Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

News you can't use:

AC/DC Drummer Charged With Attempting to Procure Murder in New Zealand

Attempted this and that notwithstanding, if you are stuck for Christmas ideas (I know, right?):

AC/DC is due to release their first album in five years on December 2.

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[Jeff Dobbs]

Today is the Thursday after the FIRST! Monday in November.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Attempted this and that notwithstanding, if you are stuck for Christmas ideas (I know, right?):

AC/DC is due to release their first album in five years on December 2.

Forget Christmas -- now I know what I'm getting Clarice for her birthday.

[Miss Marple]

The Mayor of Indianapolis, Greg Ballard, has announced he will not seek a third term. He is a Republican and very popular, having done a pretty good job over the last 8 years. He said he feels like it is time to do something else.

So, we are going to have a scramble here over who gets the GOP nomination next year (election will be in 2015). It is assumed that the odious Joe Hogsett will run, since he recently resigned as a federal attorney having spent the last 6 months holding a news conference for every single arrest made or lawsuit filed.

Hogsett was defeated by Dan Coats for the Senate.

[BB Key]

Anyone else having trouble with Insty's website ?

[GMax]

having trouble with Insty's website ?

Only when I try to load it, otherwise I think its great...

[NKontheNovreboot]

Prog cyber attack on Insty?

[BR]

Schadenfreude souffle - Get out the Gloat at Rightscoop. And see the full quote from RedState's Leon Wolf:

"My hope is that Republicans reject this patent nonsense for the poppycock that it is. Not only should Republicans not work closely with Democrats, they should instead keep them as far away as possible, preferably across a large moat filled with sharp stakes, acid, and alligators...."

[NKontheNovreboot]

There is reason to rejoice-- 2 links from the Prog world. ChrissieM is joining in on the Obummer the incompetent and obnoxious meme, and the walking canker sore Begala is claiming Hillary! is the ONLY hope for Dems '16. She's in line... Repubs found out how well those candidate work in '96 and '08:http://hotair.com/archives/2014/11/05/no-more-tingles-why-cant-this-ideologically-cocooned-president-cope-with-other-views-on-immigration-asks-chris-matthews/ and http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/begala-no-one-dem-bench_818292.html

[James D.]

Same here - can't load Insty either.

[GMax]

Wouldn't it be great if the voters fired Louise Slaughter in NY. She clings to about a 500 vote lead at the moment, a district that absolutely no one had in play.

[Dublindave]

They(Republicans)were not elected to govern.

--Rush Limbaugh

[BR]

IRS Admits to Court it Hasn't Searched for Missing Lerner Emails.

Repeal Obamacare

Repeal the Sixteenth Amendment
(which wasn't ratified by all the States in 1913, anyway - one of those recess jobbies).

Abolish the UN.

[James D.]

Begala is the Dem equivalent of Karl Rove.

Wherher Hillary is the best Dem candidate or not, she's definitely the best Dem hope for him getting hired as a high-level consultant and receiving a very fat paycheck in 2016.

[Extraneus]

It is rare that a political party running for office in a midterm election not standing for anything ends up with a mandate, and they have one, and it is the biggest and perhaps the most important mandate a political party has had in the recent era, and it is very simple what that mandate is. It is to stop Barack Obama. It is to stop the Democrats. There is no other reason why Republicans were elected yesterday. Republicans were not elected to govern.

--Rush Limbaugh

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/11/05/the_mandate_republicans_were_elected_to_stop_barack_obama_not_to_work_with_him

[Jack is Back!]

Insty is not loading for me either.

Will the Sunday shows have DWS, Chuckie Schumer, Chris van Hollen, Nancy and Donna Brazile on to discuss the upside to this election and how it sets the Republican's up for a nasty downfall in 2016. This was their nefarious strategy and the GOP walked right into it. This happens all the time. Anti-incumbency. Wait until ACA and Amnesty click in. Everything is forgiven and we'll regain the faith and trust in middle class Americans as well as single moms, same sex partners, Hispanics and Blacks. There is nothing a little more free stuff can't accomplish.

