Newt Beats Obama in New Poll

A new Rasmussen poll show Newt Gingrich beating Obama with Likely Voters.

The Newt Gingrich surge has moved him to the top of the polls in Iowa, big gains in New Hampshire and now a two-point edge over President Obama in a hypothetical general election match-up.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters finds Gingrich attracting 45% of the vote while President Obama earns support from 43%. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.

And for those of you still on the fence, here’s 11 reasons why Newt will be the GOP nominee.

In the spirit of Gov. Chris Christie: “What the hell are we paying you for?”

Here is a partial list:

To fundamentally transform the United States of America.

To put more Americans on food stamps than ever before.

To turn 16% of our economy over to the government (healthcare).

To plunder from the pockets of the producers and redistribute wealth.

To pay off political backers by “investing” in their non-sustainable solar companies.

To change union rules so as to make unionization easier.

To deny American energy efforts for the sake of “green” dreams.

To turn long-established bankruptcy law on its head by giving preferences to unsecured union creditors.

To apologize for America on the world stage.

To bow to the enemies of America.

To demonize millionaires and billionaires.

To implement rules and regulations costing businesses trillions each year.

To give the EPA power to destroy segments of our economy … coal, for instance.

To bailout certain industries and then stick the taxpayers with the tab.

To spend $800 billion on virtual dance projects and bridges for endangered squirrels.

To lose 2.5 million jobs in our economy.

To sue states when they try and do what the federal government fails to do – protect its borders.

The list can go on and on .. and it is way too easy to compile.  Please feel free to add to the list.  This should make for some interesting debate.

Newt Tells Obama He Can Use a Teleprompter When They Debate.

Classic.

Oh, Happy Day! Barney Frank Is Retiring!

In the past few days, I’ve gotten a puppy, a Kindle Touch, the Harry Potter 8-DVD box set… and now I got the news that Barney Frank is finally retiring. Christmas certainly has come early this year!

An Important Endorsement for Newt in New Hampshire

The momentum of Speaker Gingrich continues! Yesterday he received the coveted endorsement of the New Hampshire Union-Leader. In case you didn’t know, the publication has a history of endorsing candidates who go on to win the New Hampshire primary.

America is at a crucial crossroads. It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next year. We are in critical need of the innovative, forward-looking strategy and positive leadership that Gingrich has shown he is capable of providing.

He did so with the Contract with America. He did it in bringing in the first Republican House in 40 years and by forging balanced budgets and even a surplus despite the political challenge of dealing with a Democratic President. A lot of candidates say they’re going to improve Washington. Newt Gingrich has actually done that, and in this race he offers the best shot of doing it again.

We sympathize with the many people we have heard from, both here and across the country, who remain unsure of their choice this close to the primary. It is understandable. Our nation is in peril, yet much of the attention has been focused on fluff, silliness and each candidate’s minor miscues.

Truth be known, many in the liberal media are belittling the Republican candidates because they don’t want any of them to be taken as a serious challenger to their man, Obama.

Readers of the Union Leader and Sunday News know that we don’t back candidates based on popularity polls or big-shot backers. We look for conservatives of courage and conviction who are independent-minded, grounded in their core beliefs about this nation and its people, and best equipped for the job.

Yes, Newt has the experience we need and the conservative credentials that are vital to putting this country back on track. That’s why I endorsed Newt and that’s why many across the country are joining Newt too. The New Hampshire Union-Leader notes that while Newt is not a perfect candidate, that “Republican primary voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running.” I agree 100 percent. I’ve seen it throughout this entire campaign season, especially with bloggers who picked a horse early on, decided he or she was the only one who measured up, and then called every other candidate a RINO.

We can win with Newt. I’m sure of it. I’m glad to see  that with his rise in the polls others are starting to give him another look.

A Positive Message…

Too often, “hip hop” songs emphasize predatory sex and glorify street gangs and crime.. but this is a hip hop song with a different message.. as strong a pro-life message as I have ever seen, reportedly based on the true story of the artist:

Like everything else in this world, music can be utilized as a force for evil, or for good.  The positive message embraced by this song and video gives me great hope that the pro-life message will reach those who are most drastically in need of it.  A whole generation of great minds and awesome potential is far too often being flushed down a sink or placed in a garbage dumpster.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just got back from a 5 mile race in Buffalo, NY. Had a little trouble with the cold and the 13,000 runners being all over the place. Still good fun.

Anyway, enjoy this day with your families!

UPDATE: I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and avoided the Black Friday insanity. Regular blogging will resume on Monday.

12 Former Officials Indicted for Voter Fraud

Well as the talking point goes, all Republicans are racist, so….
….. for whom did these officials commit fraud?.

QUITMAN, GA (WALB) - 12 former Brooks County officials were indicted for voter fraud. The suspects are accused of illegally helping people vote by absentee ballot.

State officials launched an investigation after an unusually high number of absentee ballots were cast in the July 2010 primary election. “As a result of their grand jury findings 12 individuals were indicted in that particular matter and we will be trying that case in a court of judicial law instead of a court of public opinion so that will be pending this next year,” said District Attorney Joe Mulholland.

The defendants include some workers in the voter registrar’s office and some school board members. They are Angela Bryant, April Proctor, Brenda Monds, Debra Denard, Lula Smart, Kechia Harrison, Robert Denard, Sandra Cody, Elizabeth Thomas, Linda Troutman, Latashia Head, and Nancy Denard.

And as the second talking point goes.  “Democrats don’t commit voter fraud.”

Here is another example, drones, of Democrat voter fraud.  We see and will see this more and more as the Democrats begin to lose in the arena of ideas, when class envy, class warfare, demagoguery and race cards no longer have any affect.

No wonder, liberals are against any type of voter verification for without it they could not pad the ballot box.

Here’s an update.

And another.

Been A Bit Busy…

Sorry folks, I’ve been a bit busy… Christmas came early last night.

Her name is Zuzu. She’s a Beagle/English Bulldog mix.

Ouch: Dem Pollsters Say Obama Should Drop out

If you thought things were going really bad for Obama, you were right. But, apparently it’s a lot worse. Even Democratic pollsters aren’t able to hide the truth in the numbers. They see that Obama’s candidacy is in horrid shape.

President Obama should abandon his run for a second term and turn over the reins of the Democratic Party to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, two one-time Democratic pollsters wrote in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, which appeared online Sunday.

Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen argued that just as Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson decided not to pursue additional runs though they could have, Obama should do the same.

“He should abandon his candidacy for re-election in favor of a clear alternative, one capable not only of saving the Democratic Party, but more important, of governing effectively and in a way that preserves the most important of the president’s accomplishments. He should step aside for the one candidate who would become, by acclamation, the nominee of the Democratic Party: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,”Caddell and Schoen wrote.

Caddell, who worked as a pollster for President Jimmy Carter, and Schoen, who was a pollster for President Bill Clinton, argue that Obama will inevitably have to run a negative campaign in order to win reelection, the negative consequences of which will make it difficult for him to govern effectively.

See you next November, Barry!