America voted to expand the nanny state, but who is paying the nanny?

 Last nights elections results didn’t change the balance of power much in Washington.  It is still headed in the direction of runaway spending, expanding entitlements with more and larger government services. Of course, this costs tremendous amounts of money

Bill O’Reilly summed up the election results yesterday:

“There are fifty percent of the voting public who want stuff. They want things. Who is going to give them things? President Obama. He knows it and ran on it. ... Twenty years ago, President Obama would have been roundly defeated by an establishment candidate like Mitt Romney.”

As I wrote in my October 21 piece, the left has capitalized on being the party of the government dependent entitlement society.  This population has been mobilized to vote and has tipped the balance of power. They are immune from the effects of a bad economy the private sector is mired in. Why should they care if taxes are raised? 

The national debt of 16 trillion doesn’t affect them either, future generations will be saddled with this burden.  We ran out of our own money long ago and are now spending our children’s/grandchildren’s money to afford today’s entitlements.

But what is important to this base, is getting stuff today… President Obama and his party have done the best job of promising that. But nothing is free, everything comes with some sort of price tag.  That price is monetary and a loss of freedom from more intrusive big government protecting you from yourself by imposing its policies on you.

 Britain’s Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher said:  “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” 

America had an opportunity yesterday to change that direction, but failed to grasp it when an alternative for fiscal responsibility was offered by the Romney candidacy.

Many Americans will now get what they voted for: A bigger and more intrusive nanny state…paid for by someone else, until they run out of money.

Final debate showcased Mitt Romney’s presidential demeanor -- Governor failed to fall into any of Barack Obama's traps over foreign policy

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama during their final presidential debate

Governor Mitt Romney was building momentum going into Monday's third, and final debate, and remained unchanged in the debate aftermath.

Debate polls will show it is about an even split, possibly even a few points in Barack Obama’s favor, but again, like the first and second debate, voters gave Romney overwhelming marks for their confidence that he could fix the economy.

Although supposed to be exclusively focused on foreign policy, Governor Romney cleverly shifted the discussion over to his strong suit, by saying a strong American economy will make us powerful in the foreign policy arena.

The Governor always had a pleasant smile on his face while he discussed the issues, in stark contrast to the glare and occasional scowl that president Obama had on his face. Compared to the first debate where President Obama barely looked at Mitt Romney, this time the President rarely took his eyes off of him. In someway this might have backfired on the President and made him appear too aggressive.

But Governor Romney was not going to fall into any of President Obama's traps and get mired in small wonkish details, he stayed focused on the big picture, as Dr, Charles Krauthammer noted shortly after the debate.

Krauthammer proclaimed “It’s unequivocal, Romney won.” 

He went on to observe that “Romney won, both strategically and tactically.”  Romney went large while Obama went small, amazingly small, by attacking Romney on in consequential charges that he invested in companies in China.  It made President Obama look petty and un-presidential.

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But while Obama threw these petty charges his way Romney never got ruffled and kept an amused smile on his face.

At one point in the debate Romney said that our navy was at its lowest ship strength since 1917, far below recommendations by the navy to carry out its worldwide missions.  Obama leaped at the opportunity to try to demean Romney by saying “governor we now have ships that planes land on called aircraft carriers and we have boats that go underwater.” We can do more with far less. 

Of course the President overlooked the fact that Romney was quoting from present day naval experts on the need for a larger fleet than what we have presently.  But it was an example of the pettiness and personal insults the President used throughout the debate.

But Romney delivered a devastating blow to Obama when he criticized the Presidents apology tour to the Middle East, shortly on the heels of his inauguration and noted that the President visited all of those countries but neglected to visit our number one ally: Israel.  With the kicker: “They noticed.” 

President Obama had no coherent comeback to defray the bad taste his apology tour left in many Americans mouths and what a slap in the face it was to our friends and allies, the Israeli’s.

To sum it up, Dr. Krauthammer put it best: “Obama’s attacks were something you would expect in a race for “city council.”

