Jan. 28, 2012: GREAT Rally
with standing room only at
Gainesville Civic Center!
www.MarthaForCongress.com
Herman Cain endorses Martha
for Congress at the Saturday Rally.
WASHINGTON (Reuters -Feb. 1, 2012 - Republican presidential hopefuls face off in Nevada on Saturday, the next nominating contest in the race to challenge President Barack Obama in November. Take a look at key dates in the race. Some are subject to change.
TAMPA,
Fla.
--
Florida's
primary
might
not
be
over
just
yet.
The
Newt
Gingrich
campaign
is
gearing
up
to
challenge
the
results
of
the
Florida
Republican
presidential
primary
based
on
the
Republican
National
Committee's
own
rules
which
state
that
no
contest
can
be
winner-take-all
prior
to
April
1,
2012.
(See
RNC
memo.)
It
was
assumed
that
Mitt
Romney,
who
won
Tuesday's
contest,
would
gain
all
50
of
the
state's
delegates.
But
the
Gingrich
campaign
plans
to
challenge
Florida's
allocation
and
demand
the
delegates
be
divvied
up
proportionally.
(See
Gingrich
memo.)
-
Read
entire
article
With 96percent of precincts reporting as of 10p.m. EST, Romney had 46.4 percent of the vote, followed by Gingrich with 31.9 percent.
Rick Santorum and Ron Paul trailed badly, with 13.4 percent and 7 percent, respectively. Now, with Florida's 50 delegates under his belt and a friendly calendar ahead -- Nevada, Colorado and Minnesota will all hold caucuses in the coming week, and polls show all three states leaning in his direction -- Romney is firmly back in the front-runner's seat.
It takes 1,144 delegates to win the Republican nomination, and only a small fraction of that total has been awarded so far. In that sense, there is plenty of time for one of Romney's opponents to upset him. But in practice, Romney has several advantages that will be very difficult for anyone else to overcome: an "electable" image, strong organization and almost limitless money. Read more
RENO, Nev. — Things haven't gotten much better for Newt Gingrich since he alighted here early Wednesday from a stinging defeat in Florida's primary. The former House speaker abruptly canceled a meeting with Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval afte . . . Link To The Full Story:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ed4ac9c4bfee3fbbf2eb64868784bac2
WASHINGTON — Fresh off campaigning for Newt Gingrich in Florida, former candidate Herman Cain says he also would be comfortable supporting Mitt Romney if he's the one who wins the Republican presidential nomination.
Cain told NBC's "Today" show that he endorsed Gingrich and campaigned with him Monday because he found Gingrich's tax plan similar to his own proposal, dubbed his "9-9-9" plan. Cain said he would be "very comfortable" with Romney, too, but that both candidates carry negatives that would be attacked by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.
ACTION ALERT -- GA Mass Transit/Transportation Tax Update from Atlanta Tea Party Patriots - Jan. 31, 2012
"When People fear their government, there is tyranny. When government fears their people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson
ACTION ITEMS: Call key elected officers and ask them to honor their pledge to oppose any and all tax increases and join us in working to defeat the Mass Transit/Transportation Tax. (For more information, see "INFORMATION" below) Click here to read much more and get contact information
Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), the affiliated PAC of Citizens United, issued the following statement endorsing Martha Zoller for Georgia’s 9th Congressional District. CUPVF has also contributed $5,000 for Zoller’s primary election.
“I have known Martha Zoller for nearly ten years and she has been a shining example for the conservative movement,” said David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United. “Congress needs more people like Martha Zoller who have rock solid conservative credentials. Martha will bring a fresh perspective to Congress because she is not a career politician, and will help lead the fight to end Obamacare.”
Former GOP presidential candidate joins rally for fellow radio host, House candidate By Ashley Fielding afielding@gainesvilletimes.com
Martha Zoller, conservative radio host and candidate for Georgia's new 9th U.S. House District seat, became the first in the race to pull out the star power Saturday when she appeared with former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain at the Gainesville Civic Center.
With qualifying for the new congressional seat in Georgia several months away, Cain endorsed Zoller, a friend in radio, because the two "align exactly in terms of our beliefs," he said.
"I hate that Martha's going to go off the radio, but I'm loving the fact that she's going to run for Congress, so we will have a voice in Washington who gets it," Cain said.
Zoller, too, said she supports Cain's "9-9-9" plan for tax reform, because she said it was a path to a plan known as the FairTax, which she supports. Read more
▪ Herman Cain stumps for 9th District candidate, Martha Zoller, in Gainesville
at a standing room only crowd at the Civic Center Jan. 28, 2012
By Katie HighsmithStaff GAINESVILLE - Former Republican Presidential candidate and Atlanta businessman Herman Cain was in Gainesville Saturday, where he headlined a rally for 9th District Congressional candidate Martha Zoller.
