Bellafonte: Obama Needs to Act Like a 3rd World Dictator to Handle GOP

The sad truth is that this is the way the far Left believes, and the crooner is NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT

CNBC’S Rick Santelli as Romney’s Veep Choice: After All, His Rants Led to the Tea Party Movement

     With Mitt Romney have all but clinched the GOP nomination for POTUS, the talk has now turned to the “LIST” of potential candidates for the 2nd slot on the ticket. The names that have been fielded range from Marco Rubio to Paul Ryan (He has my endorsement, for what its worth).

     But perhaps choosing a career politician is too expected, too much the norm, not enough to rally the masses to bring an “END TO THE ERROR” that was made in 2008.

       From the Daily Caller:

CNBC reporter Rick Santelli’s biggest fan couldn’t talk him into running for the White House.

But Jeff Kahn of the Draft Santelli for President effort admits he’s now on a new mission: creating some buzz in favor of presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney choosing Santelli as his running mate.

“Gov. Romney’s best, if not only, chance of defeating President Obama in November will be with non-politician Rick Santelli as his running mate,” Kahn said Friday.

He elaborated: “Rick Santelli complements Mitt Romney as a candidate. Choosing any career politician to run with him will not counter the voters’ concerns with Gov. Romney.”

“Rick’s populist appeal is broadly-based and includes, but is not limited to, traditional Republicans, conservatives, Tea Party members, independent voters, disenchanted former Obama supporters, and disenchanted with Congress, if not disenfranchised in general, Americans,” he said.

Read more:
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/13/romney-urged-to-pick-cnbcs-rick-santelli-for-vice-s2oaeL5Cpresident/#ixzz1

New Polls Put Herman Cain in Front Runner Slot in GOP Race

      With the distinct possibility that the New Hamshire primaries could take place as early as DECEMBER 6th of THIS YEAR, new polls released today show Herman Cain has taken the front spot in the GOP race.

        Both Public Policy Poll and the NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll showed siminlar results.

        It is still early, and as I see it, it is going to be a bumpy ride, right up to election night 2012.

Gov. Chris Christie to Announce 2012 Intentions, Again, For Real, This Time(?)! UPDATE: It Is a “NO”

     After saying no he would not run, then mulling the idea, then appearing at the Reagan Library at Nancy Reagan’s invitation, then sayin he was definitely not running, then aides saying he was agin mulling over the idea, at 1pm today, Gov. Chris Christie will announce his 2012 POTUS intentions. Once and for all ( maybe).

        This “jury” is still out on Chris Christie, but, can we see a CHRISTIE/ CAIN ticket for 2012 ??

UPDATE :  Does the GOP Field change if Christie enters, before the next debate?

UPDATE 2: FOX is reporting that close sources say a POTUS run by Christie is a “No”.

UPDATE 3: Christie: NJ, you’re stuck with me.

RNC Twitter: Obama’s Failed Leadership

RNCRNC   The same day Obama tells Congress to talk to everyday folks, he jets off to NYC to hobnob w/celebs: http://t.co/i8EjHmx #outoftouch 3 minutes ago RNCRNC   More bad news for Obama…. he’s under water in New York, poll shows: http://politi.co/ofvxla #2012 33 minutes ago RNCRNC   Former Amex CEO: Obama Policy Works Against Economy: http://bit.ly/qeAXmV #Obamanomics 1 hour ago RNCRNC   “It is an understatement to say that President Obama now owns the bad economy.” http://bit.ly/p8fcu0 #Obamanomics 1 hour ago RNCRNC   RT @RNCResearch: Even Democrats Are Saying…Obama’s Economic Leadership Is Sorely Lacking. http://bit.ly/qRB1Fw 2 hours ago RNCRNC   President Obama said he would be a post-partisan President- do you agree that he has fulfilled that promise? http://skygrid.me/oqjo9u 18 hours ago RNCRNC   As the country faces fiscal calamity, Obama’s schedule has been chock full of special access gatherings w/celebs http://bit.ly/rnvFDU 21 hours ago

Pelosi to GOP: Elections Really Shouldn’t Matter Much

(Weekly Standard) — Perhaps it’s sour grapes, or perhaps it’s a recent reawakening, but in a speech by Nancy Pelosi at Tufts University earlier this week, the former speaker of the House had some advice for her Republican colleagues in particular and some reflections on elections in general:

To my Republican friends: take back your party. So that it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election, because we have shared values about the education of our children, the growth of our economy, how we defend our country, our security and civil liberties, how we respect our seniors. Because there are so many things at risk right now — perhaps in another question I’ll go into them, if you want. But the fact is that elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do . . . But when it comes to a place where there doesn’t seem to be shared values then that can be problematic for the country, as I think you can see right now.

