| Susana Martinez signs corruption bill | |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | |
| Governor Susana Martinez signed the bill that allows judges to force convicted elected officials to pay back their salary and pension going back to the time they committed the crime. Martinez signed the bill at metro court in Albuquerque Monday the site of one the biggest corruption cases in state history. State senator Manny Aragon and others went to prison for receiving kick-backs for the courthouse construction project. Read more here. |
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| Straus, Speaker of Texas House, endorses Mitt Romney for president | |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | |
| Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is picking up a big Texas endorsement Tuesday — from Speaker of the House Joe Straus. “The people of Texas are looking for a leader that will stand up to President Obama and clearly articulate conservative values. We’ve had enough of the out-of-control spending, government intrusion, and economic decline of the last three years,” Romney said in a release. “I look forward to working with Joe in the months to come as I outline my vision to restore America’s greatness.” Read more here. |
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| Dewhurst leading Cruz in Texas U.S. Senate race | |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | |
| Tea party favorite Ted Cruz is within striking difference of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Texas GOP Senate primary, according to a new Texas Tribune survey set to be released Tuesday. | |
| Romney leads in Michigan | |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | |
| A new Mitchell/Rosetta Stone Poll in Michigan shows Mitt Romney leading Rick Santorum, 32% to 30%, with Newt Gingrich at 9% and Ron Paul at 7%. Another 22% of voters remain undecided. | |
| Herman Cain will not join Dancing with the Stars? | |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | |
| Nooooooo...... "The former Republican presidential candidate has turned down an offer to compete on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He can't dance in an eight-count. He can only dance in a nine-count," Cain's executive assistant Lisa Richert told his home state's newspaper on Tuesday, in apparent reference to his "9-9-9" tax plan." Read more here. |
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| Who is the guy in Joe Scarborough's blog? | |
| Monday, February 13, 2012 | |
| Joe Scarborough has a new blog on Politico and I am not sure who drew that caricature of him, but it looks nothing like the guy. Check it out. By the way, this looks like a great read; it should have some interesting stuff that can help drive the conversation. |
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| Rep. Landry launches crazy shit politicians say | |
| Tuesday, February 07, 2012 | |
| Yeah, I know it's already on YouTube, but this guy says some crazy stuff. "Louisiana Rep. Jeff Landry is having a fun contest on his shiny Facebook page. You see, he has made a YouTube video of some of the crazy things he’s said. The clip is called “Landry’s Line of the Day Contest!!!” And it is a contest!" via Roll Call. |
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| Tim Tebow: I'd consider running for office | |
| Monday, February 06, 2012 | |
| Seriously. “For me, it could be something in my future,” he said. “It’s something I’ll have to think about and pray about. I have no idea right now, but possibly.” via Politico. |
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| Rick Santorum: Donald Trump is not a hypocrite | |
| Friday, February 03, 2012 | |
| Really? "He took some potshots at Donald Trump: Asked if it’s hypocritical for Trump to have endorsed Romney after criticizing him in August, Santorum said, per NBC’s Jamie Novogrod, “I can't imagine Donald Trump being hypocritical. That would be totally out of character for Donald Trump.” He added: “I'm sure that's why he waited until Las Vegas to be able to introduce him, so he could get a lot of media at his casino, and get a little attention for his property down there.” via MSNBC. |
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| Did Sarah Palin endorse Newt Gingrich for president? | |
| Friday, January 27, 2012 | |
| Not sure she did, but her latest Facebook post seems to suggest so? "We know that Newt fought in the trenches during the Reagan Revolution. As Rush Limbaugh pointed out, Newt was among a handful of Republican Congressman who would regularly take to the House floor to defend Reagan at a time when conservatives didn’t have Fox News or talk radio or conservative blogs to give any balance to the liberal mainstream media. Newt actually came at Reagan’s administration “from the right” to remind Americans that freer markets and tougher national defense would win our future." "But this week a few handpicked and selectively edited comments which Newt made during his 40-year career were used to claim that Newt was somehow anti-Reagan and isn’t conservative enough to go against the accepted moderate in the primary race. (I know, it makes no sense, and the GOP establishment hopes you won’t stop and think about this nonsense. Mark Levin and others have shown the ridiculousness of this.) To add insult to injury, this “anti-Reagan” claim was made by a candidate who admitted to not even supporting or voting for Reagan. He actually was against the Reagan movement, donated to liberal candidates, and said he didn’t want to go back to the Reagan days. You can’t change history." "We know that Newt Gingrich brought the Reagan Revolution into the 1990s. We know it because none other than Nancy Reagan herself announced this when she presented Newt with an award, telling us, “The dramatic movement of 1995 is an outgrowth of a much earlier crusade that goes back half a century. Barry Goldwater handed the torch to Ronnie, and in turn Ronnie turned that torch over to Newt and the Republican members of Congress to keep that dream alive.” "As Rush and others pointed out, if Nancy Reagan had ever thought that Newt was in any way an opponent of her beloved husband, she would never have even appeared on a stage with him, let alone presented him with an award and said such kind things about him. Nor would Reagan’s son, Michael Reagan, have chosen to endorse Newt in this primary race. There are no two greater keepers of the Reagan legacy than Nancy and Michael Reagan. What we saw with this ridiculous opposition dump on Newt was nothing short of Stalin-esque re-writing of history. It was Alinsky tactics at their worst." via Facebook. |
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