Morning Briefing
For October 18, 2012
1. 81 versus 62 is the Measure of Jeff Landry vs. Charles Boustany, Jr.
The Heritage Action for America (HAFA) scorecard, until the day I get around to doing one, is pretty much the gold standard for conservatism in Congress. The average House Republican has a score of 66%.
In Louisiana, thanks to redistricting, Congressmen Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry have been put in a district together. Louisiana has a jungle primary where everyone piles in together on November 6th and, if no one gets to 50%, the top two vote getters go into a runoff. The territory favors Charles Boustany, but conservatives would be nuts if they did not rally to Jeff Landry.
Jeff Landry has a HAFA score of 81%, well above the average for House Republicans. Boustany? He is at 62%. It’s not like this district is going Democrat. We should be able to have the most conservative person in the district. If Mitt Romney does get elected, we’re going to want to make sure we have as many conservatives in Congress not just to help pull him right and support him from the right, but to oppose him if he doesn’t go right.
That’s a simple reality conservatives must be mindful of. Jeff Landry is more conservative than Charles Boustany. Jeff Landry votes with conservatives more often than Charles Boustany. Jeff Landry is the guy conservatives should rally behind. . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Obama Lectures Romney On Cargo Cult Economics
There were several surreal moments in the debate last night between the Democrat candidate for president, Barack Obama, and the American candidate Mitt Romney. While most are focused on Obama’s stunningly brazen lie about his statement of the attack on our Benghazi embassy, the more telling episode showed that Obama is simply disengaged from reality as it is experienced by most people. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. We’ve Come 180 Degrees in the Attack of the Polls
The self-proclaimed reality based community is now where conservatives were two months ago. They don’t want anyone to believe the polls The polls are all wrong. Nate Silver, supreme chancellor of the left-wing polling operation, is yelling that no one should pay attention to the man behind the curtain.
They are in a catastrophic cacophony of echo chamber talking points melting down.
The same pollsters they relied on for months to proclaim their God-King still a God-King show him hemorrhaging support around the nation and in swing states. The very polls that showed Mitt Romney getting a butt whooping now show Mitt Romney mopping the floor with Obama. They cannot handle it. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Paging Mr. Oil, Mr. Gas, Mr. Coal: Obama on Energy
Much of Tuesday night’s Presidential Townhall from Hofstra University focused on energy, and oil and gas policy in particular. Taking credit for recent increases in oil and gas production seems to be a particular obsession of President Obama’s.
As I commented in my diary on the Denver debate, Mitt Romney displays an impressive, executive level grasp of the the salient facts with respect to energy. Tuesday evening, he summed up his opponent nicely: “[President Obama] has not been Mr. Oil, or Mr. Gas, or Mr. Coal.” With a little less ideology and a little more pragmatism, Barack Obama might have forged a legacy as the Energy President. Much as Bill Clinton rode the groundswell of the 1990s internet boom, Mr. Obama might have been able to translate his good fortune into political capital. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Latest Tim Gill Political Group Draws A Bipartisan Negative Response
Tim Gill’s latest liberal political “527″ creation, the Colorado Accountable Government Alliance (CAGA), recently came under heavy fire from candidates across the state on both sides of the aisle for approving what are being billed as slanderous hit pieces and political bullying tactics.
Within the last month, CAGA ran nearly half a dozen propaganda ads against candidates currently seeking office in Colorado. These negative ads were filled with outrageous and unfounded claims, causing candidates to threaten lawsuits and even prompting a local county government investigation into the newly formed CAGA campaign committee. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
6. Gov Agency Tells People to Register to Vote in Wisconsin, Not Prove Residency
A loophole in the law has led to a state agency in Wisconsin urging would-be voters to register to vote for the November election without proving they are in fact Wisconsin residents, Media Trackers has learned. State law says that anyone who registers to vote 20 days or more before an election does not have to prove they are a resident in order to vote at a Wisconsin polling place. Wisconsin is a battleground state as both parties find the road to the White House and control of the U.S. Senate running directly through it.
On its Twitter account, the Government Accountability Board, a so-called non-partisan election watchdog run by unelected bureaucrats tasked with running elections in the Badger state, has repeatedly tweeted out links to the state’s official voter registration form while helpfully noting that registrants do not need to prove they actually live in Wisconsin. “Open registration ends on 10/17 for the 11/6 election. No proof of residence is required,” one tweet reads. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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