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Another Democrat Goes Away

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I’m trying hard not to focus on Romney right now, who in his latest gaffe has given everyone a taste of things to come when Obama starts roasting him alive in the general election.  And this guy is in the lead?  Trump just endorsed him?  I need some good news, so more good news it is.

Heath Shuler is not running for re-election.  Perhaps he will enjoy the private life when the health-care nightmare his party created is causing everyone around him to suffer should it not be repealed.  But for now, the fact his seat is up for grabs is enough.  One more chance to get a conservative in Congress.

As for Romney?  Perhaps a second look at Santorum is in the works if Newt implodes again like he did in Florida.

News link credits:  RedState, Michelle Malkin

Indiana Workers Win Today

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Indiana became the 23rd right to work state in the country today.  Now workers in Indiana can get a job without being forced to join a union.  Furthermore, more workers in Indiana will be able to get jobs, as Indiana has no right-to-work states next door.  You know, the states where businesses no longer have to travel too far away to get to a more favorable business climate.

Cue the giant sucking sound of Indiana gaining job producers.

Will this catch on?  It’s certainly a huge bit of momentum that started in Wisconsin with Governor Walker.  Indiana’s move just left its neighbors with a competitive disadvantage, and there’s really no morally defensible reason to continue to force workers to join a union in order to keep their jobs.  Arizona certainly looks as though it’s about to attempt to bring their unions under control, and I wish them luck.

News link credits:  Hoosier Access, Hot Air

I Suppose The Florida Primary Results Are Worth a Few Words

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Just the news first.  Mitt won the Florida primary.  Whether this re-establishes him as The Inevitable Candidate yet remains to be seen, though the spinning should start to that effect in earnest here shortly.

For those of you in despair over this, here’s the plan I’m using now and will continue to use through November should Romney be the nominee.

Support the conservative candidates in the other races to the exclusion of all others.  It will keep your morale up to the point that you can vote in November.  If Mitt’s the nominee and you absolutely cannot stand the thought of deciding between him or Obama the original, don’t stay home.  Vote around them with the write-in block or a third party, because any conservatives on your ballot don’t deserve to be crushed under the dead weight at the top of the ticket.

If enough of us do that, conservative gains can still be made despite this joke of a primary.  Only conservatives and Tea Party sorts were trying to do what we wanted them to do anyway.  So if all you can manage through the gloom is to support them an no one else, it just means you’re focusing on those who are actually trying to fight the good fight.

Think there are no other options besides “Mitt or Obama” or “Stay home in disgust?”  I suggest this as a way to make your own option.  You can vote, make a statement about having candidates forced upon you, support conservatives, and move the ball forward all at the same time.

News link credit:  Hot Air

No Tommy Thompson In Wisconsin

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We’re all familiar with Romney now.  He’s the guy who signed the precursor to Obamacare into law and continues to defend it.  That’s bad enough, but there’s on problem that’s flying under the radar because of the primary noise, and that’s Tommy Thompson.

Thompson’s currently trying to get into the Senate, and among the largest of the reasons you don’t want him there is that he agrees with Obamacare.  Or at least, spoken in support of the Senate vote on Obamacare using all the favorite ‘work-together’ rhetoric the moderates like to solemnly intone when they help Democrats legislate something awful.

So why put him in a position where he can be one of the people causing the problems?

There’s another candidate for Wisconsin Senate that doesn’t deserve to be drowned out by the noise of the Republican Presidential primary, and that’s Mark Neumann.  Though he doesn’t have his own web site as of this post, you can read about him and who he is at the Senate Conservatives Fund.  He’s a far better choice than Thompson, who’s just the next establishment sort to accomplish more status quo in DC.

Commentary link credits:  The Daily Caller, Senate Conservatives Fund