Gingrich Leads in GOP Voter Preference

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By Dana Blanton

Published December 08, 2011
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Newt Gingrich is the clear front-runner for the 2012 Republican nomination -- and the biggest beneficiary of Herman Cain’s departure from the race. Mitt Romney, again, holds steady with about a quarter of GOP primary voters in his camp.A Fox News poll released Thursday shows Gingrich up 13 percentage points since mid-November. Cain suspended his campaign on December 3.

In the latest snapshot of the race, Gingrich receives the backing of 36 percent of GOP primary voters. That’s up from 23 percent last month -- and is three times the 12 percent he had in late October. It also represents the largest share of the vote that a candidate has received in six months of Fox News polling. The previous high was 26 percent for Romney over the summer.

That puts significant distance between the former House speaker and former front-runner Romney, who receives 23 percent in the new poll. Last month, 22 percent supported Romney and 15 percent Cain.

Romney has consistently polled in the low-to-mid 20s among GOP primary voters. In six months of Fox News polling, Romney’s highest backing came in July and August, with 26 percent. He hit a low of 20 percent in late October.

Ron Paul also picked up bit of support with Cain out of the race. Paul now receives 12 percent, up from 8 percent three weeks ago.

Rick Perry comes in at 8 percent. Last month, he had 7 percent.

Among voters who are part of the Tea Party movement, Gingrich receives 44 percent. That far outdistances Paul (15 percent) and Romney (11 percent).

Despite leading the GOP pack, there’s a lack of enthusiasm for both Gingrich and Romney.

Some 34 percent of GOP primary voters say, if Gingrich were the nominee, they would vote for him and support him “enthusiastically,” while nearly half (49 percent) would “just vote for him.” Another 13 percent would vote for someone else or not vote at all in the general election.

The results are similar if Romney were to become the nominee: 28 percent of GOP primary voters would support him “enthusiastically,” while about twice that number -- 55 percent -- would “just vote for him.” Twelve percent would back someone else or stay home.

The poll also asked Republican primary voters their second choice. Just over half of Gingrich backers -- 52 percent -- say Romney is their second choice. Under half of Romney supporters -- 48 percent -- pick Gingrich as their second choice.

Overall, slightly more voters would rather spend every day of the next year with Romney (36 percent) than Gingrich (32 percent) if they had to pick between the two. Some 24 percent would refuse to spend that much time with either Republican contender.

Republicans would choose to spend every day with Gingrich over Romney by 11 percentage points (46 percent-35 percent).

The Fox News poll is based on land line and cell phone interviews with 911 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from December 5 to December 7. For the total sample, it has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. For the subgroup of 356 GOP primary voters, it is plus or minus 5 percentage points.

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Why Washington Is Shocked, Shocked By Newt Gingrich's Rise Over Mitt Romney

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By Christian Whiton

Published December 09, 2011
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One of the more enjoyable spectacles out of Washington lately has been the horror of establishment Beltway Republicans that Newt Gingrich just might be their presidential nominee, having jumped ahead of Mitt Romney in recent polls. The cause of this is simple if often disguised: Newt is the opposite of everything they just know to be true.

Take for example Peggy Noonan, who pronounced Gingrich all but dead in May, noting “I have yet to meet a Gingrich 2012 supporter.”

But last week, without quite admitting her analytical shortcomings, she said “the entire Washington journo-political complex has been taken by surprise by something that not only wasn’t predicted but couldn’t have been.”

At least not from Washington or Manhattan.

Back in our capital city, Jennifer Rubin, the Republican at the Washington Post, congratulated herself noting “I suggested that Republicans ‘could pull a name out of a hat and find a more consistent and personally stable conservative’ than Newt Gingrich. Many smart conservatives seem to agree.” Maybe Ms. Rubin should start listening to people she thinks are dumb.

And then there is Karl Rove, the man George W. Bush called the “architect,” who echoed the growing refrain of establishment Republicans that “Mr. Gingrich has little or no campaign organization in Iowa and most other states.” Yet somehow Gingrich is ahead by 12% in the RealClearPolitics average of Iowa polls.

When not writing for the record, the voices of the establishment are even more incredulous. Newt is not only not their first choice—he is their last choice.

Why is this so? The answer lies in the nature of the Beltway Republican establishment. The problem is that most of what Gingrich proposes runs counter to what they have been conditioned to accept.

