http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/election/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:02:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419492/posts Many factions are developing from within the party. Some people like this candidate, some remember a statement, or a position, and a perceived commitment to conservatism. But like I said, we've been here before. Will we be electing the real deal or more phonies who'll use Democrat malfeasance as an opening to get them in so they can blow us off again? You'd think the tea parties would have woken up the elected, but if the nation comes through and cleans House, we know what the politicians will get out of it. What about us? Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419492/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419425/posts Five Mainstream Republican Resolutions for 2010 by John F. Di Leo Individuals like to make the most of New Year's Day, by taking the opportunity of a calendar-based fresh start, for one's career, one's household, one's personal relationships. We vow to lose weight, to write a book, to remodel the attic, to change jobs. Public companies do this as well. That's what annual reports and fourth quarter stockholder guidance reports are, at the core: evaluations of the past year, and promises to investors and potential investors (and the SEC, while they're at it) of what they intend to do in... Illinois Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419425/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:06:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419012/posts The mayhem that has swept over Iran in the past few days is once more calling into question the Islamic Republic's longevity. Recent events are eerily reminiscent of the revolution that displaced the monarchy in 1979... In the aftermath of recent disturbances, however, it is obvious that the lifespan of the Islamic Republic has been considerably shortened. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419012/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:12:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418673/posts WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2009 – Laws have changed and servicemembers who want to vote need to be aware of these changes, the director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program said. Generally, military personnel who want to vote are a higher percentage than that in the general population. Still, there can be roadblocks to exercising the franchise. Overseas-deployed servicemembers may find that “the absentee ballot doesn’t get to them on time, so they can vote it and send it back to the election official so it can be counted,” Bob Carey explained during an interview yesterday. In the general population about... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418673/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417806/posts This is a matter of grave concern to us, because we believe the current president’s unprecedented decision to maintain his political campaign organization, in perpetual campaign mode, during his presidency means that in 2011, if not sooner, Democrats will work aggressively to select a doomed Republican presidential candidate for 2012. We believe, as we repeatedly say here, the MSM is already at work on this, pushing “The Five Horsemen of the GOP 2012 Apocalypse”. Currently, the men being pushed for 2012 by the media are Mitt Romney, John Thune, Tim Pawlenty, Charlie Crist, and John Huntsman. Some weeks, Bobby Jindal... HillBuzz.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417806/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:58:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417639/posts A new voter poll was released a couple of weeks ago that showed Florida Governor Charlie Crist dropping into a tie with former state House speaker Marco Rubio — an underdog Crist had led by more than 20 points last summer — in next year's Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate. But the next day, Crist was still being Crist. Seemingly ignoring the GOP conservatives who've been lambasting him for reversing much of the red-meat legacy of his predecessor, Jeb Bush, Crist enthusiastically signed a bill expanding passenger rail in Florida — including a high-speed train system Bush made... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417639/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417537/posts Next year we have another revolution scheduled. We call it an election here. All of our rights and liberties are at stake this time, not just our gun rights. This country has been here before. We can learn a lot about how to win this revolution from the words of those patriots who went before us. "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German philosopher "Let the people think they govern and they will be governed." - William Penn “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a... Wisconsin Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417537/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:20:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417055/posts American Special Forces troops have been trained to recruit local allies into their team, which is called force multiplication. It's hard work but good strategy and part of the reason why our troops have friends all over the world who understand the ideals of Liberty and Justice that America stands for. This concept can also be applied in American elections, which are indeed a battleground. Liberal news media pick their candidates and slant news coverage to bring "celebrity name recognition" to their favorites so uninformed voters will elect them. Many instances of false voter registrations and fraudulent absentee ballot voting... Vanity Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417055/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:04:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416647/posts U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, the front-runner in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate, finds himself the object of an unusual attack ad from one of his lesser-known opponents. Andy Martin, once known as Anthony Martin-Trigona, who has run for numerous elective offices over the last three decades in Illinois, Florida and Connecticut, taped a commercial questioning whether Kirk is gay. Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416647/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:31:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415225/posts   Anambra 2010: ‘The world is watching Nigeria’ By ZIKA BOBBY Friday, December 25, 2009 Ahead the 2010 governorship election scheduled to hold in Anambra, the international community has focused its attention on Nigeria. Chairman of the Awka Development Union of Nigeria, based in the Netherlands, Obi Ochije, who stated this during a telephone conversation with Daily Sun, said the outcome of that election would determine how the international community sees Nigeria. “Nigerians who are living abroad are all interested in the election billed to hold early next year in Anambra. That is one election that will determine whether Nigeria... Daily Sun Nigeria http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415225/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:25:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415141/posts Generic Congressional Vote Rasmussen Reports Republicans 44, Democrats 36 Republicans +8 Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415141/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:04:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414953/posts U.S. Senate candidates in Illinois walk carefully when discussing gun control, with most stressing support for the right to bear arms even if they favor some restrictions. Gun ownership has been an ongoing issue in federal elections in Illinois, with officials trying to reduce violence in Chicago - where handguns are banned - on one side, and downstate hunters and sportsmen who oppose restrictions on the other. Five Democrats and six Republicans, along with a Green Party candidate, are vying for their party's nomination Feb. 2 to run for the Senate seat once held by President Obama. Some of the... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414953/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:24:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413890/posts With the Census Bureau's release today of its annual population estimates for the 50 states, the final projections of next year's decennial census reveal further details of the likely winners and losers. Here are some highlights based on the analysis by Polidata, a demographic and political research firm. • Of the 11 House seats that would switch among the states as a result of the projections, Texas would gain four. The remaining seats would be distributed one each to seven states -- four in the West (Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Washington) and three in the South (Florida, Georgia and... National Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413890/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412420/posts Earlier this month, Obama made his first official move to corrupt and undermine the 2010 elections. The move consisted in the little noticed appointment of a technical adviser to the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The importance of the appointment was explained at The Brad Blog last Monday. The Official Press Release of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission read as follows: U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1225 New York Ave. NW – Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 For Immediate Release December 11, 2009 Contact: Jeannie Layson Sarah Litton (202) 566-3100 New Technical and Scientific... Post and Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412420/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:47:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411338/posts Peter Schiff vs Linda McMahon. Who do you support? "Judging by the barrage of direct mail and TV commercials at least, political newcomer Linda McMahon is waging a serious and deep-pockets campaign for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, where should would ultimately face the increasingly unpopular and ethically challenged Sen. Chris Dodd. " Political Lore Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411338/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411186/posts It’s hard to believe that just 11 short months ago, the Republican Party was all but declared a non-entity for the next 50 years in American politics. Now it seems by all poll indications, the Republicans are back and they may make the 1994 off-year elections look tame compared to what may be in store in 2010. The early scent of a future landslide defeat usually begins with the party’s own starting to withdraw as candidates. Early reports show Reps. Dennis Moore of Kansas, John Tanner and Bart Gordon of Tennessee, Brian Baird of Washington and Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii... Examiner.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411186/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:41:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410653/posts Math was never my favovite subject, so let me borrow from someone who has figured out how Democrat mathematics works. Mendy Palumbo explains this in his blog post: “The Real Reason Dems Put Healthcare First.” Mendy sees the Democrats’ top three priorities as socialist healthcare, amnesty for illegal immigrants, and Cap and Trade, and he detects a method in the madness of pushing healthcare through first, against the wishes of a majority of (legal) Americans. Knowing that the cost of their radical healthcare makeover already spells economic death for America, Democrats want to get it shoved down the nation’s throat... post and Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410653/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:56:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410314/posts Health reform is shuffling toward its endgame, and even though the bill's popularity resembles George Bush's circa 2007, Democrats seem determined to push the bill through. Browse through certain liberal blogs, or listen to Democratic leadership speeches, and you'll read the same justification again and again: However bad passing this bill might be, politically speaking, not passing it would be much, much worse. I've been skeptical of this line of argument for quite some time. This summer, I showed that Democrats from Republican-leaning districts who supported President Clinton's agenda fared significantly worse in the 1994 midterm election than those who... Realclearpolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410314/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409357/posts WASHINGTON – The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S. Census Bureau figures released Wednesday update last year's prediction that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042. The earlier estimate did not take into account a drop in the number of people moving into the U.S. because of the economic crisis and the immigration policies imposed after the... AP/Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409357/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:08:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407463/posts Ron Fusselman, Coffee D'Vine owner, has decided to step away from his candidacy for the District 17 Senate race. He has decides to bow out citing his support for Republican Candidate Jim Banks, a city councilman from Columbia City. Huntington Political Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407463/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407265/posts The Labour party is gearing up for an early general election as a new Sunday Times poll reveals a narrowing of the Conservative lead. Party chiefs have ordered staff to be ready to fight an election any time from the new year amid growing Labour optimism that a Conservative victory can be averted. London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407265/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407081/posts AUSTIN — Both Kay Bailey Hutchisons showed up to file for governor Monday — Primary Kay and General Election Kay. Like hyperkinetic twins, they tended to talk over each other. Primary Kay is very conservative. She talks about property rights, illegal immigrants and state-mandated vaccinations of teenage girls (a particular bugaboo of the Christian right). General Election Kay promises to expand the party — save it, she says — by appealing to the broad Texas electorate in November. The Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407081/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:12:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407005/posts SARAH PALIN'S CERTAIN PATH TO ELECTION IN 2012 The McCain/Palin team were faced with almost every possible impediment to victory.Number one,and perhaps the key factor,was a media hugely,in fact obsessively in the can for Obama.Further,rather than as a corollary simply ignoring the GOP team the media embarked on a campaign of vilification perhaps unprecedented in recent electoral history-to the level in fact that any semblance of balance was destroyed. Secondly,the Republican team were shouldered with the burden of an extremely unpopular President,so unpopular that mechanisms were found to keep both Bush and Cheney from the nominating convention. Thirdly,and perhaps the... http://recovering-liberal.blogspot.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407005/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:28:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406853/posts SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--Chilean markets will likely open on the uptick Monday morning, following the Sunday presidential election, despite none of the leading candidates winning a clear majority. With 60% of the votes counted Sunday night, conservative opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera was leading, with 44% of the vote, followed by Eduardo Frei, of the governing center-left Concertacion coalition, with 31% of the vote. These two will face each other in a January runoff election. As these numbers are similar to what several polls predicted, markets won't react in a knee-jerk fashion, analysts said. But what investors will be looking at is... WSJ Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406853/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405749/posts The U.S. Department of Labor Official Employment rate in September 2009 is now 90% (Unofficial rate is 75%). And for those Americans who are still employed, they will find it harder to get that sweet deal on a new car because auto dealers won’t be competing with each other now that Brian Deese, special assistant to president Obama for economic policy made the decision (not the Chrysler bankruptcy judge), to close dealerships without regard to profitability. Deese, age 31, in his first government position, shuffles back and forth from the West Wing to the Treasury Department dismantling the US Auto... The Market Oracle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405749/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:41:51 GMT