Roy Blunt for Senate ????

I often read with amusement that the GOP is dead.  I’ve heard all of this before, only to see the GOP come back bigger and stronger than ever.  Given that Barack Obama is fast becoming a younger, more charming version of Jimmy Carter I’m not too worried.   However …every so often we do something so completely stupid that I question whether we deserve to win or not.

Case in point – former House Minority Whip Roy Blunt’s (R-MO) candidacy to succeed Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO).  If Blunt is the type of candidate we’ll be running in 2010 I fully expect the Dems to trounce us again.

How can we expect the average voter to take us seriously if we are running guys who personify the reasons that the voters threw us out to begin with.  In his video Blunt says that we can’t “borrow and spend our way to prosperity”.  Guess what guys, Blunt was part of the leadership that turned the Congressional Republican majority from a bunch of fiscally responsible conservatives to a bunch of mealy-mouthed spendthrifts.

What’s next?  Tom DeLay for Senate?  How about John Boehner for President?  How about a new party?

If the Missouri GOP can’t find some young DA or state legislator to run, give the seat up before putting someone like Blunt into the Senate.  I know that Blunt comes from a politically powerful family, and is powerful in his own right.  However, if the NRSC or RNC is willing to throw conservative principles so far down a well then the wishful thinking of the left could just become a reality.

I Thought It Was Republicans Who “Politicized” Science

Remember when HRH, the messiah, Barack H. Obama was running for president and he promised “never to allow politics to get in the way of science”?  Well, things seem to have changed a bit since moving Michelle and the girls into the big house.

My Red Maryland colleague Mark Newgent discusses attempts by the Obama administration to hide key facts from the public as the forced march towards cap and tax unfolds.  In Obama land “transparency” means “transparency … when it supports our policy goals”.

The Universival Healthcare Myth

Barack Obama wants it.  Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) wants it.  At least Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) is honest enough to publicly admit that he wants it. What are we talking about?  Single-payer universal healthcare.  In other words, these folks want to burden American citizens with socialized medicine.

Of course, few Democrat elected officials are as honest as Cardin.  Kratovil espouses an “individual mandate”.  So does Obama.  What will be the end result?  SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.

Check out Patients United to learn more.  We certainly won’t be getting much info from a media so infatuated with Obama that they are simply laying down all pretense of objectivity and broadcasting infomercials.

The Reagan Myth???

Whether at Q&O or The Next Right, we at Delmarva Dealings have always been a fan of Jon Henke.  Unfortunately, today’s piece over at The Next Right forces us to examine several factors in evaluating future Henke commentary on the future direction of the GOP and the conservative movement.  Perhaps:

• I’m simply too old (I was born in 1960).

• Henke is too young to adequately grasp the history of the modern conservative movement (Jon was in kindergarten when I was knocking on doors for Reagan in 1976).

• Henke has swallowed the foolishness of political “branding” and abandoned his (former?) libertarian philosophy.

I always considered Henke to be a better student of history:

The conservative movement that arose in the 60’s and 70’s reached maturity in the 1980’s.  That period became the conservative movement’s frame of reference; the experiences, lessons and skills learned up to that point became the Republican Party’s hammer, and when all you have is a hammer…

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Morning Line – March 25, 2009

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NCCo Council talks pay cut AFTER tax hike.

Kilroy highlights Delaware bills calling for transparency in school district contracts and disbursements.

DelawareLibertarian finds flaws in Delaware FOIA reform.

David Anderson argues for Delaware gay marriage ban.

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8% of Maryland seniors may not graduate.  I guess that making them take a test lowers their self esteem.

Majority leader Miller says it’s time to change state song.  I’m sure that will fix all of the state’s woes.

Ehrlich ally on Cordish slots team.

Phillip Morris getting help from Maryland Dems.  If you can’t get a tax cut, hike the taxes on your competitors.

Tax amnesty moves forward.

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Support Real Fairness, Oppose the Fairness Doctrine

Maryland Senators Andy Harris (R-7) and Alex Mooney (R-3) have introduced SJ11 – a resolution in opposition to any reintroduction of the “Fairness Doctrine”. For those of you too young to remember this oxymoron, the “Fairness Doctrine” required all broadcasters to provide equal time to opposing points of view. Of course, this led to the liberal domination of ALL media.  Conservatives somehow weren’t worthy of equal time.