Keep reading…

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/04/12/pelosi-elections-shouldnt-matter-as-much-as-they-do/

GOP Governors Launch “StandwithScott.com”

Pence will NOT seek 2012 Presidential Run; Considering Run for Indiana Governor

Indiana Rep. Mike Pence will not run for president but has left the door open to running for governor of the Hoosier State in 2012.

“In the choice between seeking national office and serving Indiana in some capacity, we choose Indiana,” Pence said in a letter to supporters first reported by the Indianapolis Star. “We will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.”

Pence has been publicly mulling whether to run for the open governor’s office or for president for several months. In recent weeks, he has received considerable encouragement to run for president.

Pence’s leanings seemed to have zig-zagged in recent months.

Earlier this year he was widely expected to run for president. But, then former Sen. Evan Bayh (D) and Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman (R) both announced they would forsake what had been seen as likely runs for governor in 2012, leaving the field wide open for Pence. (Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels — himself a potential presidential candidate — is term limited out of office in 2012.)

for full article:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/pencewontrunforpresident.html

Hillbuzz: Gay Marriage from a Gay’s Perspective, & How the GOP Should Change Gears

This is from a recent post at Hillbuzz.org. The  “Boys” at Hillbuzz, as they refer to themselves, are not supporters of the idea of gay marriage, but do not support the manner in which the GOP wants to pursue the issue, in light of the District of Columbia legislation. JAMES points out that the view espoused by Hillbuzz about marriage vs. civil unions is very much what has been said here before:

Justin and I are both gay, but neither of us believe in “gay marriage”…any more than we believe in “gay baptism”, “gay communion”, “gay confirmation”, or “gay confession”.  ”Marriage” is a religious ceremony and it is a religious word.

Unfortunately, the state has stolen this word and repurposed it for a civil contract.

The state should not have the ability to marry anyone.  Period.

The state should have the ability to join two willing, consenting adults in a contract that forms a civil union between those two people.  That is the right job for the state.

Churches can decide to marry whomever they choose, based on their religious traditions, which the state should be separated from in all things.

If Republicans were smart, they’d change gears and throw Democrats off by putting an end to the senseless attacks on gays that relate to this crusade against “gay marriage”.  The GOP has never been able to hire a decent PR and branding firm, for whatever reason, and keeps making the same stupid mistakes because that’s just what they’ve always done and it’s programmed into them for some bizarre reason.

If they wised up, they’d instead launch a crusade against the term “gay marriage” itself, and they’d find a way to call the Left intolerant for trying to jam the church and state together.  That’s a very interesting and winning angle, making the Left the bad guy that wants to force religion into civil matters.

Republicans should clearly affirm as loudly as possible that “marriage” is a religious term and that the state should not be using that language ANYWHERE, for ANYONE.  All actions the state performs are civil in nature, by definition of that word.  The joining of two people in a legal contract is a union.  Therefore, the state’s joining of two people is a civil union.  That is what should happen at a court house, where a “civil union license” is issued…NOT a “marriage license”.

for full article:
http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/25/the-party-of-stupid-is-at-it-again-gop-pushing-for-gay-marriage-ban-in-dc/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Rep. Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Tapped tp Give GOP Response to The State of the Union Address

     Forcefully challenging the ObamaCare legislation and the attacks from the Left this week as the House debated the repeal of the debacle legislation, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) stood firm in his resolve that the legislation would not save us money, but in fact would cripple our system,

      So it came as no surprise today that the 40-year old Congressman was chosen to give the GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday evening. Perhaps not a frontrunner name for the 2012 Presidential sweepstakes, Ryan’s name has already been listed as one with potential, perhaps the Vice-President slot for this “trip to the big dance”.