Barone: To Get a Mandate, GOP Must Win Another Election

By Michale Barone
Those who consider themselves constitutional conservatives should take care to consider not only the powers that the Constitution confers on the different branches of government and reserves to the states and the people, but also the schedule that the Constitution sets up for sharp changes and reversals of public policy. Read more at GOPUSA... Read More......

Tracking Gov. Kitzhaber's campaign promises

OREGONLIVE.COM, 1/8/2011 by Ryan Kost, The Oregonian - During the campaign for governor, John Kitzhaber made more than a couple promises to the voters. By our count, he made at least 34 of them. Over the next four years, PolitiFact Oregon reporters will be tracking whether he keeps those promises. Read more at Oregonlive... Read More......

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'Mourning in America' video from Citizens for the Republic

Related text: In 1984, the Reagan reelection campaign set the standard for modern political advertising with its fabled "Morning in America" series, which included one of the greatest political ads of all time -- "Better, Prouder, Stronger." The ad captured the zeitgeist -- America under President Reagan was coming back, full of optimism and confidence in the future.

Today, the zeitgeist is exactly the opposite. Americans are worried about their future, and about a government determined to implement policies that just don't work. But like its predecessor, "Mourning in America" offers a new hope -- if we can just get our government to return to time-tested policies that can spark a rebirth of liberty. Read More......

Voters will have chance to meet Republican candidates Monday

See Corvallis Gazette-Times article HERE.

What: Republican Candidates' Fair & No-host Luncheon (optional)
When: Monday, September 27th
Where: King Tin Restaurant, 1857 N.W. Ninth St., Corvallis
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Candidates attending:

• Jim Huffman for U.S. Senate
  
• Rose Cook for State Representative, Dist. 16
  
• Jerry Jackson for County Commissioner, Position 1
  
• Mark O'Brien for Corvallis City Council, Ward 1
  
• John Detweiler for Corvallis City Council, Ward 6
  
• Rick Schroff for Corvallis City Council, Ward 7

See you there! --bc Read More......

G-T to host forum for Oregon's Dist. 4 candidates for U.S. Congress

The Corvallis Gazette-Times will sponsor a voter forum on Monday for all three candidates in the 4th District congressional race. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 4515 S.W. West Hills Road. Read more at the GT... and then click on comments for additional information.

Note: Republican candidate Art Robinson has challenged Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) to an actual debate directly after the forum. Will DeFazio meet the challenge?

NOPE, he didn't... made a speedy get-away instead! Read More......

Rove: Will the GOP Storm the Statehouses?

WALL STREET JOURNAL, 8/5/2010 by Karl Rove - [Excerpt] The GOP wave is so strong right now that Republicans could simultaneously win the governorships in the critical Great Lake battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois. And the GOP is likely to win the governorship in other presidential battlegrounds like Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon. Read more at WSJ... Read More......

Karl Rove updates 2010 Senate races

KARL ROVE'S NOTES (fb), 5/26/2010 - "New polls in the wake of last week's primaries have led to a slew of changes on the Senate map. Pennsylvania moves from leaning Republican to a toss-up after new polls show Sestak (D) closing on Toomey (R), and despite a primary battle between Sen. Bennet (D) and Romanoff (D), Colorado also moves from lean GOP to toss-up. California shifts from toss-up to lean Democratic as new polls show Sen. Boxer (D) ahead of her prospective Republican opponents. But Washington becomes a bright spot for Republicans as new polls show the entry of Rossi (R) to the race against Sen. Murray (D) shifts the state from leaning Democratic to a toss-up."

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Mr. Rove won't mind if we prove him wrong on Oregon's Senate race. --bc Read More......

2010 Elections: GOP youth more jazzed than Democrats

SUNTIMES, 3/9/3010 - WASHINGTON--More GOP youths are more excited about the 2010 elections that their Democratic counterparts. That's a finding from a poll on youth trends by Harvard University's Institute of Politics in the Kennedy School of Government. Read more at Suntimes.com

The poll also finds young Republicans are showing more enthusiasm than young Democrats for participating in the upcoming midterm elections with 41% of Republicans planning on voting, compared to 35% of Democrats and 13% of Independents. A detailed report on the poll's findings is available on the Institute's homepage at www.iop.harvard.edu.

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America Rising: An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians

Hat tip: Jerry Jackson (via email), "Wow, you have got to watch this video. Talk about powerful. I hope it makes it to television for the 2010 elections."

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On November 4, 2008...
We gave you power.
In the House.
In the Senate.
And in the Oval.

We voted for hope.
We voted for change.
Balance would be restored.
Our world would be safer.
Our families would be stronger.
Our future would be brighter.
We trusted you.
So we elected you.
We regret it.

So in 2010...
You will lose big.
No more taxes.
No more spending.
No more Socialism.

We tried to warn you.
But you wouldn’t listen.
So now you will pay.
Why?
FREEDOM.

You’re a threat,
To our economy,
To our health care,
To our Individual liberties.

You bet the farm.
Government takeovers.
Bailouts.
Liberal policies.
TARP
$700 Billion
Federal Stimulus
$1.2 Trillion
Federal Reserve Rescue
$6.4 Trillion

Tax.
Spend.
Redistribute.
We’re BROKE.

+10% Unemployment.
And now you want...
Our health care?

Backroom deals.
Payoffs.
Blatant and shameless BRIBES.
We’ve had enough.

We’re taking our country back.
From radicals.
Leftists.
And Liberals.
We’re coming after YOU.
AMERICA RISING
NOVEMBER 2, 2010. Read More......

Rove: Can Republicans Retake the Senate in 2010?

WSJ'S OPINION JOURNAL, 12/10/2009 by Karl Rove - Probably not, but their candidate recruitment so far has been stellar. ∴ Political currents are running against the party of Barack Obama. Democrats now trail Republicans by four points in Gallup's generic ballot poll. In 1994, the year the GOP took control of Congress, it wasn't until March that Republicans took the lead in that poll—and then only by one point and for a short period of time. ∴ With a good environment this election cycle, Republicans have recruited competitive candidates who could turn otherwise close contests into runaway victories, likely defeats into wins or at least close contests that, if things break right, tip to the GOP. Read more at WSJ...

Let's work extra hard to make Mr. Rove happily eat his "Probably not..." words. --bc Read More......

Black Republicans Say 2010 Will Be Their Year

PATRIOT UPDATE.COM (via FOX Reader), 10/12/2009 - Allen West, a retired Army colonel who is running for the second time against Democratic Rep. Ron Klein in Florida's 22nd congressional district, West, is one of a small but determined group of black Republicans running for seats in the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives in 2010. Read more on FOX (Reader)... Read More......