"Washington D.C. has disconnected from what we stand for, and we have got to take it back from the outside, and sending people like Martha to Washington is one of the ways we do that," said Cain. Read more
Cain Bus click to enlarge
Above left:
Herman Cain
Headlines
Rally and
endorses
Martha for
Congress
Right:
Martha
introduces
her family
Even if he loses in Florida, Newt Gingrich might be able to remain a factor in the GOP presidential race until the national convention. But the Republican establishment would not be pleased.
Fort LAUDERDALE, Fla.
Newt Gingrich appears headed toward a big defeat in Tuesday’s GOP primary in Florida. Five polls out Monday show Mitt Romney ahead of him by at least 5 percentage points (Insider Advantage) and as much as 20 points (Suffolk University). In the Real Clear Politics average of recent polls, Mr. Romney leads Mr. Gingrich by 12.5 points. Read more
The Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appears to be heading for defeat in the Florida primary on Tuesday despite picking up the endorsement of former pizza mogul and Tea Party favorite Herman Cain. Polls show Mitt Romney with a double-digit lead, though these were taken before Cain's surprise announcement of support for Gingrich on Saturday night. Pollsters predicted the intervention of Cain, who was the frontrunner in the race late last year until he was forced out by sexual harassment allegations, is unlikely to make much difference. (Wonder why Herman waited until today to do this???)
Newt Gingrich with, from left, his current wife #3, Callista; his second wife, Marianne; and his
daughters, Jackie Sue (front) and Kathy (left), and his first wife, Jackie.
▪
Gingrich and
Reagan
-
January 25,
2012 4:00
A.M.
In the
1980s, the
candidate
repeatedly
insulted the
president.
By Elliott
Abrams -
National
Review on
Line
"Gingrich
claims are
misleading
at best. As
a new member
of Congress
in the
Reagan years
— and I was
an assistant
secretary of
state — Mr.
Gingrich
voted with
the
president
regularly,
but equally
often spewed
insulting
rhetoric at
Reagan, his
top aides,
and his
policies to
defeat
Communism.
Gingrich was
voluble and
certain in
predicting
that
Reagan’s
policies
would fail,
and in all
of this he
was dead
wrong.
"
Read more
Georgia
citizens
today
delivered
sworn
testimony
to a
court
that
Barack
Obama is
slam-dunk
disqualified
from
having
his name
on the
2012
presidential
ballot
in the
state,
because
his
father
never
was a
U.S.
citizen,
which
prevents
him from
qualifying
as a
“natural-born
citizen”
as the
U.S.
Constitution
requires
for a
president.
Had Enough of Obama's Big Government Rhetoric? Fight Back Tonight!
by Martha Zoller, Candidate for Congress from GA 9th CD
After listening to tonight's 'State of the Union' address, one thing is abundantly clear - President Obama is looking to grow government even more!
Despite the failure of President Obama's massive experiment in massive government - Dodd-Frank, Stimulus and Bailouts, ObamaCare - the President is even more determined to grow the size, scope, and reach of the federal government in order to ensure that "everyone does their fair share and everybody plays by the same set of rules." Read more
New Cartoons with Newt - a hefty figure with baggage that cartoonists love - click to enlarge
Diva: Newt Won't Attend Debates without Cheering Audiences
Townhall The Tipsheet by Kate Hicks
The Great Debater might be willing to self-deport from future rhetorical contests if the moderators silence the audiences, as Brian Williams did last night in Florida. On "Fox and Friends" this morning, the former speaker of the House threatened to boycott the debates if "the media" insists on "stifling free speech."His performance in last night's debate wasn't as sharp as in previous matchups, and even [Newt] Gingrich blames the lack of audience support. ... “We’re going to serve notice on future debates,” he told Fox. “We’re just not going to allow that to happen. That’s wrong. The media doesn’t control free speech. People ought to be allowed to applaud if they want to.” Read the original article at Townhall
Political Vine - Jan. 24, 2012 "Hi, my name is Newt & I am a pathological sociopath..."
