but it still can draw ire. The number you will here is Mitt only pays 14.28% taxes. The bottom line is he is paying three million dollars which in most cases is more than 20 city blocks of taxpayers put together. Here is the other fun fact the lame streamers will not let you think about. To invest the money Mitt had to earn the money and to earn the money he paid taxes on it. None of this matter because all you are going to hear is Mitt only pay 14.28% and the average American pays close to 30%
South Carolina makes it a toss up is this a bad thing
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012Careful what you wish for might be the new slogan of the GOP. Since we have pulled one victory, Iowa away from Mitt Romney South Carolina was another slap in the face. Maybe it is a wakeup call or a cold dose of reality. Everyone know the problems Mitt is to vanilla but Newt is unlikable. There might be a good argument that no female is going to vote for Newt. When you like as his likable number it is 27% and his dislike number is over 60%. This manes nationwide he does not stand a chance and if he grabs Florida and 99 delegates we could be starring right down the barrel of a broken convention, an un electable candidate and a double digit loss to the current President unleashing four more years or pain and suffering on the working class. It is not all doom and gloom after all it is only South Carolina, we said the same thing after New Hampshire and Iowa, but after three times you would hope for clarity. Maybe a two person race like Hillary and Barack in 2008, but this is turning out to be more of a mess than a success and the stakes could not be higher. Florida will tell a story but hopefully it is a next chapter and not a whole new book.
Supreme Court avoids Texas House of Reps
Friday, January 20th, 2012Sometimes you wonder how things wind up at the highest court in the land. You grow up with the term fighting all the way to the Supreme Court. Then one day they release a ruling and you wonder how it could get that far. Today was that day as the Supreme Court threw out electoral maps drawn by federal judges in Texas that favored minorities? The thing about this is that the unsigned opinion leaves the fate of Texas primaries in April unclear. The three-judge court in San Antonio was told to come up with new plans that pay more attention to maps created by the Texas state Legislature. The reason this is here is the democrats know that this outcomes means that all four of the state’s new congressional seats, which could mean control of the House of Representative, hangs in the balance. They are instructed that the judges must stick more closely to what the Legislature did. The results of the 2010 census found that Texas had added more than 4 million new residents. Republicans now represent 23 of the 32 current districts. The complicated legal fight over redistricting in Texas is playing out in three federal court The Supreme Court, the Federal court in San Antonio, and a three-judge court in Washington. The bottom line is this is now too late to change and they must go with what they have for the primaries.
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A wild day for the GOP
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Well not there has been a lack of news on the GOP side of the election season. Today will go down as a big day and one to be remembered. Rick Perry called it a day and in a stunning turn endorsed Newt Gingrich, in a take that Mitt moment. Then ABC scored an interview with the second Miss Gingrich and tell all interview that they have been leaking all day. The last big scoop is Iowa is no longer in the win column for Mitt Romney. We are not sure it matters and after Tuesday it may not matter at all. The problem is the bell has already rung and cannot be unheard so we are not sure if they decide in Iowa to change results it can affect the results from South Carolina and Florida. We also think the debate tonight could be a watershed for Newt as he can back his way into the race with a strong showing. The truth is all the candidates have been a little bloodied this week and no one has been without fault or risen above. We look forward to South Carolina results. The next few days will show it all and we would not it any other way.
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President Obamawill use everything is the fault of the GOP
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Here is the game plan any why President Obama reelection seems like a slam dunk. The case in point is the decision by the Obama administration to reject Keystone XL pipeline. The reason is because the 60-day deadline imposed by Republicans did not allow adequate time to review an alternate route through an ecologically sensitive area in Nebraska. We do not care about the rejection it would mean more jobs through half the country but this president has shown no sign of wanting to create jobs. The problem and the lame streamers are going to make it happen, is everything is the GOP and congresses fault, no matter how ridiculous. The general public is going to believe it because congress has a approval rating lower than some third world dictators. The project that would carry oil from Canada’s carbon-heavy tar sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast. TransCanada, the company seeking to build the $7 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline, will now needs to reapply with a new route avoiding an ecologically sensitive area of Nebraska. The decision for the rejection cannot be characterized any other way than thousands of American jobs left of the table purely for political reasons. It is too bad the truth about why things are done can never be a sound bite, America does not have the attention to follow the ball on this one and it pretty much says it all.