After all, this basically remains the Republican establishment that ran both of the federal government’s political branches for the better part of the last decade and managed to achieve essentially no conservative goals. The establishment Republicans didn’t merely acquiesce to big government implications of George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” – they insisted on it. More than a few Bush officials who visited Capitol Hill lamented that it was difficult to tell the difference between Republicans and Democrats on spending issues. While President Obama has normalized trillion-dollar deficits, establishment Republicans got us halfway there during the previous decade.

Do not suppose Beltway Republicans have found religion since. Recall Republican Speaker Boehner claiming earlier this year that he would cut $100 billion of government spending—a modest goal considering the federal budget now exceeds $3500 billion. That cut soon became $61 billion, then a mere $39 billion (and realistically nothing when gimmicks are excluded). And Republicans share with Democrats parenthood of the subsequent ‘Super Committee’ fiasco.

Now reenter Newt Gingrich, the man whom Republican Washington just knows failed as Speaker of the House, despite the welfare, capital gains tax and balanced budget reforms that bear his fingerprints.

On EPA replacement, for example, Gingrich says: “I don’t think you can train the current bureaucrats. I think their bias against capitalism, their bias against local government, their bias against economic rationality, is just amazing.”

Here, Gingrich is revealing his reverence for Andrew Jackson, who in his presidency succeeded in replacing fully one-fifth of the federal bureaucracy, seeing this as a requirement for radical change.

Most Washingtonian Republicans view desires like this as hopelessly naive. During their careers, they have seen modest changes, but nothing like the major shifts in Washington that have occurred at turning points in American history. Those with historical knowledge of them tend to know only of times the bureaucracy grew as opposed to those where it was actually tamed.

The idea of reversing federal growth is fine to keep on the wish list, but those who advocate it seriously are seen as rubes—either new arrivals in Washington who just fell off a turnip truck or unsophisticated congressmen from ‘flyover country.’ To be a true Beltway Republican is to have accepted the assumption that the scope of government cannot be radically altered. And they think it is politically foolish to try.

Thus the establishment just knows that you run a moderate like Mitt Romney for president. Conservatives have no place else to go and independents will be attracted—historical evidence to the contrary be damned.

Gingrich challenges this, believing 2012 may be one of those historical turning points where voters will be most attracted by a candidate who offers a radical divergence.

But even more damning, Gingrich has the audacity to imagine that Washington can be run without his own party’s establishment. Their assumption of dominating the next Republican administration is not safe if it is Gingrich. He is not proposing to replace the Democratic piano player at the brothel that is Washington with a slightly sterner-sounding Republican. Instead, he claims he will close the brothel. And the establishment of his own party just knows that can’t happen. In their lives, it never has. And where are they then to go for their pork and porking?

The establishment may still prevail. There are nearly infinite news cycles until the nomination is won by someone. Gingrich’s opponents are not close to giving up and serious Wall Street money is falling squarely behind Romney. But the champagne glasses will clink a little lighter on the Potomac this season—a little Christmas miracle of its own.

Christian Whiton is a former U.S. State Department senior adviser and is a principal at DC International Advisory. He writes frequently for Fox News Opinion. Follow him on Twitter @WhitonDCIA.



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Newt Leads GOP Out of Debate Wilderness

By Chris Stirewalt
Published December 16, 2011

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa – This was the debate that Republicans had been waiting for.

After more than seven months of acidic, divisive confrontations with answers that were long on bluster and sloganeering and short on substance, an ensemble cast of GOP presidential contenders turned in a performance that was thoughtful, humane and substantive.

That is Newt Gingrich’s doing. The old professor had been teaching a course on how to debate effectively, but his pupils didn’t catch on until the final class before exams.

The Gingrich method is to praise one’s fellow Republicans, use humor, speak substantively and save the really rough stuff for Barack Obama. With the exception of a couple testy exchanges, the candidates were respectful of each other and, by offering their most thoughtful answers yet, respectful of the audience.

Debates to this point have been dominated by gaffes, bickering among frontrunners, complaints about format and rigid adherence to talking points. But with the Iowa caucuses less than three weeks away and, having seen how Gingrich has benefited from employing his own techniques, the rest of the field was ready to step it up.

Instead of another evening in which Republicans had to watch a debate as if it were a slasher movie, peeking between splayed fingers and dreading the next stabbing, GOPers finally could feel like they had a field of which they could be proud.

Prior to the debate, the crowd has been jittery, murmuring like a courtroom gallery at a murder trial. But afterward, it was all smiles and excited chatter. They had finally seen in their would-be champions something presidential. Something bigger than the petty concerns of today’s polls or the latest opposition research dump.