Hillary in 2016. Alll is well. Life is good.

[You can play Sunday show bingo with those words above and win a new Obama phone].

[NKontheNovreboot]

Begala absolutely whores for the Clintons, in fact it's been his only job for 25+ years. But he's right about this; if HildaBeast doesn't or can't run (another stroke?) who do they have that can win? How do they pick-- the Obummer-Clintonista war breaks wide open.

[Jane]

BR,

I'm with you.

[NKontheNovreboot]

More reason to rejoice. The strengthening $ and Canada/USA horizontal drillers/shale producers are bankrupting our enemies, Third World OPEC Kleptocrats like Maduro's Venezuela. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-06/opec-s-weak-links-feeling-pain-that-shale-producers-seek.html

[GMax]

Powerline tells us of a potentially momentous court ruling yesterday:

a district court in Utah held that the federal prohibition against “taking” Utah prairie dogs — listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act — exceeds the scope of federal power under the Commerce and Necessary and Proper clauses. . . This decision is significant if for no other reason that it is the first time that a federal court has held that the regulation of private land use exceeds the scope of Congress’s enumerated powers.

[narciso]

once they put a new pod in Chevy Chase, Tingles will be back on script,

[Threadkiller]

Highway to Jail

[Miss Marple]

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/11/05/how-i-got-my-life-back-my-hearing-has-been-restored-to-near-normal/

This actually made me cry. I am so happy for him!

[Captain Hate]

Still waiting for NK's retraction of his plan to say "I told you so" that would happen when Ted Cruz cost the GOP a chance to take the Senate because of the government shutdown. It was said multiple times despite my and others efforts to say that it wouldn't have a negative impact, if any at all, in a year.

This is the last time I will mention it.

[NKontheNovreboot]

GMax thanks for those 2 notes. If that ridiculous commie Slaughter loses, that would be a fantastic shocker. Can NYS be saved? The Utah case will become more and more relevant. The harder the Obamaniac bureaucrats push, the more and more they are liable for unconstitutional 'Regulatory Takings.'

[narciso]

well Red Queen and Squaw came up short this time, all those fundraisers didn't really help either, except at the margins,

[Miss Marple]

I will tell you one democrat I fear: Evan Bayh. He looks good, he was fairly hawkish while in the Senate, and he has a nice family.

I have a feeling he is waiting til everyone crashes and burns.

He is also a non-Obama type as he backed Hillary here in Indiana.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Capt-- please cite to when I said that. when you look you'll find I said repeatedly (as is my wont) that Cruz's ego fit was an unforced error, but hopefully would have limited consequences. As it turned out, there were very limited consequences because McConnell and Rance P ran the Repub Senate campaign and got the job done using realy good candidates and what RickB calls the 'turtle' strategy. It worked out very well. I await the citation.

[Jack is Back!]

MM,

Do you know him from his days on Indy TV? Nice story of triumph.

[NKontheNovreboot]

And this is a very important discussion which I didn't want to start while we've all be so jolly about Tuesday's results. That conversation is: How did Repubs win, and what does it mean? The How is easy-- they ran against Obummer using the 'turtle' strategy and cleaned up. Obummer is now poison for Dems and he killed them. What does it mean? still too early to tell, we'll have to see what the Repubs actually do with the Budget Power. My hope? McConnell and Boehner/Ryan read RickB's comments, because his advice is the way to go IMO.

[Miss Marple]

Jack,

No, although I might recognize him if I saw his face. I believe his work with the TV station was up in Lafayette, however, which I wouldn't have seen.

It is just a nice article and one which should be passed along to any who have relatives or friends with serious hearing problems.