“That’s not what you expect from the president.”

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Why Mitt Romney won the debate despite what the media says -- Romney polled much better on key economic issues after stand-off

President Barack Obama and Republican presidential
candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (Credit: AP)

President Barack Obama showed up ready to rumble on Tuesday night at the Hofstra University. Unfortunately for him, so did Mitt Romney. 

But Romney had to debate the President and a mediator, who thought she had to pitch in to help out the President if he appeared in trouble.  Candy Crowley interrupted Romney 28 times, while she only admonished Obama nine times for exceeding his time.

There are analysts that say President Obama scored some debate points.  there are others who critiqued Romney for not taking advantage of clear openings to land a knockout blow on Obama.  But when the “fog of the debate” clears, polls will show that Mitt Romney has picked up more support from the American electorate.

After the debate flash polls showed that Obama had an edge in the debate.  But the question asked was who was the most improved from the Denver debate, of course that was Obama….and who performed close to expectations: Romney.

The left leaning CNN poll shortly after the debate, showed  Romney had a 58-40 edge on the issue of economics/ best plan for righting our economic ship.

Additionally Romney had the edge in the following 3 key areas:

Taxes                                   51-44

Solving budget deficit         59-36

Healthcare                           49-46

President Obama still had a slight edge on Mitt Romney when it comes to foreign policy.  But ominously for President Obama, the Benghazi attack is becoming a big issue.  Additionally it seems,  Al Quaeda and terrorism didn’t disappear from the scene when Osama Bin Laden was killed.

Another key item that will vex President Obama, is the sky high cost of gasoline plaguing Americans. Last night Mitt Romney was able to lay that blame squarely on the shoulders of Obamas last four years of energy policy.  

Political scientist Frank Luntz monitored a panel of 21 voters, many of whom previously voted for Obama in 2008.  After the debate, a majority of them said they will be voting for Romney.

A newly released Gallup Poll showed that Mitt Romney has jumped to a national lead against President Obama 51-45.  Thursday it increased 52-45

Romney’s popularity in the national polls is making a difference in swing states formerly assumed to be President Obama’s.  They are now very close or leaning Romney.

Pundits might say they give the edge to Obama in points in this last debate, but the points that really matter to Americans all belong to Mitt Romney.

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Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz headed for her last showdown? She faces competition from Karen Harrington

Karen Harrington

Democrat Committee Chair, DebbieWasserman-Schultz has been a polarizing figure in congress since 2005.  Known as a bomb thrower on the level of Howard Dean, her reputation for outrageous statements has been augmented by her lack of candor.

But Wasserman Schultz has been getting hammered in the polls in her south Florida Congressional district, especially since the DNC floor fight to take  God and the backing of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel from their platform. See floor fight

Wasserman-Schultz has been uncharacteristically silent/evasive on that fight and it has only inflamed speculation she tacitly endorsed the original platform of no God and no Jerusalem.

I talked to Karen Harrington, the GOP candidate for Floridas 20^th Congressional district to get an update on how her campaign is doing.  The last time we spoke was in February as she aimed to win the GOP primary for her party. See interview: Irish American GOPcontender Karen Harrington takes on top Democrat in Florida race

I asked Karen to update us on her quest to unseat Wasserman Schultz, as well as her opinion on a few issues which will shape the future of our country:

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

What is your opinion about businesses either reducing employees or changing them to part time status to avoid being in the grasp of Obamacare mandates. She said: “ I am not surprised; this administration doesn’t understand, the private sector will do everything it can to survive. If it means laying off employees, or causing under employment in order to remain in business, they will do it. Obamacare will kill the economy.”

How are the polls looking for you?  “We are delighted; our latest polling shows we are in perfect position with 25% of Democrats saying they will be voting for us. We are only 5 points behind, but there is a 16% undecided factor, which never bodes well for an incumbent.”