While Power Play acknowledges its extreme bias on this point, much of the new tone also resulted from the decency and thoughtfulness of the questions posed by the moderator and panelists. But there was a new maturity among the contenders.

While the attack ads and junk mail saturation bombing will resume and the campaigns will return to sniping and bracketing, whispering and subtly smearing, the candidates themselves all rose to the moment and offered compelling closing arguments.

Iowans will now turn their focus to Christmas, family and football, but the Republicans all gave them something to mull over until the Jan. 3 caucuses.

Specifically:

Mitt Romney

“The spy drone being brought down, he says pretty please? A foreign policy based on pretty please? You have got to be kidding.”

-- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the FOX News/Republican Party of Iowa presidential debate.

Romney is Gingrich’s star pupil. On a night when everyone expected him to continue his relentless attacks on Gingrich, Romney amazed and stayed positive.

There was none of the whiff of desperation or meanness that had gathered around Romney since Gingrich’s rise to the top of the field. And in doing so, he managed to look perfectly presidential.

In previous debates, his attacks were often heavy-handed and his defenses too snappish and brusque. This was a man in command and the crowd liked it. If Romney is smart, he’ll drop the rough stuff and the fake laughter at his opponents’ attacks for good.

Newt Gingrich

“You know, Neil, I sometimes get accused of using language that's too strong, so I've been standing here editing… I'm very concerned about not appearing to be zany.”

-- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at the FOX News/Republican Party of Iowa presidential debate.

Gingrich made the audience in the hall and at home part of the show by winking at his own weaknesses. Would he keep his cool under fire? Could he resist pomposity as the frontrunner? Would he go overboard in his attacks?

Gingrich managed to succeed on all fronts, bringing the same method he has been employing for months to the fore. But Gingrich added something too: he sounded presidential.

He took some bad blows about his work as a Washington consultant, but he also soared when he talked about American exceptionalism and his views on entitlement reform, he managed to seem grand without being grandiose.

Gingrich’s performance may quell some of the anxieties over his constancy and temperament. The doubts may eventually do him in with conservatives, but it won’t be because he couldn’t answer the charge and shift the discussion when confronted.

Rick Perry

“Cut their pay in half. Cut their time in Washington in half. Cut their staff in half. Send them home. Let them get a job like everybody else back home has and live within the laws of which they passed.”

-- Texas Gov. Rick Perry Huntsman at the FOX News/Republican Party of Iowa presidential debate talking about his plan to overhaul Congress.

Seldom is a line so perfect for a candidate or a moment as Rick Perry’s embrace of Tim Tebow. It may have sounded corny, but it worked because it was so true.

They’re both evangelical Christians derided as rubes who can’t play on the next level. They’ve both become punch lines for late-night comics and earned the smirking derision of sophisticates.

But the conservative Christians who dominate the Republican Party love Tim Tebow and admire him all the more for winning when everyone said he couldn’t. The fact that Tebow is a pro-life hero for the ad he cut talking about his mother’s decision to reject medical advice for an abortion when she was carrying him doesn’t hurt either.



Perry was really on his game, and while he didn’t match up with the presidential poses of Romney and Gingrich, he certainly sounded plausible. And by making himself the lovable underdog, Perry may have bought himself another look from Republican voters who themselves often feel picked on and discounted by the establishment media.



Perry also was strong on selling his Washington overhaul plan and the claim of his status as an outsider, lines that got a lot of applause and a lot of head nods in the debate hall.

Ron Paul

“Well, he has a different definition of the private sector than I have.”

-- Texas Rep. Ron Paul at the FOX News/Republican Party of Iowa presidential debate on Newt Gingrich’s defense of $1.6 million or more in contracts with bailed out government-backed mortgage firm Freddie Mac

Paul really bit into Gingrich’s hide on Freddie Mac, reinforcing an argument many conservatives are starting to make: that the former speaker is too much a part of the Washington establishment to be able to uproot it.

But Paul also suffered a grave wound himself when he very clearly and very consistently explained his policy of rapprochement with Iran. It’s just too big a jump for a Republican electorate that sees Iran as a very real threat and sees nothing wrong with the U.S. spying on the Mullahs of Tehran.

Bret Baier gave Paul lots of time to explain his views. Unfortunately for his chances to win the Iowa caucuses, Paul fully availed himself of it.

Michele Bachmann

“I think I have never heard a more dangerous answer for American security than the one that we just heard from Ron Paul.”

-- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann at the FOX News/Republican Party of Iowa presidential debate talking about Paul’s Iran policy.

Bachmann revived herself from previously flat debate performances, rediscovering some of the passion that had made her appealing to Iowa conservatives once before.

She also impressed with her ability to talk extemporaneously about a host of topics and dropped some of the repetitive lines of previous debates that had become shopworn.

But Bachmann is Gingrich’s poorest pupil in the art of debating. Her attacks continue to be too harsh in and too Manichean in their orientation.

Republicans now know that they will have an imperfect nominee, as is inevitable to some degree for every party in every election. Bachmann’s absolutist arguments sound less relevant in that environment.

Jon Huntsman

“This nation has been downgraded. This nation is on the cusp of the third government shutdown. We have been kicked around as people. We are getting screwed as Americans.”

-- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman at the FOX News/Republican Party of Iowa presidential debate.

Mitt Romney had better get back to New Hampshire in a hurry, because the Jon Huntsman who showed up on Thursday night could cause big trouble for him in the Granite State.

Huntsman, whose previous performances were uneven and unpleasantly bitter, sounded steady, intelligent and conservative. Rather than mocking the views of the very party he seeks to lead, Huntsman spoke as one of them.

And his line about “getting screwed” was topped only by Perry’s Tebowing as the sound bite of the night.

Rick Santorum

“We need someone who's strong in their political and personal life to go out and contrast themselves with the president and make him the issue in this campaign.”

-- Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum at the FOX News/Republican Party of Iowa presidential debate juxtaposing himself with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Republicans are in the market for a happy warrior this cycle, not an angry one, but they surely must admire Rick Santorum’s dedication and devotion.

Santorum is making some moves in Iowa – new commercials and a big door-to-door push -- and may find his way into the top four come caucus day. His debate performance was entirely about that effort as he spoke directly to his small, devoted group of supporters about the issues that matter to them in local terms--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chris Stirewalt is digital politics editor for Fox News, and his POWER PLAY column appears Monday-Friday on FoxNews.com


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More Than Half Say Obama Should Lose in 2012

WOW ! I didn't see this one coming, either alot of people are starting to watch the news, or alot of people are waking up at the same time.

According to a new Associated Press-GfK poll,  A majority of Americans think President Obama should be voted out of office next year.

Most of those polled said he does not deserve one.While Americans were evenly divided on whether they expect the president to earn a second term, most of those polled said he does not deserve one.


While 43 percent said he deserves another term,  For the first time, the poll found that a majority of adults, 52 percent, said Obama should be voted out of office

Obama's overall job approval stands at a new low: 44 percent approve while 54 percent disapprove. The president's standing among independents is worse: 38 percent approve while 59 percent disapprove.

Obama's overall poll numbers suggest he is in jeopardy of losing, even as the public's outlook on the economy appears to be improving. For the first time since spring, more said the economy got better in the past month than said it got worse.

But Obama's approval rating on his handling of the economy overall remains stagnant: 39 percent approve and 60 percent disapprove.

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Romney Starts Mudslinging, Testing Gingrich 's Pledge To Stay Positive

If history repeats itself, Mitt Romney could be in trouble down the road. Usually the mud slinging lives for a while, then when you you least expect it, Americans decides mudslinging is no  fun anymore. They down right reject it.

Hopefully Newt Gingrich stays true to his word, and stays on the high road. Hopefully Romney keeps slinging the mud, and all the  pieces will fall together.Americans get tired of mudslinging, problems is, you are not quite sure when they had enough. Mitt will know because his numbers will start climbing south.
Mitt
At that point, Mitt will be looking for a new war strategy and it will be too late.

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Tea Partiers Reject Beck's Claim. What Say You?........Glenn Beck.

First of all, Thank you FOX NEWS.COM

Second, I believe that Glenn Beck is a rock star!, and I mean that with all the respect and sincerity I have.

I started following Glenn back in 2002 on his radio show,  and when took his job on FOX NEWS,   

that was a no brainer, I was hooked.The majority of the time we agreed on politics. It would be impossible to agree on each and every issue.
he endorsed a
When it came to people and personalities I'd say wed were on the same page there too,most of the time.

I learned a Hell of a lot from Glenn Beck over the last decade. Probably the biggest thing I learned was what a Libertarian was and what a Progressive was.

Here is where the water starts to get somewhat muddy.

Recently Glenn was interviewed on Fox Business News and described Newt Gingrich as a Progressive. I'm not really sure where Glenn received his information, you can call Newt Gingrich many things, Progressive is not one of them.