[narciso]

yes, the Strain seems to be more and more prophetic:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/11/breaking-obama-administration-pushes-news-outlets-to-not-report-suspected-ebola-cases/

what you call ego, I call idealism, the last breath of valor, 'the firemen' are burning the country down, the least that could be done is to deprive them of their kerosene,
the RGA cut Gillespie off, just like Cuccinelli it appears to be a pattern

[narciso]

Evan is smarter than his old man, who was taken out by Quayle, one of the Senate's rising stars. when he retired, he made sure that Lugar brought the shiv down on Murdoch, so he couldn't succeed him, instead a corrupt cipher like Donnelly held on,

[Jack is Back!]

Stay pissed my friends.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Anthony Watts is a really sharp, honest and nice guy. So glad to know his life has improved with the hearing restoration.

[Jack is Back!]

NK,

1. Demonstrated competency v. idiotic stupidity in leadership.
2. Keep giving him popular legislation to sign or veto
3. Amend anything he brings to the table so that it reflects the values of the populace who voted - lets get back to work - no more BS.
4. Find an alternative to McConnel-Boehner as spokesmen. We don't need another Dirksen-Michaels duo. No idea how you do this and who the spokespersons would be but not those two.
5. Be precise in picking the targets. Don't overwhelm the political system with too much garbage.

Now is a good time to bring the Senate into the Benghazi and IRS scandals. Keep them on the defensive especially nominees for AG and I am assuming SCOTUS.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Idealism and valor are wonderful virtues-- always. Sometimes in the ugly and cynical world of politics, however, they need to be backburnered to allow good things to happen. The King Faisal character makes this point at the end of lawrence of Arabia. Idealism and courage were the tactics needed in '10 when all seemed lost to the Prog Tyranny of '09-'10. More subtle and circumspect tacticswere needed in '14. Both worked, because they were both used at the right time. Important lesson for '15-'16 I think.

[henry]

Faster, pelase. there will be reforms to the John Doe law and the GAB. Salt the earth.

[clarice]

Axelrod's ex-partner shows how elections and election laws are corrupted>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/ex-bowser-adviser-lindenfeld-admits-to-corruption-scheme-in-philadelphia/2014/11/05/c4dcc72a-650d-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html

Think Obama hasn't used this scheme?

[narciso]

yes, that's all well and good, but the reason the credits read 'the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia' is because the Hashemites lost in the end,

that is a great story, Miss Marple.

[NKontheNovreboot]

JiB--very good thoughts. Personally I haven't thought through the exact tactics, but generally I think they are pass popular things quickly that 6 Senate Dems won't stop to make Obummer sign or veto asap. Team with the House to pass the budget asap; this is the main pressure against Obummer, defund all of his Prog causes, make him give up important stuff to get them back. Spokesmen? Franky because the Media will be out to kill them, the less said by Repubs the better. Pass the bills and the Budget, make Obummer defend his vetoes and shutdown in March. The shutdown in 'March is 180 degrees opposite from '13. In march The repubs can pass continuing resolutions to fund what voters want (Soc Sec Medicare, debt service, national parks) and Obummer has to veto that. Repubs couldn't even get a vote in the Senate on continuing resolutions in '13. This is completely different.

[Extraneus]

Clarice's link

[Extraneus]

Team with the House to pass the budget asap; this is the main pressure against Obummer, defund all of his Prog causes, make him give up important stuff to get them back.

What do you recommend if he vetoes the budget, NK?

[GMax]

The hits just keep on coming. This actually is a foreshadowing of Manchin desperate to keep his cushy job and for a nice committee assignment, switching parties too. Obama certainly brought change to West Va. Eastern KY too:

A day after Republicans won back control of the West Virginia House of Delegates for the first time in eight decades, a Democratic state senator has changed party affiliation to give the GOP control of the state Senate as well.

State Sen. Daniel Hall switched his party affiliation this afternoon at the Secretary of State’s office in Charleston, the Charleston Daily Mail reported. The paper said a formal announcement is expected on Thursday.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Faisal's clan has done well for themselves in the past 100 years, I'd say.

[Dublindave]

They(Republicans)were not elected to govern.

--Rush Limbaugh

[FTL]

Fight gangster government with gangster government.

