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Let's get this moving forward folks. Step 1: E-mail popular right-leaning blogs and sites and urge them to make a post supporting a push for Pence to run for or be Minority Leader We have got to stop the Boehner disaster. Here's a list of a few popular blog contacts: National Review: letters@nationalreview.com American Spectator editor@spectator.org Redstate.com contact@redstate.com. Michelle Malkin writemalkin@gmail.com Hotair.com tips@hotair.com powerlinefeedback@gmail.com hhewitt@hughhewitt.com webmaster@stoptheaclu.com reachme-at-andrewmarcus.com

How can we get Mike Pence Paul Ryan as the next minority leader? I do not trust Cantor. He helped ram the bailout through our throats which killed one of the issues the Republicans could of ran on.

The Republican Party is essentially in tatters, and not that long after President Bush's 2000 election spurred talk of enduring GOP dominance. John McCain's shellacking, along with recent congressional losses, leaves the party searching for a new leader and identity. "It's time for the losing to stop. And my commitment to you is that it will," House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio told his rank and file after the party lost at least 19 congressional seats Tuesday - on his watch.

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) will run for House minority whip in the next Congress, a source in his office told The Hill on Wednesday. Cantor, the Republicans' chief deputy whip, will challenge Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) for the position. The shake-up marks the beginning of a reshuffling of House Republican leadership after Tuesday night’s losses to Democrats in congressional districts throughout the country. Rep. Adam Putnam (Fla.) announced his retirement as head of the House Republican Conference. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Texas), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, has announced he will seek Putnam’s position, the third-ranking in the GOP...

We need to make this happen...now is not the time to mope but the time to make sure the damage is minimal. We tried getting Pence as minority leader last time and the party ignored us...this time we need to spread the word and let them now we mean business. We should contact the conservative media outlets ASAP (as EVERYBODY will be listening on our side) Laura Ingraham- http://www.lauraingraham.com/asklaura Rush- rush@eibnet.com Sean Hannity- http://www.hannity.com/contactus.asp Michelle Malkin- writemalkin@gmail.com National Review- nronline@nationalreview.com American Spectator- editor@spectator.org Michael Medved- http://www.michaelmedved.com/askmike Larry Elder- http://www.larryelder.com/contact.html Does anybody have any more? Please add and contact, contact, contact!!!...

Of all the politicians this newspaper has encountered, Virgil H. Goode Jr. is among the most sincere in his efforts for constituents and the least caught up in politics and paybacks. He does what he believes is right. That’s a rare quality in Washington these days. If for no other reason than to present the Beltway insiders with an example of a true independent, the 5th District should re-elect Virgil Goode. But there are other reasons — such as that constituent concern. Mr. Goode is well known for his work in assisting 5th District residents with their problems. His record...

It seems that Senator Obama's Old party was called the New Party. The party was a Marxist Political coalition. This was not a guilt by association thing. Senator Obama sought out their nomination. He was successful in obtaining that endorsement, and he used a number of New Party volunteers as campaign workers. Read more on the Marxist endorsement that Barack Obama sought out: Co-founded in 1992 by Daniel Cantor (a former staffer for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign) and Joel Rogers (a sociology and law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), the New Party was a Marxist political coalition whose...

Boehner speaking (saw on MSNBC). Pelosi apparently gave such a vile, hate-spewing attack of Bush and the Republicans on the House floor, blaming the current financial problems on "Eight years of this administration and its allies in Congress" that, according to one report, the heads of some Repubs who heard it 'exploded' and they 'went berserk.' The attack was so ugly that several dozen Dems bolted, too. That smarmy, bug-eyed old Stalinist ("Riches for me; misery for you") just couldn't keep her bile bottled-up long enough for the vote. All bets are off now. Source on CNBC now saying DOW...

The single-biggest mistake in the Paulson bank-rescue-plan marketing effort has been the failure to explain clearly how taxpayers are going to recoup $700 billion used to buy toxic assets at auction in order to unfreeze the banking system. In other words, folks don’t understand how taxpayers will be paid back, and may actually make profits, which will enable the new government debt to be erased after the Treasury bank-rescue is completed. Here’s the key point: Any loan package bought by the Treasury will be 100 percent taxpayer owned. Period.

