There are two patterns in the polling of our primary candidates: Romney consistently holds 20% – 25% of the national polling, while the other candidates play musical chairs for the spotlight.  First, Bachmann’s campaign went from an anemic 5% early this summer to 15% in August.  Then her campaign cratered and Perry came on the scene with 30% of the polling, and was soon replaced himself by the Cain campaign, now at about 25%.

While Romney’s flipflops, beginning with RomneyCare, become more and more transparent to the electorate at large, conservatives paying attention to the primary process are looking to find someone to support instead of Romney.  The problem for Romney is that voters seem to have made up their mind about him, and he doesn’t have 50%.  Eventually, as some of the other candidates begin to drop out, their supporters will have to choose someone else.  Is a Cain, Bachmann, or Perry supporter really going to vote for Romney?  The fact is, Cain, Bachmann, and Perry supporters have a lot more in common than they do with Romney supporters, and the combined polling of Cain, Bachmann, and Perry tops well over 50%.  We may have a scenario where Romney does well in the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries, but then fairs steadily worse as other candidates drop out and their supporters switch to backing someone other than Romney.

Looking at the big picture, this primary is about Republicans cleaning house. Romney is the vanguard fighting against the rise of fiscal conservatives who see politicians like Romney as part of the same over-regulating, big government spending crowd which lost Republicans control of the Presidency and Congress in 2008. In short, Romney is in the same league as President George Bush.  For example, it’s hard to see how any small government, fiscal conservative could support universal healthcare, aka RomneyCare. Even if Romney is right that healthcare should be a states rights issue, no small government, fiscal conservative in their right minds would support their state creating a universal healthcare system.  It’s a bad idea, because an overly-controlling big spending state government is no better than an overly-controlling big spending federal government.  In a nutshell, this is the problem conservatives have with Romney, and it’s why at the end of the primary process, someone besides Romney will be the Republican Nominee.

Exhibiting a level of hubris only a 9-term corrupt politician could have, Eddie Bernice Johnson apparently directed the Congressional Black Caucus to make scholarship checks payable directly to her family, rather than to a university. Her opponent, Stephan Broden, released copies of the letters. Non-family scholarship recipients get the award made out to a university, so the student must actually enroll in classes in order to benefit from the funds. Not so her family. With $1,000 checks in their pockets, there is no accountability of how they actually spent the money, or whether they even enrolled in classes that semester. For all we know, they could have all had a really nice weekend in Vegas.

Take a moment and send a couple bucks to her opponent Broden this election, and let’s retire Eddie Bernice.  You can also help Broden win a fundraising contest simply by clicking his name at the 10 Buck Friday’s online poll.

A coalition of over 60 conservative bloggers has been holding “10 buck Fridays,” where the candidate winning the most votes the week before will get about $10,000 in campaign contributions and will be blogged about by all 60 bloggers. Stephen Broden is on the list of people you can vote for. Stephen Broden needs your vote. Stephen Broden needs the votes of all of your friends too. Please go to http://www.rightklik.net/ and vote for Broden. 5 secs is literally all it takes. Learn more about him at Stephen Broden’s website or Facebook page.

Stephen Broden is a strong believer in our Constitutional principles. He understands where Obama and the radical liberals in Congress would like to take the country. He’s been on Glenn Beck and Hannity numerous times, and is a Teaparty favorite in the Dallas area. His opponent is Eddie Bernice “Scholarship” Johnson.

To get a flavor of this man, here is part of a campaign speech from Stephen Broden on our duty to the Republic as citizens.

There Once Was a Man From Chicago

There once was a man
From Chicago he had a plan
For the masses he knew best
From wallstreet, he took checks
Everyone needs to contribute
So he can redistribute!
The top gets a bailout
While the bottom gets a handout!
Because it’s all aboard on the Obama bus
And over the middle, we will rush
And without a fuss, they’ll be crushed.

From Dallas Young Republicans Politics Slam