Weekly Musing 1-22-12
Saul Anuzis
MI: Republican National Committeeman
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her
altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him,
“Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, “You’re in a hot air
balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet
above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude
and 100 degrees, 49..09 minutes west longitude.
She rolled her eyes and said, “You must be a Republican.
“I am,” replied the man. “How did you know?”
“Well,” answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is
technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your
information, and I’m still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help to
me.”
The man smiled and responded, “You must be a Democrat.”
“I am,” replied the balloonist. “How did you know?”
“Well,” said the man, “you don’t know where you are — or where you
are going. You’ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of
hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you
expect me to solve your problem. You’re in exactly the same position
you were in before we met, but somehow, now it’s my fault.”
South Carolina Republican Primary
I’m finishing this newsletter in Charlotte SC after the SRLC conference and just following the primary here. Off to catch the plan after I hit send.
Newt pulls off a big victory in South Carolina after two great debate showings. South Carolina, being the most conservative state in the early round, gave Newt the victory he needed to fight another day.
With Santorum winning Iowa, Romney winning New Hampshire and Newt winning South Carolina – we have a race for the nomination.
Overly optimistic, better than expected, early polling numbers created higher than realistic expectations for Romney. Originally no one thought Romney could win Iowa, he ignored it for much of the race and then came back within 34 votes…in effect a big victory.
New Hampshire was strong for Romney and he performed better than expected giving him a big momentum bump.
Here in South Carolina, a state where Romney came in 4th place with only 15% of the vote in 2008, Perry was the presumed favorite before dropping out. Newt had two very strong showings in the debates leading up to the primary, Perry dropped out and endorsed Newt – who then pulled off an impressive victory.
One has to also wonder how much the mainstream media’s “cheap shots” backfired on their attempt to put Newt on the defensive when Juan Williams and John King gave him an opening to deliver a knock-out punch to primary voters nationwide on network TV during the debates…and he did!
From the very beginning, most believed this was going to be a long nominating process…and it looks like it’s going to be the case. The RNC rules were specifically designed to prolong the process to allow all the candidates a chance to be vetted and not wrap things up too early. It looks like it worked.
Romney is in a veru strong position, having a great organization nationwide and a fundraising network second to none. The campaign is prepared and ready for a long, drawn out nominating process. I think realistically, we’ll have our nominee sometime in early April.
Michigan’s primary will now be VERY important and give our state a stronger voice in the process. This promises to be an exciting time over the next few months…onward to Florida!
Larry Arnn endorses Clark Durant for U.S. Senate
Hillsdale College President, Dr. Larry Arnn, endorsed Clark Durant for Michigan’s United States Senate seat. Arnn issued a video message “speaking as a citizen, not on behalf of the College,” stating, “This is an unusual time. It calls for very unusual people…”
Activists push politics on Facebook, Twitter
“The Holy Grail of social media from a candidate’s viewpoint is to ‘go viral,’ get noticed and hope that exposure translates into votes,” said Adam Kravitz, CEO and co-founder of the nonpartisan election information website eVoter. “
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-social-media-2012-election-20120113,0,4186187.story
Right to work fight may hit Michigan – Why the Controversy?
It ONLY gives Workers a Choice about joining a Union??? I’m always amazed how union bosses manipulate the issue, shouldn’t worker have a choice versus today’s “forced” membership?
MI GOP: Precinct Delegate Applications online!
For activists who want to become precinct delegate and play a greater role in our party…here is your first step! File locally and run for precinct delegate.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Aff-ID_Precnt_139901_7.pdf
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