The Voting Battles are Underway

Reminescent of the 2008 Election Day, the New Black Panthers have taken up their “monitoring” of the polls in Pennsylvania, sans the billy clubs. GOP Pollwatchers were banned from another site until a judge issued an emergency order. A woman in Denver was told she could not wear her M.I.T. sweatshirt in to vote because it was “political”, as was a t-shirt in Texas that said “Vote the Bible”.

In the battleground areas such as Ohio and Florida, there will be challenges to the process made throughout the day.

Meanwhile, President Obama and the First Lady will do some satellite talks from Chicago, enjoying their home there (where they will soon be sent packing to unless they opt for that $35million dollar home in Hawaii). The President is said to be preparing for his traditional Election day basketball game. The GOP contender is taking the battle head on, right to the end. After the Romneys voted in Belmont, MA, and the Ryan’s voted in Janesville, WI, it was back to the campaign, with stops in Cleveland OH, Pittsburgh PA, and Virginia, before both couples meet up together in Boston tonight for what many expect to be the celebration of the Election of POTUS #45, Willard Mitt Romney!!

And, for the election weary, your rest will be shortlived. For regardless of tonight’s winner, there is one thing we can be assured of…. the 2016 Presidential race begins TOMORROW!

Despite an Optimistic Front, Liberals fear ObamaCare Ruling in Virginia

from the Wall Street Journal:

The White House expressed confidence yesterday that ObamaCare will survive a federal judge’s ruling that invalidates the law’s health insurance mandate. But behind the optimistic facade, many liberals are worried that the current political climate could give the Supreme Court cover to strike down a key part of the law.

“The states challenging the law are calling for an expedited review of the decision, citing the enormous costs they face in complying at a time of budget stress,” one Democratic congressman told me. “We could see this struck down by the Supreme Court sometime in 2012, just in time to undercut Obama’s greatest accomplishment.”

for full article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019862743245974.html?KEYWORDS=John+Fund

Individual Mandate UNCONSTITUTIONAL: ObamaCare Loses in Virginia

     Round One goes to Virginia and its Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

     Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson has ruled, based on the merits of the case, that the individual mandates that lie as the foundation of the ObamaCare legislation are UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Here’s a PDF of the decision

        It goes without saying that the Justice Department will appeal this decision, the next step on the way to the Supreme Court. But this ruling also give optimism to the 20+ states who have filed suit together in Florida on similar grounds.

       Stay tuned!!!!!!!

ObamaCare and Tenth Amendment May Be on Collision Course to the Steps of the Supreme Court

As in Virginia, several states are weighing whether such state legislation can challenge federal authority, setting up a possible U.S. Supreme Court case in the eyes of some.

After filing his bill earlier this year, Marshall told IFAwebnews.com that the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act would protect individuals’ rights and stop abuses in the nation’s capitol he said had similarities to criminals.

“Mobsters used to offer ‘protection’ to business owners, so when Congress says that if individuals don’t become customers of businesses that contribute to them, to me that crosses the line,” Marshall said. “For me, it is hard to distinguish what is going on in Washington, D.C., from criminal activity.”

On the same day the Virginia General Assembly passed Marshall’s bill, the Idaho Senate also approved the Idaho Health Freedom Act (HB 391), which deems the individual mandate unconstitutional and permits the state to sue Congress or any other body enforcing such a mandate.

Full story: http://ifawebnews.com/2010/03/11/virginia-first-state-in-nation-to-pass-anti-mandate-health-reform-bill/

State Sovereignty: A Virginia Rally

Virginia Elects Republican Bob McDonnell as Governor

      The polls in Virginia closed just an hour ago, and with 30% of the precincts reporting, Bob McDonnell has been elected as Virginia’s Governor, defeating Democratic opponent Creigh Deeds. Deeds, who would not state that he is an Obama Democrat, did not get the White House support that NJ Governor Jon Corzine has received.

      McDonnell won 60-40, and from all appearances, Lt. Governor Bill Bolling (R) is being re-elected by the same margin, and Ken Cuccinelli, also a Republican has won the Office of the Attorney General.

     Virginia’s First Family Elect:

ObamaCare May hinge on the Nov. 3rd Election Results

     The Republicans are almost assured that they will take the Governor seat in Virginia, and probably the Lt. Governor and Attorney General spot as well. The DNC is pulling out all the stars this weekend to campaign for Gov. Jon Corzine as he battles to retain his seat in New jersey. The polls have the race so very close that the DNC is scared.

    And then there is the tiny 23rd Congressional District in New York, where the liberal RNC candidate has been written off by the NRCC as of this weekend, and there is a possibility that the Conservative candidate may be a threat to the Democratic candidate.

     The results of these three races may well shape the outcome of ObamaCare, and possibly the remainder of the 39 moths of the Obama presidency. If 2 of these races go to the Republicans, the moderates, the Blue Dogs, may well run from the ObamaCare.

Is the Next President going to be elected before November 4th?

     It is estimated that approximately one-third of all ballots cast in the upcoming general election will NOT be cast on Election Day, November 4th, 2008. Instead, one-third of all voters will utilize their state’s Early Voting system.

    This election cycle has thirty states that offer an Early Voting system, in one form or another. To see what impact this may have on the election, one need only look at the dates that some of the states begin this process.

    In the battleground state of Virginia, Early Voting begins on Friday, September 19th, followed by Idaho on September 22nd, Missouri and South Dakota on September 23rd. (For the complete list, http://www.bipac.net/calendar_gen.asp?g=nam_gotv ).

    What makes this so important is the fact that the Republicans have experienced a major boost since the Republican Convention, and this will carryover to the Early Voting. Throughout the election cycle, a common note has been stated, in that Sen. Obama has yet to “close the deal” with the American public. Beginning September 19th, he may have lost any chance to do so. Unfortunately, we must still wait until November 4th to see John McCain acknowledge receiving Barack Obama’s concession phone call.