Republican Congress More Popular Than Obama - Gallup Poll

According to a recent Gallup Poll, the newly elected GOP congress have a higher approval rating than President Barack Obama- 42% to 39%.  Okay, so that's not much, but it's something.

They better do a good job, or we're toast in two years.

Story on Breitbart.

Piers Morgan's 10 Reasons Why Obama's Democrats Deserve To Lose The Midterms

I have little to no respect for liberal Piers Morgan, one of the bucket load of celebs who salivated over Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign for the U.S. presidency- with that one-note mantra of  "Yes, we can" - and were ecstatic over his eventual win. But like many, Piers is now very disillusioned with Obama. It took almost two terms for those disillusioned liberals who voted and/or supported him- twice-  to realize just how bad Obama has been for this country- something we moderates and conservatives predicted way back when. But at least they've come to their senses, though it's a little late- some of the damage Obama has caused might very well be irreparable.

Piers continues his scathing critique of Obama with 10 reasons he believes the midterm elections will favor the Republicans, and it's all thanks to our "bluffing, boring, blame-pointing" president.

Here are the highlights:

1. HE BREAKS HIS PROMISES. Obama said he’d shut down Guantanamo Bay, then didn’t. He said he’d be more transparent, then we found out his NSA was secretly bugging everyone. He vowed to put a limit on America’s warfare but has continued to wage Drone-led war on numerous fronts. He looked Newtown families in the eye and said he’d get action on gun control - and failed. He insisted he’d make Washington less cynically divisive but it’s never been worse. Above all, he pledged to restore trust in Government and has achieved the complete opposite.

2. HIS FOREIGN POLICY STINKS. He heralded a ‘new dawn’ for the Middle East, but kept American involvement at such minimal levels that ISIS has been allowed to ferment into a potent, dominant terror force in the region. Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Gaza and Syria all burn as Obama fiddles with his golf swing. As for Iraq and Afghanistan, Obama may pride himself on ending America’s involvement as he said he would – but leaving behind complete chaos and borderline anarchy should be a matter for self-reflective sadness at failed missions to instill freedom and democracy, not celebration.

3. HE’S A BLUFFER. Obama made America a laughing stock when he warned Syria’s Assad regime, ‘A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized’ and then blinked when Assad promptly crossed that red line. It’s that kind of spinelessness which emboldened Vladimir Putin to wage imperialistic Russian assaults on Crimea and Ukraine - and ISIS to behead his citizens with impunity. I hate seeing America look weak and I’m not even American.

5. HE CAN’T EVEN DO THE RIGHT THINGS RIGHT. Obamacare should have been his great legacy. Bringing 30 million impoverished, uninsured Americans into the health care system is an achievement of genuine worth. But the launch was so haplessly cack-handed and disastrous that the perception remains of dismal failure even as statistics suggest Obamacare is enjoying an increasing positive performance. The great communicator has lost ability to successfully

7. HE BLAMES REPUBLICANS FOR EVERYTHING. I’m sick and tired of Obama constantly berating his political opponents for his own inaction. I’m no fan of the way GOP leaders have tried to strangle his every policy at birth – often at the expense of America’s national interest - but that’s the nature of modern politics. He’s the President and has extraordinary powers, not least of which via his personal fiefdom of Executive Orders. Stop incessantly bleating about ‘Washington intransigence’ and damn well lead.

9. HE’S DONE NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MINORITIES. Virtually every leading black American I interviewed on my old CNN show believed that the basic living standards of their fellow African-Americans were poorer now than before Obama came to power. Further, they believed that racism is now worse than it was six years ago. Two breath-taking failures on behalf of the very section of population that most helped get him elected.

The rest here.

I hope he's right.

Millennials Now Favor GOP According to Harvard Poll

I don't put much stock in polls, but according to Harvard University, millennials, those 18 to 29-year-olds who helped put Barack Obama into the White House, twice, are having a shift in allegiance. They're apparently no longer happy with Obama, and 51% of them actually want the Republicans in charge this time around.

A new and massive poll of 2,029 18- to 29-year-olds from Harvard’s Institute of Politics just released found that of those who say they will “definitely be voting,” 51 percent want the GOP in charge, 47 percent favoring Democratic control.

The unexpected anti-Democratic swing prompted a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter quizzing poll experts on a media conference call to IOP blurted out, "How did the Democrats and Obama screw this up?"

The rest here.

Let's hope they get out and vote.

Voting Machines In Illinois and Maryland Switching Vote From Republican To Democrat

Just a few more days until Election Day, that is if you haven't already early voted. But it seems that Democrats are being accused of alleged voter fraud. Surprise, surprise.

According to Watchdog.org voting machines in Maryland are supposedly switching votes from Republican to Democrat.

“When I first selected my candidate on the electronic machine, it would not put the ‘x’ on the candidate I chose — a Republican — but it would put the ‘x’ on the Democrat candidate above it,” Donna Hamilton said.

“This happened multiple times with multiple selections. Every time my choice flipped from Republican to Democrat. Sometimes it required four or five tries to get the ‘x’ to stay on my real selection,” the Frederick, Md., resident said last week.

Queen Anne County Sheriff Gary Hofmann said he encountered the problem, too, personally.

“This is happening here as well. It occurred on two candidates on my machine. I am glad I checked. Many voters have reported this here as well,” Hofmann, a Republican, wrote in an email Sunday evening.

Several others complained about the same problem.

And Illinois voters are experiencing the same issue.

