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May the Rumblings of 2009
become the Fireworks of 2010
securing our Liberties
over the Tyranny in the Capitol
Florida’s Governor initially thought his ascension to the United Senates Senate in 2010 was an entitlement that would make his campaigning a “walk in the park”. But his primary opponent, Marco Rubio, is narrowing the gap in the polls, and today, the CLUB for GROWTH endorsed Rubio over the incumbent Governor:
The Club for Growth made it official this morning, throwing its weighty endorsement behind former Florida state House Speaker Marco Rubio‘s (R) Senate bid and significantly complicating Gov. Charlie Crist’s (R) path to the nomination.
Club president Chris Chocola praised Rubio as “one of the brightest young stars in American politics” and a “proven champion of economic liberty.” Chocola also skewered Crist for repeatedly taking the side of “big government liberals on major economic issues facing America today.”
The Club’s endorsement of Rubio had been rumored for months but momentum for it picked up after the former state legislator managed to raise more than $1 million between July 1 and Sept. 30 — proving viability against the incredibly well-funded Crist.
What will the Club’s endorsement mean for Rubio? First and foremost, money. The Club has shown considerable capacity to bundle — collecting a series of donations from their donors and then directing them to a candidate — hundreds of thousands of dollars to those they endorse.
One needs only look at the $400,000 the Club bundled for Conservative party nominee Doug Hoffman in his unsuccessful bid for New York’s 23rd district last week as evidence of its power.
For full article and related:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/fl-sen-club-for-rubio-trouble.html?wprss=thefix
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574525651614413982.html
from America’s Right:
So where do we go from here?
It’s by no means certain that this monstrosity will pass in the Senate. The longer the debate lasts, the less chance it has of passing. Pelosi knew this, which is why she broke her pledge to have it online for 72 hours before a vote. If the American people had enough time to peruse through the 2,000 legislative Goliath they would have found more than enough reasons to oppose it.
So Jeff’s analysis is correct: the only reason this bill got passed is that in the euphoria of passing the Stupak amendment (which banned funding for abortions) conservatives let their guards down. I don’t think this was a deliberate strategy from the Democrats, but it doesn’t matter. When you want to sell something for $25 you set the price at $30. Then, when you come down $5, the other guy feels like he’s getting a deal. That’s what happened here.
It’s going to come down to timing again in the Senate. Right now the Democrats have the momentum because they won in the House. The glory of victory fades quickly in Washington, however, and then attention will turn back to the bill itself. The faster we can get people to focus on the facts instead of the rhetoric the faster we can sap support for this bill.
For Full post: http://www.americasright.com/2009/11/reactions-to-pelosi-care.html
Congress Funds Study on How To Avoid Constituents, Stay in Office
Posted October 28th, 2009 at 5.13pm in Ongoing Priorities.
This Friday, the tax payer funded Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) is hosting a briefing for Members of Congress and their staff on their new study: Online Town Hall Meetings: Exploring Democracy in the 21st Century. The CMF study consisted of 21 townhall meetings where Members of Congress and CMF provided a moderator: “spoke via voice over IP, and constituents asked questions and made comments by typing them. Only off-topic, redundant, unintelligible, or offensive questions were screened, and only questions asked by people who had not yet asked a question were prioritized.”
CMF does not say what qualifies as offensive, but if this summer is any indication that definition would include anything that the Congressman did not want to talk about. In other words, this report urges Congressmen not to actually interact with their constituents, but to avoid them altogether by holding safe townhalls they can completely control. And what did CMF find where the results of these Potemkin townhalls
See Full post at http://blog.heritage.org/2009/10/28/congress-funds-study-on-how-to-avoid-constituents-and-stay-in-office/
