House Republicans Tell Bush: No Bailout for Detroit

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The fact that these few House Republicans have to remind the president, and by extension, the news media and public, that it is not the job of government to ensure the success of every business in the U.S., speaks volumes for the need of a remedial class in Constitutional Government.

Dragon Slayer

What do you call a diminutive 5’ 2” Vietnamese refugee who runs for congress as a Republican in New Orleans’ heavily black, heavily Democratic urban 2nd congressional district that has not elected a Republican candidate since 1890?

You call him Anh Cao, Dragon Slayer!

Despite the problems of scandal-ridden Democrat House incumbent William Jefferson, Jefferson was supposed to be a shoe-in for re-election. Speaking of New Orleans voters, Charles E. Cook, a Louisiana native who is the publisher of The Cook Political Report, stated, “They don’t generally turn out candidates with ethics problems.”

Attention PA GOP: Cao did not moderate his pro-life stands in order to win in a district where Republicans are heavily outnumbered by Democrats. I understand that at a recent high-level state GOP meeting, there were concerns voiced that Republicans need to “moderate” their message in order to win minorities. Note that Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District is 64% black.

When asked about his priorities, Cao said, "The only thing I am certain of is that I am anti-abortion." Hear hear!

Republican Governors Refuse to Rule Out Seeking Federal Bailouts for States

More proof of a leadership vacuum in the Republican Party….

From the story: Republican Govs. Rick Perry of Texas and Mark Sanford of South Carolina will not pledge to refuse federal bailout money, their spokesmen told CNSNews.com Friday – just three days after the two governors denounced federal bailouts in The Wall Street Journal.

“We’re crossing the Rubicon with regard to debt,” Sanford and Perry wrote in Tuesday’s Journal, a reference to Julius Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon river in 49 B.C. – meaning that a point of no return has been reached.

By Friday, however, the governors had crossed back again. When CNSNews.com asked their offices – “Will you pledge not to take a federal bailout (for your state)?”—the responses were surprising. Read more….

Bailout Debt

Let’s count the number of Republicans who are onboard in supporting this insurmountable amount of debt!

(Townhall) Bianco Research crunched the adjusted for inflation numbers for previous conflicts and federal programs to compare it to the cost of the financial bailout. If you count the Citi bailout, our total Wall Street welfare costs are more than $4.6 trillion. This is more than all the programs below combined. It will also cost more than the entire cost of World War II which, adjusted for inflation, cost Americans $3.6 trillion in today's dollars.

• Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion
• Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion
• Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billion
• S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 billion
• Korean War: Cost: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 billion
• The New Deal: Cost: $32 billion (Est), Inflation Adjusted Cost: $500 billion (Est)
• Invasion of Iraq: Cost: $551billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billion
• Vietnam War: Cost: $111 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $698 billion
• NASA: Cost: $416.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $851.2 billion
TOTAL: $3.92 trillion

Jeb Bush to GOP: Don't Become 'Democrat-Light'

From Newsmax.com: Bush urged Republicans not to abandon their core conservative principles in favor of a "Democratic-lite" agenda. Still, he says the GOP does need to do some real soul-searching.

“If you take the [last] two election cycles, there’s real cause for concern, no question about it,” he said

“You’ve got to do the hard work. That means grassroots organization. It means listening to the base of the party. It means voter registration. It means turn-out operations. It means recruiting candidates that look like the population we’re trying to attract to our cause. Those things seem to have waned in the last couple years.”

The party must hold fast to its convictions. “We can’t be Democrat-lite. We can’t just ‘get along.’”