Rumors have it that while Newt Gingrich bashes on Mitt Romney for Governor Romney's healthcare bill in Massachusetts...in 2006, Gingrich, through his organization called The Center for Health Transformationendorsed AND applauded AND supportedRomney's plan. - Read more
Rumors have it that while Newt Gingrich tried to mislead people in tonight's debate that he was a "Barry Goldwater Conservative", in actuality, he admitted on TAPE in 1988 that he was a Rockefeller Republican: Read morehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQsLFhuyOY
Human Events
▪ Warren Buffett benefits from Obama's opposition
to Keystone XL pipeline - Read more by John Hayward - Human Events
▪ WND EXCLUSIVE
Will Obama show up at eligibility hearing? Judge wants president in Atlanta courtroom Thursday
Republican presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, stands next to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich before a Republican Presidential debate Monday Jan. 23, 2012, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Mitt Romney has enhanced his image as a front-runner by staying above the fray during a run of Republican debates, but in Tampa he sharply abandons that approach to unleash a withering attack on Newt Gingrich.
<Click on video at left to view and listen as Romney queries Newt on his role in Freddie Mac.
It's not often that Newt is at a loss for words, but one blow from Mitt Romney got his tongue at Monday's debate: What really went down when the former speaker was a consultant for Freddie Mac? We never thought we'd see the day.
The Truth-O-Meter Says: Pants on Fire!
Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.
Newt Gingrich on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate. Gingrich repeats claim that Freddie Mac, credit unions are ‘government-sponsored enterprises.’
Often criticized for his lucrative work for Freddie Mac, Newt Gingrich has compared the mortgage giant
to government-sponsored enterprises such as credit unions and electric co-ops.
He said it again in a debate in Tampa on Jan. 23, 2012, in an effort to portray Freddie, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, as a benign entity that serves citizens -- not an out-of-control bureaucracy that brought down the housing market, as his rivals maintain. Once again, we rate Gingrich’s statement Pants On Fire. Read more
Participating in January 23, 2012 debate: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul
. . . It appears that he is not paying his fair share of Medicare tax,’’ Robert E. McKenzie, a partner in the Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP concluded, in an email to Forbes, after reviewing Gingrich’s 2010 tax return. McKenzie, a past chairman of the Employment Tax Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section and a member of the IRS’ Advisory Council, added: “There are a multitude of cases where the IRS has successfully challenged the improper tax strategy of this candidate and his accountants. Service businesses are only allowed to distribute a fair return on investment from an S corp. as profits exempt from Medicare taxes. The remainder of profits must be paid as salary subject to a 2.9% Medicare tax levy.”
▪
▪ Occupy to turn violent, says George Soros
Billionaire George Soros is predicting protests by Occupy Wall Street will turn violent, while warning the U.S. financial system may collapse.
"At times like these, survival is the most important thing," Soros says. Click here to read the full article.
Presidential Campaign moves on to Florida
Primary Vote on January 31, 2012
Participants (alphabetical order) Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum Moderator Brian Williams Panel Beth Reinhard, National Journal Adam Smith, Tampa Bay Times Sponsors MSNBC NBC News National Journal Tampa Bay Times Florida Council of 100 Live Stream nbcpolitics.com, nationaljournal.com, and tampabay.com
Watch party Debate Watch Party at the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza; 7:30 p.m., and open to the public.
Articles
of
interest
pertaining
to
the
presidential
race --not
everyone
in
states
beyond
SC
are
backing
Speaker
Gingrich
Mitt
and
Newt
will
both
have
trouble
beating
Barack
Obama.
Mitt's
trouble
will
come
from
Obama.
Newt's
trouble
from
himself.
But
right
now,
the
base
doesn't
care.
“The
base
is
revolting
because
they
swept
the
GOP
back
into
relevance
in
Washington
just
under
two
years
ago
and
they
have
been
thanked
with
contempt
ever
since:"
Jan 21, 2012
(100% of precincts reporting Newt Gingrich - 243,153 - 40.4%
Mitt Romney - 167,279 - 27.8%
Rick Santorum - 102,055 - 17%
Ron Paul - 77,993 - 13%
Rick Perry - 2,494 - 0.4%
Other - 8,192 - 1.4%
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▪ Post on Red State Blog which hopefully all republicans will follow
If it’s Newt, I max out in dollars to his campaign. This is no election to take our balls and sit at home if the outcome is something we don’t like. I said the same thing to Newt supporters the other day here and was branded a campaign operative for my trouble. Goes with the territory.
Same goes for you: If you truly love your country and don’t like the track that Obama has us all on, then for the love of God don’t sit at home come November
As
we
head
into
an
important
election
year,
an
understanding
of
labels
(definitions)
is
very
important.
Please
watch,
listen
and
forward
this
video
essay.
What are we?
"A republic, madam, if you can keep it!" - Benjamin Franklin
Click
on
videos
and
share
with
everyone,
especially
your
children
and
grandchildren.
This
is
one
of
the
best
explanations
that
I
have
seen.
