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That Tea Party Isn’t So Dead After All

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Would you like a better topic than the President’s State Of The Union speech?  On the off chance you’re curious about it, it can likely be summed up as ‘blah blah blah fairness blah blah Republican obstructionism blah blah green jobs blah blah I’m awesome.’   Instead, how about a few signs that the Tea Party isn’t quite as dead as its detractors would hope?

  • Governor Walker has $2.6 million cash on hand for the recall elections as of the end after last quarter, and raised $12 million since January 2011.  A good start considering how rabid his opponents are.  That whole ‘everything in Wisconsin is improving now that they’re not as influential’ thing isn’t sitting well with them and they’re still at it.  Still, it seems we have Walker’s back for now.
  • The Republican Senatorial nomination of Ted Cruz, DeMint’s pick for the seat to replace Kay Bailey Hutchinson has tied the fundraising of Dewhurst, the RINO Lieutenant Governor currently in the lead.  Cruz is gaining on him and Dewhurst’s support is dropping, but Dewhurst can self-fund heavily.  Cruz’ spike still shows strong growth and it wouldn’t be happening without Tea Party activism.
  • The Gingrich surge is more an expression of displeasure than anything else.  He’s not actually conservative lately despite some very strong past performance in that regard.  He is however fighting back, which is what the Tea Party and activists want.  The measurement here is that an establishment pick like Romney is on the verge of being thrashed heavily.  This doesn’t happen with weak conservative opposition.  People like the Bushes, Dole, and McCain make it through without much trouble, and we might just avoid a repeat.

Now for a more fun thought.  Perhaps the Tea Party isn’t dead.  Perhaps they just shifted to more practical activism from protests.  The ‘making noise’ part didn’t work for them, which would make the tactical shift a simple question of good sense.  Politicians may ignore protests, but threaten their jobs by ending other RINO tenures with primaries and they at least pretend to fall into line.

More smart, less loud, and definitely not dead.  Looking forward to a Tea Party 2012.

News link credit:  Hot Air

Scott Walker: Most Wanted Wisconsin Recall Target

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After a million signatures were submitted on petitions for a recall of Governor Walker, ‘most wanted’ is a great description.  There’s no way that happened without truckloads of union money going towards it.  How many of those signatures are valid remains to be seen, but likely one of the reasons you go for a million signatures is to drown validators in sheer volume.

The reasoning is obvious.  Walker took on the PEUs and won.  Unions are still stinging and they don’t want this to spread.  They’re intent on making examples and inflicting payback.  But there’s one other thing they desperately need to offset.

Walker’s PEU reforms produced results.  Thanks to his efforts and that of the Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature, there is now a capacity to show how union reforms can improve a state in a before and after fashion.  Wisconsin exists as a practical reminder of what can be when you put your government back on sane fiscal footing, and the unions have only one response to this:  fear.

Yes, the facts can be real, but if Walker loses they’ll become irrelevant to future governors’ decisions.  Give a politician a perceived choice between ‘real facts’ and ‘keep job,’ which one do you think they’ll take?  This is why it’s important to get behind Walker now when he needs us most.

You can visit him here.  You can help him make a statement that the unions aren’t the final say.  The next state you help reform if he wins might be your own.

News link credit:  Legal Insurrection

Walker Recall News, 12/15/2011

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Two bits of Scott Walker related news and a reminder about backing him up during his recall fight.

  1. A teacher who appeared in a pro-Walker ad is getting the treatment from the ever-so-holy unions.  On the off chance you believed they were benevolent institutions only out to help the little guy, here’s another example of who and what they really are at Hot Air.
  2. The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board has announced that it has no plans to check for fraudulent signatures.  Given that the left is responsible for the drive, this is an invitation to fraud.  Walker did the near impossible reigning in the public sector unions in Wisconsin and helping put his state back on track, and they’re not about to forgive him for it.

Walker is one of the worthwhile Republicans folks.  He actually did what he said he would do, which puts him in sharp contrast to the Boehner fail we’ve come to ‘enjoy’ in Washington.  If we want more people like him, we have to demonstrate that we’ll support them in their hour of need.  It’s the corollary to ‘let the RINOs burn.’

News link credits:  Hot Air and RedState

Let the Pink Slips Fly

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If this weekend’s display of union “civility” was supposed to break Wisconsin’s governor while the fleebagger 14 stalled for time by not being in their legislature, it didn’t work.

Governor Walker just told them that if they didn’t come back in 24 hours so that business could continue, the layoffs could start tomorrow.  This has been the case for a while because of a $165 million hole in the budget he can’t refinance without them.  Well, thanks to Democrat and union petulance there’s no refinance, so here come the layoffs.

Given the importance of unions to Democrat electoral chances, I fully expect the fleebaggers to let the government workers take the hit in the hopes of forcing the governor’s capitulation with the backlash.  If the layoffs will occur among those who’ve been causing the thuggery and trouble, let the pink slips fly.  After that, pass a right-to-work bill so their future replacements don’t have to be forced into a union.

Walker is also going to give a speech during a joint session of the legislature tomorrow.  My amateur punditry prediction is that if the Senators haven’t come back by then, he’ll either announce that layoffs will occur and it’s their fault, or put forth other legislation they’ll find unbearable in an attempt to goad them into returning.  Furthermore, I expect that the Democrats will likely cause a disruption of some sort during the speech, if they don’t try to simply shut it down outright.

For now, momentum is on Walker’s side.