A story that hits closer to home than most

First of all, just want to say that my time at Lake Chelan was awesome. Beautiful weather for most of the trip, good food and good people. Definitely a nice vacation.

And now, back to politics.

I came home to an email from my pops, which linked to a video report by CBS about a Chevy dealership that’s being shut down in the town 0f 800 he grew up in as a kid. All because the government now owns General Motors…

Click the pic below to watch the report:

GOP takes four-point lead on Generic Congressional Ballot

Hope and change!

From Rasmussen:

Support for Republican congressional candidates has reached its highest level in over two years as the GOP lengthens its lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Ballot.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 38% would opt for the Democratic candidate.

Support for Republican candidates rose two points over the past week, while support for Democratic candidates is up one point. Last week, support for Democrats fell to its lowest level in over two years.

So, support for Republican congressional candidates has reached its highest level in over two years, while support for Dems fell to its lowest level in over two years last week. Sweet.

Here’s how the last five weeks have looked for the Generic Congressional Ballot:

June 21, 2009: Dem 41, GOP 39

June 28, 209: GOP 41, Dem 39

July 5, 2009: GOP 41, Dem 38

July 12, 2009: GOP 40, Dem 37

July 19, 2009: GOP 42, Dem 38

In the same time frame, Obama’s approval ratings have gone from  58.7% approve, 33.7% disapprove to 56.2% approve, 38% disapprove.

Also in the same time frame, the number of people who think country is headed in the right direction has gone from 43.1% to 36.2%. The number of those who say we’re on the wrong track has gone from 48.6% to 55.6%.

That’s music to the ears of Republicans who have been waiting for a resurgence back into power. The McDonnell/Deeds and Christie/Corzine races will reveal a lot more than these polls about the true mood of the country, and will either offer a huge boost or a huge blow to Repubs heading into 2010. Right now, those races look good for us, but November’s still a looong way off.

Dennis Prager: Americans Are Beginning to Understand the Left

Prager says the only good thing to come out of Barack Obama’s presidency so far is that clarity has emerged about the thinking of the Left, and the danger it poses to America. Prager lists four principles of the Left that are becoming clearer and clearer to more Americans. They are as follows:

1. The left, as distinct from traditional liberals, is not, and has never been, interested in creating wealth. The left is no more interested in creating wealth than Christians are in creating Muslims or Muslims in creating Christians. The left is interested in redistributing wealth, not creating it. The left spends the wealth that private enterprise and entrepreneurial risk-taking individuals create.
2. The reason the left asks why there is poverty instead of why there is wealth is that the left’s preoccupying ideal is equality — not economic growth. And those who are preoccupied with equality are more troubled by wealth than by poverty.
3. The left everywhere seeks to make as big and powerful a state as possible. It does so because only the state can redistribute society’s wealth. And because only a strong and powerful state can impose values on society. The idea of small government, the American ideal since its inception, is the antithesis of the left’s ideal.
4. The left imposes its values on others whenever possible and to the extent possible. That is why virtually every totalitarian regime in the 20th century was left-wing. Inherent to all left-wing thought is a totalitarian temptation. People on the left know that not only are their values morally superior to conservative values, but that they themselves are morally superior to conservatives. Thus, for example, the former head of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean, could say in all seriousness, “In contradistinction to the Republicans, we don’t think children ought to go to bed hungry at night.”

Prager goes much further in depth on these principles, and how each applies to the Leftists in Washington today, so I’d recommend reading the whole article.

Prager concludes with this:

The president of the United States and the much of the Democratic Party embody these left-wing principles. Right now, America’s only hope of staying American rather than becoming European lies in making these principles as clear as possible to as many Americans as possible. The left is so giddy with power right now, we actually have a chance.

IBD smashes the case for ObamaCare

(HT: Dennis Prager)

Investor’s Business Daily takes a look at the arguments from proponents of government-run healthcare, and takes them apart one-by-one. They are as follows:

• America has a health care crisis.
• Health care reform will save money.
• Only the rich will pay for reform.
• Government-run health care produces better results.
• The poor lack care.

I’m sure you’ve heard all of these arguments from your friends on the Left before, so to be able to respond to them, it’d be a good idea to read the article and find out why none of them actually hold water.

Rasmussen’s “Presidential Approval Index” holding steady at -7

Just like the economy, no recovery in sight.

From Rasmussen:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-seven percent (37%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –7 (see trends).

Michael Steele on 2010

The GOP Chair, who was on Fox News earlier today, sounds fired up and ready to take back some House seats in 2010:

GOP pwns Obama on Porkulus

From the House Republican Conference:

(HT: HotAir)

Support for ObamaCare goes belly up

Two polls, both with very similar results, show the public souring on Obama’s push for universal healthcare.

Awesome.

First, from Zogby, via NewsMax:

The year’s biggest survey on healthcare reveals most Americans oppose the very reforms that President Obama is trying to push through Congress.

By 52 percent to 40 percent, voters say they are against the healthcare bill introduced July 14 to the House of Representatives, a new Zogby International poll reports.

Co-sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the survey is based on interviews with nearly 4,000 adults nationwide – the largest such survey conducted this year.

The poll’s findings: Americans oppose raising tax rates to pay for a new healthcare system. Instead, they favor innovative approaches that would save money, which in turn could be used to fund health benefits for the poor.

Among those currently insured, Zogby reports, 84 percent are satisfied with their current health care. Also, four out of every five people surveyed agreed that rising healthcare costs are hurting American businesses.

Next, from Rasmussen:

Just 35% of U.S. voters now support the creation of a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurers.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 50% of voters oppose setting up a government health insurance company as President Obama and congressional Democrats are now proposing in their health care reform plan. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.

In mid-June, 41% of American adults thought setting up a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurance companies was a good idea, but the identical number (41%) disagreed.

Rudy Giuliani on potential gubernatorial run and Obama’s fiscal irresponsibility

Rudy Giuliani on “The Fred Thompson Show” yesterday:

Yeah, he’s definitely running.

New poll shows Christie up 8 over Corzine…

So, let’s recap the last three polls taken for New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, which will be held next year:

Rasmussen (7/7 – 7/7): Christie 53, Corzine 41

Quinnipiac (7/8 – 7/12): Christie 53, Corzine 41

Monmouth/Gannett (7/9 – 7/14): Christie 45, Corzine 37

Here’s the most important part of this latest poll:

President Obama is scheduled to stump for Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine today, but a new poll from Monmouth University shows that it will take more than the president to save the vulnerable governor’s campaign.

The poll, conducted July 9-14, found that 69 percent of likely voters said Obama’s support for Corzine will have no impact on their decision whether or not to vote for the governor, who faces a strong challenge from Republican former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie.

Sorry, Obama. You showing up for a few hours and flashin’ a smile ain’t gonna cut it. Corzine’s going down…

Still in the driver's seat...