From the 1961 Operation Coffee Cup Campaign against Socialized Medicine as proposed by the Democrats, then a private citizen Ronald Reagan Speaks out against socialized medicine.

I have spent some time this week going over the facts of the debate on health care, from both sides mind you.   I think we all can agree that there needs to be health care in this country available to everyone, it’s who is going to pay for it.  I have seen too much of a lack of knowledge in this 3 month debate since the President took on this agenda item.   If members of congress have agreed they have not read the entire bill we can assume that no one is completely versed in it’s body.   So here is the crossroad the party had to come to, how do we handle this issue.  Simple, do exactly what the other side doesn’t do. We have seen poll numbers go down since this has been introduced even the President is not shielded from.   We must do one thing are you ready?

We must hold as many forums on this issue as possible.   We must open our doors and let people into our houses to talk about it.  We must buy everyone at the local coffee shop coffee and sit down and talk about it.   You see there is one side in campaign mode still here.  The side that likes to have big events that last a few minutes (47 to be exact) and run away.   We need to be ready to stay as long as possible and answer every question find every voter, and agree what needs to be done.

It’s great that Jen Wilson, our Director organized probably the first town hall on health care even before congress made it home on break, and I am sad to say that we have not seen our local congressman and congresswomen step up to the challenge yet, with no signs of doing so.

This is NOT a campaign, this IS a Country

Max Stewart, President Seminole County Young Professional Republicans

WWCD? What Will Crist Do? Senator Mel Martinez announced today that he will be vacating his senate seat early. This poses a problem for Charlie Crist and possibly Rubio. Crist is in a position to name a successor to the seat that he and Marco Rubio are both running for.

More than likely, he will not name Rubio who is his primary contender in this race.

One possibility is Crist will name himself to the seat and vacate his post as Governor early. He has been campaigning so much lately, it’s not like he is doing his job in Tallahassee anyway. That is besides, the fact, that he has been taking trips to Aspen and the Hamptons to raise money from his rich liberals friends for his Florida Senate seat. And what’s the point of spending money campaigning for a seat that you can take?

Another possibility, is to appoint a political hack, someone that won’t run against him and Rubio in the election, someone like Jim Greer, to the seat to keep it warm for him.

The ball is in Charlie’s court now. Let’s just see if he plays nice.