Thursday, August 8, 2013

RedState Briefing 08/08/2013

Morning Briefing
For August 8, 2013


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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Sincerely yours,

Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState

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