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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis staked his claim Thursday as the first governor in America not to provide state support for vaccinating younger kids against COVID-19. DeSantis stressed at an event Thursday that parents can still vaccinate their young children. Even though the state will not be working with the federal government to distribute the vaccine, that doesn’t mean it is banned, according to DeSantis. “You are free to choose — that’s not the issue,” he said.

Senator Ted Cruz was in Iowa for the Ronald Reagan Dinner and delivered a slam dunk speech. I was going to highlight a point or two, but the whole speech is so spot-on I'll just give you the video and the entire transcript. (Note, it's a rush transcript so there may be an error or two.) --- Cruz: We need to unify and let me tell you, growth and freedom are principles and ideals that should unify the entire Republican caucus. They are principles and ideals, that unify the evangelical community. With the liberty movement. With the business community. Growth...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUjCgLCejV8

(Madison, WI) – In 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker(R) served as the embodiment of the state by state battle to balance budgets and the best symbol of the struggle between the two political parties about how best to meet those fiscal challenges. His first year will extend well into his second year, quite likely culminating in a recall election to remove him from office. He has dominated the political debate on both sides. Defining the issues. He is cited by both Democrats and Republicans as the best of example of what is wrong, or what is right with a conservative...

"I am a Christian.... So, I have a deep faith. I'm rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people. "That there are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived." Thus, U.S. Senate candidate for Illinois Barack Obama in a campaign contribution by Chicago Sun-Times columnist Cathleen Falsani. Obama's...

The meeting of Ron Paul activists was well under way when organizer Steven Talcott Smith offered the kind of basic advice you probably wouldn't hear at a gathering of any other Republican presidential candidate's supporters. "By the way," Smith told the Internet-driven "meet-up" of about 40 people at a library west of Boynton Beach, "by the end of this year everybody in this room should plan to be a Republican." Florida's Jan. 29 Republican primary is, not surprisingly, limited to registered GOP voters. But a Republican pedigree or a familiarity with the elections process cannot be taken for granted with...

Biz bigs from oilmen to software execs join push to fatten war chest by $25MThey are Texas oilmen and Nevada liquor magnates, California software execs and New York financiers - and they are all hosting events for Rudy Giuliani in the next five weeks as part of an aggressive fund-raising push. Having set a goal of $25 million in campaign cash for his presidential bid by March 31, the next federal filing deadline, the former mayor has planned a whopping 27 fund-raisers over the next 26 workdays, according to campaign documents obtained by the Daily News. The mostly private events...

This was so marveleous I thought it deserved its own post!

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Gov. Mark Sanford said he might shut down the Governor's Mansion for four months because most of the mansion's budget was spent before his predecessor, Jim Hodges, left office last month. Sanford said that he will either have to close the mansion until June 30 or raise private money to cover operating costs like utiltity bills, food and salaries for the 11 employees. If the mansion is closed, Sanford's family would continue to live in the private quarters but wouldn't have a staff and would cook their own meals. Hodges left office Jan. 15 to work for...