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2014

Raffi Williams on Failure of NAACP to Recognize Black Republican Victories

November 7, 2014 by Daniel

RNC Deputy Secretary Raffi Williams went on “Fox and Friends” to challenge the NAACP on their failure to recognize the significant black republican victories of Representative-elect Mia Love and Senator Tim Scott.

The statement issued by the NAACP read:

“NAACP STATEMENT ON OUTCOME OF THE 2014 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

November 05, 2014
(Baltimore, Md.) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is committed to leading the effort alongside other civil and human rights organizations and our newly elected Congress to pass a robust Voting Rights Act Amendment.

Equal access to voting remains paramount as numerous reports of voting irregularities emerged during the midterm elections yesterday.”

It went on to say:

“Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the NAACP:

‘This election was not about who won but the rather the citizens who lost the right to participate.’”

These statements are what sparked a response on twitter by Raffi Williams:

can we take a moment to understand how the @NAACP didnt congratulate the first black person ever elected to both the House and Senate?

— Raffi Williams (@Raffiwilliams) November 6, 2014

it is unacceptable for an org that supposedly supports all blacks @NAACP to only acknowledge Dem blacks

— Raffi Williams (@Raffiwilliams) November 6, 2014

.@NAACP should support all black ppl who are working to affect positive change in their communities. But they dont

— Raffi Williams (@Raffiwilliams) November 6, 2014


Here is the interview from “Fox and Friends:”

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2014, Mia Love, midterm elections, NAACP, Raffi Williams, Tim Scott

Senator Rand Paul to CPAC 2014: “There is a great battle going on for the heart of America”

March 8, 2014 by Daniel

At CPAC 2014, Senator Rand Paul focused his remarks on protecting and preserving Liberty.

With that, he touched on 3 main things:

  • We should elect lovers of liberty on principle and action.
  • Stand and be heard because “there is a great battle going on for the heart of America.”
  • You cannot have prosperity without Freedom.

Watch his address:

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2014, CPAC, Rand Paul

Senator Tim Scott Introduces ‘Opportunity Agenda’ at CPAC 2014 – FULL VIDEO

March 6, 2014 by Daniel

Senator Tim Scott introduced his ‘Opportunity Agenda’ to the crowd at CPAC 2014.

With that agenda, Scott touched on 6 key things:

  1. limit the government to empower the people

  2. greatest assets are not in Washington D.C.

  3. smaller government means more resources for the future generations

  4. escape poverty by way of education

  5. not every child wants to go to college

  6. there should be a way for them to learn and fill vacant jobs

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2014, CPAC

Senator Ted Cruz at CPAC 2014 – FULL VIDEO

March 6, 2014 by Daniel

The Honorable Senator Ted Cruz of Texas spoke this morning at CPAC 2014.

He offered a great amount of information including the idea of standing for principle to win elections.

You’ll just have to watch for yourself:

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2014, CPAC

Why 39 Democrats Broke From Obamacare

November 16, 2013 by Daniel

Upton vote
photo credit: AssociatedPress

President Obama’s one-year reprieve came one day before the House approved legislation that would allow insurers to continue to offer policies on the individual market.

The reason Obama had to do this is because of his faltering Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare. What was sold to so many people as a fix for the costs of health care. The problem is that nobody is signing up to be part of the government health exchange. And at the same time, MILLIONS of people are having their insurance plans canceled.

After all, everyone was told repeatedly by Obama and his administration that if you liked your plan you could keep it. However, the fine print was so small you would need a microscope to read it. It’s that fine print that caused so many people to lose their coverage.

So when the Upton bill hit the floor, it was known that it would be a battle of Republicans vs Democrats. Little did they factor, a handful of Democrats broke from Obamacare and voted in favor of the bill.

By them throwing in their vote for the Upton bill, it just goes to show that they recognize the problems with Obamacare. That, and so many of them want to get re-elected in 2014 and 2016.

That’s right. They are only doing this to save their career and get re-elected!

Even if they do it knowing that Obama would veto it, they can still come back later and say they fought for you. They tried and Obama failed them. After all, Obama’s not up for re-election, they are.

Here’s the full list of Democratic defectors:

  • Rep. Ron Barber (D-Ariz.)
  • Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.)
  • Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)
  • Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)
  • Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.)
  • Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Bill Enyart (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.)
  • Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Texas)
  • Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Joe Garcia (D-Fla.)
  • Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.)
  • Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)
  • Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)
  • Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah)
  • Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.)
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.)
  • Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.)
  • Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
  • Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)
  • Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.)
  • Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
  • Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.)
  • Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Texas)
  • Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.)

Filed Under: National, Politics Tagged With: 2014, 2016, election, Health Care, Obamacare

Democrat Sen. Kay Hagan up for reelection calls for Obamacare probe

November 12, 2013 by Daniel

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) will ask two oversight agencies for a full-blown investigation into the problems surrounding the ObamaCare launch.

Hagan, who is up for reelection in 2014, is asking her Senate colleagues to co-sign a letter asking two agencies to conduct “a complete, thorough investigation to determine the causes of the design and implementation failures of HealthCare.Gov.”

“These problems are simply unacceptable, and Americans deserve answers and swift solutions,” Hagan writes in a letter obtained by The Hill. “Taxpayers are owed a full and transparent accounting of how the vendors contracted to build the site failed to launch it successfully.”

The letter, which is in draft form and could be changed, is addressed to the Government Accountability Office and the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Read more at TheHill.