Cantor Hedges On Whether House GOP Will Accept Deal (The Politico) Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is still hedging his bets on whether House Republicans will back the bailout bill. Cantor, who has led House conservatives in drafting alternative principles on the bailout, said he wasn't sure there was a deal since he hasn't seen a bill. "We are not ready to say that a deal is done," Cantor said on CNN's Late Edition. At this point, it sounds like House Republicans are still looking for a way to oppose the plan, even though House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) was a...

The single-biggest mistake in the Paulson bank-rescue-plan marketing effort has been the failure to explain clearly how taxpayers are going to recoup $700 billion used to buy toxic assets at auction in order to unfreeze the banking system. In other words, folks don’t understand how taxpayers will be paid back, and may actually make profits, which will enable the new government debt to be erased after the Treasury bank-rescue is completed. Here’s the key point: Any loan package bought by the Treasury will be 100 percent taxpayer owned. Period. Let’s walk through this hypothetical for a moment. Through a market-driven...

House Republicans say they have significant leverage on the revamped bailout package, claiming that Democrats will scramble for votes unless they make changes to it. Republicans in the lower chamber are balking at the bailout package, saying that Democrats will be solely responsible for the ramifications of what they see as a flawed compromise. Reps. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are leading an effort by House Republicans to circulate the set of principles to their colleagues and like-minded Democrats, according to a senior Republican. ..... The GOP’s “economic rescue principles” advocate adopting a mortgage insurance approach to solve...

House Republicans, who've been swamped with your phone calls demanding that they reject President George Bush's historically huge $700 billion bailout of Wall Street and bad mortgage bankers, have come up with another idea:

Senator Joseph Lieberman claims he is an independent Democrat; I claim he is neither a Democrat nor an independent. He is an Israeli Senator in the US Senate. He has always voted against the interest of Arabs and Muslims; he has always voted in favor of Israel, even when it was occupying, killing and carrying out a Nazi-like terrorist policy. Lieberman is not one of this kind. There are thousands others who have turned the US, a leading nation in human rights and a beacon for democracy and freedom, into the most hated country in the world. Even the Europeans...

Being on John McCain's short list for vice president makes Tim Pawlenty a busy guy. One day last week began with a meeting on security for the upcoming Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., where Gov. Pawlenty will play host. Then it was off to Farmfest, the state's biggest agricultural fair. Following that, a side trip to Iowa where, as national co-chair for Sen. McCain's presidential campaign, he passed out tire gauges as a way of poking fun at Barack Obama's suggestion the energy crisis be addressed by having Americans better inflate their cars. The next day it was off...

Three news items: 1) John McCain has picked a running mate and may announce/leak the choice tonight. 2) McCain has admitted he is computer "illiterate." Both of which make it unlikely that he will be much swayed by ... 3) "The Directors" of the conservative site Red State have endorsed Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.) as the best choice for VP. Why Cantor? "While a young man, Cantor has served in federal office twice as long as Barack Obama -- and was a member of leadership when Obama was still in Springfield. In that short time, he has established himself as...

I'll start: ~~~~ "Could it be Cantor? posted at 1:00 pm on August 28, 2008 by Ed Morrissey The Fayetteville Observer reads a few tea leaves in the veepstakes and suggests that Eric Cantor may become the dark-horse finalist for John McCain’s running-mate. Cantor has not yet appeared on the convention schedule, which would seem strange for such a dynamic member of the House GOP’s leadership. He also represents a Virginia district, which could prove crucial to holding the state for the Republicans in November: Rep. Robin Hayes is predicting that Sen. John McCain will pick Rep. Eric Cantor of...

Potential McCain VP pick Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) will be on the "Heading Right" internet radio talk show this afternoon at 3 PM EDT. He will talk about Obama-Biden, the role of President & Vice President, Foreign and Domestic policy.

The Fayetteville Observer reads a few tea leaves in the veepstakes and suggests that Eric Cantor may become the dark-horse finalist for John McCain’s running-mate. Cantor has not yet appeared on the convention schedule, which would seem strange for such a dynamic member of the House GOP’s leadership. He also represents a Virginia district, which could prove crucial to holding the state for the Republicans in November: Rep. Robin Hayes is predicting that Sen. John McCain will pick Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia as his running mate. “It sure looks like a great possibility to me,” Hayes said Wednesday. “Eric...