Illinois Republican state representative candidate Jim Moynihan went to the Schaumburg Public Library last Monday to vote for himself. “Instead, it cast the vote for my opponent,” Moynihan told Watchdog.org.

“You could imagine my surprise as the same thing happened with a number of races when I tried to vote for a Republican and the machine registered a vote for a Democrat,” Moynihan said.

He notified the election judge at his polling place and demonstrated that it continued to cast a vote for the opposing candidate’s party. Moynihan was eventually allowed to vote for Republican candidates, including his own race.

Maryland is claiming it's a calibration issue. Not so, claims an expert, Tony Heller. It's a software issue. It's all in the programming, which makes it all the more suspicious, according to Heller.

So, if all of of this is true.  Be very careful when you vote. Double check to make sure you are voting for the candidate you want. And if there are problems. Raise hell.

Obama Loses Half Of Crowd At Campaign Event For Would-Be Maryland Governor

Not many Democrats want Barack Obama to join them on their campaign trail this year, and with good reason. His approval ratings are rock bottom, and he's more of a liability.

I'm sure Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown (vying for governorship) wished he hadn't invited the prez to attend his event. Apparently, the initially enthusiastic crowd of 8,000 or so dwindled down to about 4,000. That's right, about half of the crowd left by the end of Obama's surprise speech. The man's just not a draw anymore.

He kept urging people to vote. Hopefully, those 4,000 or so will stay away home on election day.

A steady stream of people walked out of the auditorium while he spoke, and at one point a heckler interrupted his remarks to complain about his handling of the immigration issue. The President told the heckler he would be better protesting at members of Congress who he said had blocked all attempts to resolve the crisis.

Though polls have him ahead by 11 percent, at this point in time.

Obama was also invited to speak at Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's re-election event. Quinn leads Bruce Rauner, his Republican opponent, by 1.8 points. Maybe we will win that one.

Who Should I Vote For In 2014 Midterm Elections?

Election USA is fast approaching. On Tuesday November 4th, either in person or via absentee ballot prior to the 4th, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Green Partiers (and whatever odd assortment of fringe party members are out there), will get to choose who their elected officials will be. Some people will vote party line, others will vote depending upon which candidate best represents the issues most important to them, others just won't vote at all.

For those who aren't quite sure who to vote for, and would rather vote the person rather than the party, there's a new one of those handy dandy quizzes that will help identify which candidates are worthy of your vote.

The non-partisan iSideWith.com has created a Voter Guide with an extensive series of questions including the following categories:

Social Issues
Environmental Issues
Economic Issues
Domestic Policy Issues
Healthcare Issues
Foreign Policy Issues
Education Issues
Immigration Issues
And last but not least, issues pertaining to your particular State.

Just click on your State which will take you to the list of questions.

According to their FAQ, to get a more accurate indication of the best candidate to vote for, make sure to answer all the questions (note the "show more questions" right after the last question per category), and click on the "Choose another stance" to give a more detailed response.

Good luck!

Take the quiz here. For the various State ballot measures, click here.

I will continue to post quizzes if and when they materialize.

By the way, they also have quizzes for Australia, India, Canada and the U.K.  Check them out at the very bottom of the web page.

Use Blacks, Milk The Jews, Asians and Gays - Michelle Nunn's Leaked Dem Campaign Plan

This goes back to July, but since we are less than a month away from mid-term elections I thought this would be appropriate to post.

Michelle Nunn is following in her pappy's footsteps and running for the Georgia U.S. Senate. In fact, she's the nominee for former Democratic Senator Sam Nunn's seat.

This article on BizPac Review details what voter demographics her campaign will focus on:

...Jewish donors, an activist black clergy, and a reliably compliant media that will make it possible to “kill” or “muddy” stories that will make the Democrat look bad.

At least according to a leaked campaign analyses.

Other parts of the leaked document read like Dem strategy 101: Obsessed with trying not to appear “too liberal,” in order to attract the few Southern whites who haven’t been written off by the party completely, the Nunn campaign aims to cobble together a majority that mirrors the efforts of the party nationally.

For money, there are the Jews. The document notes that “There is tremendous financial opportunity, but the level of support will be contingent on her position [on Israel]. This applies not only to PACs, but individual donors as well.” Message to the Jews? Still to be decided, according to the document. Like the national Democrats, Nunn will apparently support Israel just enough to get American Jewish money, but no more than, as the old joke goes, “absolutely necessary.”

For actual votes, the main targets are minorities – mainly blacks and Hispanics who’ve been brainwashed into thinking Republicans are intrinsically evil – along with the usual Dem mix of gays who think voting booths are bedrooms and young single women who’d scorn to be taken care of by a man but have no problem thinking Uncle Sam should be paying for their birth control, among other things.

Sound familiar?

According to Eliana Johnson's article on National Review Online, which BizPac references, the others she plans on targeting for the big bucks are Asians and gays, bisexuals and transgenders.

Unfortunately, this information will not influence those particular voters who are being taken advantage of. They will continue to vote Democratic.

Statistician Nate Silver- GOP Has 60% Chance Of Retaking Senate In 2014 Midterms

We have the midterm elections coming this year, and conservatives might be in for some very good news if statistician Nate Silver of ESPN's 'FiveThirtyEight' is right. The man who predicted Barack Obama's win and how all 50 states would vote in 2012, believes that the GOP has a 60% chance of winning back the Senate this year.  He is basing this on Obama's current abysmal approval rating and some strong GOP candidates. This, of course, could change depending on what happens between now and November.  Last year Silver believed it to be a toss-up.

Let's hope he's right, but the liberal media has another 7 months or so to do some damage.

Source: LJReview