“We have received over 1.4 million in donations from 18,000 donors from all 50 states. Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Mark Levin, Michelle Bachman and a whole host of others have thrown their weight behind my campaign.  The Tea Party has been instrumental in their support of me, especially the local gathering which is comprised of independents/democrats and republicans.”

“We have support over a wide spectrum of political beliefs, where Wasserman Schultz is perceived as far left and has a narrow band of support.  My candidacy offers the voters of Florida a clear cut choice between DWS and myself. We call this campaign  Americas Race.”

In fact Harrington feels today’s democrat party has been hijacked by the far left, she sees many democrats switching to the GOP where they feel they have more representation. “If John F. Kennedy were alive today he would not be a member of today’s democrat party.”

As we discussed last time, the present administration has been waging a war against our energy sector, especially coal.  Governor Romney declared in his speech he would stop the war on coal and back efforts to make us totally energy independent.  Would you support those efforts if you were a member of congress?

“It’s a tragedy what the government has been doing to our coal manufacturing sector. Operations shutting down, companies going bankrupt and projects under assault by the out of control EPA, are going to damage our country.  We always get accused of not caring about the environment, etc., when nothing could be further from the truth.  We want to see responsible use of our natural resources in making us become energy independent and I will wholeheartedly help a Romney administration attain that.”

“The government needs to become a team player with our energy sector and not an adversary.”

With that being said, there is debate that will pit the ideology fueling the war on our energy sector against a strong voice defending the fossil fuel sector this November 5 at Duke University.  It should be considered a must see by Americans who care about the future of our country: See McKibben vs. Epstein.

Karen Harrington also told Speaker of the House,John Boehner when she met him: “He and the GOP will have to earn my respect in order to keep my support.  I just recently switched from being an independent to becoming a registered republican and I don’t believe in a go along to get along attitude.”

If Karen achieves success this November, her victory will send a clear message to Washington and she will go there with a wide coalition of Americans behind her.

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Hey Joe Biden! The GM Volt is dead and Al Quaeda is alive

Joe Bidens premature victory cry of “GM is alive and Bin Laden is dead,” rings pretty hollow these days. If that’s all he and President Obama have to hang their hat on after 4 years of “hope and change,” it is a pitiful campaign slogan.

A Similar, premature proclamation hung around George Bush’s neck when he declared “victory” in Iraq, when in reality there were still bloody years ahead.

Heralded by the 2009 Obama apology tour speech in Cairo,  this week was a shock to Joe and his boss Barack Obama, as their naive “re-set” of foreign policy shattered in violence.  Our Ambassador in Libya was killed and our embassies all over the Islamic world were under siege by angry mobs.

The knee jerk reaction from the shocked Obama administration was to blame the violence on spontaneous reaction to a cheesy video on the internet that poked fun of the Islamic religion.  But facts lead to the conclusion that at least the Libyan embassy attack was pre-planned and under the influence of Al Quaeda…Ominously for the Obama/Biden narrative, killing Osama Bin Laden, didn't mean the end of Al Quaeda and the huge wave of anti American violence showed the last 4 years of  Obama diplomacy hadn't changed hearts and minds in the Islamic world.

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But buried under the blizzard of foreign policy failure, another tassled shoe was about to drop. It was learned the heavily govt. subsidized Chevy Volt, built by the heavily govt. subsidized General Motors has had disastrous sales.  In spite of huge tax credits and the Obama administration trying to artificially inflate sales by forcing the defense Dept to buy Volts…few in the general public are buying them. Forbes Magazine said there are enough scams here to satisfy a Chicago politician.

The Volt was the poster child of the Obama administration, an example of  “how to” in leading the way for billions of govt dollars doled out to “renewable energy” schemes. Almost all of  these green energy schemes, including subsidizing, solar companies and  electric car manufacturing, have proven to be an utter failure.

Last week General Motors stated they wanted the Obama administration to sell its share of stock it owns in their company, the image of being known as Government Motors is hurting business.

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