When the MSM shenanigans get further out of hand, threaten to zero-out the budgets for anti-piracy copyright enforcement efforts at the federal level.

That'll get their attention in a hurry.

[RickB]

I've only mentioned a couple of tactical moves to initiate the transition from the turtle strategy. I believe Congressional staff cuts is probably even more important than Keystone because it would give new members access to experienced staffers without having to vet for vipers. It would also dump more Democrats on the street than the K St houses could profitably absorb.

I'm really uncertain as to what strategy will emerge. McConnell's comment regarding the impossibility of unringing the bell suggests that the new Senate rules may discard 60 vote cloture, depriving us of some hokey cheap kabuki in the future.

The real unknown is the amount of damage President Obama will be able to achieve with continued application of his merde touch to the Democrat Party. We can count on continuing damage from BOzocare but I believe the President to be quite capable of inflicting even greater damage to his party. The Ferret is the only organ grinder left and she gives him considerably more chain than is wise.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Obummer Budget vetoes? I haven't thought through the tactics that far ahead (getting stuff passed quickly is the top priority obviously) I was delighted to see that McConnell said there would be no default 'of the nation's debts' or 'government shutdown' those careful words mean the repubs will pass continuing resolutions to pay %, Soc sec Medicare, defense etc, but those continuing resolutions won't pay for Prog goodies (or some Repub goodies for PR.) Obummer has to pay his Free Stuff Army, and the Dems will pressure him to 'make a deal'. So the Obummer vetoes are an excellent opportunity IMO. We'll have to wait see what McConnell actually does. Maybe he stabs the country in the back and keeps Leviathan funded and racks up more Debt. But at least we'll know.

[GMax]

How big was the @ss whipping. Well at the state legislative level, this big:

It appears that Republicans will have a net gain of between 350 and 375 seats and control over 4,100 of the nation’s 7,383 legislative seats. Republicans gained seats in every region of the country and in all but about a dozen legislative chambers that were up this year.

Info via the National Conference of State Legislatures

[NKontheNovreboot]

As usual RickB excellent tactical thinking. God would I love to see McConnell cut Senate staffs, that would be a great sign that he understands who the enemy is. But I doubt it; McConnell's ego will persuade him that he can 'reform' them. I think something between '10 passion and '14 turtle will work best. The ObummerCare disaster will continue-- Employer Mandate kind of starts, '15 rates come out, and the 2% tax starts for the Lackwitz sisters and slackers. Those disasters, plus Ebola and ISIS might make the Dems panic by March, so patience will probably be needed.

[GMax]

Where did control shift:

Colorado Senate
Maine Senate
Minnesota House
Nevada Assembly
Nevada Senate
New Hampshire House
New York Senate
New Mexico House
Washington Senate
West Virginia House

Plus Colorado House is still undecided due to several razor thin results.

All Republican shifts. ZERO has brought about change...

[sbw]

Re: Instapundit. From Twitter: Site down. Tech guys working on it. Doubt it's a DDOS attack--we're pretty well set up for those--but don't know yet.

[Porchlight]

We had a lot of discussion about the shutdown here at JOM and I distinctly recall many people saying it was a terrible idea and would hurt the GOP in 2014.

I never thought it would hurt; I thought it would help by drawing clear and unmistakable lines between us and them regarding Obamacare (and by extension, the rest of Obama's agenda).

Which it did.

[Porchlight]

Gmax, we also shored up the WI legislature which can't hurt.

Boy, it is a really bad week to be a prog. Bad news literally everywhere they look.

And here's some more: looks like Martha McSally may yet take Gabby Giffords' set. She had a 2K lead last I checked.

