Without making you read all the way down the page to get to the pay... Since the birth of the Union Movement in this country, those groups have exclusively donated to, backed, and voted for Democrats. Now, for the first time in history, a sitting Democrat President has lost financial support of at least part of his union coalition. What's even a worse sign for Barack Obama, is that this article speaks of a chink in that armor of at least one public sector union. Earlier this year it was the UMW who publicly declined to back Barack Obama, after he made good on a rare campaign promise to, "bankrupt," the coal industry. Now, it would seem as though some of the nation's teacher's unions are beginning to become disillusioned with the President who hails from the land of the Unicorn.
Over the past few years, lawmakers who have previously been considered solid supporters of teachers’ unions have tangled with them over a national education agenda that includes new performance evaluations based partly on test scores, the overhaul of tenure and the expansion of charter schools.
As these traditional political alliances have shifted, teachers’ unions have pursued some strange bedfellows among lawmakers who would not appear to be natural allies.
In Illinois, the top three recipients of political contributions from the Illinois Education Association this year are Republicans, including a candidate for the State House who has Tea Party support and advocates lower taxes and smaller government.
William Seitz, a prominent Republican state senator in Ohio who is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative business-backed group, has received more money this year from the Ohio Education Association than any other donor.
Teachers’ unions in Georgia and Texas have also donated to the campaigns of numerous Republicans, and the Indiana State Teachers Association shocked Democrats this year when it decided to endorse a fiscally conservative Republican who once helped write a resolution to eliminate property taxes, a typical source of financing for public schools.
Please do not misunderstand me. I am in no way advocating the practice of climbing into bed with these fine people. What the unions represent, and the influence that they are attempting to purchase here, is still anathema to everything conservatism stands for. I am not in favor of the whole sale destruction of my principles in order to secure electoral victory. I am merely pointing out that while we are reading the veritable ton of expert analysis which says that the end of the conservative movement is nigh, we are missing the very real signs that the opposite is true. As Deep Throat once famously said, "follow the money," and the money has just shouted very loudly, "Oh crap, we better donate to the enemy lest, we lose everything come November."
They say a shark can smell a drop of blood in the water from miles away when hungry. Well my fellow conservative sharks, this is that drop of liberal blood, and I am hungry to begin correcting the disastrous four years that was the Obama Administration. While we're at it, we should go all the way back to Woodrow Wilson and set to rights every single liberal encroachment upon our personal freedom that has taken place.
During any President's bid for reelection, in the entirety of our nation's history, only one incumbent has won reelection while polling under 50%, regardless of whether or not they held a lead in those polls during the campaign season leading up to the election. That somebody was William Jefferson Clinton, who had Ross Perot and his traveling show to strip enough of the conservative votes away from Bush and Dole to allow him to win two elections via plurality. Rasmussen and Gallop show the race being extremely tight, with about 5% who have not made up their minds. Typically, the late breakers vote overwhelmingly in favor of the non incumbent. The reason that they are undecided is that they are not happy with the guy in charge, who has failed to make his case to them in four years.
The other phenomenon at work here is the difficulty in predicting voter turnout models. Most pollsters will start with the turnout models from the previous Presidential election, which may not be even slightly accurate. Consider this, the last 7 Presidential elections have mirrored the turnout model of the previous midterm election. If that is the case this time around, Barack Obama will be firmly ensconced in McGovern/Carter/Mondale territory.
Just remember that our demise was reported by the appropriate talking heads in November of 2008. Since then Conservatives have gained 63 House Seats, 7 Senate Seats, 11 Governor's Chairs, and 780 State Legislature Votes. There is nothing that has happened during the last two years that would lead me to believe that the mood of the country has changed at all, let alone appreciably. Our elected conservative leaders did not drop our wishes as they did between 1994 and 1996. If anything, John Boehner has actually managed to hang tougher than I would have thought him capable. whether that was his idea or if he were pushed into it, I do not know, nor do I frankly care.
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Comment by JOHN DELASAUX on September 25, 2012 at 10:05am MickV writes: "Romney won't save the republic. He is covering for the treason of allowing a Usurper to assume the Presidency."
Where do you get this stuff, Mick? Do you really believe it?
Or, are you a plant, posting here to cause H & D ?
Comment by Mary Creekmore on September 25, 2012 at 8:38am Hey Ron Sorrells, =0) I totally agree with you and that is why we need to set aside a time every day to devote to repentance and prayer for our nation.
Comment by Billy Bowlegs on September 25, 2012 at 8:14am http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/unskewed-polls-show-nearly-8-point-romne...
'Unskewed' polls show nearly 8-point Romney lead
Is this a good "Camellia Sinesis Leaf" or not?
Since Communism abounds in the United States and the US Population are far to "dumbed down" to even realize it, ask yourself one question: "Is these charts a product of someone who want to tell the truth about the Communist News Media reporting on Polling?"; and then follow up with: "Is this a Communist Tactic to skew the data in the opposite direction to distract the true Republican Voters, win over the Independents that do not want Rommney per se, and to actually cause a true turn in the Polls favoring OBOZO?"
Sometimes, you have to climb right in the ring with the snakes to figure out which one is the most poisionous.
If a snake bites you with sharp fangs, most probably, it is a poisionous snake.
A tidbit - Good Snake Hunting in November. "Romney walks upright". "Obozo slithers". If you know what I mean.
Comment by Ronald Sorrells on September 25, 2012 at 7:30am Mary Creekmore:
If Our "Country is to be Saved" it will be The Hand of Jesus THE Christ Our Lord and Savior ! It will not be any mortam man.
The same force that brought it into being will be the Savior !
Ron
Comment by Mary Creekmore on September 25, 2012 at 7:17am Listening to my evening radio talk show last night I heard an Ohio caller who will vote for Obama again because he thinks neither Obama nor Romney will save the country. The radio host said that it is sad when someone chooses the "devil they know instead of picking the devil they don't know".
Comment by Mick V on September 25, 2012 at 4:51am Romney won't save the republic. He is covering for the treason of allowing a Usurper to assume the Presidency. Does he talk about Solyndra, and other pay to play taxpayer givaways? No. Does he talk about the Fed giving away $Trillions to foreign governments, companies, and banks, as well as domestic friends of the Usurper? No Does he talk about the fact that Obama was born a British subject of a British subject father, and is not a natural born Citizen? No Does he talk about the fact that a US sheriff investigation has found
Comment by Kate Bowe on September 24, 2012 at 8:53pm Can't copy and paste videos anymore. Is this TPN site causing this or the sites the you are trying to copy?
Anyway, here is a good one with short clips of all the stupidity liberals spew:
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Comment by Let Freedom Ring on September 24, 2012 at 8:47pm If it weren't for these main stream media farts shielding the evil one from any negative light, Romney would be leading obama by at least 30 points.
Gene Swank You raise an interesting question.It is as if these two groups dont't realize that we need each other. It is time to move beyond one issue status.
Comment by John Wiseman on September 24, 2012 at 7:01pm @Nita Durham, I would take the Zogby poll with a heavy grain of salt. This was an online poll, different from all of the other methodologies used, and different by the way from any methodology John Zogby himself has ever used. This might explain why Zogby has been silent up until now. I think you can safely call his poll an outlier.
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