-
the
webmaster
Mitt
Romney
currently
leads
President
Barack
Obama
by
competitive
margins
in
five
general
election
swing
states,
according
to
private
polling
conducted
for
the
Idaho-based
GOP
firm
GS
Strategy
Group
and
shared
with
POLITICO. The
consulting
firm
--
headed
by
Republican
strategist
Greg
Strimple
--
tested
Romney
against
Obama
in
six
states:
Florida,
Ohio,
Nevada,
New
Mexico,
Virginia
and
Wisconsin.
Romney
led
in
all
but
New
Mexico,
where
the
race
was
an
exact
tie.
(CNN) - Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio will throw his weight behind Mitt Romney Thursday, just two days ahead of the South Carolina primary."I had not planned on endorsing this early in the primary process," the first-term senator said in a statement. "However, I feel one candidate's policy positions, debate performances, and character make him the best candidate to take on President Obama."
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The Legislature was in recess this week as the Appropriations Committee held hearings on the FY2012 supplemental budget and the FY2013 budget. The various department heads testified before the committee describing their budget requests. Governor Deal's proposed budget can be found at this website. Beginning next week the Appropriations Sub-Committees will meet to discuss the Governor's proposal.
This week I joined Senator Renee Unterman (R-Buford) and a coalition of law enforcement and industry representatives for a press conference on metal theft legislation. I have been working with Rep. Jason Shaw (R-Lakeland) on a bill in the House. We hope to craft a solution that doesn’t create burdensome regulations but gives law enforcement the tools they need to fight these crimes.
Also this week I joined Senators Chip Rogers and Bill Cowsert and Representatives Andy Welch, Lynn Riley, and Sam Teasley at a press conference calling for a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment. Resolutions will be introduced in both the House and the Senate calling for a Constitutional Convention for the limited purpose of debating such an Amendment.
We'll be back in Session on Monday. Committee meetings for the three committees I sit on (Insurance, Governmental Affairs, and Children and Youth) will begin as Legislation has been assigned to those committees.
"When
[Mitt
Romney]
was the
governor
of
Massachusetts,
he
performed
100 —
and I’m
not sure
this
number
is
right,
but my
mind
says
it’s
about
180 gay
marriages."
—
Judy
Manning
Jan. 16
- 18,
2012
PRESIDENTIAL
Do Not
Forget the
Congressional
Races!
'Martha for
Congress'
Grassroots
Rally
with Special
Guest Herman
Cain
Friends,
I hope you
will join
Herman Cain
and me on
Saturday,
January 28th
at the
Gainesville
Civic Center
(830 Greene
St,
Gainesville,
GA) for the
'Martha for
Congress'
Grassroots
Rally.
With
Election Day
around the
corner, it's
time to
rally the
troops and
make sure
that our
conservative
voice is
heard in
Washington!
The rally is
free and
open to the
public.
Doors to the
Chattahoochee
Room open at
10:00am.
Reservations
are not
required but
are
certainly
appreciated.
To RSVP via
Facebook,
click here.
We are also
hosting a
VIP
Reception
with Herman
Cain in
Longstreet
Room II
before the
rally kicks
off. Tickets
are $250.00
a person and
include
light
breakfast
and a
photograph
with Herman
and me. To
reserve your
ticket to
the VIP
Reception,
click here.
Finally,
please
invite your
friends,
family, and
neighbors to
this
exciting
rally!
Flyers for
the rally
and VIP
reception
are below.
Gingrich
on
negative
ads;
Romney
defends
record
Presidential
candidates
spar
over
Bain
Capital
click
above
graphic
to view
video of
answers
to one
of the
questions
Romney,
on
defense
for much
of the
night,
spars
with
Gingrich
over
dueling
super
PAC
attack
ads, as
the
remaining
candidates
face off
in the
Fox
News/Wall
Street
Journal
debate
ahead of
South
Carolina's
primary
HERMAN CAIN TO HEADLINE 'MARTHA FOR CONGRESS'
GRASSROOTS RALLY
(Gainesville, GA) - Former Republican Presidential candidate and businessman Herman Cain will headline a rally for Martha Zoller, a popular radio talk show host and leading conservative candidate for U. S. Congress. The rally will be held Saturday, January 28th from 10 a.m. to noon at the Gainesville Civic Center (830 Greene Street, Gainesville, GA).
"We are thrilled to have Herman Cain join us in Gainesville for this important and timely rally," said Martha Zoller, candidate for Congress in Georgia's 9th Congressional District. "Like Herman, I believe that we need to completely transform the U.S. Tax Code, restore common sense and accountability in government, and end 'business as usual' in Washington. It is an honor to have Herman support my campaign for Congress and I look forward to sharing the stage with such a remarkable leader again."
