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Morning Briefing
For January 15, 2014
1. Wendy Davis’s Campaign Mocks Greg Abbott for Being Paralyzed
Wendy Davis’s campaign spin on her
fundraising numbers is impressive. She wants you to know that she raised
$12 million to Republican Greg Abbot’s $11.5 million. What she is
hoping you will ignore, and which much of the press will ignore, is that
Greg Abbott raised his $11.5 million in three months while Davis raised
her $12 million in six months.
And
this matters, and the media should focus on this, because Wendy Davis’s
campaign is mocking Greg Abbott for being in a wheelchair. No, I am not
kidding.
Wendy
Davis can only claim she raised $12 million by including the
fundraising totals of “her Senate account, gubernatorial account and a
political action committee formed with Battleground Texas that’s
dedicated to her election. Battleground Texas was formed to help Texas
Democrats, who have not won a statewide election in 20 years.”
It is very important for the media to note that Davis is including Battleground Texas as her money. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. The “Republican Main Street Partnership” is Democrat Funded
Steve LaTourette, a former congressman and
friend of John Boehner, runs the “Republican Main Street Partnership”.
Note the word “Republican.”
As the left-wing Talking Points Memo reported
a month ago, LaTourette and his Main Street Partnership have created an
affiliated SuperPAC called “Defending Main Street PAC.” Along with the
Chamber of Commerce and Republican Leaders, the Main Street Partnership
wants to take out troublesome conservatives. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Open Internet order loses. Net Neutrality struck down again.
As many of us predicted all along, the DC
Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the FCC’s Open Internet order, which
attempted to force “Net Neutrality” on the nation. The Open Internet
order was part of a plan claimed to oppose “discrimination” but in
practice would hinder ISPs from charging people for what bandwidth they
use. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Missionary of Doom: IRS Union Boss Warns IRS Underfunding Jeopardizes IRS’ Mission
The
head of the union representing the workers at one of America’s most
loathed government agencies is predicting dire consequences if Congress
doesn’t cough up more money to fund the Internal Revenue Service.
Colleen M. Kelley, President of the National
Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), must believe that the majority of
American taxpayers care about funding the Internal Revenue Service–much
less want it funded. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. This Really Isn’t Great News for Mitch McConnell
Superficially,
a poll that has McConnell leading Matt Bevin 53% to 31% looks good for
Mitch McConnell. In fact, the National Republican Senatorial Committee
has tweeted out the link to the poll as good news for Mitch McConnell.
But this past summer there was a 50 point gap in the race. Yeah — FIFTY.
Actually, Bevin was down 52 points last summer. So FIFTY-TWO.
By December, according to PPP, Bevin was down 27 points.
Now he’s down 22 points. Certainly it is a
different polling company, etc., but objectively he’s closed a pretty
significant gap. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
6. Union-Bought Architect of Card Check, Democrat George Miller Announces Retirement
After 40 years as a Washington politician, California Democrat Congressman George Miller has announced he is retiring.
Miller,
a staunch ally of today’s union bosses (and large recipient of union
contributions) was one of the main architects of the
hallucinogenically-named Employee Free Choice Act–a bill sought by union
bosses to effectively eliminate workers’ right to vote in a
secret-ballot election for or against unionization. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
7. Data Spying in the States: Public Safety or Invasion of Privacy?
While
the public has been focused on disclosures by former National Security
Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden about his former employer’s
powerful spying capabilities, it is worth paying attention to recent
reports of sophisticated data spying by state and local police agencies,
and what these revelations mean for policy debates.
Last
month, USA Today reported that at least 125 police agencies in 33
states have used a variety of spy-worthy tactics and technologies to
obtain information about thousands of cell phones and their users. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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