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Dec. 30, 2011
Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina Republicans Reject Euro Bailouts Poll: 76 percent of Republicans in Iowa, 68 percent in New Hampshire, and 77 percent in South Carolina oppose any U.S. involvement of bailing out Europe through the International Monetary Fund.
Video: 11 Big Gov't Busts of '11: Find Out What Number One Is... Here is the number one Big Government Bust of 2011.
2012 GOP Nomination Elimination Match: Round 2 Click above to participate in round 2 of the GOP Nomination Elimination Match! SEIU Advertises Job for Law Breakers Union seeks dedicated employee to take over banks.
Wallison and Pinto: Why the Left Is Losing the Argument over the Financial Crisis "Fair-minded people are persuaded by facts, not invective." Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina Republicans Reject Euro Bailouts
By Robert Romano
Polling in early election battleground states Iowa and New Hampshire finds likely Republican voters deeply opposed to bailing out European banks that bet poorly on the sovereign debt of socialist governments like Greece.
As reported by the National Review's John Fund, overall, 76 percent of Republicans in Iowa, 68 percent in New Hampshire, and 77 percent in South Carolina oppose any U.S. involvement of bailing out Europe through the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"These polls send a direct message to Republican candidates for President, which is if they support another bailout, they're finished," Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson declared.
The results have big implications for the 2012 Republican contest for the presidential nomination, Wilson said, whose group commissioned the two surveys conducted by the polling company, inc. in Iowa and New Hampshire in November. Both had samples of 500 likely Republican voters.
"In 2008, Republicans destroyed their brand by supporting the TARP bailouts for banks that were at the heart of the financial crisis. Politically, they were a catastrophe for the base and handed Democrats complete control of government for two years," Wilson recalled.
In 2010, Republicans promised in the Pledge to America to "prevent Washington from forcing responsible taxpayers to subsidize irresponsible behavior by ending bailouts permanently".
Wilson said the polling shows that Republicans have "a golden opportunity to restore the confidence of their base as the anti-bailout party" after their failure in 2008 to claim that mantle.
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Get full story here. 2012 GOP Nomination Elimination Match: Round 2
With the Iowa caucuses just a couple of weeks away, we thought it would be fun to host the 2012 GOP Nomination Elimination Match.
Round 1 of the tournament featured all 7 GOP Presidential candidates facing off in an 8 seed tournament with "None of the Above" being seeded in the 8 slot. It is a single elimination tournament. (Click here to download a printable tournament bracket so you can play at home!) In Round 1, #1 seed Newt Gingrich defeated #8 seed "None of the Above" with 57% to 43%. #4 seed Bachmann defeated #5 seed Perry with 60% to 40%. #2 seed Romney beat #7 seed Huntsman with 58% to 42%. And in the upset match-up, #6 seed Santorum defeated the #3 seeded Ron Paul with 55% to 45%.
Voting for Round 2 begins today and concludes on Wednesday, December 28. On that day, we will announce Round 2 winners and begin the Championship round of voting. So be sure to check back to NetRightDaily.com all next week to stay up to speed on the tournament andsubscribe to our daily email by clicking here to receive tournament updates.
We chose the seeds using the Real Clear Politics average of nationwide polls to determine who would be seeded #1 through #7. We chose the #1 seed as the current leader in the polls as of December 15.
SEIU Advertises Job for Law Breakers
By Brad Tidwell
Fox News had what could only be described as a professional point misser as their analyst on the story about the SEIU union advertising to hire someone to lead a team of law breakers in support of their ends.
Time and again, the anchor attempted to get him to make the obvious point that the union which in 2009 was viewed as the most influential in Washington, DC, is now looking to engage in an active campaign of civil unrest and law breaking. Yet, somehow, the guest prevailed by repeatedly talking around the edges and failing to make the salient point.
For those who missed the SEIU call for law breakers, the introduction to the employment advertisement might as well read, "Looking for a job? Sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street Movement? Have a healthy disrespect for the law? The SEIU may have a job for you!"
And while it isn't that direct, here are some excerpts from the actual job listing: "SEIU Healthcare 775NW is hiring a Lead internal Organizer to lead a team of eight organizers who are focused on leadership development, the "Leaders In Action" field team, working with public and private sector home care workers. This team develops leaders and builds networks to take action in a variety of campaigns. The LiA team does not handle traditional representational duties, such as contract enforcement or bargaining."
These non-traditional duties extend beyond normal SEIU positions indeed. Once you start looking at the duties and responsibilities of the organizer, a definite pattern emerges: "Train and lead members in non-violent civil disobedience, such as occupying state buildings and banks, and peaceful resistance… [And] [p]lan and execute strategic direct action field plans including banner drops, bank takeovers, and capitol occupations with membership, other local unions, and coalition partners."
The essential qualities SEIU is looking for is a willingness to break the law, and create whatever disruption to targeted businesses that you can. However, a certain amount of caveat emptor to the potential job seeker — there is no mention if bail money will be approved on the successful applicant's expense report.
Get full story here.  ALG Editor's Note: In the following featured column from the American Enterprise Institute, Peter Wallison and Edward Pinto respond to the New York Times' Joe Nocera's claim they are perpetuating a "big lie" by accusing the government of being at the heart of the financial crisis: Why the Left Is Losing the Argument over the Financial Crisis
By Peter J. Wallison and Edward Pinto Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The day before Christmas, Joe Nocera did it again—wasted a perfectly good |
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