Lame Steam media uses same old tick on Romney taxes
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Here comes the lame steamers and democrats to confuse the issue. This is the best thing they do get a candidate from the GOP to say the truth then blew it up. Mitt Romney said he pays an effective federal tax rate of about 15 percent. That was the red meat they needed. We like to blew up the lame streamers and when they do not let facts get in the way of misleading votes. The problem is they want you to believe this is a bad thing the 15% compared to the average tax filer that pays 35%. The problem is the money Mitt is paying 15% on he already paid the 35% on as earnings. So the lefties would have him pay double taxes 35% when he earned it and 35% every year it paid him interest. Then we could go with the fact that when the money pays 15% on is more than most people will pay in a couple city blocks. This is what they do and there can never be enough people that poke holes in this washed up, tied, over used, hate on the rich people tactic. Just doing our part now you go out there and let everyone you know that have not fooled you.
White House knew Solyndra before elections
Sunday, January 15th, 2012We know the lame stream media want the Solyndra thing to go away. First it makes their hero President Obama look bad and it makes clean energy look like a money grab. Everyone know it and even the White House did as just a few days before the 2010 mid-term elections, the White House knew that things were going very badly for taxpayer-backed solar-panel firm Solyndra, newly released internal emails show. The release of these emails to congress has been slow but it is clear on October 27, 2010, to the then-director of energy and climate change policy Heather Zichal reported the news to President Obama. “Here’s the deal, Solyndra is going to announce they are laying off 200 of their 1200 workers. No es bueno,” aide Heather Zichal wrote. It was less than eleven months later the company filed for bankrupty, triggering the congressional probes into why nearly $530 million was loaned to the company which exhibited problems early on. The bigger problem is did the White House tell Solyndra’s to delay the announcement until after the election. The thing just seems inappropriate all over the place from the Solyndra loan was tainted by stimulus politics from the outset, layoffs delayed until after the 2010 elections, and an indefensible loan restructuring, all of which has left taxpayers on the hook for half a billion dollars. The lame stream wants to hide it but we are not going to let that happen.
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GOP pulls in $27M in Q4
Saturday, January 14th, 2012Thoughts and ideas usually do not win elections, money does. There is no better example than this year’s GOP race. Mitt Romney is becoming the favorite not because of his ideas but because he has enough money and media support to become a front runner. Once this happens all the ideas get swept aside as no one wants to vote for a loser. The good news is Republican National Committee says it raised $27 million in the last three months of 2011. This great news because the GOP does not even have a candidate yet but we have a vision we need to remove the occupier of the White House. The fourth-quarter figures were bolstered by $11.6 million in contributions in December. Since the “super PACs money does not count and we know they exist there is also another pile of millions of dollars raised by those independent political groups. The problem as we have said since the summer that President Obama looked to raise one billion and we are thankful that is just a dream at this point. The problem the Democratic National Committee raised slightly just under $24 million during the same time period. That figure does not include an additional $42 million in donations to straight to the reelect Obama campaign.
Fed says unemployment will rise again
Friday, January 13th, 2012We are not sure anyone in the GOP field can win in 2012. We are happy that the news for the current administration cannot be filtered for pretend. If you believe the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as they claim the drop in the unemployment rate to 8.5 percent may be partially reversed in coming months. the forecast is that by the end of the year, it is going to be very different from 8.5 percent unemployment. This comes as the Fed policy makers will discuss at their Jan. 24-25 meeting in Washington whether more steps are needed to bolster an expanding US economy. The hard numbers are employers last year added 1.64 million workers, the best year for the American worker since 2006. Even with the gain, little headway has been made in recovering the 8.75 million jobs lost. The Labor Department posted the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 percent, down from 8.7 percent in November, 8.9 percent in October and 9.4 percent in December 2010. The reason the Fed does not share a rosy outlook that things are on the mend is history. The fear facing the economy that could cause growth to slow, as happened in the summer of 2010 and 2011 may return and be a new part of the work cycles.
