Weekly Musing 7-17-11
Saul Anuzis
MI: Republican National Committeeman
Obama’s Hypocritical Budget Fiasco/Show:
Enron math combined with Keynesian priorities meets Alinsky tactics…a least America is starting to wake up and realize we can’t afford all the spending & debt!
What is freedom?
“One is an American if one believes in a set of ideas…America, land of the free, will be lost if we no longer believe in individual responsibility, true philanthropy, and limited government. There is no time like the present to follow Hayek’s advice and restate the old truths for ourselves – and for the next generation.”
http://detnews.com/article/20110708/MIVIEW/107080379/What-is-freedom?#ixzz1RoOdpjFH
Michigan’s Presidential Nominating Process
After several months of discussions between state committee members, county chairs and party activists…the State Committee’s Policy Committee unanimously passed a resolution recommending a closed primary to the full State Committee.
The Committee considered the pros and cons of a caucus, convention and closed primary. Every possible factor was considered and there was a significant amount of input from activists around the state. Committee members representing EVERY congressional district solicited advise from their members.
The Committee also recommended using the 2008 Apportionment method to allocate delegates. That is winner take all by congressional district and proportional for the at-large delegates based on the overall statewide vote. A candidate would have to get a minimum of 15% to qualify for any delegates.
No specific dates were agreed upon. Rather the Committee asked the legislature to consider setting a date between Michigan’s statutory quarterly primary date on February 28th and the first day within the window set by the RNC Rules, March 6th. However, if no date is designated by the legislature then the closed primary would be held on February 28 by default, as current statue states.
There was a consensus to use the same rules as in 2008 with two minor changes, one dealing with challenges and another specifying that the Michigan process be based on a closed primary.
Formal adoption of these rules with any amendments will be passed by the State Committee as a whole on their regularly scheduled meeting set for August 13th.
Michigan 2012 U.S. Senate Race
Clark Durant, John McCulloch and Rob Steele, Randy Hekman and Peter Konetchy remain on the campaign trail. New this week is that Gary Glenn and former Congressman Pete Hoekstra have thrown their names back into the rink.
John McCulloch, Randy Hekman & Peter Konetchy have formally announced their candidacies.
This is a great opportunity…get involved! Talk to these folks, they have a lot to offer and get behind the candidate you feel strongest about.
Obama in struggle to hold Michigan
“Michigan endured a longer and deeper recession than anywhere else. So it’s more desperate for the recovery to take hold.
And it has less patience for Obama’s excuses for why his policies aren’t creating jobs and growth.
Although the auto industry is slowly hiring again, unemployment here continues to be nearly nation leading. Nothing we’ve seen from the visiting secretaries is likely to impact that by Election Day.
Plummeting home values and soaring mortgage foreclosures are still destroying our communities. Donovan didn’t want to talk about how to fix housing Monday when he was explaining how to fix City Hall.
Over the past decade, Michigan families have lost nearly a quarter of their income. Voters feel that loss more keenly with prices rising.”
GOP has eye on Michigan for 2012
“Obama easily won these states by an average margin of 13 points in 2008, and together they’ve mustered only one win for a GOP presidential nominee in the last five presidential elections,” Wiley wrote. “But recent polling in these states, and overwhelming GOP victories in 2010, shows Obama isn’t just weaker than he was in 2008, but he is in real danger of losing electoral votes.”
http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/07/14/news/politics/doc4e1e3bef7828d034964564.txt
Obama’s 2012 Problem: Are You Better Off?
Obama will have to answer the question Reagan asked in 1980.
“When you make [your decision to vote next Tuesday],” he said to the American people, “it might be well if you would ask yourself: Are you better off than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was?”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303678704576440263221151194.html
Rubio: Let’s stop talking about new taxes and start talking about new taxpayers
Forty-nine percent of Americans presently pay no income tax at all. By contrast, the top 1 percent of income earners paid 38 percent of all federal income taxes in 2008 and the top 5 percent paid nearly 60 percent.
Taxes Upon Taxes Upon . . .Obama wants $1 trillion in taxes on top of what he’s already signed.
“Mr. Obama has already signed the largest tax increase since 1993. While everyone focuses on the Bush tax rates that expire after 2012, other tax increases are already set to hit the economy thanks to the 2010 Affordable Care Act…Mr. Boehner has a mandate for spending cuts and repealing the Affordable Care Act. If Republicans instead agree to raise taxes in return for future spending cuts that may or may not happen, they will simply be the tax collectors for Mr. Obama’s much expanded entitlement society.”
Team Obama’s victory plan
“President Obama faces an uphill struggle in his campaign for reelection next year. His job approval rating is stuck just below 50%. The unemployment rate appears likely to remain above 8% until election day. And, though it’s too soon to mean much, early polling puts the nominal Republican front-runner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, within striking distance.
Even Obama’s staff acknowledges the obstacles. “It’s going to be a very close, competitive election … a street fight for the presidency,” White House aide David Plouffe, the strategist who managed Obama’s 2008 victory,”
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcmanus-column-obama-20110707,0,7752814.column
12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free
“All education is self-education. Period. It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in a college classroom or a coffee shop. We don’t learn anything we don’t want to learn.
Those people who take the time and initiative to pursue knowledge on their own are the only ones who earn a real education in this world. Take a look at any widely acclaimed scholar, entrepreneur or historical figure you can think of. Formal education or not, you’ll find that he or she is a product of continuous self-education.
If you’re interested in learning something new, this article is for you.”
http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/
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