Wednesday, October 29, 2014

America Needs Republicans, Libertarians and Independents to Vote Together on Tuesday to Bring Obama Under Constitutional Control

For a change, the GOP can take comfort in what the Washington Post has to say -- "Republicans entered the final week of the midterm campaign holding higher ground than Democrats, aided by public dissatisfaction with President Obama’s leadership, the direction of the country and the federal government’s ability to deal with major problems," said the Post today, quoting the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. Voter attitudes have been shaped by a pervasive sense of a nation in trouble. Overwhelming majorities say the country is badly off track and give the economy negative ratings. Economic expectations are little better today than they were at this time four years ago, with 60% saying they cannot trust the government in Washington to do what is right - the same as a year ago in the aftermath of the government shutdown and the botched rollout of the federal Web site for Obamacare. The Post poll shows that the multiple crises confronting the country - including the spread of Ebola in West Africa and cases here at home, as well as threats from ISIS militants - has led a majority to say that the government’s ability to deal with big problems has declined in the past few years. Among those who say this, many more - by 3 to 1 - blame Obama and the Democrats than blame Republicans in Congress. The poll shows that the general dissatisfaction appears to be affecting public interest in the 2014 campaign, which has been marked by an unprecedented amount of money spent by candidates and outside groups. Voters in states with competitive Senate races have been barraged with negative ads that began running early this year and now submerge local newscasts. The survey highlights that there is less interest in this midterm campaign than there was in the 2010 and 2006 elections — 67% say they are closely following the election this year, compared with 75% who were doing the same in 2010. Just 22% of voters say they have been contacted by an individual or organization regarding the congressional campaign, 12 percentage points lower than at this time four years ago. Among those who say they are certain to vote, Republicans appear to have more enthusiasm about voting. And more people who voted for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012 say they are closely following the midterms, compared with those who say they voted for Obama. The Post says Democrats will try to counter that enthusiasm gap with a get-out-the-vote operation that is aimed at persuading sporadic voters to cast ballots. It will require a huge Democratic effort because when asked whether they will vote for the Democrat or the Republican in their House districts, 50% of likely voters say the Republican and 44% say the Democrat. Among the larger universe of registered voters, Democrats have an edge - 47% to 44%. The Post says that this swing of nine points between registered and likely voters is identical to the difference recorded at this point in 2010, when the Republican advantage translated into a GOP gain of 63 House seats. This year, expectations for GOP pickups are more modest, largely because there are far fewer competitive districts and fewer opportunities for the GOP. Still, the latest poll shows that in many respects the potential 2014 electorate looks a lot like that of 2010, based on a comparison with exit polls from four years ago. Among Democrats and Republicans, more than 9 in 10 again say they plan to vote for the House candidate of their party next week. Among independents, Republicans hold a sizable advantage, as they did four years ago. Men favor Republicans by double digits, while women favor Democrats by mid-single digits. But the real battle is over control of the Senate. Republicans need a net gain of six seats to become the majority party in the upper chamber. At this point, they are heavily favored to pick up three of those six, with good opportunities to win seven Democratic-held seats - in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, New Hampshire and North Carolina. But Republicans are fighting to hold on to three seats of their own, in Georgia, Kansas and possibly Kentucky. The new Post-ABC News poll gives only general clues about the Senate races in those states, many of which tilt toward Republicans in presidential elections. The poll shows that in nine states with competitive Senate races, 57% of voters express a preference for Republicans in the House elections, compared with 39% for Democrats. The poll concludes that there's more confidence today than in September that Republicans will win enough seats to claim the Senate majority, although this is not a certainty. Nearly 70% of Republicans say a GOP majority would be a good thing, while half of Democrats say it would be a bad thing. In many of the states with competitive Senate races, the Post says that other public polls have found that Obama’s approval is below his national numbers, creating a drag on Democratic candidates. The new Post-ABC survey puts Obama’s overall national approval rating at 43%, up a statistically insignificant three points from two weeks ago. His disapproval rating remains unchanged, at 51%. The view of his handling of the economy is 42% positive, 52% negative, about the same as it has been throughout this fall. Obama has begun to campaign on behalf of gubernatorial candidates but he has avoided appearances in states with genuinely competitive Senate races. In those states, the candidates are seeking to put distance between themselves and the President, despite the fact that their voting records strongly support Obama. More than half of voters say that the President will not be a factor in their vote. But among those who say he will be, the percentage who say they will use their vote to express opposition to the President is 10 points higher than the share who say they want to send a message of support for him. ~~~~~ Dear readers, the Republican Party is within shouting distance of taking control of the Senate and forming a cohesive Congress that will offer positive alternatives to the negative Obama agenda that is destroying America at home and abroad. BUT -- it is absolutely imperative that we stay the course and get out the vote. Republicans of all persuasions, as well as independents, must vote and help others who share their principles and values to vote, too. And we should make a real effort to bring our libertarian friends with us. Ask them to make their vote count by voting Republican. This is not the time to let the small differences among us divide us. Our fundamental battle is with the big-government big-spending anti-Constitution anti-individual-liberties Democratic Party. We have them on the ropes. Do not let them get away. Do not waste even one vote. America needs us.