"The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living." - - Anonymous
Congratulations to Kris Yardley who was elected Chairman of the Hall County Republican Party on Saturday, January 14. He is replacing Charles Lewis who resigned in order to run for Tax Commissioner.
▪
Steps to
Serving in
the GA GOP
Information
guide to the
process of
becoming a
delegate to
the
Republican
National
Convention
in Tampa,
Florida -
August 2012.
Check with
your county
chairmen for
location of
precinct,
county and
district
conventions. District
Delegates
to national will be
elected at
District
Conventions
and
Delegates at
Large will
be elected
at the State
Convention
in Columbus.
You must
begin at the
precinct/mass
meeting
level.
Click here
to view and
print out
flyer.
Toons of
the Times
2012 -
Presidential
Candidates
Cartoonists
are having a
field day!
click to
enlarge
S.C. Sen. Tom Davis – the leading fiscal conservative in South Carolina state government and one of the most coveted endorsements of the 2012 “First in the South” presidential primary – will announce his support for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul on Sunday. Davis will endorse Paul’s candidacy at a campaign event Sunday evening in Myrtle Beach, S.C. – confirming a report published earlier this week on Buzzfeed
Rick
Santorum
won the
support of a
group of
U.S. family
and
religious
leaders who
called for
social
conservatives
to coalesce
behind one
Republican
presidential
candidate as
an
alternative
to
Mitt Romney.
The
endorsement
came on the
eve of the
final Sunday
worship
services
before the
Jan. 21
primary in
South
Carolina,
where 60
percent of
2008
Republican
primary
voters said
in
exit polls
that they
consider
themselves
“born again”
or
evangelical
Christians
▪
Is America
ready for a
Mormon
President?
Jan. 14,
2011
COLUMBIA,
S.C. - Mitt
Romney faced
down the
question of
whether
America is
ready for a
Mormon
President on
Friday night
in Hilton
Head, South
Carolina.
During a
town
meeting,
Betty Treen
took the
microphone
to ask the
former
Massachusetts
Governor
point blank
about his
faith.
Following is
a quote from
Mitt Romney:
"Our nation
was founded
on the
principle in
some
respects, of
religious
tolerance
and liberty
in this
land, and so
we welcome
people of
other
faiths, and
I happen to
believe
Jesus Christ
is the son
of God and
my Savior."
Read more
Left:
Mitt
Romney
arrives
for
the
Huckabee
Forum
2, a
televised
event,
in
Charleston
The forum, hosted by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Fox News, barred the candidates from attacking or even mentioning each other.Newt Gingrich paid little attention to that rule. When asked to "defend the vilification of companies willing to put capital at risk in order to save failing companies," the former speaker zeroed in on Mitt Romney.
"Governor Romney ran saying he created 100,000 jobs in the private sector. ... I believe it's fair to ask that records be clear." The hit on Romney backfired. Before Huckabee could finish trying to stop him, the audience drowned out Gingrich with boos. The rest of the GOP field didn't mention their Republican rivals but were equally peppered with questions from the undecided voters Read more on
▪
Newt
Gingrich's
Kamikaze
campaign
by
Peter Bella
-
Washington
Times (a
conservative
newspaper)
Peter Bella knows the same Speaker Gingrich which I have known and
followed for
many years.
For the past
two days, I
have
personally
been
informed by
Republicans
in
Gainesville
and Hall
County that
"our" county
is
supporting
Newt."
In fact, at
a Hall GOP
meeting this
morning, I
was handed a
"Newt"
sticker by a
member of
the
Executive
Committee.
It is not
surprising
in Hall
County and
Gainesville
that
Republicans
are backing
Newt since
Governor
Deal is
Newt's state
Campaign
Manager (or
some such
title) and
this is
Deal's
permanent
home. They
seem to feel
an
obligation
to support
the
Governor's
choice in
all things.
However,
there are
some of us
who have the
courage to
support
other
candidates
and vote our
own
convictions
. -- VRG
Webmaster
Evangelical minster Franklin Graham said voters should look past a candidate’s personal religion when considering whom they should support for office. Graham offered his advice in a recent interview with The Christian Broadcasting Network when asked if Christians could vote for omeone who is a Mormon.
“Yes, the fact that Mitt Romney is a Mormon doesn’t bother me at all,” Graham told CBN. Two candidates seeking the GOP nomination for president who are Mormons are Romney and Jon Huntsman. They are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Graham said voters should select a candidate who is most qualified, beyond anything else.