[narciso]

so it's like a local version of the Departed:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-agent-in-misconduct-case-may-have-tampered-with-drugs-guns-documents-say/2014/11/05/b77fd50e-6440-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop

[Iggy]

Since the GOPE loves power and sinecure above all else maybe I've been laying the blame in the wrong place for some time. If actual conservatives and libertarian Repubs could get these GOPe dopes to see that conservative and libertarian policies result in election wins which result in power and sinecure they could finally see their interests coincide.
GOPe fills seats and goes to parties and hobnobs which is all they care about; people with principles govern and make policy which keeps GOPe at parties and hobnobbing.
Voila; symbiosis rather than division.

[James D.]

When the MSM shenanigans get further out of hand, threaten to zero-out the budgets for anti-piracy copyright enforcement efforts at the federal level.

That'll get their attention in a hurry.

That ought to be on the agenda anyway, as it's good policy.

Not to mention all the other benefits: It pisses off the MSM and their corporate overlords, it makes them look like idiots, it'd be popular with the vast majority of younger voters and it's a (very tiny) movement away from large scale crony capitalism and government interference in the economy.

It's a win all the way around.

[narciso]

this time for sure, probably:

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2014/11/06/breaking-u-s-airstrike-in-syria-reportedly-kills-french-bombmaker-who-defected-to-jihadis/

[Iggy]

WeeDavey has become an effective sleep aid.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Gmax's state numbers, coupled with 250 House members tells the tale-- Obamaism has been a disaster for the Dems. The Dems have been ID'd with Obummer by a small but clear majority of voters, and they have been Id'd as anti-American Progs. The Dems can't pull off the 'faux' centrist nonsense in a clear majority of the country. In a 2 party winner take all system of elections, this is a disaster for them. What will Obummer do? Mr. 'Don't call my bluff' will obviously double down. Can't wait.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Iggy@10:15-- that's what I've recommended for several years. Conservatives need to use GOP-e to acomplish what they want. Why would GOP-e go along eventually? for the exact reasons you cite, TP enthusiasm is where the energy and votes are. GOP-e only has the money, they need each other, but GOP-e really needs conservatives. Why the push back against Cruz then? because he wants to become GOP-e, so that's just personal politics playing out between them. Hold your nose stuff IMO.

[Dublindave]

It's just as I predicated...yesterday Mitch mcConnel came out on his knees and begged forgiveness for shutting down the government and defaulting on the national debt. And then he looked directly into the camera and said in a feeble whiney voice "please work with me President Obama,please please work with me."

Lol. This is what we knew would happen. And no,Mitch we won't work with you and hand your party the Whitehouse in 16.We're going to fuck you-with no vaseline and make you the leader of the most unproductive Senate in history.

How's that for tactical thinking?

[Iggy]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[NKontheNovreboot]

Speaking of merging TP principle and enthusiasm with GOP-e institutional needs, here's one guy I definitely listen to:
http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/06/mike-lees-plan-to-fix-congress/

[GMax]

Still cant sit down Double Douche?

[Dublindave]

"Still cant sit down Double Douche"

"Please please work with me Mr.President,please please please"

--Mitch M'onhisknees

[Porchlight]

Haha, I still think Manchin is considering a switch:

OBAMA STILL UNMOVED AFTER ‘ASS-WHUPPIN’ President Obama was determined not to provide a descriptor for his party’s midterm election rout this week, using verbal gymnastics worthy of Alison Lundergan Grimes to deny headline writers an adjective akin to 2010’s “shellacking” or 2006’s “thumping.” So West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin did the job for him, describing 2014’s bloodbath as a “real ass-whuppin’.” In a perfunctory press conference held to face an almost taunting press corps, Obama tried to invalidate the outcome. The president suggested that there was no clear message from voters beyond, inexplicably, a perceived desire for his agenda to be implemented. More pointedly, Obama said: “To two-thirds of voters that chose not to participate in the process yesterday, I hear you, too.” What were they saying? The president believes that they were also urging his agenda enacted. Funny how that works.

[GMax]

After piloting the ship up onto the rocks and leaving a gaping gash in the hull below the waterline the DCCC chairman would like a different job. How about a cabinet position? He is incompetent enough for the position:

Following Democratic setbacks in the midterms, Rep. Steve Israel said he has turned down House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s appeal to chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman for a third time.

