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The 2010 Census changed the Electoral College vote apportionment for the Presidential elections from 2012 to 2020 in the following states.[2]
Eight States in blue represent states that gained votes, due to reapportionment based on the 2010 Census. Ten States in orange represent states that lost votes. In the political climate of 2011, this would give the Democratic Party a net loss of six electoral votes in states won by Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama in the past three presidential elections, rendering the party a national total of 242. Conversely, the Republican Party will achieve a net gain of six electoral votes in states won by George W. Bush and John McCain in the past three presidential elections, rendering the GOP a national total of 181. Votes allocated to remaining states remain unchanged from the national total of 115. Courtesy Wikipedia
States won by Democrats in 2000, 2004, and 2008 Illinois – 1 fewer vote, Massachusetts – 1 fewer vote , Michigan – 1 fewer vote , New Jersey – 1 fewer vote , New York – 2 fewer votes , Pennsylvania – 1 fewer vote , Washington – 1 more vote States won by Republicans in 2000, 2004, and 2008 Arizona – 1 more vote, Georgia – 1 more vote, Louisiana – 1 fewer vote, Missouri – 1 fewer vote , South Carolina – 1 more vote , Texas – 4 more votes , Utah – 1 more vote |
Meet Rick Perry
A true conservative, Rick Perry is the only Texas governor since WWII to cut general revenue spending. He signed historic tax cuts and some of the strongest lawsuit reforms in the country. Since June ‘09, more than 40 percent of all net new jobs in America have been created in Texas.
Statement from Gov. Rick Perry on President Obama’s Speech on the Economy
Posted on September 19th, 2011
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement on President Obama’s speech on the economy:
“President Obama’s plan is a bait and switch that offers more than a trillion dollars in higher taxes for a promise of temporary tax relief. The president penalizes investment when it is needed most, discourages charitable giving and doubles down on a failed government stimulus strategy.
“Worst of all, the Obama plan fails to provide the certainty employers need to create jobs and the spending and deficit reduction our economy needs.”
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Will Sarah Palin Run?
That’s what former Bush administration political advisor and all-around GOP smart guy Karl Rove predicts, anyway. In an appearance on Fox News Saturday he said he believes ex-Alaska governor Palin is going to run, in part because of a slick campaign-style video about her trip to the Iowa State Fair released by her PAC last week, and in part because of where she’s popping up.
That’s what former Bush administration political advisor and all-around GOP smart guy Karl Rove predicts, anyway. In an appearance on Fox News Saturday he said he believes ex-Alaska governor Palin is going to run, in part because of a slick campaign-style video about her trip to the Iowa State Fair released by her PAC last week, and in part because of where she’s popping up.
Palin “has a schedule next week that looks like that of a candidate, not a celebrity,” said Rove.Rove's not Nostradamus – he's been wrong about stuff before. Still, it's possible he's right, and that months – nay, years – of feverish media speculation are about to end. Will Palin finally say once and for all that she’s in it to win it – the brass ring of the presidency, that is?
Could be. At the least, it looks like she is fast approaching a make-or-break date, when she will either have to announce, or announce that she is not going to announce a run, lest her coyness exhaust the patience of her faithful. read more
Who Is Sarah Palin?
Palin attended Wasilla High School in Wasilla, Alaska, where she was the head of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at the school and the point guard and captain of the school’s basketball team. She helped the team win the Alaska small-school basketball championship in 1982, hitting a critical free throw in the last seconds of the game, despite having an ankle stress fracture at the time. She earned the nickname “Sarah Barracuda” because of her intense play and was the leader of team prayer before games.
In 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty contest, then finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant, at which she won a college scholarship. In the Wasilla pageant, she played the flute and won “Miss Congeniality.”
Palin holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Idaho, where she also minored in political science. She married Todd Palin, her boyfriend since high school, on August 29, 1988. She then briefly worked as a sports reporter for local Anchorage television stations while also working as a commercial fisherwoman with her husband
Who Is Sarah Palin?
In 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty contest, then finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant, at which she won a college scholarship. In the Wasilla pageant, she played the flute and won “Miss Congeniality.”
In 2003, after an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor, she was appointed Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, responsible for overseeing the state's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency.
The youngest person and first woman to be elected Governor of Alaska, Palin held the office from December 2006 until her resignation in July 2009. She has since endorsed and campaigned for the Tea Party movement, as well as several candidates in the 2010 midterm elections.
