The earthquake occurred on January 19 in Massachusetts. The tsunami is on track to arrive November 2.

who happens to be among THE most prophetic of politicos, Here’e the breakdown as they might see it:
Nikki Haley thinking that she’s got “Caroline on my mind.”
For those who will be out of work in D.C. come the end of the term,, are the family discussions thus, “I’m leaving on a jet plane”
“Something In The Way She Moves,” polls,Sarah Palin must be thanked by MANY, even though she’s not a 2010 candidate for ANYTHING.

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Early in the last election was a woman trying to organize an Obama neighborhood group. I told I appreciated her enthusiasm, but I’m a Fred Head. You would’ve thought my porch was going up in flames. I, too have never had a Republican knock. I’ve had to search them out.

How ’bout no. This is a film in two parts. 2010 is part 1, 2012 is part 2. You can’t have one without the other.

Do not cede any ground in 2012. As smitch61 mentioned, 2010 is only half the film. The good guys winning in 2010 but Obama in 2012 means another 2 appoinments to the Supreme Court and countless others to to lower courts we don’t see. They becoem the left’s judical farm team. Winning in 2010 but losing 2012 doesn’t re-instate the Bush tax cuts. This may stop the egregious stuff but does not to advance our own agenda. You can’t score points by playing defense all the time.

And that can’t come close to being done as long as a left-wing radical such as Obama holds the veto pen.

2012 is important. Focus on 2010 now, but after November 2, the battle continues on to 2012. Holding back at all is akin to the Allies stopping at St. Lo. Still a lot of work to be done even with a remarkable sweep this year.

The fact that standing Republicans haven’t had the stones to fight back against the lies and twists of the truth have made me more than sick over the past 10 years. W led the way by virtually ignoring all the lies said against him in the MSM, not pointing the finger directly at the Dem-led congress during his last two years, and not once coming back with the truth. He was leading by example to turn the other cheek and the GOP followed suit. Well times have changed and it’s about time the GOP pulled a Sarah Palin on them and came back with both barrells (figuratively of course).

We’re in this economic mess because of Dodd & Frank’s political rules to lend housing loans to people who couldn’t afford to pay them back, the use of the unions have run their course, and handouts vs. hand-ups have run into adinfinitum to those in true need. The American public have been screaming for someone to come to the rescue to tilt the country “right” back to center. Giving in to Dems does exactly the opposite and feeds the liberal-progressive frenzy. Give them an inch and they’ve taken a mile.

It’s time to fight and fight hard. Who on earth are the GOP worried about offending? As they come out with, “You’re damned right we voted against extending unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks because if we didn’t, millions of people would continue not to look for work or be overly picky about the jobs offered to them and in 99 weeks they would be in the same place they are today. It’s been proven over and over and it’s time to stop. Oh and BTW, the GOP doesn’t have the votes to stop the extension so DEMOCRATS are just as guilty. I suggest somebody starts telling the truth around here!” you will hear a wave of cheering across the fruited plain. Everyone else in the country knows that and applauds the person who stands up and says it. Oh sure the ACLU and Co. will come out with crying points, but who cares? Bowing down to that has proven disasterous for the country.

With firm control of the House and possible control of the Senate after January 3, 2011:

(1) Defeat EVERY Obama judicial nominee. All of them. It’s payback time and we can’t both “play nice” with those who truly oppose the constitution and continue to survive as a nation.

(2) Defund Obamacare.

(3) Refuse to pass any deficit budget, even if that means Obama vetoing every budget and shutting down the government. No government > socialist government.

(4) Abolish earmarks.

(5) Mandate that all amendments be germane to the underlying bill.

(6) Mandate roll call votes on all bills and amendments.

(7) Abolish “deem and pass” and the other Demo-garbage we have endured.

(8) Investigate the jobs-for-no-play involving Sestak and Romanoff.

Here are some suggestions after holding the House, taking a huge majority in the Senate, and retaking the White House in 2010. Beginning January 20, 2013:

(1) Repeal Obamacare. Ever last page, section, subsection, clause, pork rind, mandate, tax, and rider. ALL of it.

(2) Pass a fully balanced budget, setting aside 10% of total revenue to reduce the national debt.

(3) Abolish the graduated income tax and pass a flat tax.

(4) Abrogate federal judicial jurisdiction in “diversity of citizenship” cases and in class actions of all kinds. (This would end federal forum-shopping by the tort lawyers.)

(5) Secure our borders. Mandate construction of a full border wall, guarded by our military. Round up and expel all illegals, including those who have “overstayed” student visas. Require real identification for all foreign nationals allowed to enter the U.S. for any lawful purpose. (I fully embrace LEGAL immigration. Generations of legal immigrants have helped build America, and we must not extinguish Miss Liberty’s torch.)

(6) Propose Constitutional Amendments to achieve the following. If Democrats have the votes to block these Amendments, push nationally for a Constitutional Convention. Enough is enough.

(a) Mandate fully balanced budgets, except in times of declared war, and then only for the actual costs of prosecuting the war. Mandate payback of all outstanding debt, including future war debt. “Fully” balanced looks at total revenue and total expenditures, including interest on debt, entitlements, and non-discretionary spending.

(b) Abolish the graduated income tax, replacing it with a flat tax.

(c) Abrogate any legal authority or effect of Executive Orders, Executive Branch administrative regulations, and lesser policy statements, non-binding guidance, and the like.

(d) Protect the sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death.

(e) Impose strict term limits on the House and Senate. (May the terms “political career” or “career politician” never be heard again.)

(f) Impose mandatory judicial retirement at age 70, with merit retention votes within two years of appointment and every six years thereafter for federal district and circuit judges. (The omission of Supreme Court Justices from this provision is intentional.)

(g) Create a right of national referendum to repeal any Act of Congress, if so requested by at least ten states, with no ability of Congress to re-enact the repealed legislation or similar legislation without a further national referendum approving the same before it takes effect.

(h) Strengthen the Tenth Amendment by expressly prohibiting Congress from attaching any mandates to spending bills. (In effect, this abolishes the spending clause and dormant spending clause arguments for federal legislative authority.)

(i) Expressly define and restrict the power of federal courts to interpret the Constitution. Mandate specific rules of constitutional construction, pattered on well-known rules of statutory construction, designed to effectuate the original intent of the provisions.

Literally. : )

and the role of government. They honestly believed if Obama won, all the professionally downtrodden would get over on the productive class. Now they realize they are still unproductive and he can’t change that, they have to change that. So why would they waste their time voting for his caucus of entrenched bureaucrats that only work to enrich themselves?

If they voted on him for most of the hopey-changey reasons, like closing Gitmo, getting us out of Iraq, gay rights, immigration rights, and many others, they can see that he’s really done absolutely nothing. So why should they believe him this time?

Ohh and the lamentations of their women….

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

But, I think that he’s upset by the pace of the “change” he feels that he was anointed to bring. I expect him to attempt to “rule” by Executive Order, heavily, in the second part of his term. I also expect that (use of EOs) to absolutely infuriate the majority of Americans, so as to “poison the well,” so to speak, for the Dems for at least 20 years–and more like 40.