Yard Signs Tell the Tale in New Hampshire;

PJ Media  Barack Obama is in big trouble next November.   "Drive through New Hampshire in the next week, and you will see a staggering number of Republican yard signs. They’re everywhere: It seems like every third house has a sign up. They’re on front yards and in the windows of businesses. They’re in every neighborhood representing every demographic. They’re in front of homes along rural roadways, in front of suburban homes in the big southern towns, and in the conservative blue-collar neighborhoods of Manchester.

"And there are even Republican yard signs all over the capital city of Concord — a largely Democratic-leaning town in this swing state."
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"Now count the Republican yard signs. Signs are not polling data, and they are certainly not election returns, but a yard sign is a definitive measure of three things: Support (obviously); intensity; and –  most importantly  — a voter’s willingness to make his political opinions known to his neighbors. A yard sign — especially in a “hostile” environment — is a symbol of political courage, a sign of an impending shift in public opinion.

"The early returns from the yard sign tallies are in: Voters in New Hampshire want their neighbors to know that they are voting Republican this year." 

Ann Coulter: Iowa Shows Republicans Determined to Beat Obama

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Ann Coulter  "Not a professional politician, Romney has created a lot of jobs and also knows how to fire people, something heretofore untried in the federal workforce, except briefly by Reagan.

"Having spent his life turning around companies in the private sector and not sitting on some Senate committee spending money, he'll get to Washington and be as shocked as the rest of us are at how taxpayer money is wasted even by conservative senators like Santorum.

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/01/04/95150

"Iowa shows that Republicans are still the party of normal people -- normal people who are determined to defeat Obama."

John McCain Endorsement: Best Man to Lead the Country is the One I Called a Serial Flip-Flopper a While Back

The Powers That Be    "John McCain has endorsed Romney, saying Mitt’s the best candidate to restore the United States of America.

"It seems like only yesterday…"

Romney and McCain bury the past   When Romney said in one debate that the troop surge in Iraq “apparently” was working, McCain upbraided him. “The surge is working, sir,” he said. “It is working.” Romney protested: “That’s just what I said.” To which McCain responded scornfully, “No, not apparently. It’s working.”


Anyone But Romney  "A group of movement conservatives has called an emergency meeting in Texas next weekend to find a "consensus" Republican presidential hopeful, Politico reports.

"The group is "concerned that a vote split between Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum among base voters could enable Mitt Romney to grab the GOP nomination. A source who shared the invitation said the meeting was about how to avoid such a possibility." "

The Donkey Whisperer

Roger Williams for Congress - The Donkey Whisperer

PJ Media  "Someone on Roger Williams’ staff is brilliant. Good for the person who thought of this, and good for Roger Williams for having the guts to go along with an unconventional ad and give us all a good laugh. Roger Williams is The Donkey Whisperer. Watch him try to turn these stubborn asses into elephants. “You’re not a victim!” "

Republicans in Iowa

Obama campaign warns of 'extremist' Republicans   "US President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign early Wednesday sought to portray the nation's first Republican nomination battle as a victory for "extremist" candidates."
Carter gives Obama advice  "Son, this is what you need to do to be a good candidate"


Neal Boortz on the Iowa Caucuses  "Nearly 60% of those who voted for Santorum said that their number ONE issue .. now we’re talking NUMBER ONE here … was abortion.  That’s right:  With Iran threatening our U.S. Navy; with the economy still in the toilet … an economy that can’t produce enough jobs to keep up with population growth; with all the problems we’re facing as a nation the NUMBER ONE issue for these voters is whether or not a woman somewhere might be making the decision to terminate a preganancy?(sp)"

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Kimberly Strassel: Mr. Good Enough  "Voters aren't convinced by Mitt Romney. They're not certain of his convictions; they wonder if he is the leader for these times; they're not sold on his policies or his personality. Yet voters may be about to make the former Massachusetts governor the Republican nominee for the presidency. Mark this down as the triumph of strategy over inspiration."


Latest Republican ad using Democrat's words:



NRO Symposium:  What Iowa Means  "But the big story ought to be Romney. He has all the king’s horses and all the king’s men supporting him, the print MSM and most segments on Fox News Channel in his favor, yet for the second time in four years, 75 percent of Iowa caucus-goers rejected him. Frontrunner? Sure. Electable? Maybe. Inevitable? Not so fast."

Why Romney and Santorum Fought to a Draw in Iowa  "The big story in Iowa appears to be that Romney’s camp is getting the result it wanted despite a merely workmanlike showing for their own candidate. That’s because the Iowa results will elevate Paul and Santorum, who face the greatest hurdles in building a national campaign, while depressing Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry -- either of whom might have had more chance to emerge as a threat to Romney if they had received a boost from Iowa."

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Roger L Simon:  Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy Dies in Iowa  "So Paul has had his value, though like so many “true believers” he has trouble integrating the orthodoxies of his ideology with the realities of the world. This is particularly odd since he is old enough to have grown up in the shadow of World War II and Hitler and then of the evils of Stalin and Mao. Such things do not just “go away” if you are a “good libertarian.” Paul is in a sense the anti-Reagan – peace not through strength but through ideological purity."