[narciso]

I'll wait for the bad cop to show, ruling out a shutdown under all circumstances is bad form,
but Tippy is like that,

[clarice]

narciso, what do you make of that story? Sounds to me like the guy was stealing the dope from the evidence room--perhaps for his own use.It's unclear, I think, form the story.

[NKontheNovreboot]

well we'll all find out what the Repubs will do in March when the debt limit is reached and Obummer is vetoing budget resolutions, rather than opinionating about it. I like that kind of factual clarity.

[Soylent Red]

WeeDavey has become an effective sleep aid.

And emetic.

What will Obummer do? Mr. 'Don't call my bluff' will obviously double down. Can't wait.

Preznit Don't-Call-My-Bluff showed most of his cards yesterday during the presser. He intends to do WTF he wants and dare McConnell and Boehner to do something about it.

With Hairy Pedo out of the way in January, my guess is that we have a flurry of executive orders in the downtime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, forcing Congress to choose between going home or going to war. The next ninety days will be the indicator for the next two years.

Of course he'll double down. 404 learned his trade from the socialists and race baiters in Chicago, whose only response to opposition is to intimidate and shout louder. We need some Congressional leadership that will knock ghey Barry on his political ass when he sticks his chin out.

We'll see if Bitch and Teardrops are up to the task.

[GMax]

CBS all but names Double Douchebag in their article but opts at the last minute to simple call him Partisan Loser.

"Day After Election Saddest Day of the Year for Partisan Loser

minhttp://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/11/05/day-after-election-the-saddest-day-of-the-year-for-some-supporters/

AWWWWW almost breaks my heart...

[narciso]

ah learning the 'art of not being seen' good skill set, Steve

[clarice]

Thanks, Ext--crazy stuff going on with IT here today--yahoo mail down, Insty on the rocks..this site slow as molasses to load.

[Dublindave]

Let Mconhisknees try a shutdown/defualt and we'll juxtapose it with his and his parties promise to the American people. We'll play it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...right through Nov 2016.

Talk about a strategic blunder right out of the gate.But it wasn't a strategic blunder,was it?

Everything is subtext. You gotta look at the signals and the signals coming from M'onhisknees are clear; 'i'm really sorry.I want to be relevant.I want to make Government work.I love you President Obama. I'll be a good Democrat'.

Conversely, the message coming from President Obama was 'fuck off and die scumbag'.

I'm just being honest and I think most people here,even if you think i'm an asshole will agree...M'onhisknees just sold you out.

There's a reason Ted Cruz won't support M'onhisknees.

[Dave (in MA)]

An actual on-topic post...

http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/86546-acdc-drummer-on-bail.html

Meth is a hell of a drug. Apparently the band is moving on without him. They recently lost their founding rhythm guitarist, Malcolm Young, who's suffering from severe dementia. Malcolm is being replaced by his nephew Stevie, who's not exactly a spring chicken himself. He's in his late 50s and previously replaced Malcolm in the '80s when he was in rehab.

[NKontheNovreboot]

Soylent@10:38-- I agree. I've been desperate for the Repubs to win the Senate and get control of the Budget... and see what they actually do with the power. As you say, Obummer is so predictable, so we know what he'll do. The Repubs with just a wee bit of guts can win the Budget fight, and possibly avoid national bankruptcy. If they bail, and keep ObummerCare all other entitlements and 2009 Baseline budget in place? Game over. It would be foolish from their selfish perspective to bail like that, but.....

[narciso]

you know it's possible, it's mere possession, but the scope of the investigation, suggests larger implications,

[GMax]

Ron Fornier in the National Journal tells us that Priebus may have delivered this time:

A review of the RNC's targeting operation (including a preelection sample of specific projections) suggests to me that the GOP has made significant advances on targeting and mobilizing voters. While the Democratic Party may still own the best ground game, GOP Chairman Reince Priebus has narrowed, if not closed, the tech gap.