10 comments:

  1. Amen! Ms. Casey Pops, Amen!

    The only thing that seemingly can stop the republican from greeting control of the Senate, and increasing their majority in the House is ourselves and a final week of nothing but TV ads and NO contact by party people asking for your vote.

    Social network, social network, and more social network, along with spending someone eleses money is what politics has come down to. I once managed a small state house and the whole campaign plan was to knock on doors, up and down every street, NO regards to who was registered what, their religion, the color of their skin , or even the knowledge of their sir name. WE WON. the district was 7 to 1 registered democrat. We just stayed to a strong conservative message on economics, jobs, military.

    Asking someone for their most precious political things - THEIR VOTE- is not rocket science.

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    1. Oh Wow! Every night now I'm getting calls and I love it! It tells me it still works.

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    2. If by "it" you mean the election system, I would sadly disagree. The voter fraud via who votes, how many different 'dead' Ames they vote under, the rigging of the 'secure' voting machines, the absentee ballot voting, and most,y now most states "Early Voting" some 30 days prior to Election Day.

      Are the ballots from early voting really secure? And what the heck us Early Voting anyhow ?

      Election Day is the first Tuesday after the first Minday in November - period. That worked for years - not sure why it won't today???

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  2. I don't believe that the pollsters have any honest idea as to the strong feeling of absolute disgust that the people have for the economy; our degraded position in the world arena; our dwindling military size and strength.

    Many are predicting huge mid-term election voter turn outs ... it could be just the opposite. Citizens are feed up with the lies, dishonesty, and personal misconduct of elected official today that they may just not want to participate. There is a great feeling of disconnect between the citizens and their governments - local, state, and federal governments.

    This is the danger of these times - the divide between the government and the people. Obama has done nothing except increase this separation, and he has done it with malicious of forethought.

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  3. Every scandels that the Obama administration has been the root cause of is still today- nearly 6 years since Obama assumed the presidency - laying in one big smoldering compost pile on the White House grounds someplace.

    And not a single scandels as been adequately addressed, not any solved, not any passed onto the judiciary branch ... NOTHING has been accomplished. Obama has been allowed to skirt each and everyone right under the noses of the elected Republicans in Washington DC.

    Make no doubt about it - I will vote next week, and every vote I execute will be for candidates with moral and honest convections. Every Proposition willbe fir issues that address the stoppage and strengths get if the Constitution.

    I will no longer vote for caDidates on,y because they have an 'R' after their name. Or a Proposition that does nothing for anyone or expands entitlements one dollar more.

    The day of my vote being free and easy for any/all Republicans is over forever.

    And I far from believe that I'm unique in this stance. The day of the party voter on the conservative side us over and the GOP can only look in the mirror to see the answer why.

    I'll vite fir all good, honest conservative candidates and constructive Propositions. But any one with question marks or ones that are leaning the slightest to the left are dead with me.

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  4. This may be the strange year where we do pull together because I think the hatred of Barack - baby and the Dems far exceeds the problems we have with each other.

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    1. If the leadership of the GOP fails in this Mid-Term election or even if they do succeed in winning the Senate and increasing the majority of republicans already in control of the House of Representatives and the Republican elected leadership in both bodies with the chairmanship of all the committees FAIL. To bring about restoration of the economy, jobs, resumption of the rule of law as outlined within the Constitution. What we will have us a GOP allocated to 4thoarty status as in most European countries that have multiple party system.

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  5. Stand Up and be CountedOctober 29, 2014 at 5:59 PM

    President Reagan said..."We have a date with destiny."

    Republicans believe he was speaking solely of them. Some think he was talking of all Americans.

    If the Great Communicator was here today, watching the workdays a past president and uttered those words, I believe they would be intended for the world. And all the citizens who cherished their freedoms. And those that worship a kind and decent God.

    Because if things don't go right next Tuesday ... Things will falter quickly on the workd's stage. And what we Anericans, we Reaganites, we believers in our Founders, we believers in the fact that all en are created equal by their creator.

    It's all in our hands. Come next Wednesday morning the government we have will be that of our creation.

    Please vote.

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  6. In his farewell speech in 1989, Ronald Reagan said: "As government expands, liberty contracts." He was right. Government cannot give us our liberty, and as government grows, liberty becomes marginalized. The collective takes precedent over the individual— and freedom shrinks.

    The Constitution must be our guide. For conservatives to win nationally, we must stand for something. We must stand on principle. We must stand for something so powerful and so popular that it brings together people from the left and the right and the middle.

    The GOP will revive Reagan's law: For liberty to expand, government must now contract. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.

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  7. Senator Rand Paul has been making a lot of speeches the past few weeks about the need for a coalition between the republicans, young & old conservatives, libertarians, everyone that treasures their freedoms and the rule of government under the Constitution as it once was.

    As personally political as he is, he makes a lot of sense that the coalition path is the quickest way back from where the U.S. has been dragged to.

    If the GOP comes up short of the expectations of control of both houses of Congress, and 3-4 new governor mansions, I'm afraid we'll witness a strengthening of the Libertarian movement by the departure of the "true conservatives" from the GOP ranks. And along with that exodus will be a lot of conservative monies and newly formed PAC.

    Democrats can't beat the republicans ... only Republicans can defeat the republicans, And a less than stellar showing on Tuesday (at least matching the barest of minimal victories) will start the wagon rolling towards a 3 party system - a system we don't want to emulate at all.

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