“You can have the nicest guy and he can be a Christian and just wonderful but have absolutely no clue as to how to run a country, you don’t want that … Mitt Romney is a very capable fellow, I know him. I know Newt Gingrich, another capable person; Michele Bachmann, a very capable lady; Rick Santorum, I like a lot, very gifted guy, a very sharp person and so there are some good candidates out there.” Graham’s primary concern about the 2012 election is that he feels the country is heading in the wrong direction, saying the next election is “the most critical election of my lifetime.”
Photo at
left: Winter
Board
meeting of
the RNC in
New Orleans.
Click to
enlarge.
Thanks to
Sue
Everhart, GA
GOP
Chairman,
for sending
this on
Facebook.
Mitt Romney is now running away with the race in the latest Rasmussen Reports’ survey of the end-of-the-month Florida Republican Primary.
Coming off his decisive win in Tuesday’s New Hampshire Primary, Romney earns 41% support with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich a distant second at 19%. A new telephone survey of Likely Florida Republican Primary Voters finds former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum running third with 15% of the vote. Read more
John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, endorsed Mitt Romney's bid to be the Republican nominee for president. "Of all the candidates, Mitt Romney possesses the strongest vision for America's leadership role in the world, and I am proud to endorse him," Bolton said. Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama for his stance on Israel on Thursday, telling a Florida crowd that if elected he would "stand with our friends."
"This president has found it pretty sensible to be critical of our friends," Romney told a Palm Beach County crowd that included many Jewish voters.
The road to the White House is long. The path runs through Florida with the Republican primary on Jan. 31. Here are some concepts that have emerged from the campaign to date.
Every vote counts – Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum by eight votes in the Iowa caucus. A few more handshakes, a few more phone calls and Santorum may have pulled off an improbable victory over the well-funded, well-known front runner. Read more
▪
A major
victory for
religious
freedom
The U.S.
Supreme
Court has
unanimously
ruled in
favor of a
Christian
school in
Michigan
that was
sued for
firing an
employee who
herself had
threatened
to sue over
alleged
discrimination.
Simply put,
the ruling
strongly
affirms the
freedom of
religious
groups to
choose their
own
ministers.
Georgia News from the Gold Dome
GA Legislature 2012: A session primer
from the AJC - Session
Monday January 9 was the first day of the Georgia Legislature’s new session. Here are some things to help guide you through the day-to-day actions of your lawmakers in the state House and Senate. Use this page on the AJC to help guide you through the session.
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Education and Jobs were two of the keywords in Georgia Governor Nathan Deal's State of the State Address tonight.
Deal announced a reduction to the revenue estimate on which the 2011 budget is based of $27.5 million but also proposed that 1% of the revenue shortfall reserve be appropriated for K-12 education. bothe the amended 2011 and the proposed 2012 budgets hold K-12 education as a top priority. Read more Read entire speech
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Governor’s
Ga. 400 plan
sparks alarm
-
AJC Jan. 14,
2011
A new project, announced by Gov. Nathan Deal in his State of the State address this week, plans to convert the highway’s shoulder into a new travel lane between Holcomb Bridge Road and the North Springs MARTA station. The pilot project breaks a new path for easing congestion on Georgia’s highways. But it means the loss of a speedy bypass route for ambulances, police cars and firetrucks that drive on the wide right shoulder when the road is congested. Emergency services operators in the area expressed alarm.
“It’s the obvious,” said Sandy Springs Police Chief Terry Sult, talking about the ability to quickly respond to calls or safely patrolling Ga. 400. “Where do you stop a car if everybody’s using that lane?” Read more
▪
New
Hampshire:
Romney 42%,
Paul 18%,
Santorum
13%,
Huntsman 12%
▪ South Carolina Primary: Romney 27%,
Santorum
24%,
Gingrich 18%
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney remains the most competitive Republican presidential contender as far as President Obama is concerned, with the two men running even again this week.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds Obama and Romney each earning 42% of the vote. Eight percent (8%) prefer some other candidate, and another eight percent (8%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
SO very glad
to see there
are members
of the GA
Legislature
and at least
two state
wide
officers
with the
guts to show
their
support for
Romney and
not be
"influenced"
by Governor
Deal.
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Thursday,
05 Jan
2012
04:59 PM
By Jim
Meyers
and
Ashley
Martella
-
Newsmax.com
▪
Will
anti-fat
bias affect
the 2012
election?
Newt
Gingrich’s
girth surely
could be a
target in
the race to
be the
Republican
presidential
nominee.
Will it cost
him? “Study
after study
after study
shows the
same thing.
Weight bias
is a highly
prevalent
form of
discrimination,
more common
than other
forms that
have
protection
within our
laws,” says
Yale
University’s
Rebecca Puhl
(Associated
Press)
. . . The
former House
Speaker may
have already
reached the
same
conclusion
on his own.
