2012 Elections
June 6th, 2011
The Golden Corridor Republican Women recently hosted a brunch in which seven candidates running in the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate were given a chance to speak about why they are running and their individual platforms...
April 23rd, 2011
We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude." - Thomas JeffersonWe have heard so much about the ‘Donald’ that you would think no one else is interested in the president’s ‘job’. Actually...
April 16th, 2011
First Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861. After the disastrous Union defeat, President Lincoln summoned George McClellan to command the forces in Washington.Lincoln was impressed by McClellan's ability to turn...
April 15th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement after the House approved the fiscal year 2012 budget resolution, “The Path to Prosperity: Restoring America’s Promise."The budget approved today honors House Republicans’ commitment to...
April 13th, 2011
“Good start, long way to go”. “Step in the right direction, a small step.” John BoehnerUS DEBT CLOCK.ORGDid we win? Did the American people win? The dust has not yet settled because it seems that the Socialists/Democrats are...
April 12th, 2011
With a budget shutdown averted and behind us, it is time to move onto the real battle – the FY2012 budget! This is where conservatives will really have to get into the fight over debts and deficits. Democrats may have...
April 6th, 2011
NRCC - Even before they saw the details of House Republicans’ budget, to be announced Tuesday morning, a group of Democrat governors circulated a letter Monday afternoon criticizing the House GOP plan to save and protect...
March 30th, 2011
There has been a lot of discussion lately about Congress attempting to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA). In light of the incredible deficits run up by the Obama administration, and in particular, the speed at which...
February 22nd, 2011
Just over a month after Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced she will retire from the US Senate when her current term expires, the field to replace her in 2012 is already getting pretty full. The four Republicans who have...
February 18th, 2011
TexasGOPVote caught up with former Solicitor General of Texas Ted Cruz at CPAC 2011 to discuss his bid for the Republican nominee in the 2012 Texas Senatorial Race. In the video below, Ted Cruz discusses why he is running...
May 29th, 2011
In a move that caught many by surprise Friday, Texas Senator Dan Patrick (R-SD7 Houston), announced he is forming an exploratory committee to decide if he will run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by retiring...
April 17th, 2011
We can quickly dispose of Obama’s plan, which is the reason “Budgets” is in quotation marks. Can you really call something a budget when there are no specifics about what is allocated for what? In the general outlines of...
April 16th, 2011
In a poll released Friday by Public Policy Polling, Donald Trump has come from nowhere to take the lead among early Republican candidates for the nomination in 2012. I, for one, am grateful he is in the race. We don't yet...
April 13th, 2011
In response to President Obama’s speech at George Washington University on America’s national fiscal crisis, I issued the following statement:The first step towards fixing a problem is admitting you have one. This, the...
April 12th, 2011
NRCC - Nearly two months after President Obama announced a 2012 budget plan that was widely panned by independent observers for not confronting America’s debt crisis, White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe announced Sunday...
April 8th, 2011
Why These Riders are so ImportantAs the days proceed towards a government shutdown, the principal negotiators continue to battle over something that few Americans have heard much about. This looming...
April 5th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement regarding Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) fiscal year 2012 House budget resolution, “The Path to Prosperity: Restoring America’s Promise.”The budget House Republicans...
March 28th, 2011
NRCC - President Obama’s FY 2012 budget has attracted plenty of criticism for its failure to responsibly deal with the nation’s debt problem:CBO: OBAMA BUDGET UNDERCOUNTS SPENDING BY $2.3 TRILLION: “President Barack Obama’s...
February 20th, 2011
For those who missed it, the new era of civility proceeds as noted leftist blog Alternet wrote about Herman Cain and other black conservatives,“because of what they believe, but rather because of how they entertain and...
February 15th, 2011
National Republican Comgressional Committee - President Obama promised the American people that he would finally tackle the deficit in his latest budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. But instead of turning from his big spending...