Is it Jon Huntsman's turn to be the 'not Romney' candidate?

Obama’s National Security ‘Not Top 10′ of 2011

PJ Media  Substantive reasons why this current president is in the same league with the Ron Paul foreign policy from the indications visible at this moment. In the article linked, each item below is discussed in more detail.
1) President Obama claims Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood lacks major support (February 6)
2) Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood is a “largely secular” group (February 10)

3) Osama bin Laden buried by U.S. military in accordance with Islamic traditions (May 2)
4) Pentagon overrules field commanders, grants Private Naser Jason Abdo conscientious objector status just weeks before his arrest for planning terror attack on fellow soldiers (May)
5) Prominent Muslim-American lobbyist Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai arrested as Pakistani intelligence agent (July 20)
6) Obama backs overthrow of Gaddafi, installs al-Qaeda-friendly, Shariah-compliant regime in Libya (March-present)
7) Hillary Clinton backs plan by Islamic countries to criminalize “defamation of Islam” (July-present)
8) White House blocks appointment of moderate Muslim leader Zuhdi Jasser to State Department post (October)
9) DOD official refuses to acknowledge the threat of radical Islam during hearing on terror threats to the U.S. military (December 10)


10) Vice President Joe Biden says Taliban is not our enemy just days before Taliban take credit for killing four U.S. soldiers (December 18)

Obama's Keystone pipeline blunder

Michael Barone  "How misguided was Barack Obama’s decision to refuse to approve the Keystone XL pipeline?

"How misguided was Custer’s decision to ride into Little Big Horn?"

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"Perhaps only someone who has chosen to live in university neighborhoods all his adult life could have so overestimated the appeal of environmental restriction groups' arguments and failed to understand the common sense of the great majority of ordinary Americans."

An Indignant George Stephanopoulos Huffs to Santorum: 'How Can You Say' Obama Is Weak?

Newsbusters  "Santorum responded by insisting that, in the example of killing Osama bin Laden, Obama simply followed a course set by George W. Bush. Stephanopoulos sputtered, "How can you say he sided with our enemies on almost every foreign conflict?" "

The Graduate: Why Should Everyone Else Pay for Other People’s Dumb (and Hedonistic) Career Choices

Barry Rubin  "Here’s the secret: He cannot make a living because the market for people with degrees in linguistics and in Oriental philosophy is limited. He should have known that. Someone should have told him that. The calculation of practicality should have been made. It wasn’t.

"As I said, this individual does not want handouts and he has not taken student loans. Many others have. A large proportion of the Occupy Wall Street-and-other-places movement seems to consist of those who have made similar “career” (or non-career) decisions but want others to pay for their pastimes and mistakes.

"There are at least three important lessons here of the greatest importance."...More...

What is it that they want? OWS protestors disrupt Romney rally

American Thinker  "What is it that they want? Do they want Romney impoverished - taking away his wealth and punishing him for his success? Why violate his free speech rights? What does that prove?

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2011/12/30/95081

"It is becoming clear that as the OWS movement goes along, they don't have a clue about how to achieve any of their goals except to take from those who have more and give to those who have less. The concept of creating more for everyone escapes them as does a basic sense of propriety and good manners."

Ten most ridiculous lawsuits of 2011

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Hot Air  "While these lawsuits vary from the outrageous to the humorous, abusive litigation is hardly a laughing matter. ILR’s annual poll of ridiculous lawsuits helps to remind us that abusive lawsuits affect real people and real businesses, and can have harmful results to lives, jobs, and even our economic growth."
Source.

Brian Walsh on One Nation Under Arrest on Stossel  "Brian Walsh discusses overcriminalization and the Heritage book, One Nation Under Arrest; and John Stossel interviews some of the victims of overcriminalization from the book."

Hat tip to Overcriminalized.com

Dick Morris: Obama is running from his record, but he can’t hide it

The Hill  "In his “60 Minutes” interview, President Obama offered a keen insight into his 2012 reelection strategy. It takes some decoding, but his underlying strategic goals emerge. He said:

“The question next year is going to be — and then this is how a democracy is supposed to work — do they see a more compelling vision coming out from the other side? Do they think that cutting taxes further, including on the wealthy, cutting taxes on corporations, of gutting regulations — do we think that that is going to be somehow more successful? And if the American people think that that’s a recipe for success and a majority are persuaded by that, then I’m going to lose.”

"Three relevant points emerge from an analysis of his comment:"....

Morris, a former adviser to Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and President Clinton, is the author of Outrage, Fleeced, 
Catastrophe and 2010: Take Back America — A Battle Plan.

http://conservativedailynews.com/2012/01/excessive-self-regard/

George Will: Obama needn’t lose for GOP to win  "Imagine what a horror 2011 was for progressives as Americans began to comprehend their stunning abundance of fossil fuels — beyond their two centuries’ supply of coal. Progressives responded with attempts to impede development of the vast proven reserves of natural gas and oil here and in Canada. They bent the willowy Obama to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to carry oil from Canadian tar sands; they raised environmental objections to new techniques for extracting gas and “tight” oil from shale formations."