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Gotta Have Faith

November 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment


Looks like things aren’t going well for Romney. Yesterday McCain’s mother got the ball rolling again, addressing the issue of Romney’s faith. Today, New Hampshire voters wouldn’t leave it alone. Voters want to know how this would play into his decision making process. It’s a valid question.

Which brings me back to what I said the other day. He’s got a hill to climb, especially in the Bible Belt. I wasn’t far off. In September according to a Pew Research Center poll in September, a quarter of all Republicans – including 36 percent of white evangelical Protestants – said they would be less likely to vote for a Mormon.

Which brings us back to the question…Who do conservatives vote for? They’re not voting for Romney. Guiliani has too many issues with the biggest being pro-choice. And McCain stills leaves a bad taste in many Republican mouths.

Looks like were back to Mike Huckabee or Duncan Hunter. I know the so-called front runners have ruled Huckabee out, but it looks like he’s picking up steam in Iowa. Only time and votes will tell.

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Aw.. Mom

November 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Just when you thought you were too old to be embarassed by your mom, John Mccain’s mom lashed out at Romney on MSNBC saying “As far as the Salt Lake City thing, he’s a Mormon and the Mormons of Salt Lake City had caused that scandal. And to clean that up, again, it’s not a subject,” Roberta McCain said.

McCain on clean up detail quickly implied that they did not share the same views.

View the clip below.

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Here’s a Tip Hillary!

November 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment


So, Hillary didn’t tip the waitress, again.

Here’s a tip Hillary… that waitress was a democratic, working class, poor, single mother trying to raise two kids. Essentially, your consituent and you can’t find some change in your pocket to help support her and her family?

Oh.. that’s right, you think the government should take care of her. Well, I’ll let you in on a little secret.. YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT!

I wouldn’t count on that waitress giving you a tip in the form of a contribution, if you know what I mean.

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FL Moves Primary

May 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Florida lawmakers voted this week to move up the Presidential Primary to Jan 29 despite threats from National Republican and Democratic leaders to strip some of their delegates for the nominating conventions. In addition they have warned that any candidate who campaigns in Florida early than Feb 5 will be ineligible to receive any of the state’s delegates.

see article

So let me get this straight. Our new Presidential Primary is on Jan 29 but candidates can’t campaign here till Feb 5. That leaves a bit of a conundrum. How are we supposed to vote for someone after the election is closed? And why would a candidate campaign here after an election is closed? Seems a little bit stupid.

What happened to state’s rights? Doesn’t Florida ultimately have the right to move our Primary to whenever we so choose? This decision by the national Republican Party surprises me. The Party that has always stood for state’s rights is not willing to take our right to choose our primary election date away from us. That is ludicrous.

Rest assured, this won’t be the end of the discussion.

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FL Looks to Move Primary

March 23, 2007 by Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Florida early primary was not going to be early enough since 25 states were talking about holding their primary the first week of February, essentially moving the so-called SuperTuesday. Now it appears that Florida is getting back in the game. Talk in the Florida House this week was of moving the primary to Jan 29 making our election before California.

So we’ll see what happens!

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FL’s Primary Too Late?

March 3, 2007 by Leave a Comment

There was talk here in Florida about changing our Primary Election Date to somewhere around the 1st of March. However, that may be too late. According to a report released in The Hill the other day 23 states are in the frame to hold primary elections on Feb 5. That’s a whole month earlier than Florida.

Those states include: Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, North Dakota, Utah, Kansas, Colorado, West Virginia, Nevada, and possibly Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

So what’s Florida to do? Considering that we can’t hold it before the 1st of March if we don’t want to incur penalties set down by the legislature.

So with about half of the states voting early now, maybe the only fair thing to do is have a National Primary Day so that all states have an equal voice.

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New Year…New Challenges

January 5, 2007 by Leave a Comment

As we begin the new year we reliquish control of the House and Senate to the Democrats for the first time in 12 years. The path laid out before us is not easy.. but it is one that we must walk if we wish to regain control.

As a party we must return to our conservative roots. Running to the center in the previous election did not help our chances. In fact, it was the so-called “blue dog” democarats that ultimately won because they chose to run on a conservative principles like fiscal responsibility. Not to mention the fact that Republicans were fed up with their own party’s spending and allegations of corruption. As a result we decided to clean house.

Now we have an opportunity to show people who we really are by sticking to our conservative principles and by running true conservatives, not fiscally conservative moderates or democrats.

There is no doubt that the Presidential campaign will begin and end in Florida, especially with our own Mel Martinez as RNC Chair and Seminole County’s Jim Greer as RPOF Chair.

As young Florida Republicans we have a unique opportunity to not only vote for but also to have the ear of the next President of the United States.

There is no doubt that this year 2007 will bring new challenges. The question is are you ready?

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Good, Bad, & Ugly

November 8, 2006 by Leave a Comment

The Election is over and that in itself is reason to celebrate. This has been a long, hard week for all of us and I for one and glad it is over. Some races turned like we wanted, others not so much. But we got through. Here is my take on the election: the good, the bad and the ugly. (Limbaugh’s take on the election)

First, the Bad. Katherine Harris and Tom Lee lost their races. Katherine was not only beat- but embarrassed. Blame this one on the party. The Florida GOP didn’t get on board soon enough to make a difference in this race and this is disappointing.

I was shocked to see that Tom Lee lost this one or should I say that Alex Sink won. We can’t blame this one on our Get Out The Vote Efforts, because we walked, called and put up signs. No, this one was lost only because of Sink’s slick advertising. She was able to convince voters that she was right for the job. And there is nothing we can do to change that.

Second, the Ugly. Well, what can I say except, I wish it would have turned out different. We lost control of the House and we came close to losing the Senate as well. And it is no one’s fault but our own for failing to get our message out and get Republican voters to the polls.

The Democrats and Nancy Pelosi have a vision of the future that is different than ours. Right now all we can do is Imagine a world with no liberals- regroup and plan our strategy for 08. We need to remember, even though the election is over, there is still much work to be done.

Finally, the Good. We as SCYR’s should be proud of our efforts. While we didn’t have a good night nationally, we had a great night locally! Out of all the races that we worked on ( John Mica, Tom Feeney, Sandy Adams, Lee Constantine, Mike Ertel, Joanne Lucarelli, Chris Dorworth, Jeff Bauer, and Timothy Brodeur) we only had one come up short. Our efforts paid out. And that is something we can all be proud of.

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