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Morning Briefing for June 25, 2010

RedState Morning Briefing

For June 24, 2010

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1. Are They Liars or Telling the Truth?

2. The Battle Moves to Colorado

3. MoveOn.org Memory Holes 'General Betray Us.'

4. Wal-mart Moms: This year's catch phrase?

5. Landmark shift in the Gallup enthusiasm readings

6. John Oxendine and the "Mentally Retarded Registered Voters"

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1. Are They Liars or Telling the Truth?

There's...

John Oxendine and the "Mentally Retarded Registered Voters"

John Oxendine, Repubilcan candidate for Governor in Georgia, tells everyone he voted for Ronald Reagan. He wants us all to know just how much of a Republican he has always been. Even when he was a Democrat, Oxendine voted Republican. That's what he says. Except, like Oxendine's pro-life position and every other position he has that doesn't involve an exchange of money, it's a lie.

Oxendine was an active and committed democrat prior to changing his registration to run for office in 1993...

The Battle Moves to Colorado

Conservatives did a marvelous job rallying in South Carolina and Utah. Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Jeff Duncan scored major conservative victories in South Carolina. Mike Lee will go on to be the next senator from Utah.

The next big race will be Ken Buck vs. Jane Norton in Colorado. And conservatives need to rally to Ken Buck.

Already the Norton campaign has gone totally negative. It's becoming increasingly hysterical to see Norton supporters complain loudly that "Ken Buck did it first"...

Are They Liars or Telling the Truth?

There's this thing in the United States House of Representatives called a "discharge petition." In a nutshell, a congressman can write a bill and, when the leaders in charge of the House refuse to do anything with it, the congressman can file a discharge petition. The petition, if personally signed by 218 congressmen, forces the House Speaker to put the matter up for a vote by the House.

Why is this important?

Well, every Republican in the House of Representatives and a bunch of Democrats...

Morning Briefing for June 24, 2010

RedState Morning Briefing

For June 24, 2010

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1. In Obama's skin-deep understanding of policy, 30k troops + Petraeus = Automatic Victory in Unwinnable War

2. The Battle Moves to Colorado

3. "ObamaCare - Three Months of Broken Promises"

4. Amerabia

5. Going Where I Shouldn't. Saying What I Shouldn't.

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1. In Obama's skin-deep understanding of policy, 30k troops + Petraeus ...

Going Where I Shouldn't. Saying What I Shouldn't.

In victory one is supposed to be magnanimous — a polysyllabic word for not being a sore winner.

The race in Utah, the attacks on Jim DeMint, the other problematic issues behind the scenes, etc. test the limits of magnanimity.

I am going to go where I shouldn't go and say what I shouldn't say.

Some of you are really, really not going to like it.

The race in Utah is the ultimate battle between those who are Republicans first and those who are conservatives first. The potential of a Democrat w...

Freedom and the Fight.

It was 1:25 a.m. on November 5, 2008. The Republicans had just lost badly. Barack Obama had given his victory speech. Jesse Jackson had cried. And I was tired.

I sat down at my computer and wrote this post entitled "The After. The Before. The Future, Present, and Past." The subtitle was "The Day After and the Day After That, We'll Fight On."

I was tired that night. I am tired still.

For every kind email I get, I get dozens of emails filled with hate and invective. And that's from our own ...

Morning Briefing for June 23, 2010

RedState Morning Briefing

For June 23, 2010

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1. Freedom and the Fight.

2. New Audio: In 2004 Obama Advocated "Trading" Border Security for Amnesty

3. A Tale of Budget Cowardice…and Courage

4. Why General McChrystal Must Be Fired - But President Obama May Not Be Able To

5. Kagan "Loved" the Bork Hearings

6. The No Attribution Zone

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1. Freedom and the Fight.

It was 1:25 a.m...

Mike Lee Will Be Utah's Next Senator

They laughed at us last year when I said Bob Bennett needed to be taken out.

They called me crazy when I said the path to Florida from NY-23 ran through Salt Lake City.

They howled with laughter when I said Utah voters should replace Bob Bennett with Mike Lee.

They aren't laughing tonight.

Mike Lee won. Nikki Haley won in South Carolina. RedState won.

To quote Moe Lane, "BOOM!"

Jon Lerner: Winner

Friends, if you are still up at this late hour you know Mike Lee won in Utah.

We beat Bob Bennett twice — first at the convention and second by beating his chosen successor. We beat the Chamber of Commerce and the GOP establishment back in DC with this race.

But we need to raise a glass to a man many of you have never heard of. His name is Jon Lerner.

I've never met him, but I admire his work.

Jon Lerner did media for Sharron Angle's campaign in Nevada.

He ran Nikki Haley's campaign and did...