Archive for October, 2010
The Democrats Will Steal the Election if We Let Them
The longstanding Democrat tactic of stealing elections threatens a reappearance on November 2. It would be foolish to pretend otherwise and rely on the voters’ voice to be heard merely because the public has turned on the Democrats.
A number of comments on my recent pieces dealing with electoral issues (particularly “The […]
Democrat says he’s heard Pelosi won’t run again for Speaker
Democrat says he’s heard Pelosi won’t run again for Speaker By Michael O’Brien - 10/19/10 01:47 PM ET
A House Democratic lawmaker said late last week that he’d heard Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t seek another term as Speaker.
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) said that not only would he not back Pelosi (D-Calif.) for Speaker again, but […]
Obama’s Proposed $250 Rebate to Seniors Unlikely to Sway Election, Analysts Say (Too Little Too Late)
Too Little Too Late: Obama’s Proposed $250 Rebate to Seniors Unlikely to Sway Election, Analysts Say
Published October 19, 2010 | FoxNews.com
President Obama and Democrats have proposed a $250 rebate to seniors who are not getting a cost-of-living increase in their Social Security benefits for the second year in a row, but the […]
China Is Said to Halt Exports to U.S. of Some Key Minerals
HONG KONG — China, which has been blocking shipments of crucial minerals to Japan for the last month, has now quietly halted shipments of some of those same materials to the United States and Europe, three industry officials said on Tuesday.
The Chinese action, involving rare earth minerals that are crucial to […]
Early Vote a Bad Omen for Reid …GO Sharron Go
In Nevada’s prime swing county, Republicans are significantly outpacing Democrats in early-voting turnout, according to official statistics — a potential sign of difficulty for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as he attempts to rally his base for his tough contest with Republican Sharron Angle.
Some 47 percent of early voters in […]
Republicans put 99 Democrat-held House seats in danger
“When Chairman [Pete] Sessions and Leader [John] Boehner said that 100 House seats were in play, Democrats scoffed,” said Ken Spain, the National Republican Congressional Committee’s communications director. “Today, they aren’t laughing anymore.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com
Does Sharron Angle have an “October surprise” for Harry Reid? ( I think so..)
The general consensus, even among the MSM and the left, was that Harry Reid did poorly in his recent debate with Sharron Angle. But it’s quite possible that she really shook him up, got him flustered, and totally threw him off his game. And he knows what’s coming….Remember, towards the end […]
New Poll shows Republican Raese Edging Democrat Manchin by 3
After a bad couple of weeks, Republicans worried that Joe Manchin might have overtaken John Raese in the race to replace the late Robert Byrd in the US Senate. A new Fox News poll shows that Manchin made up ground on Raese, but the Republican still holds a narrow lead over the […]
Obama Strips the ‘Creator’ from Declaration of Independence — Again
Obama Strips the ‘Creator’ from Declaration of Independence — Again Tuesday, October 19, 2010 By Penny Starr
(CNSNews.com) – For the second time in little over a month, President Barack Obama stripped the word “Creator” from the Declaration of Independence when giving a speech.
“As wonderful as this land is here in the United […]
Sarah Palin: “We Are An Exceptional Country And That Is Nothing To Apologize For”
“We asked for leaders who will recognize our foundation that America is the idea of being the most generous country on earth. The most prosperous, the most safest county. United under God, we are an exceptional country and that is nothing to apology for. Our America, we do not seek its […]
Romney’s $1.7 million tops field (CAPTION THE RINO MYTH ROMNEY)
Mitt Romney’s political operation raised $1.7 million from July through September, again pacing the field of prospective 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls.
The former Massachusetts governor, who lost a bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and is widely believed to be preparing another run, has built a robust political operation including […]
Barack Obama: ‘Fear and frustration’ drive voters
WEST NEWTON, Mass. - President Barack Obama said Americans’ “fear and frustration” is to blame for an intense midterm election cycle that threatens to derail the Democratic agenda.
“Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning […]
Rasmussen Predicts GOP Gain of 55 in House (Polls)
Newport Beach, Calif.—Nationally-recognized pollster Scott Rasmussen last night predicted that Republicans would gain 55 seats in races for the U.S. House of Representatives November 2—much more than the 39 needed for a Republican majority in the House for the first time since 2006.
But the man whose Rasmussen Reports polling is […]
Connecticut Senate: Blumenthal (D) Holds Smaller Lead Over McMahon (R)
Democrat Richard Blumenthal now leads Republican Linda McMahon by just five points in Connecticut’s race for the U.S. Senate in a survey conducted two nights after their third and final head-to-head debate.
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Blumenthal, Connecticut’s longtime attorney general, picking up 51% […]
O’Donnell Outpaces Coons in Fund-raising(2 to 1)
Christine O’Donnell, Delaware’s Republican Senate candidate, surprised her Democratic opponent, Chris Coons, by raising more than twice as much money in the three months ending Sept. 30, according to the campaigns.
O’Donnell also has twice as much money in the bank for the final stretch of the campaign.
O’Donnell’s campaign and Federal Election Commission records show that […]
Obama enthusiasm fades in unlikely place: Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — This is not a place where you’d expect President Barack Obama’s hopes of a new liberal era to founder.
The state has a long tradition of leaning left: It’s where Robert La Follette helped usher in the Progressive era, where anti-war protests took hold during Vietnam and where Gaylord […]
Pelosi & Family flights cost taxpayers $2.1 million (Send Princess Pelosi on early retirement. Vote Nov. 2nd)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and members of her family and staff took 85 tax-paid trips on military aircraft between March 2, 2009, and June 7, 2010, according to new documents uncovered by Judicial Watch.
Pelosi’s daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons were on the June 20, 2009, flight from Andrews AFB […]
Florida Judge Rules 20 States Can Sue to Block ObamaCare - Is Obama Care Legal?
(Reuters) - U.S. states can proceed with their lawsuit seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law, a Florida judge ruled on Thursday.
Read the whole story at Reuters
September home foreclosures top 100,000 for first time
(Reuters) - The number of homes taken over by banks topped 100,000 for the first time in September, though foreclosures are expected to slow in coming months as lenders work through questionable paperwork, real estate data company RealtyTrac said on Thursday.
Banks foreclosed on 102,134 properties in September, the first single month […]
Military ballots may not count in Illinois
CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law.
Cris Cray, Director of Legislation at the Illinois State Board of Elections, […]