Newt Gingrich has to be one of the most conservative people that has walked the earth. The only thing that could make Glenn think that is when Newt backed a very liberal Republican in upstate New York in 2010. I'm still scratching my head over that one.

Otherwise Newt Is as squeaky clean a republican as you can get.

What Say You, Glenn Beck

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B.H.O.'S "OCCUPY" IS NO TEA PARTY ! ! !

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TO DATE - 5,425 arrests...$21,273,499 in cost to taxpayers. ITS TIME FOR THE OCCUPIERS TO GO. They are a menace, and are wasting our precious resources while contributing nothing. Why should the American taxpayer foot the bill for Obama lackey's who feel they are entitled. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Average Americans are not getting arrested and costing their fellow citizens money. It is time they stop dem...anding and GET UP AND OCCUPY A JOB! Maybe if we stuck them with the bill for all the damage they have caused they would get the message.

Can Newt Gingrich Beat Obama?

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By: Martin Gould

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has surged ahead of the Republican pack of presidential contenders, but the big question remains: “Can Newt Gingrich beat Obama next November?”

Newt Gingrich is confident, already looking forward to presidential debates, getting in a little dig against the Commander-in-Chief.

“If he wants to use a teleprompter, that would be fine with me,” Gingrich said.

A slew of polls are now saying the same thing – the GOP nomination is Gingrich’s to lose.

His nearest rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney simply cannot excite the party’s base and, unless there is another huge upheaval once the primary season gets started, no other candidate comes close now that pizza mogul Herman Cain is out of the race.

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So Republicans now have to look forward to next November when the name Gingrich will likely be alongside Obama’s on presidential ballots.

And there is a good chance that Newt Gingrich can beat Obama, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Dec. 8.

poll – or actually three separate polls taken in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida –shows Gingrich has a good chance of beating President Obama.

He actually beats Obama by a single digit – 43 percent to 42 – in Ohio. In Florida he is just two points behind although the gap widens to eight points in Pennsylvania.

Even the Keystone State result is not as bad for Newt Gingrich as it might sound, says Peter Brown, the assistant director of the university’s polling institute as Obama carried Pennsylvania by double digits in 2008.

A Gallup poll showed that Obama has the lowest ratings for any president at this point in his first term, giving Gingrich even more hope that he can beat Obama and win the White House.

“Barack Obama is in the area where presidents who lose elections tend to be,” USA Today’s Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page pointed out in an online discussion with Gallup Editor-n-Chief Frank Newport.

She said Obama now has to get his ratings up “or make sure the Republican opponent’s approval rating is even lower.”

It may just be that Gingrich can beat Obama in 2012.

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Largest Corporations Spending More on Lobbying Than Taxes

THIS IS GOLDEN ! ! !..................wanna get in the holiday spirit, listen up !............CAREFULLY !

Did you Know the top 30 corporations paid $ 0 in federal taxes !  here is a breakdown :

1. $164 BILLION  in profit

2.) $11 BILLION  in Tax Rebates

3.) $706 MILLION  in  Executive Pay

4.)$ 0 In Federal Tax ( excluding FED XPRESS )

On the down side, the were wiling to make the Lobbyist RICH !, Take a look !

G.E., $ 84 MILLION Spent on Lobbying !

Verizon, $ 54 MILLION Spent on Lobbing !

Boeing, $ 52 MILLION Spent on Lobbing !

'TIS THE SEASON, ENJOY !

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Gingrich Assailed by Rivals, Fires Back at Romney

As the day go by and weeks go by, and if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly, I see a two man horse race taking shape. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former Governor Mitt Romney seem to be making this a two person race.

I believe both men are capable of giving B.H.O. a good ol' fashion shellacking. Barring any last minute dirt
that might be bestowed upon us, I see a new President on the horizon. I know Newt Gingrich has some skeletons in his closet, who doesn't ?

America would take Newt and his skeletons over B.H.O. and his Socialism any day of the week. Mitt Romney has his hare of goodies tucked away in his closet also. Romneycare ring a bell ? Again, I believe Mitt could get over this.

So, if Newt or Mitt make it to the top of the ticket, who takes the VEEP spot ? Good question.............

I have my pics, tell me yours .

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Poll Shows Obama Disapproval Up

Are you ready for the worst kept secret in D.C. ? Yes my friends the only thing up inside the beltway are B.H.O.'S Disapproval ratings.

