I posted earlier about an effort to require ID to purchase prescription drugs. Apparently the abuse of prescription drugs is enough of a concern for liberal lawmakers to require proof of identity.
See, in North Carolina you don’t have to prove identity to vote. You only have to appear and recite your address. The polling volunteer can’t so much as ask you how long you’ve lived there or how many people live at the residence.
They just nod, smile and give ya a ballot.
Posted in Government, Politics: North Carolina
Tagged Damon Circosta, Democrat, Leftist, Republican, Voter ID
The argument made for the case of abortion is that it’s a woman’s choice what she wants to do with her body. And to the extent that we’re talking about her body, I couldn’t agree more.
Tattoo? Go for it.
Piercing? Have at it.
Cut your hair? Dye your hair? Cut your finger nails? All yours.
But does there exist a moment in time when the “woman’s body” transforms into the body of the child? That is, is there a time, after conception and before literal birth when the collection of cells goes from a biology experiment to a living human?
Posted in Liberty, Politics: State
Tagged Democrat, Left, Politics, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Republican, Right
I am hard on Democrats. And to be fair, I should really be more clear and rail against Liberals. After all, I am SURE there are some decent minded Democrats out there. The problem is, however, that Democrats are forced to keep supporting Liberals….and THAT makes me look at ’em sideways.
Anyway, the recent TSA hullaballu has me laughing at people. And in this case, I’m mostly laughing at the Right.
Posted in Liberty, Politics: National, Republicans Can Be Leftists Too
Tagged Democrat, George Bush, Politics, Republican, TSA
There’s an old saw that says:
There’s a reason it’s called “Risk Taking”. If there wasn’t, they’d call it “Sure Thing Taking”.
The same holds true regarding decisions of fiscal responsibility.
Posted in Economics, Politics: North Carolina
Tagged North Carolina, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Republican
We killed ’em! The Democrats were soundly beaten and the message has been sent:
“Not here, not now, not this way”.
So what does it mean? What does this roar of the people mean to the Republicans in DC?
Lemme tell ya what I think it DOESN’T mean.
Posted in Elections 2010, Immigration, Liberty, Politics: National
Tagged Democrat, I Love You Man, Republican
It may be easy to say this year. After all, the indications are that the Republicans are going to have a massive success.
That being said. No matter what happens tomorrow, it is truly an amazing country we live in.
In all likely hood, we’ll be seeing a regime change right before our eyes. Not one bullet will be shot. Not one drop of blood dropped.
Amazing.
With that said:
Posted in Diplomacy, Elections 2010, Liberty, Politics: National
Tagged Democrat, Politics, Republican
Very little has changed:
| State | Status | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner | Spread |
| CT | Ret. Dem | Blumenthal | McMahon | Democrat | Democrat | 12.5 |
| DE | Ret. Dem | Coons | O’Donnell | Democrat | Democrat | 17.2 |
| IL | Ret. Dem | Giannoulias | Kirk | Democrat | Republican | 2.8 |
| IN | Ret. Dem | Ellsworth | Coats | Democrat | Republican | 19.3 |
| ND | Ret. Dem | Heitkamp | Hoeven | Democrat | Republican | 47 |
As you can see, there are still 3 Republican wins.
And the races with retiring Republicans is the same as well, all Republican wins.
The situation where the Democrat is facing the end of the term is also the same, only with a bit more clarity:
| State | Status | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner | Spread |
| AR | Term Dem | Lincoln | Boozman | Democrat | Republican | 16.7 |
| CA | Term Dem | Boxer | Fiorina | Democrat | Democrat | 6.4 |
| CO | Term Dem | Bennet | Buck | Democrat | Republican | 1.6 |
| HI | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| MD | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| NV | Term Dem | Reid | Angle | Democrat | Republican | 1.8 |
| NY | Term Dem | Gillibrand | Blakeman | Democrat | Democrat | 22.4 |
| NY | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| OR | Term Dem | Wyden | Huffman | Democrat | Democrat | 18 |
| PA | Term Dem | Sestak | Toomey | Democrat | Republican | 3.2 |
| VE | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| WA | Term Dem | Murray | Rossi | Democrat | Democrat | 2.2 |
| WI | Term Dem | Feingold | Johnson | Democrat | Republican | 6 |
Still, the Republicans walk with 5.
And, where Republicans are facing the end of the term, again, no Democrat wins.
I still see an 8 seat swing for the Republicans.
Dems – 51 Republicans 49.
However, the smart money doesn’t agree with me:
You make the call. Either way, a good day at the office for the Republicans.
Posted in Elections 2010, Politics: National, Senate
Tagged Democrats, Politics, Republican
We face a critical time as we get closer to the election this November. We simply can not continue with the same processes and methods of doing business.