Her book Going Rogue has sold more than two million copies. Since January 2010, she has provided political commentary for Fox News, and hosted a television show, Sarah Palin's Alaska. Five million viewers viewed the first episode, a record for The Learning Channel.
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Sarah Palin Kicks Off Her East Coast Bus Tour Sunday
Elspeth Reeve – Thu May 26, 3:05 pm ETSarah Palin will begin touring the East Coast in a bus emblazoned with a giant Declaration of Independence Sunday, her first stop a veterans' motorcycle rally on Memorial Day in Washington, D.C. Palin's "One Nation" tour will go on to hit historical stops in New England, but her spokesman told National Journal's Lindsey Boerma that we should draw "no conclusions" about what the roadtrip says about Palin's presidential ambitions. Naturally, lots of people are drawing conclusions anyway. Speculation that the Alaskan will run has been building all week, following news that she bought a home in Arizona and will have a flattering biopicabout her accomplishments as governor premiere in Iowa next month.The roadtrip, intended to "promote the Fundamental Restoration of America," according to her website, will last several weeks, and, Politico's Ben Smith notes, "on purpose or by accident" will step "all over [Michele] Bachmann's ramp-up." Bachmann, seen as a more intense version of Palin, will likely announce if she's running in June.Photos of the bus posted on her political action committee's website:
Sarah Palin Kicks Off Her East Coast Bus Tour Sunday
Elspeth Reeve – Thu May 26, 3:05 pm ETSarah Palin will begin touring the East Coast in a bus emblazoned with a giant Declaration of Independence Sunday, her first stop a veterans' motorcycle rally on Memorial Day in Washington, D.C. Palin's "One Nation" tour will go on to hit historical stops in New England, but her spokesman told National Journal's Lindsey Boerma that we should draw "no conclusions" about what the roadtrip says about Palin's presidential ambitions. Naturally, lots of people are drawing conclusions anyway. Speculation that the Alaskan will run has been building all week, following news that she bought a home in Arizona and will have a flattering biopicabout her accomplishments as governor premiere in Iowa next month.
The roadtrip, intended to "promote the Fundamental Restoration of America," according to her website, will last several weeks, and, Politico's Ben Smith notes, "on purpose or by accident" will step "all over [Michele] Bachmann's ramp-up." Bachmann, seen as a more intense version of Palin, will likely announce if she's running in June.
Photos of the bus posted on her political action committee's website:
Barack Obama’s Disregard for Ally’s Security Begs Clarity
Posted on May 23, 2011
As I noted on Judge Jeanine Pirro’s show this weekend, I reject President Obama’s idea that Israel must cede back its territories to the 1967 line. Will we now be in the habit of telling our allies what their borders should be? Should Prime Minister Netanyahu suggest we return to our 1845 borders before the annexation of the southwest of the United States during the Mexican-American War? Should we give back parts of Texas, New Mexico, and California?But the problem is even deeper. In both his State Department speech and his speech yesterday at AIPAC, President Obama made some seemingly specific comments about the Palestinian state that he wants to see created. He either misspoke or he has even more dangerous plans for our friends in Israel than he is publicly admitting.
In the State Department speech, President Obama said that he wants the borders of Palestine and Israel to “be based on the 1967 lines” (in other words, with both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as part of the new Palestinian state) and that he wants a Palestine that is a “sovereign and contiguous state” (emphasis added). The Merriam–Webster dictionary defines “contiguous” as “being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point; of angles, adjacent; next or near in time or sequence; touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence,” like the “contiguous United States” which obviously excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
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Herman Cain
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in Washington on Feb. 10. (Larry Downing/REUTERS/File)
1. How will she position herself?
She’ll claim the mantle of the true conservative in the race.
“She’s the real deal,” says Larry Jacobs, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota.
The founder and chairwoman of the House Tea Party Caucus, the Minnesota congresswoman earns a “perfect” rating from the American Conservative Union for consistently voting in line with small-government, antitax, socially conservative ideals.
These aren’t just poll-tested positions for Ms. Bachmann. Long before entering politics, she was an activist who protested outside abortion clinics and tried to repeal a statewide educational curriculum.
She also has a compelling rags-to-riches personal story. Raised by her mother, Bachmann (named “Miss Congeniality” in her hometown Miss Anoka pageant) earned a law degree from Oral Roberts University and a degree in tax law from the College of William and Mary. She worked as an attorney for the IRS for five years, and then quit to be a stay-at-home mom.
