Morning Briefing
For August 8, 2013
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Will
you just let me mention here how staggering it is the amount of energy
the GOP will put into passing immigration reform, but not into defunding
Obamacare. Just staggering.
Erick
1. DONE!
Some time
around 11:30 a.m. yesterday, about seven hours into our campaign, we
reached the $10,000.00 goal from around 200 donors for Ken Cuccinelli.
I’m curious to see how much we can raise. Before sunset we crossed
$15,000.00.…
I also
want to mention briefing ActRight.com, through which we are doing this
fundraising effort. Since 2005, the left has used ActBlue as an activist
portal. Leftwing activists can support candidates and causes through
ActBlue. It’s actually a very well done site its designers and founders
should be proud of.
The GOP
should hold its head in shame that it has never been able to come up
with something similar. There have been several attempts over the years.
The most popular was probably Slatecard, but it went away. Many of the
major consultants in the GOP have their own fundraising portals and
bleed candidates dry to use them. These consultants get really rich
doing this and have worked mightily behind the scenes to shut down
Republican efforts at creating a counterpart to ActBlue.
I am
happy to use and support ActRight.com. I hope they have the staying
power. Major conservative donors should pay attention to their own
failure in funding groups like ActRight.com and I hope RedState can help
ActRight ramp up and stay around longer than the predecessors on the
right.
We need this — we as in the conservative movement as a whole. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. David Vitter Fights Back Against Obamacare
I
reported yesterday that Senate Republicans and Democrats have declared
truce over Obamacare as it relates to congressional staffers and members
of Congress themselves. Republicans have decided they will not attack
Democrats because they want the exemption too.
One
member of Congress who is not only enraged by this, but is willing to do
something about it, is Louisiana Senator David Vitter. This afternoon
he has mailed letters to House and Senate Leaders as well as President
Obama, demanding that Congress be treated like everyone else with no
exemptions or carve outs for congressional staff.
I hope he
will hold strong and stand with Senator Mike Lee to oppose funding
Obamacare in the continuing resolution. He signed Mike Lee’s letter so I
expect we won’t have to worry about that at all. Good for David Vitter
taking the lead on this. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Wife Of Ft. Hood Survivor: “DOD Is Gagging Us”
Autumn
Manning, wife of Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Manning who was wounded in the
Ft. Hood terror attack, is speaking out on Twitter. Manning claims that
the Department of Defense has “slapped victims of violence with gag
orders” and is preventing them to discuss denial of benefits and other
developments in the wake of the attack. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. The August Amnesty End-Run Around the Conservative Base
One
difference between the two major parties is that Democrats harness the
energy of their base to fight legislative battles; Republicans make
end-runs around their base to obviate their energy.
Let’s examine the GOP’s strategy for dealing with immigration. Instead
of harnessing their energy to fight amnesty and hang it around the
necks of Democrats in the red state electoral landscape next year, they
are trying to outflank the conservative base with subterfuge in order to
pass amnesty. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Congress’ fiduciary duty to repeal ObamaCare
As
I was putting together the latest roundup of horrible ObamaCare news, I
found myself wondering how Congress could reconcile a failure to repeal
or defund this disaster with their basic fiduciary duty to the American
taxpayer. I know this will sound hopelessly quaint, but the government is supposed to be a careful steward of our public treasury. The treasury is filled with property confiscated from its rightful owners by force. This is morally justified on the grounds that vital services must be performed for the general public. Of
course we have great debates over how “vital” any of these “services”
are, but even the biggest Big Government enthusiast should agree that
government at every level must be careful with the taxpayers’ money. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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