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Republican Suicide
We are going to lose the Senate in a few weeks.
I’ve said it. I’m on the record. I hate to throw water on everyone’s hopes, but it is going to happen.
I think we are going to see a lot of good things on Election Day. I think Marco Rubio is going to win. I think Rand Paul is going to win. I think Joe Miller is going to win. I think there is an excellent chance Sharron Angle will win and a decent chance Christine O’Donnell will win. I think the Republicans will pick up ten seats in the Senate.
If you have had your morning dose of caffeine, and do some quick math, you will realize picking up ten seats would give the GOP a one-vote majority.
There are two irrefutable facts we face going into this election. Statists never voluntarily give up power or at least not without a struggle and Republicans are generally so stupid that they measure the drapes before they have the office and snatch defeat from the jaws of certain victory.
Even as the Democrats try a brutal triage to save their majority, another plan is in the works. They have done this before.
I can guarantee you; the statists have already been reaching out to try and made a deal to entice one or more RINO’s to switch. Olympia Snowe of Maine is probably their first target. She is almost certain to face a conservative challenger in 2012. She is hated by the Tea Party. Jumping parties might look attractive to her to avoid a heated primary. She certainly would feel more at home in the Democratic Party. Susan Collins, the other “sell-out sister” from Maine may also be thinking the same thing. She doesn’t have to run until 2014, but an attractive offer could make her jump ship.
John McCain is another possibility. He has admitted he thought about leaving the Republican Party in 2003 and we certainly would have been better off if he had.
The one thing that may keep McCain on the GOP side of the fence is the virtual certainty that if the GOP does not take control of the Senate in 2011, they will in 2013. As many as 23 seats currently held by Democrats will be up in 2012 and if the GOP is within a vote before that election, the numbers alone almost dictate a Republican majority in 2013. McCain has been in both the majority and the minority and he knows how much better it is to be in the majority.
If the Republican leadership had any intelligence, and we know they do not, they should be talking to a couple of the most conservative Democrats and be enticing them to come over to the GOP. Ben Nelson of Nebraska might be one choice.
Two years ago, in Tennessee, the GOP learned a lesson. For the first time since Reconstruction, the GOP had taken control of the state House of Representatives. The man who was going to be Speaker of the House was so busy measuring the drapes for the Speaker’s chamber, he forgot that he only had a one-vote majority and the liberals never surrender power without a fight. They talked one RINO GOP representative into switching. He ran for Speaker and all the Democrats voted for him. He rewarded them by giving them a number of important committee chairs.
The good news is, we do not need to win the Senate. We do need to win the house and it looks like that will happen. For the next two years, we will not implement a conservative agenda. We will simply be stopping the liberal agenda. We cannot enact a conservative agenda until we have a conservative President. In the meanwhile, all we need is control of the house and forty-one senators with backbone.
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Permalink Reply by Cliff Parker on -
The Tea Parties are driving the debate. liberalism reached an apogee in 2008. Their policies created economic catastrophe. In the long run economics calls the shots.
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Permalink Reply by I M Temple on
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When "We the People," begin to choose a candidate and not the party, then everybody wins.
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Permalink Reply by Everette F. Hamilton on -
And the only way to do that is to take over the Republican party thru the precincts. Depending on the state, the same may be possible for the Democratic party later. In Pa. we have a number of people going into the Republican party precinct chairs, but wil take two or three terms to control.
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Permalink Reply by Vincent Calderone on -
Very true.
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Permalink Reply by Mary on
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I do not know what the future holds, but I am not willing to give up or admit defeat. We have come too far - anything can happen!
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Permalink Reply by Sandy Owen on
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Mary I agree with you! If we all stand strong-anything can happen! We have already come further than many would have dreamed when the Tea Party started!!
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Permalink Reply by Lourdes Comas on
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Everything mentioned in this article is a reality.
BUT STANDING TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE!!!!!!
My husband and I joined the Tea Party not to divide, but to conquer. We need to get the left winged socialists out of power or we are doomed for destruction.
We have seen this happen before in our country of birth: Cuba. Once they controlled all (Banking, education, government, health care, etc.) the nationalization process of EVERYTHING began, and the rest, as we all know, is history.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF OURS.
The democrats will try to "DIVIDE AND CONQUER"; BUT WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS BECAUSE WE WIIL BE A UNITED FRONT, and remember "IT IS IN UNITY THAT WE WILL BE STRONG AND WE WILL CONQUER".
GOD bLESS YOU ALL AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA
Lourdes C. - New Jersey
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Permalink Reply by Cliff Parker on
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This is an important post. Lourdes is an eyewitness to history. Nothing is more definitive than the facts as told by a reliable witness. Please continue to instruct us.
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Permalink Reply by Vincent Calderone on
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I think we can do more. There are hundred of votes that we have forgotten,"Nursing Homes and all Senior". Our senior have been effected the most by the new Medical cuts then anyone. We can help them by HELPING then fill out and send in absentee ballot.
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Permalink Reply by B J Zeagler on -
It is my understanding that this is being done by David Hall running for Congress against Jim Cooper in the 5th District, Nashville, TN.
He is also working to help educate the black voters. Many of these families live by "Conservative Principals". The Democrats have hijacked them and have kept them in slavery. Now they would like to do the same to us...
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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Sims on
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Find a good conservative black person that is willing to step out and "tell it like it is" to the black communities. We have an excellent black radio host here in MS, Kim Wade, who uses his radio show to speak out to the black community. Kim has also been a speaker at several Tea Party Rallies and considers himself part of the Tea Party Movement. He is also going to the inner city school council meetings and showing videos on educating the school children and showing what happens when they don't apply themselves and/or drop out of school. He especially explains how the blacks are being treated like chattel by big government and tells them how many of the liberal politicians want to keep them dependent. He's very involved in local politics, too.
We have a very good black man running for one of our Representative Districts but can't get our State GOP to help him financially. "They" feel 2 R's are more important to spend their money on so they can defeat the 2 Dems currently in office. This is the "establishment" part of the state GOP. The Dem this nice man is running against is very entrenced in DC and his own people can't or won't see that he rides around like a King and does nothing for them.
There is also another great radio personality, Herman Caine, who is very well spoken, knows the issues and is very conservative. He is a businessman and I love hearing his radio show. He would be a great condidate for office if he could just get backing and become better known.
So look around your state and contact those great conservative black people (I hate to keep saying that because I am definitely NOT a racist but not sure how to adequately explain without the designation). They are out there and probably just need support and encouragement to step out and speak boldly because they get labeled quickly as "traitors" or "Uncle Toms"!!
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