Filed Under: Election, National, Politics Tagged With: 2014, election, Health Care, Obamacare

Tea Party Favorite Ken Cuccinelli Closes Gap on Virginia Governor’s Race

November 2, 2013 by Daniel

In the race to become Virginia’s next Governor, Tea Party favorite Ken Cuccinelli has closed the gap to single digits against the Democrat candidate Terry McAuliffe.

Tea Party favorite Ken Cuccinelli vs Democrat establishment favorite Terry McAuliffe
photo credit: Caitlin Huey-Burns/RCP

On Tuesday in Virginia, voters will show that elections have consequences.

Terry McAuliffe is the typical Democrat insider.

Ken Cuccinelli is the Tea Party-backed nominee.

The outcome of this one election sets in place things to come for 2014 heading in to the 2016 elections.

If Cuccinelli wins, it gives traction to the Republicans to take seats in 2014. If McAuliffe wins – should Hillary Clinton become the Democrat nominee – it would give her a place to set up base camp for a 2016 Presidential run.

So, if you still aren’t convinced this is a must-watch race, look at these numbers from a Fox News report:

Whoever wins the race has already eclipses previous fundraising for a Virginia gubernatorial race – with Cuccinelli having raised $16.8 million to McAuliffe’s $26.3 million, according to a report late last week from the Virginia Public Access Project.

The nonprofit group also reports that roughly 70 percent of that money has come from outside the state, marking the first time in which Virginia gubernatorial candidates have raise more than half of their money outside the state.

McAuliffe has gotten money from some of the country’s most wealthy liberals including Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who each gave $5,000, and President Clinton who gave $100,000. (emphasis added)

Elections have consequences and from this you can see who Washington doesn’t want elected.

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2014, 2016, election

Democrats Join Call to Delay Obamacare Individual Mandate

October 24, 2013 by Daniel

Several Democrats that will be up for re-election in 2014 are joining the call to delay the enforcement of Obamacare’s individual mandate.

Illness known as Obamacare
photo credit: John Ueland / MarketWatch

Siting website woes as one of their reasons, support to delay the mandate is a threat to Obama.

It ups the pressure to re-evaluate the failure we know as Obamacare.

So, who is doing what?

  • Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, circulated a letter to push enrollment beyond March 31 of 2014.
  • Sen. Mark Pryor, D-AR, released a statement saying, “I believe, given technical issues, it makes sense to extend the time for people to sign up.”
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, is working on a bill that would delay the penalty for a year for those who don’t get insurance.

As if that wasn’t enough pressure, Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) are calling for people to get fired.

And, The Chicago Tribune wrote that ‘the bugs aren’t just in the software. They’re in the law itself.’

So, it seems that Obamacare’s house of cards is beginning to topple.

Filed Under: National, Politics Tagged With: 2014, election, Obamacare

DeMint: Republicans unwilling to defund ObamaCare ‘need to be replaced’

August 21, 2013 by Daniel

Jim DeMint on May 6, 2013.

Former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Monday night urged voters to replace any Republican lawmaker unwilling to vote to defund ObamaCare during next month’s budget showdown.

DeMint, the president of the Heritage Foundation, dismissed fears that Republicans would be blamed for a government shutdown, as they were in the 1990s.

“The risk of that is so much less than the risk to our country if we implement ObamaCare, and so I’m not as interested in the political futures of folks who think they might lose a showdown with the president,” DeMint said at a town-hall meeting hosted by Heritage Action, the think tank’s political arm, in Fayetteville, Ark., the first stop on a nine-city tour.

DeMint said President Obama believes he has the upper hand in the coming fight.

Read more at The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room

Filed Under: National, Politics Tagged With: 2014, 2016, election, Obamacare

Digital Democracy and How Twitter Can Predict an Election

August 13, 2013 by Daniel

Digital democracy is here. We no longer passively watch our leaders on television and register our opinions on Election Day. Modern politics happens when somebody comments on Twitter or links to a campaign through Facebook. In our hyper-networked world, anyone can say anything, and it can be read by millions.

This new world will undermine the polling industry. For nearly a century, conventional wisdom has argued that we can only truly know what the public thinks about an issue if we survey a random sample of adults. An entire industry is built on this view. Nearly every serious political campaign in the United States spends thousands, even millions, of dollars hiring campaign consultants who conduct these polls and interpret the results.

Digital democracy will put these campaign professionals out of work. New research in computer science, sociology and political science shows that data extracted from social media platforms yield accurate measurements of public opinion. It turns out that what people say on Twitter or Facebook is a very good indicator of how they will vote.

How good? In a paper to be presented Monday, co-authors Joseph DiGrazia, Karissa McKelvey, Johan Bollen and I show that Twitter discussions are an unusually good predictor of U.S. House elections. Using a massive archive of billions of randomly sampled tweets stored at Indiana University, we extracted 542,969 tweets that mention a Democratic or Republican candidate for Congress in 2010. For each congressional district, we computed the percentage of tweets that mentioned these candidates. We found a strong correlation between a candidate’s “tweet share” and the final two-party vote share, especially when we account for a district’s economic, racial and gender profile. In the 2010 data, our Twitter data predicted the winner in 404 out of 406 competitive races.

Why does this happen? We believe that Twitter and other social media reflect the underlying trend in a political race that goes beyond a district’s fundamental geographic and demographic composition. If people must talk about you, even in negative ways, it is a signal that a candidate is on the verge of victory. The attention given to winners creates a situation in which all publicity is good publicity.

Read entire article at The Washington Post

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2014, 2016, election

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