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2016

Maine Republican Straw Poll Goes to Rand Paul

April 28, 2014 by Daniel

The big winner at the Maine Republican Convention was Sen. Rand Paul taking 26% of the vote. In second place was Sen. Ted Cruz with 14%.

Paul’s message is the same message that many Tea-Partiers have been saying for quite some time: Grow the party. It’s something that republicans struggle with, and it has even caused some division within the party.

Rand Paul said to The Associated Press: “Some people think that we need to have a litmus test on everything and we need to separate out those aren’t pure enough. I’m the opposite: I think we need to find our common ground in the Republican Party because we believe in some common things.”

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, Rand Paul

HEY RNC! Stay away from Vegas!

April 9, 2014 by Daniel

HEY RNC! Stay away from Las Vegas! (via http://www.newsninja2012.com)

Right now, there are six cities working to become the host for the RNC convention for 2016. On that list is Las Vegas, and while some look forward to the ability to party it up, others are left scratching their heads at the possibility of throwing away…


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Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, GOP, Jeb Bush, RNC

Selling Jeb Bush: The Insanity Within the GOP Circle

March 31, 2014 by Daniel

Selling Jeb Bush: The Insanity Within the GOP Circle (via http://www.newsninja2012.com)

If someone in the GOP has a crystal ball, then they are already trying to spoil it for everyone else. Let’s think that over. Some in the mainstream media and within the Republican establishment have already picked a winner to receive the nomination…


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Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz

Democrats #1 Selling Point for a 2016 Hillary Clinton: First Female President

March 23, 2014 by Daniel

#1 Selling Point for a 2016 Hillary Clinton: First Female President (via http://www.newsninja2012.com)

A recent Gallup poll revealed that the number one selling point for electing Hillary Clinton in 2016 is that she would be the first female president. This poll was conducted on March 15-16, which asked 1,024 adults 18 and over was aimed at knowing what…


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Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, democrat, election, Hillary Clinton, war on women

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

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

George Soros to finance Hillary Clinton for 2016 Presidential Run

October 25, 2013 by Daniel

Billionaire fiancier George Soros began funding for Hillary Clinton to make a run for president in 2016.

George Soros began funding for Hillary Clinton 2016 Presidential run
photo credit: Reuters

His pledge of $25,000 to Ready For Hillary PAC is just the start.

Soros is a MAJOR donor to the Democrat Party.

His funds helped elect Obama.

Michael Vachon, a Soros spokesman said, “His support for Ready For Hillary is an extension of his long-held belief in the power of grassroots organizing.”

Do not dismiss the fund machine named George Soros. During the 2004 elections, his donations were estimated at $27.5 million.

So, for now, the top spot of the 2016 Democrat ticket is held by Hillary Clinton without any challengers.

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, Hillary Clinton

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

Ted Cruz and the Citizenship Argument

August 20, 2013 by Daniel

Rising Tea Party star, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) released his birth certificate recently to put aside the new birther revolution.

But why would he do this? Well, it’s pretty obvious that he is gearing up for a 2016 run for president. So, he released a copy of his birth certificate to hopefully curb the argument that he is ineligible to run.

Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother, which would make him a United States citizen. But, it also makes him a citizen in Canada under Canadian law.

However, Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier denied the senator’s dual citizenship.

“Senator Cruz became a U.S. citizen at birth, and he never had to go through a naturalization process after birth to become a U.S. Citizen,” Frazier said. “To our knowledge, he never had Canadian citizenship, so there is nothing to renounce.” via HuffingtonPost

The Constitution says that “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.”

Time will only tell if this becomes a much larger issue for Ted Cruz and the Republican party.

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, Ted Cruz

Is Ted Cruz the 2016 GOP frontrunner?

August 13, 2013 by Daniel

Ted Cruz, who has been in the U.S. Senate all of eight months, is zooming toward the front of the GOP pack in the nation’s first-voting state.(Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

There are no polls showing Ted Cruz leading the 2016 Republican presidential field in the Iowa. A PPP survey last month found Cruz in sixth place in the state, behind Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio. But after a particularly well-received appearance at a conservative event in Ames, Iowa over the weekend, there seems little doubt that Cruz, who has been in the U.S. Senate all of eight months, is zooming toward the front of the GOP pack in the nation’s first-voting state.

The gathering, sponsored by the social conservative organization Family Leader, featured appearances by Rick Santorum, winner of the 2012 Republican caucuses, and Cruz, along with billionaire gadfly Donald Trump. From all accounts, Santorum was a popular speaker; the social conservative crowd appreciated not only his positions but the enormous effort he has made to get to know the state of Iowa and its conservative residents.

But Santorum’s welcome could not compare to the wildly enthusiastic reception for Cruz. Joined by his pastor father, Rafael Cruz — he was a big hit, too — the Texas freshman senator wowed the crowd, and then wowed them again.

“The reception for Santorum was appreciative, consistent, and steady,” Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Family Leader and organizer of the event, told me via email. “The anticipation for and reception of Cruz was over the top. He was propelled by an amazing speech by his father, Rafael. All that said, Cruz delivered. Most walked away talking Cruz!”

“Although they both received a warm reception from the Christian conservative audience, Cruz clearly bested Santorum in terms of enthusiasm, excitement, and anticipation of a 2016 presidential run,” said Jamie Johnson, a GOP state committeeman and a strong Santorum backer in 2012.

“While [Santorum] delivered a good speech, he was upstaged by Cruz, who from everything I’ve seen has become the great conservative hope for Iowa conservatives,” said Craig Robinson, founder and editor of the influential Iowa Republican blog. “You could sense the crowd’s anticipation before Cruz spoke. The energy in the room as he spoke was unmatched by any other speaker that day.”

“Cruz has only been to Iowa twice,” Robinson concluded, “but in the limited time he’s been in the state he’s done everything right.”

None of that is to say that Cruz has left any other Republican candidates in the dust. Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal — each will be welcomed by Iowa Republicans if he decides to run. But it does say that, at least for the moment, Cruz has almost instantly joined the group of Republicans who should be taken seriously as a presidential hopeful. Maybe that will change — maybe Cruz will make a big mistake or just wear out his welcome — but right now, he is the hot name in Iowa Republican circles.

via WashingtonExaminer

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

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