Big BIG news in North Carolina.
See, there is a guy in the United States House of Representatives that votes with Nancy Pelosi. A lot. I mean, a REAL lot.
Like 98.9% of the time David Price votes with Nancy Pelosi. That means that we have a member of Congress in our District voting as if he had the interests of California at heart. CALIFORNIA!
David Price has got to go!
And some good news:
So, alright. I’m guilty.
I listen to the Right. Except for my morning commute, where I listen to Brad and Britt, I get my radio and TV from the Right. My news, I get from more main stream sources; Economist, Reuters, CNBC, Wall Street Journal and NY Times.
But when I watch or listen, it’s from the Right.
So I started watching Maddow.
Posted in Elections 2010, Liberty, National
Tagged Conservative, Democrat, Liberal, Rachel Maddow, Republican
I have updated the races here. 
Without going into details, I have the Republicans picking up 7 seats and holding 48 seats. To be sure I have my bias.
So, to see how people who actually “put their money where their mouth is” I went to Intrade.
Posted in Elections 2010, Politics: National, Senate
Tagged Democrat, Politics, Republican
Been awhile. As predicted, the races are gelling, firming up. There are run a ways and there are tight races. In some cases the candidates have swapped front-runner position. Here is the rundown:
| State | Circumstance | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner | Spread |
| CT | Retiring Dem | Blumenthal | McMahon | Democrat | Democrat | 16.3 |
| DE | Retiring Dem | Coons | Castle | Democrat | Republican | 11 |
| IL | Retiring Dem | Giannoulias | Kirk | Democrat | Democrat | 1.7 |
| IN | Retiring Dem | Ellsworth | Coats | Democrat | Republican | 21 |
| ND | Retiring Dem | Heitkamp | Hoeven | Democrat | Republican | 27 |
This is an interesting group. And only because we are seeing a much tighter race in Illinois than folks anticipated. The reason? This is Barack Obama’s seat; the Dems can NOT afford to lose this one. They are pouring it on. My prediction? They lose it.
+4 to the Republicans
| State | Circumstance | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner |
| FL | Retiring Rep | Crist | Rubio | Republican | Independent |
| KS | Retiring Rep | Republican | Republican | ||
| KY | Retiring Rep | Conway | Paul | Republican | Republican |
| MO | Retiring Rep | Carnahan | Blunt | Republican | Republican |
| NH | Retiring Rep | Hodes | Republican | Republican | Republican |
| OH | Retiring Rep | Fisher | Portman | Republican | Democrat |
This one has stayed stable. Ohio remains a wild card but so does Florida. I stay with my original prediction that the Dems take a seat/
-1 to the Republicans.
| State | Circumstance | Democrat | Republican | Incumbent | Front Runner | Spread |
| AR | Term Dem | Lincoln | Boozman | Democrat | Republican | 25 |
| CA | Term Dem | Boxer | Fiorina | Democrat | Democrat | 4.4 |
| CO | Term Dem | Bennet | Norton | Democrat | Republican | 6 |
| HI | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| MD | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| NV | Term Dem | Reid | Angle | Democrat | Democrat | 1.6 |
| NY | Term Dem | Gillibrand | Blakeman | Democrat | Democrat | 17.7 |
| NY | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| OR | Term Dem | Wyden | Huffman | Democrat | Democrat | 17 |
| PA | Term Dem | Sestak | Toomey | Democrat | Republican | 2 |
| VE | Term Dem | Democrat | Democrat | |||
| WA | Term Dem | Murray | Rossi | Democrat | Democrat | 2 |
| WI | Term Dem | Feingold | Johnson | Democrat | Republican | 2 |
And then this group; crazy! Washington and Wisconsin are in the mix. And Nevada is back in play. I no longer think the Dems will split Colorado and Pennsylvania; the Republicans will take ’em both. Nevada back in play with Wisconsin and Washington? Repubs get one of ’em.
Republicans +4
And the termed Repubs? No chance for the Democrats to steal one.
Final score? Republicans +7. 52-48.
Continuing on the theme that Republicans Can Be Leftists Too is the latest installment. And the guilty party? None other than the Left’s favorite bloviator Sean Hannity.
I have been late in posting on this topic, and really, I should have been on top of it from the time it hit.
The subject?
The proposed mosque in New York City near the site of ground zero.
Republicans? Against it.
Me? Bad form. But if they wanna build it, they should be allowed.
Posted in Liberty, Politics: National, Republicans Can Be Leftists Too
Tagged Democrat, Jay Sekulow, Leftist, Michael Gross, Republican, Sean Hannity
I’m so very tired of the Left restricting Liberty wherever she shows her face. I’m further dismayed when the Right does it as well:
A lot of what I write about here bashes Democrats. Partly because I have long associated myself with the Republican party; self-criticism is a gift.
Further, we have a radical Democrat in office backed by a liberal Congress in both chambers. And the last reason that I go after Dems more than Repubs is that the errors of the Leftists can impact economies and States. The errors of the conservatives, while damaging, typically are not impacting on the same scale.
With that said, I know I hammer the Left. But I can’t let this one slide.
Posted in Immigration, Liberty
Tagged North Carolina, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Republican
We have a great chance here to make a difference. Mr. Lawson is running for the seat currently held by David Price here in North Carolina’s 4th district.
Tonight looks like a good night to update some of the races.
Let’s look at the first group; Retiring Democrats
| State | Inc Party | R-Candidate | D-Candidate | Leader | Spread |
| CT | D | McMahon | Blumenthol | D | 22 |
| DE | D | Castle | Open | R | 20 |
| IL | D | Kirk | Giannoulias | R | 5 |
| ND | D | Hoevan | Open | R | 24 |
| IN | D | Coats | Ellsworth | R | 12 |
I have moved the Indiana race to retiring Democrats; Mr. Bayh retired. Not much has changed since last time I posted except that McMahon has slipped and Castle has surged.
Based on this and restarting the count we have the Republicans gaining 4 seats.
Score: Democrats 55 Republicans 45
Not bad.
Posted in Elections 2010, Politics: National, Senate
Tagged Connecticut, Delaware, Democrat, Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota, Republican
I relentlessly chastise friends and family for playing the lottery. It’s designed for its players to lose. Even the way the game is design to create an environment for its players to lose.
Posted in Education, Politics: North Carolina, States Behaving Badly
Tagged Democrat, North Carolina, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Republican, Taxes