While
stumping at
an Iowa ice
cream shop
last month,
Mr. Gingrich
reportedly
eyed a root
beer float
and joked,
“I have
certain
weaknesses,
as you can
tell. Food
is No. 1, 2
and 3.” (Ed.
comment:
The
Speaker's
weight
problem is
even more
emphasized
when he is
next to his
young
tall skinny
wife #3
(23 years
younger than
Newt) ALWAYS with
him on TV
and in event
photos. The
cartoonists
are having a
field day
with Newt's
weight.)
Just a few of the zillion photos of Newt and Callista Gingrich - click to enlarge
Above: Cartoonist having a field day with Newt's size
Herman Cain was on the Boortz show Wednesday to help post-game the Iowa Caucuses and introduce his next steps... Listen
Jan. 4, 2012
Iowa Caucus
Results -
January 4,
2012
What a long
and exciting
evening!
Click above
graphic to
view Iowa
map and view
videos from
the evening
event.
▪
8 votes
carry Romney
to victory
in January 3
Iowa Caucus
DES MOINES,
IA- Mitt
Romney eked
out a
minuscule
8-vote
victory over
Rick
Santorum in
Iowa's
Republican
presidential
caucuses,
the state
party
chairman
said early
Wednesday,
ringing down
the curtain
on an
improbable
first act in
the campaign
to pick a
challenger
to President
Barack Obama
in the fall.
Read more.
RUSH: Newt
came out
there and
he's mad.
Newt is
ticked off.
He is livid
over the
negative ads
that Romney
ran. Well,
Romney's PAC
ran against
him in
Iowa. And
it's true,
it's safe to
say that
Romney's ads
took Newt
out. Newt
was at the
top of the
heap going
into Iowa.
Those ads
worked.
They took
the bottom
right out.
Newt's
foundation
just
plummeted.
And Newt is
angry about
it, and it
came across
that he was
angry. And
some people
say that
that's not
good, and
Snerdley
said, "It's
not, it's
not good.
You're
supposed to
be ebullient
and
optimistic
and positive
and so
forth.
You're not
supposed to
get mad out
there on the
campaign
trail. It
shows
intemperance,
lack of
judgment,"
so forth and
so on.
Read more.
Published
Jan 4,
2012 at
3:00 am
(Updated
Dec 21,
2011)
▪
Iowa
shows
GOP
determined
to
beat
Obama
-
Ann
Coulter
Ann Coulter
It's
been
a
mixed
week
for
Mitt
Romney's
campaign.
On
one
hand,
Romney
won
Iowa,
but
on
the
other,
he
was
endorsed
by
John
McCain.
Until
the
first
actual
votes
were
cast
Tuesday
night,
it
appeared
as
if
some
elements
of
the
Republican
Party
were
becoming
the
mirror
image
of a
liberal
mob.
By Bonnie Goldstein - Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/02/2012 - Washington Post
Maybe Newt Gingrich’s marital history isn’t the leading predictor of his performance as president. But the way a man treats the women in his life does, as he himself has acknowledged, offer us a window into his character. His record as a husband does parallel a certain fickleness on policy. And the women he chose to marry do tell us something about his evolution as a person. Read more
To:
American
liberals,
leftists,
social
progressives,
socialists,
Marxists
Obama
supporters,
et al:
Click
here to
read
great
piece.
December 31,
2011
Elections
2012 - Iowa
Caucus on
January 3,
2012
▪
Perry's
Dramatic
Fade Shapes
GOP
Nomination
Race
BOONE, Iowa
-- Texas
Gov. Rick
Perry can
still fill a
room with
his Texas
swagger and
frontier
good looks.
But Perry
may have
exerted his
greatest
influence on
the 2012 GOP
race through
a vacuum he
has created
-- a dynamic
that is
powerfully
shaping the
Iowa
caucuses now
hurtling
toward
Tuesday’s
vote.
Read more
in
NationalJournal.com
GOP Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich holds a press conference Tuesday after speaking to a crowd of supporters at the Dubuque Country Club in Dubuque, Iowa. He tells a concerned voter it's been dropped, but that's news to the author.
URBANDALE,
Iowa –
During
remarks to
supporters
inside her
campaign
headquarters
Saturday,
Michele
Bachmann
linked
President
Barack Obama
to a large
protest that
had been
unfolding
outside the
building
only minutes
before.
"You may
have seen
all over Des
Moines the
Barack Obama
re-election
advance team
is already
out there in
the various
parking lots
of all of
the
campaigns,"
Bachmann
told about
70
volunteers.
"This tells
you that he
is nervous,"
she
continued.