Florida penalized for early primary
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012When to bell tolls it rings loud in the sunshine state. The Florida delegates that will be at the Republican National Convention are going to feel the penalty of their actions. It has been decided the national GOP has come up with the penalty for the state for holding an early primary in violation of party rules. The party national convention will be held in Tampa, but the RNC voted unanimously to give the Florida representatives second-class access to the whole affair. The smack down will make sure Florida’s delegates have poor seating and poor hotel options and limited in the number of guest passes they can hand out. The RNC officially said no further action is needed to carry out the punishment; this does come after they took a hit to their delegate count. The state is expected to lose half its 99 delegates as a result of its decision to hold the Republican presidential primary on Jan. 31. If you remember there are rules against a winner take primary before April. This way the race can be closer as we move toward super Tuesday. Florida did the same thing in 2008. This does set up a strategy that if you can win Florida and secure 99 delegates it makes catching up almost impossible especially if you have wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, or South Carolina.
Daley is out as chief
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012The White House is shuffling chairs on the deck of the titanic again. This time President Barack Obama has had to announce that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading home. This was no surprise based on the short but eventful time he spent as chief of staff a position he never seemed to respond to. We are not sure if the expectations were too high or the potential was never lived up to. The plan was for him to last at least until Election Day. It is more than likely that President Barack Obama wanted and needed a yes man for the position. The replacement after the nationwide search, just kidding the president tabbed budget chief Jack Lew. He is more of a Washington insider and a yes man so it is clear why he was chosen. William Daley lasted only one year as chief. He did have a good run which included the killing of al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, but the Congress did him in and proved he was not the right choice to coordinate an intense operation of ideas, offices and egos. We know until the book written everything was champagne and roses but where there is smoke there is fire.
President Obama looking to aid South Sudan
Sunday, January 8th, 2012We love a good media bias story and any time we can jump on the male stream media. If President Bush pulled the same stuff President Obama did we would be hearing about it all the time loud and clear? When their guy does something that draws question they act like it did not happen at all and then never report it to you. This is the case when the White House declared the government of South Sudan eligible to receive weapons and defense assistance from the US Right in step President Barack Obama was quick to issue a memorandum clearing the way the way to make it happen. Just like a tree falling in the woods nobody heard it or said anything. They did release a statement if you can find as they said the decision could potentially promote peace and regional stability in East Africa. We are not trying to say the situation is not dire as the outbreak of violence between two South Sudanese tribes that may have left thousands dead and some 50,000 people needing aid. So open the flood gates as the US now has the ability to send weapons to South Sudan, the White House of course has said no decision has been made on if they will or not. This makes you wonder why they bother to take this step. If you did not know the South Sudan had gained independence in July, becoming the world’s newest nation.
Let us move from NH to SC
Saturday, January 7th, 2012 We are not sure if we are more ready for New Hampshire to happen or just get out of the way. We are pretty sure mitt Romney wins New Hampshire although nothing is set in stone. We feel it does not matter if Romney wins we also do admit if he does not it means more. Since we think he is going to take it we want it out of the way ad get to South Carolina as we feel this is going to be the beginning of the story. New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner says he expects 250,000 ballots to be cast in the highly contested Republican presidential primary on Tuesday and 75,000 on the Democratic side. The number for the state breakdown like this 232,000 registered Republicans, 223,000 Democrats and 313,000 undeclared voters. During this primary election anyone who is undeclared can vote in either primary. The state also allows same-day voter registration at the polls. The last time when there was races on both sides 241,000 ballots were cast in the GOP primary and 289,000 in the Democratic primary. If you have been hung up on the top tier candidates there are plenty more as there are thirty candidates seeking the presidential nomination on the GOP ballot Tuesday and fourteen on the Democratic side, including incumbent President Barack Obama. The big deal is that Tuesday’s contest is the nation’s first primary of the presidential nominating season.
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