A few Democrats saw this coming. "Our side has underestimated the GOP ground game," Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told me Tuesday morning. "Their electorate doesn't look like ours, so we don't recognize or respect what they're doing."

Voter ID in 2016, no ground game advantage and 30+ Governors to provide infracstructure for a campaign, versus a stroke candidate who was especially incompetent in the incompetent's administration and part of the Liar Party. May want to rethink that inevitability canard...

[NKontheNovreboot]

BTW-- an early read. Will the repub Congress act immediately January 2d to pass a Budget resolution banning any funds for Obummer's Amnesty (see Conn Carroll)

[narciso]

that was as smart an investment as that Lone Ranger film, perhaps even White House down,

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/60-hollywood-names-who-gave-653385

[hrtshpdbox]

Greg Abbott won 44% of the Hispanic vote, Perdue 40%. The GOP narrowed the lead that Dems hold with Hispanic voters in pretty much every race, but those voters are registering their disappointment with Obama just like everyone else is. It would be nice, or let's say crucial instead of nice, to continue to cultivate a better image with Hispanic voters, they are an important voting bloc. Rick Perry was absolutely correct about immigration in a debate answer that ended his aspirations to be the nominee; I hope that Republican voters aren't so dim this time around. I hope that the nominee isn't urging self-deportation (poor Mitt probably wanted to go the way Perry was leaning until he saw the crowd's reaction, then figured that shifting right was the only safe place to go). Hispanics should be part of the GOP big tent, I hope they'll have a reason to be.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-gains-traction-among-hispanic-voters-with-aggressive-outreach-campaigns/2014/11/05/dcbe20ec-6520-11e4-9fdc-d43b053ecb4d_story.html

[NKontheNovreboot]

assuming Obummer issues Amnesty by Christmas.

[Porchlight]

I haven't had much of a chance to catch up with the Turn Texas Blue debacle, but this was fun to read from Monday:

Texas Dems aim for a Davis upset today - or at least real progress

If Davis and the much-ballyhooed voter mobilization efforts of Battleground Texas push her percentage to, say, 45 or 46 percent of the vote, it will be evidence that reliably red-state Texas might become competitive.

“We’ve built the foundation,” said Jeremy Bird, a former Obama campaign adviser who helped create Battleground Texas.

But a double-digit Davis loss would damage the credibility of Battleground Texas, especially among its big-dollar donors, and set back Democratic organizational hopes in Texas.

“If Wendy Davis loses by a wider margin than Bill White did, as some polls suggest she could, then that is a really catastrophic result for Democrats,” Wilson said.

Bill White lost to Perry in 2010 by 12 points, 54-42.

At last count, Davis is losing to Abbott by 21 points, 59-38.

30 million Dem dollars spent that could have gone to other races. 30 million Dem dollars spent in order to turn Texas redder than it already was.

Think Wendy will get that MSNBC gig?

[GMax]

RickB

Celinda Lake knew Tarrance was right but would not allow the Battleground poll to be issued? See above quote from Tuesday. Afraid the invites to the cocktail parties on K Street (with the big buffets ) were going to disappear if she told them what they did not want to hear?

[Captain Hate]

please cite to when I said that

I've spent the last hour on this shit software trying unsuccessfully to find the comments you made. I know damn well what you said and so does Porchlight because we both pointed out that it was way too early to make predictions on the 2014 elections over something that would either be forgotten or not cared about.

[narciso]

As if we needed a reminder"

http://twitchy.com/2014/11/04/secrets-out-heres-what-real-journalism-means-to-the-new-republic/

they did a drive by on Ahia, and they were dinged by the ricochet,

[Porchlight]

NK, you could just as easily argue that Abbott's huge victory - considerably larger than Perry's in 2010 against the Houston sanctuary city mayor Bill White - was due to Abbott's anti-amnesty positions. He is a much, much stronger border security guy than Perry.