For right or for wrong, the decisions we’ve made to get us to this point are not going to bring our problems under control. It’s clear that that we need a change, and we need it right now.
B.J. Lawson represents that opportunity. His top 3 priorities are:
HEALTH CARE:
The answer to our health care problems does not come from Washington. It comes from eliminating the middlemen who stand between patients and providers, freeing up the market for catastrophic health care insurance and health care savings accounts, and giving health care freedom back to providers and patients.
Finally, the key to fixing health care is fixing primary care. Our medical “safety net” already spends more than enough money to purchase high quality primary care for every American. We’re just wasting most of that money in unnecessary administrative overhead.
TAXES
I will stand against bailouts and corporate welfare, and in defense of businesses that succeed by serving their customers instead of paying their lobbyists.
As your Congressman, I will renew the Bush tax cuts, oppose global taxation schemes like Cap and Trade or “carbon taxes”, fight for targeted spending cuts to reduce bloated bureaucracy, and embrace a foreign policy we can afford.
SIZE OF GOVERNMENT
As your Congressman, I will push for solutions to these economic issues that empower local economies, not the federal government. I will pursue solutions that embrace transparency and free markets, while rejecting bailouts that favor the politically connected and too big to fail.
Choice is simple.
Look, I get it. The new popularity of the conservative movement is that we have to reduce the size of the government. We have to Spend Less, Tax Tess. Reduce spending and reduce taxes.
I get it. I do.
But we can NOT reduce taxes right now UNLESS we reduce spending.
Now, I AM a proponent of the idea that when taxes are raised it acts as an economic inhibitor. That businesses will grow slower or even shrink. That as taxes rise, the amount of money we bring in is actually less than the amount we could have brought in.
But there is a limit.
So, where would you cut?
Posted in Politics: National
Tagged Budget, Conservative, Defense, Democrat, Liberal, Medicaid, Medicare, Republican, Social Security, Taxes
Time for some status. All the big primaries are over and we know who is running against who.
First, the Retiring Democrats:
| State | Status | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner | Spread |
| CT | Ret. Dem | Blumenthal | McMahon | Democrat | Democrat | 7.5 |
| DE | Ret. Dem | Coons | O’Donnell | Democrat | Democrat | 15 |
| IL | Ret. Dem | Giannoulias | Kirk | Democrat | Republican | 1 |
| IN | Ret. Dem | Ellsworth | Coats | Democrat | Republican | 16 |
| ND | Ret. Dem | Heitkamp | Hoeven | Democrat | Republican | 27 |
I think we lost Delaware. And that’s okay. We weren’t going to take the Senate and this sent a message to the Republican establishment; Come big or Stay Home.
From my count, we moved from taking 4 to only taking 3.
The next group is the retiring Republicans. The only news of note is that Florida is steadily moving away from I-Crist to R-Rubio. One for the good guys:
| State | Status | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner | Spread |
| FL | Ret. Rep | Crist | Rubio | Republican | Republican | 10 |
| KS | Ret. Rep | Republican | Republican | |||
| KY | Ret. Rep | Conway | Paul | Republican | Republican | 7 |
| MO | Ret. Rep | Carnahan | Blunt | Republican | Republican | 5.5 |
| NH | Ret. Rep | Hodes | Ayotte | Republican | Republican | 6.4 |
| OH | Ret. Rep | Fisher | Portman | Republican | Republican | 13.3 |
We lose 0.
The biggie. This is the one that counts; Term Limited Democrats. In my mind, we move from taking 4 to taking 5. Ohio went our way.
| State | Status | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner | Spread |
| AR | Term Dem | Lincoln | Boozman | Democrat | Republican | 25 |
| CA | Term Dem | Boxer | Fiorina | Democrat | Democrat | 5.5 |
| CO | Term Dem | Bennet | Buck | Democrat | Republican | 2.4 |
| HI | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| MD | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| NV | Term Dem | Reid | Angle | Democrat | Democrat | 0.5 |
| NY | Term Dem | Gillibrand | Blakeman | Democrat | Democrat | 6 |
| NY | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| OR | Term Dem | Wyden | Huffman | Democrat | Democrat | 16 |
| PA | Term Dem | Sestak | Toomey | Democrat | Republican | 6.8 |
| VE | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| WA | Term Dem | Murray | Rossi | Democrat | Democrat | 6.2 |
| WI | Term Dem | Feingold | Johnson | Democrat | Republican | 8 |
Now, I admit, I AM ASSUMING that we win one of the three: New York, California or Nevada. BIG assumption. But that’s 5 to the good.
And the Term Limited Republicans? The news is so good I’m not even going to post it! We lose 0. Not even close.
That means I have the Republicans picking up 8 in the Senate. That moves us from 59-41 to 51-49.
Posted in Elections 2010, Politics: National, Senate
Tagged Democrat, Politics, Republican