HIT ME AGAIN, IKE, AND PUT SOME STANK ON IT! It’s “Battered Republican Syndrome” all over again. This budget deal – which has media-types who spat out Gov. Brian Sandoval’s name in disgust as recently as a week ago now singing his praises - is like a kettle of dead fish festering in a Las Vegas alley in the middle of July. The smell just gets worse the longer it sits out there. The unions are the Democrat Party’s base of support, especially the teachers union. Limited-government conservatives, including tea partiers, are the GOP’s base. The Democrats know better than to abandon their core supporters. Indeed, back in March Assemblyman Tick Segerblom said quite bluntly, “If we p*ss off the teachers, then we are a defunct party. They are the backbone of our party.” |
| Polls Show Women Turning on Obama By Dave Boyer, The Washington Times |
| Female voters have turned their backs on President Obama in droves, a development that Democrats vow to reverse as Mr. Obama gears up his re-election campaign. In 2008, women helped deliver the presidency to Mr. Obama, voting for the Democrat 56 percent to 43 percent over Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. Men split their votes between the two candidates almost evenly.... |
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| Obama's Dr. Death Tells Indiana to Fund Planned Parenthood By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com |
| The Obama administration today denied Indiana’s use of its new state law that would deny millions in taxpayer dollars to the Indiana affiliate of the nation’s largest abortion business. Governor Mitch Daniels signed the law, which would cut off anywhere from $2 million to $3 million the Planned Parenthood abortion business receives in federal funds via the Indiana government through.... |
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| Democrats Worry New Laws Threaten their Illiterate, Illegal, Dead Voting Base By Danny Tyree, FloydReports.com |
| According to Newsmax, Republican-controlled state legislatures nationwide are stiffening voting laws with changes that include requiring valid photo identification, restricting early voting and imposing stricter rules on those who can register to vote. Republicans assert that the changes are to ensure voters are qualified. Democrats counter that the changes are politically motivated and aimed at discouraging young and minority voters – many of whom comprise the party’s base. Reading between the lines, the Democratic argument boils down to “Many of the people with whom our message resonates most strongly are too lazy, uninformed, or muddle-headed to get out and vote. NOT THAT THERE’S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.” |
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