And don't dismiss the high probability that Wendy's extreme pro-abortion stance turned off Hispanic voters. From the very beginning of her campaign, she had a hard time raising money (compared to White four years before) in the heavily Hispanic areas of the state like the Rio Grande Valley, even though her immigration positions were identical to White's.

IOW "border security and pro-life" seemed to work for Abbott in 2014 much better than "border squish and pro-life" worked for Perry in 2010.

Amnesty is a LOSER POSITION, even more so now than it was four years ago.

[peter]

testing, one two typedpad

[clarice]

narciso, the suggestion is planting evidence or tampering with it to gain convictions, but all we read is that he was found slumped over the wheel in his car with empty dope bags around him.

[FTL]

Whether the GOP congress realizes this or not, Obama has been rendered irrelevant. It is time to go for his throat.

The conservative side of this country has been the only side to observe the idea of "politics stopping at the water's edge" in my lifetime. Obama and Kerry (and Clinton before Kerry) have been so badly screwing over this country with their foreign policy incompetence (or malice--it doesn't really matter which) that the indisputably right thing to do is whatever it takes to thwart this administration.

It is time to put baby in the corner.

Capture the language. Whatever this monster and his minion, Reid, do between now and when the GOP majorities are seated should be characterized as open rebellion against the United States.

[GMax]

Abbott made a point last night that I had not seen illuminated anywhere else. He not only got 44% of the Hispanic vote, he got a majority of the male Hispanic vote.

The whole Turn Texas Blue nonsense was based on the mistaken assumption that Hispanics just loved them some moonbat Liar Party.

WHOOPS...

[NKontheNovreboot]

Porch-- I agree with that. Imo anti-'freeby' amnesty is not just necessary national sovereignty, it's good politics. Where is it written that 'latino' voters uniformly support freeby amnesty? Obviously LaRaza Progs do, but 2d/3d (8th?) generation latino voters? Unfortunately in DC the Repubs let the Legacy Media frame the 'amnesty issue' nationally (or the Chamber did it for them). The racialist Progs won that PR fight '07-'13. Repubs have to make it smaller issues like it is in Texas, border security, health and safety, working class jobs. When you make the question those smaller issues, Voters don't want freeeby amnesty, not even a majority of 'latino' voters. Push back against Obummer's amnesty is good politics.

[Captain Hate]

At last count, Davis is losing to Abbott by 21 points, 59-38

At first when I see that I get depressed that more than one out of three voters chose her. Then I remember that half the world is below average and it gets a little easier to deal with.

[James D.]

Voters don't want freeeby amnesty, not even a majority of 'latino' voters. Push back against Obummer's amnesty is good politics.

Exactly.

Another point that our side can and should make is that the issue is not immigration per se. It is about wanting people to come here in a legal and controlled manner. And, more importantly, it is about wanting people to come here who WANT TO BECOME AMERICANS, not just people who want a job or free health care, etc.

[GMax]

They pissed away $20 MM + on her candidacy and their project that was destined to crash and burn. It was never going to work in Texas, and I could have told them that for free. Its not a failure of execution, its that the dogs wont eat rancid Liar Party dog food.

[maryd]

I just installed the narcisolator on my new laptop, and it's not working.I added my troll list, and both greasemonkey and narcisolator are activated. Any ideas as to what has gone wrong? Thanks.

[NKontheNovreboot]

JamesD-- exactly. "immigration' has to be framed in individual issues, that is the way conservatives can win. The 'Grand Bargain' stuff is what the Progs and Chamber wants. Screw them. We have a children's respiratory viral epidemic that probably came from Central American adolescent fence jumpers in '12-'13. Voters want that?

[Old Lurker]

Pelosi per WashTimes: "She said the chief message she took from Tuesday’s election, which saw Democrats eviscerated at all levels, is that voter suppression was a problem.

“To succeed, we must inspire, educate and remove obstacles to participation. Only by changing our political environment and broadening the universe of the electorate can we build a strong sense of community and an economy that works for everyone,” she said.