Category Archives: GOP
New MN Senate Candidate Straw Poll
The Republican Party of Minnesota is about to endorse a candidate for U.S. Senate against incumbent Obama stealth-lapdog, Amy Klobuchar.
Dan Severson, Pete Hegseth, Kurt Bills and Harold Shudlick are all vying for endorsement May 18-19 at the St. Cloud Civic Center in St. Cloud, MN.
Please visit our straw poll project and vote for your favorite candidate today! Polling will close May 11, one week before endorsement.
Time for Action: Be a Part of the Iowa Straw Poll
Maybe you’re a seasoned campaign volunteer or maybe you’ve just been sitting quietly on the sidelines and making sure you get your vote in on Election Day. Maybe you have a favorite presidential candidate for the 2012 nomination or maybe you’re one of the 20 percent who has yet to make up your mind on who you support.
Either way, a tremendous opportunity is coming up next weekend. On Saturday, August 13, the Ames Straw Poll will be taking place at the Hilton Colosseum on the campus of Iowa State University. Most of the major GOP presidential contenders will be in attendance and vying for the Straw Poll win to begin setting the tone for who will become the Republican nominee to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.
Two amazing conservative organizations, Voices of Conservative Women and PURSE-Iowa, are teaming up to empower women and ensure that their voices are heard in 2012 and beyond at the Ames Straw Poll.
There are two events taking place that these organizations are seeking volunteers for. The very first event of the day will be the Presidential Iowa Straw Poll Kick-Off Breakfast hosted by Voices of Conservative Women and PURSE-Iowa. The two groups will also be hosting a reception tent on-site at the Iowa Straw Poll.
Click here to sign up to volunteer!
Whether you can donate a few hours of time or the whole day, every “body” counts! Both women and men are being encouraged to volunteer to make the event a smashing success. From the Twin Cities, Ames is roughly only a 3.5 hour drive south on I-35.
If you are interested in donating to help sponsor these two great organizations at the Iowa Straw Poll, donations are being accepted here.
Read the official press release here.
ABOUT VOICES: VOICES of Conservative Women (VOICES) is a national 501(c)4 nonpartisan women’s organization formed to help train and support the next generation of women leaders at all levels of government who support fiscal responsibility, limited government and free market principles. VOICES works to educate the general public on key issues and on the need to elect leaders who support those ideals. VOICESPAC, a 527 political fund of VOICES, works to elect women candidates who support our core principles.
ABOUT PURSE-IOWA: PURSE-Iowa is an Iowa grassroots women’s organization committed to reaching out to women and encouraging them to get involved in the political process. PURSEPAC-Iowa supports women candidates at all levels of government who support fiscal responsibility, limited government and free market issues.
And the Sun Still Rises…Without Raising Taxes
Minnesota State Capitol
Despite the standoff between DFL and Republican lawmakers in the state of Minnesota, the longest state government shutdown in US history is drawing to a close. Though not a “done deal” yet, the Republican legislative majorities accepted the concession offer by Governor Mark Dayton. In a letter to Speaker Zellers and Majority Leader Koch, the accepted offer is merely a tweaked version of the Republican’s offer dated June 30, mere hours before the state of Minnesota closed down.
After watching a number of local news broadcasts about the shutdown resolution, the burning question was this: Why did the Governor shut down the state, cause unnecessary stress and pain to Minnesotans (especially those laid off state employees) and then accept (with minor tweaking) an offer that he had previously refused mere hours away from the shutdown deadline? Consensus among DFL legislators tonight—- “We aren’t quite sure…. but I guess Dayton wanted to be the statesman and ‘end the suffering’ before it got worse.”
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Pawlenty’s Predicament
Former MN Governor Tim Pawlenty
In the land of 10,000 lakes, we have watched the career of 2-term former governor Tim Pawlenty. The now Republican 2012 presidential candidate was a red spot in a blue sea oftentimes. However, Minnesotans have rolled with the Pawlenty punches: the good, the bad & the ugly.
As the infamous Ames Straw Poll draws near, Pawlenty has less than a month now to make up ground he so sorely needs to remain viable as a candidate to become the GOP nominee for President. Experts say that he must obtain a finish in the top 3 spots at the Straw Poll or risk losing his bid for the White House, as Iowa also holds the first GOP primary in February 2012. With the entrance and excitement of fellow Minnesotan and Tea Party sweetheart, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Pawlenty is not only battling (and losing in the polls to) a fellow Minnesotan down in Iowa–he is also battling for the heart and soul of the GOP. On paper, he appears to have all the right credentials — so why isn’t his candidacy catching fire?
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Applying the Declaration of Independence Today
Declaration of Independence
When was the last time you read through the text of the Declaration of Independence? The US Constitution? The Bill of Rights?
For the average American, that answer is likely “sometime in high school.” When we, as a society, do not understand our history, the right and the wrong that we have come through as Americans, we begin to lose sight of that which we hold so dear. Whether you choose to read this in the context of what President Obama has done as the leader of this country or what Mark Dayton has done thus far as the Governor of Minnesota, I hope these words find you pondering which direction our country and state are going in.
So now that another Independence Day has come and gone, it’s time to take a little walk down memory lane and revisit how America came to be, through the words of the document that said, “NO MORE!” to the British monarchy. (Emphasis mine.)
In Mark Dayton’s Own Words: “No, I would not shut government down.”
Lights out. As the clock struck midnight, the lights literally went out at the Minnesota State Capitol.
July 1, 2011 - MN State Capitol goes dark. Source: Princess Politics
July 1, 2011 will forevermore be known as the day Mark Dayton shut down the State of Minnesota. After months of negotiating and the delivery of multiple balanced budgets by the GOP-controlled majorities in the legislature, Governor Mark Dayton dug in his heels and refused to even pass a “Lights On” temporary funding budget so that they could have additional time to work out the details of closing Minnesota’s $5 Billion shortfall. Without what Mark Dayton called “increased revenue” (which is fancy speak for raising taxes and increased fees), he refused to agree to any of the budget offers that came to his desk.
But in typical liberal fashion, it was a “my way or the highway” approach. Even when the MNGOP legislators agreed to many of the governor’s funding requests, he still wasn’t happy. At midnight, the shutdown of state government services became official, even though rest stops and state parks had already been closing. But today, there are over 30,000 state employees that could not return to work. And nobody knows how long it will be before a deal is reached. Read the rest of this entry
A “Greece”-y Mess – Why the USA Should Care
On the other side of the world, outside of our American bubble, Greece is in a mess. Facing soaring debt and likely default, the Greek parliament passed a bailout of sorts they call an Austerity Bill. Greece’s debt as a percentage of GDP currently hovers around 144%.
On the brink of an economic meltdown, world markets have been closely watching what would transpire in the European country. Their solution? Major tax hikes and cuts to services… and Greece has been rioting over this.
How did this happen? Well, in large part…. an explosion of public sector jobs, pensions, and other social benefits since 1973. Sound familiar?
Here in the United States, we are facing a critical decision making time as we reach our “debt ceiling”, the legal limit as to how much the government can borrow to pay its obligations. As it stands, the US is scheduled to reach the federal limit on spending as of August 2, 2011. Read the rest of this entry