Since the abolition of this ridiculous rule, Americans have been afforded access to more points of view than ever before. Unfortunately for the left, liberal media like Air America and MSNBC have struggled because they can’t grab an audience in the free marketplace of ideas. This is why the left wants to re-introduce the rule in some form.  For liberal media to survive, they need government subsidy.

Why?  Too many of us support outmoded and simplistic ideas such as limited government and fiscal responsibility.  We can’t have any of that.  Can we?

To show your support for the free market of ideas, show your support for SJ11 at:

McHenry Shows Why GOP Not Ready to Return to Majority

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has never been a conservative.  In many ways McHenry is the Frank Kratovil of the GOP.  He has no true philosophy.  When it can get him votes, he claims the mantle of Reagan.  When it suits, he sucks up to the Bush wing of the party.  Basically, the guy would sell his parents for the right number of votes.

Greg Sargent claims that McHenry is a “key player in crafting the Republican message.”  If this is true, this only proves that we are not ready to move back to the majority.

McHenry’s view:

We will lose on legislation. But we will win the message war every day, and every week, until November 2010,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., an outspoken conservative who has participated on the GOP message teams. “Our goal is to bring down approval numbers for [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and for House Democrats. That will take repetition. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Read more

Morning Line – March 11, 2009

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Delaware to host tax day Tea Party.

Castle tops Beau Biden in poll.  Expect Beau to receive medal soon.

Government workers rally to fight lay-offs.  They were probably on the the clock to boot.

Delaware attempts grab at bigger piece of PORKULUS pie.

DelawareLiberal claims that the GOP is evil if it doesn’t vote the socialist line.

Markell wants to spend $60,000 to grab as much pork as possible.

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O’Malley working for PORKULUS – Round II.  Last week Obama had saved the world.  Now Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley needs MORE money.

Is Maryland going into the horse racing  business?

Lefties going after Del. Ben Kramer in MoCo council race.

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Six Virginia senators call for RPV chair Jeff Frederick’s ouster.

Both Brownlee and Cuccinelli claim lead in race for GOP nomination for Virginia AG.

Another lefty scam leaves taxpayers holding the bag.

If endorsements win elections, Moran may have a lock on the Dem nod.

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Former CU prof Ward Churchill still whining.

Obama claims to curb pork.  Proves constitution doesn’t matter.

Health care reform already over budget and they haven’t reformed anything yet.

Morning Line – March 10, 2009

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Dave Anderson proposes a solution to Delaware’s budgetary woes.

Wilmington borrows $15.5 million to subsidize developers.

DelawarePolitics takes on DelawareLiberal … on religion.

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Is public campaign finance just another way for Dems to game the system?

O’Malley praises PORKULUS … again.  Tuition freeze stays in place.

Praisner’s daughter backs Kramer to replace father in MoCo District 4 special election.

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Del. Clarke Hogan to retire.

VA Beach Sheriff Paul Lanteigne to retire.  Will Ken Stolle seek office?

Hampton schools lay off about 200 employees due to declining enrollments.  A fiscally responsible school board?  Who would have guessed.

Rusty McGuire endorsed by 6 incumbent delegates.

Three days of Phish.  $1.2 million in drugs seized.  Who said the Dead were dead?

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Steele continues to slide.

Pelosi shows that the “politics of corruption” is alive and well.

Even TommyWonk asks if BHO is overreaching.

WorcesterRight takes on earmarks.

Morning Line – March 9, 2009

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Colossus poses an interesting question.  After BHO reduces the charitable deduction, will we then be told what groups we can contribute to?

Delaware is the 26th freest state?  I guess that’s pretty good compared to Maryland (46th).

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The Baltimore Sun’s Paul West on the rise and possible fall of Michael Steele.

Re-regulating energy.  Rolling blackouts, here we come.

Red Maryland’s Mark Newgent on climate change.  … or was it global warming?  … the next Ice Age?

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Harris will not see RPV Chair.

The McDonnell AG’s office.  Style bodes well for Gov. McDonnell.

Barbara Comstock running for Virginia House seat.

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Even Dems are catching on to the bait and switch of the Obama administration.

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