(Reuters) -
Republican
presidential
contender
Mitt Romney
said on
Saturday he
would veto a
proposal
granting
U.S.
citizenship
to
undocumented
immigrants
who were
brought to
the country
as children,
a pledge
that won
hearty
applause
from Iowa
conservatives
he hopes to
win over.
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MARTHA KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN WITH
PRO-TROOP + MAFPAC SUPPORT!
This weekend, our longtime friend Martha Zoller officially kicked off her campaign for congress in her own hometown of Gainesville, GA. We welcome her decision to run for office, something people have been asking her to do for years and, because we know she supports the troops, we pledge our support to her candidacy.
Martha's kickoff event was well attended by veterans, military families, tea partiers and radio listeners, as she is a household name in the community.
"Every morning for the past 15 years, folks have turned on their radio and heard Martha's conservative message. People already know what she stands for." said her campaign manager Ryan Mahoney at the rally in downtown Gainesville.
At MAF we look for candidates who support the troops, that's our most important issue, and we know that Martha is a huge supporter of our military and their missions to keep America safe and free. She's so committed that she's traveled to Iraq TWICE to help the troops and Gold Star families that she cares for so much!
Martha
speaks to an
energized
audience on
the square
in
Gainesville
Campaign Treasurer
speaks on Martha's behalf
Martha speaks
to the crowd and lays
our her plans
Women supporters
from Union County
Chris Yardley of
Flowery Branch
Connie and
Bobby Banks
of Flowery Branch
Qiana Keith and
her children
Crowd listens to
Martha's conservative message
Right: Debbie Dooley,
a Leader of Tea Party
Patriots of GA
Women of Union Co.
for Martha
Martha with Bettye
Chambers of Buford
Kellie Weeks of
Gainesville wears
her "Martha" sticker
Martha thanks everyone
for attending
► Martha Zoller campaign for Congress kicks-off -read article
By Marc EggersStaff- Access North GA
Presidential
Preference
Primary
for
Georgia
set
for
Tuesday,
March
6,
2012
Secretary of State Brian Kemp has announced that Georgia’s 2012 presidential preference primary will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Secretary Kemp was given the authority to set the presidential primary date via a modification to Georgia’s statutory code during the 2011 legislative session. Substantial rules changes by the RNC leading up to the 2012 Republican National Convention resulted in states that are “winner-take-all” states like Georgia not having the ability to hold their primaries without losing ½ of their potential delegates if the primary was held before April 1, 2012.
Behind the scenes, much planning and labor was completed by the Georgia Republican Party to facilitate this decision. Secretary Kemp worked closely with party leaders prior to his formal announcement. The GAGOP Rules Committee and State Committee convened to approve a rule change that allowed the Secretary Kemp the flexibility necessary to ensure that Georgia voters would remain a strong voice in the 2012 primary process as we select our next President.
Prior to the rules change, Georgia was a winner-take-all system and would have lost ½ of its delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa if the primary was held before April 1, 2012. The proposed change to the GAGOP allows Georgia’s delegates to be allotted on a proportional basis if the Georgia primary was held before April 1, 2012.
The GAGOP commends Secretary of State Brian Kemp for his efforts and diligence in the selection of March 6, 2012 as the presidential preference primary date in Georgia.
Kevin J. Harris
Georgia Republican Party
Executive Director
404-257-5559 ext. 212 office
706-455-9200 cell
404-257-0779 fax kevin@gagop.org
Base bails on Democrats in droves By Chris Joyner - AJC
Georgia Democrats enter the upcoming 2011 session of the General Assembly reeling from a series of defections and facing an uphill climb toward relevance. The once-dominant party holds 85 of 236 seats in the House and Senate, Democrats’ lowest ebb since Reconstruction. And the number has been slipping. Read entire article
Vote
- Right
-
Georgia
2012
The Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appears to be heading for defeat in the Florida primary on Tuesday despite picking up the endorsement of former pizza mogul and Tea Party favorite Herman Cain. Polls show Mitt Romney with a double-digit lead, though these were taken before Cain's surprise announcement of support for Gingrich on Saturday night. Pollsters predicted the intervention of Cain, who was the frontrunner in the race late last year until he was forced out by sexual harassment allegations, is unlikely to make much difference. (Wonder why Herman waited until today to do this???)
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Back
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Presidential
Campaign
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in joining
Georgia for
Mitt?
▪
Presidential
Preference
Primary
for
Georgia
set
for
Tuesday,
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I'm a Romney backer, but
SteveM (Diary) Saturday, January 21st at 8:19PM EST (link)Same goes for you: If you truly love your country and don’t like the track that Obama has us all on, then for the love of God don’t sit at home come November