Mitt Romney is set to give a major speech on the national debt in Des Moines today as part of his offensive against the Obama administration’s big-spending fiscal policies. Some excerpts: A prairie fire of debt is sweeping across Iowa and our nation and every day we fail to act we feed that fire with our own lack of resolve.
(H/T: Hot Air Headlines ) Apparently the President wants to spend his extremely hypothetical second term doing the following: Repealing DOMA; Passing another DREAM Act; ‘Reforming’ Wall Street; and ‘Investing’ in schools. Now, I’m not going to fall into the trap of getting sidelined discussing the merits of any or all of those proposals*. Instead, I’m going to ask: just how stupid does President Obama think Democrats are , anyway? From 2009 to 2011 the Democratic Party had between 256 to 258 votes in the House, and 57 to 60 in the Senate. If the President was such a blithering incompetent leader that he couldn’t pass wish-list legislation then , in what alternate universe could anyone legitimately expect him to pass a similar list in any hypothetical future administration? – Because the Democrats aren’t going to enjoy that kind of lopsided majorities in Congress again any time soon. In fact, starting next January they’re probably not going to enjoy a majority in Congress at all . You know, I’m used to the President lying to me . It’s a thing. I’ve almost grown comfortable with it. But Obama lying to his own base is pretty darn low-rent of him. Especially since he’s just doing it to get money out of them… Moe Lane ( crosspost ) *And, according to the Fox News article , the Romney campaign isn’t taking the bait either. Romney and the Republican National Committee, though, are sticking to the issues of the economy and spending. The Republican National Committee released a new web video Monday slamming Obama for his “broken promises” on deficits and debt. Which is, of course, the right call to make.
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Obama insults his base with his ‘second term’ wish list.
We are constantly told by the consultant class that the issue of marriage is a big loser for Republicans. If you listen to the talking points from almost every elected Republican official in recent days, you will hear them say that the whole issue is a “distraction” from the real issues. Simply put, they believe the Democrat talking points that they are on the wrong side of the issue, and desire to ignore the fight for traditional marriage altogether, lest it be an albatross around their necks. However, beyond the public show of bravado regarding gay marriage, it is actually the Democrats who are scared about the electoral consequences of their position on the issue. After all, North Carolina just became the 32 nd state to pass a marriage amendment, and it did so by a large margin (especially considering the inclusion of civil unions in the amendment). As the Hill reports , Democrats outside of dark blue states aren’t exactly jumping on the “right side of history” bandwagon: Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.), the two most vulnerable Democratic senators, have declined to endorse Obama’s call for the legalization of gay marriage. Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Bob Casey (Pa.) and Bill Nelson (Fla.), Democrats who have easier races but in states that could become more competitive by November, have also backed away from Obama’s stance. They all represent states with constitutional amendments or laws banning same-sex marriage. Keep in mind that Obama won Florida, Pennsylvania, and even North Carolina. Then again, the marriage amendment passed in California during a terrible year for Republicans. It’s also revealing how the states that banned gay marriage did so with the approval of the voters, while those that legalized it did so at the behest of the politicians. Even in Maryland, the bluest of blue states, voters are on the verge of completing a successful referendum petition to strike down the law recognizing gay marriage. Proponents of gay marriage are not too confident they will succeed on the ballot in November…in Maryland. Democrats, including Obama, are clearly nervous about fully embracing a gay marriage agenda. They will trot out contrived polls and talk tough, but ultimately, they are observing the only authentic polling data – the votes at the ballot. We live in a country where most issues are split 50-50, or at best 55-45. There are few issues that have enjoyed 60-70% in the majority of states. Democrats privately understand this; Republicans refuse to take heed. That’s why so few of the prominent elected Republicans even released a press statement lauding the vote in North Carolina. To the extent that they are forced to issue a statement, they mumble some rapid boilerplate about marriage being “between a man and a woman, but let’s go back to talking about the economy.” Let’s not get into the fact that those who are eager to run away from social issues are usually just as alacritous to cave on fiscal issues. Instead of speaking with moral clarity on the issue for at least a few minutes, Republicans have scowled at reporters for daring to ask them about this issue during one of the few weeks that it has achieved prominence. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus was upset that David Gregory made him discuss the issue for an entire 8 minutes! All of these Republicans that refuse to be “distracted” with the issue, clearly feel uncomfortable discussing an issue that has won in 32 states by overwhelming margins. Call me naive, but if I were running a campaign and saw 61% oppose even civil unions in a must-win state, I would air at least one ad in that state showing Obama say “I always planned to endorse same-sex marriage before the election.” We all agree that we need to focus on the economy throughout the 2012 election; however, we must not eschew our bedrock values, especially when they are under assault by Obama. Marriage is not a distraction; it is an issue we should embrace, especially when we are swamping them at the ballot box. If we cede the ground to the left on this, it will lead to the self-fulfilling prophecy of Republican consultants – a view that, at present, is not grounded in reality. Cross-posted from The Madison Project
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Gay “Marriage” is a Losing Issue…For Democrats
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Real short version : this all started when Jay Parmley, the former executive director of the NC Democratic party, was allegedly accused of sexually harassing a male staffer. Reportedly, Parmley had sent said staffer pictures of genitals *… Hold on: let me stop for a moment and make a PSA for politicians. DON’T DO THAT. …anyway, Parmley effectively got tossed out on his ear , but there’s still a lot of speculation of just how far a hypothetical coverup of the alleged incident could have spread. This isn’t of academic interest: Lt. Governor Walter Dalton might even be involved, and not coincidentally Dalton happens to be running for Governor this year. He’s doing so because current governor Bev Perdue abruptly decided earlier this year to not seek another term… do people see where this could be going? Anyway, there was a lot of pressure put on NC Democratic chairman David Parker to resign, and yesterday he did so. Cue the relieved-but-still-slightly nervous press releases from the Lt. Governor and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall**, congratulating Parker for doing the right thing, here. Only… the state Democratic party’s Executive Committee voted 263-209 to not accept Parker’s resignation; whereupon Parker said Shucks, Gee whiz, I guess that I won’t resign, then . At which point every Democrat running for a statewide office started blinking rapidly and coughing. Some things to take away from this: first – and this is a criticism of both parties, probably – if you have almost five hundred people on your ‘Executive Committee’ then you’re probably doing it wrong. Second: it’s a real shame that the skill at shenanigans and other political maneuvering being demonstrated by these hadn’t been directed towards, say, repairing the horrific economic damage that the Democrats did to the state of North Carolina until the voters spanked them in 2010. Lastly, we were treated – and no, really, this is a treat for the GOP – to this inadvertent admission of truth: “Well you crazy people, is this the Democratic Party or what?’’ Parker said after emerging on stage from behind a curtain to reclaim a post he resigned just hours earlier. WHY, YES. YES, IT IS. Moe Lane ( crosspost ) *By the way, the story is potentially worse, but hopefully not. *Also a Democrat; also up for re-election; and also somebody who doesn’t need any complications this election cycle, given the way that she got shellacked in 2010 when trying to win NC’s notoriously incumbent-unfriendly Senate seat.
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NC Democratic Party chair resigns doesn’t resign… :pause:
