RedState Briefing 02/11/2014

Morning Briefing For February 11, 2014 Obama's MyRA Scam: Your Savings Pays for US Debt Boehner and Cantor Declare No Debt Ceiling Increase Without Obamacare Delay and Keystone Approval With the President delaying, again, parts of Obamacare, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor and Speaker John Boehner have declared they will not raise the debt ceiling unless the President does two things: (1) delay Obamacare by a year and (2) approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. In fact, Congressman Paul Ryan is standing shoulder to shoulder with them, telling Robert Costa, “Shutting down the government puts us on the wrong side. The fight is on the debt limit”. Further, the GOP won’t even bother fighting on a continuing resolution because they feel so strongly the debt ceiling is the path forward for a fight on Obamacare and the Keystone XL pipeline. Senator John Cornyn has even gone so far as to say the GOP might need to shut down the government to force Barack Obama’s hand in debt ceiling negotiations. There’s just one major caveat to their plan.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post → >> Today's Sponsor Obama’s MyRA Scam: Your Savings Pays for US Debt DOW Could Drop 7000 Points Due to Fed Tapering Experts Predict Imminent Collapse of U.S. Dollar Here’s Why Barack Obama is Delaying Obamacare Again The Obama Administration is yet again delaying the employer mandate for businesses with 50 to 99 full time workers. The reason is the congressional budget office report. Page 124 of the report has this language: "Beginning in 2015, employers of 50 or more full-time equivalent workers that do not offer health insurance (or that offer health insurance that does not meet certain criteria) will generally pay a penalty . . . . Businesses … may respond to the employer penalty by seeking to reduce or limit their full-time staffing and to hire more part-time employees". . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Tom Coburn Supports Ben Sasse Too Senator Tom Coburn is endorsing Ben Sasse for the Senate. Sen. Coburn joins an ever growing list of conservatives doing so. National Review, the Club for Growth, RedState, the Senate Conservatives Fund, Mark Levin, Paul Ryan, and more are all on board. In fact, Sasse’s campaign may be the one this year that stands out as united several parts of the conservative movement. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Why We Fight Our nation is worth fighting for. Our Republican Party is worth fighting for as well. The American Idea of individual liberty, limited government and free-market values was a radical departure from the long and widespread history of concentrated power. The notion that sovereign citizens could govern themselves was once scoffed at by the same nations of the world that have come to look upon America and our prosperity with envy. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Scarborough for President? Over at the Daily Caller, Alex Pappas has a story about Joe Scarborough possibly considering a 2016 run. I find this very interesting. I’ve had several encounters lately with Christians in politics and they really like Joe — all of them. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Veterans Used as Pawns in Effort to Grow Government Last December, Congress passed the ridiculous Ryan-Murray budget deal designed to grow government and set a permanent precedent to do away with the sequester.  The only real spending offsets in the entire bill were cuts to military pensions of those already in the service.  This was not some unforeseen consequence of the bill.  It was written in plain language.  We were one of the first to point it out before the bill came to the floor of the House and Senate. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Conservative Debt Ceiling Plan? #FireBoehner After offering their disgraceful plan to raise the debt ceiling for a full year at the GOP conference meeting, House leaders challenged conservatives to come up with their own plan.  It’s like a group of capricious leaders in a beleaguered village who break all of their weapons and urge the residents to surrender because there is no alternative. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Arrests, Citations Lurk at Union Group Approved by Obama Admin to Promote ObamaCare in Wisconsin Among the 165 groups approved by the Obama Administration to promote or set-up ObamaCare in Wisconsin is Wisconsin Jobs Now, a liberal get-out-the-vote group affiliated with the SEIU. According to the federal Department of Health and Human Services, the organization is working as a certified application counselor, or CAC. Numerous individuals who have been employed by Wisconsin Jobs Now or who work there now have been investigated, arrested or cited by law enforcement agencies for legal violations. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → >> Today's Sponsor Obama's MyRA Scam: Your Savings Pays for US Debt Sincerely yours, Erick Erickson Editor-in-Chief, RedState Forward This Email to a Friend Take me to RedState