Now if that doesn't make a tingling feeling run up your leg, (Chris Matthews @ MSNBC'S words, not mine,) nothing will.

Over half the voters surveyed felt B.H.O.'S plan for the economy will do any good in the long run. That's not good for a guy that is one year out from trying to get elected for his second term of the Presidency.

44% approve of the job he is doing while 51% disapprove of the job he is doing..

An overwhelming 94 % think the economy think the economy is in bad shape, 66% think the economy is in poor shape. That is the highest “poor” rating ever measured by the Fox News poll.

For the record, Less than 1 percent of voters says the economy is in “excellent” shape and 5 percent say it is in “good condition."

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House on Collision Course With Obama Over Payroll Tax Cut, as Senate Bills Fail

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House Republicans are on a collision course with the White House and potentially the Senate over an emerging proposal to extend the payroll tax cut, teeing up a protracted debate that could keep lawmakers in Washington for the holidays as they try to avert a Jan. 1 tax increase.

The Senate on Thursday afternoon rejected rival Democratic and GOP plans for extending the cut. The failure was expected, cuing the House to step in with a new plan.

Details of that proposal, expected to be unveiled in full on Friday, suggest its Republican authors are preparing for a showdown with President Obama. The bill includes a controversial provision to move along the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas -- the Obama administration recently put that project on hold until after the 2012 election, citing environmental and safety concerns.

The provision pertaining to the Keystone pipeline helped sweeten the deal for House conservatives skeptical of a payroll tax extension.

Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., told Fox News that a number of Republicans who were on the fence said they would vote for the bill if it includes the Keystone pipeline provision.

House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he's confident Republicans are ready to move on the proposal.

But Obama explicitly has said he will reject any effort to tie the Keystone pipeline construction to the tax extension. His allies echoed that message Friday.

"It's a non-starter," House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said.

Her top deputy, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., urged Republicans to "reconsider" the Keystone language.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney warned Republicans not to include "extraneous attachments" in the bill.

"Whatever happened to Republicans being for tax cuts?" Carney asked. "Is it because this one goes to 160 million Americans, middle-class working Americans, that they're ambivalent or they're willing to oppose it if they don't get some political scalp? Is it because President Obama supports it, or Democrats support it?"

At stake is a cut in the Social Security tax valued at about $1,000 a year for the average family.

The rate was lowered from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent for 2011, but that expires at the end of the year without action by Congress. Obama has called for extending the cut, and increasing it by another percentage point. He also wants Congress to extend unemployment insurance.

But while Congress appeared to be heading once again toward gridlock, the House could be in a position to try to corner the Senate.

House leaders could be poised to hold a vote on the bill, as early as next week, and then send their members home for the holidays -- in turn forcing the Senate to decide between their bill and no bill. This would then force a confrontation between the Senate and the White House.

Terry said he thinks there's a "high" likelihood the House will try to stick the Senate with their version of the bill.

"Frankly, the fact that the president doesn't like it makes me like it even more," said Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a leader of House conservatives, who added he had supported an earlier version, as well.

According to sources, the House bill's price tag clocks in at between $175 billion and $180 billion.

its core, the emerging House bill would extend the existing Social Security payroll tax cut at the heart of Obama's jobs program, through 2012. It also would renew an expiring benefit program for the long-term unemployed the president also favors, although at a reduced level from current law.

In addition, Republicans are proposing to avert a 27 percent cut in payments to doctors serving Medicare patients, a provision that Democrats have said privately they are receptive to.

The emerging House bill also is expected to block implementation of a proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulation limiting toxic emissions from industrial incinerators, another potential area for dispute with the White House.

While there is general agreement among leaders of both parties that the legislation must be paid for to avoid raising deficits, there are differences over the details.

Democrats favor imposing a surtax on incomes over $1 million, hoping to depict Republicans -- nearly all of whom are opposed -- as protecting millionaires at the expense of the middle class.

House Republicans want to raise premium fees on the wealthy for Part B Medicare, a change that they note would fall on many of the same people the Democrats want to tax.

The House bill also would freeze pay for two additional years for federal retirees and increase their retirement costs.

Also in the measure is the repeal of nearly $43 billion already approved for the year-old health care law, which stands as Obama's signature domestic achievement.

There was no suspense in the Senate on Thursday, where blocking maneuvers left rival payroll tax plans short of the 60 votes needed to advance for the second consecutive week.

The vote on the Democrats' plan was 50-48, with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine the only Republican in favor. It would lower next year's payroll tax to 3.1 percent, financed mainly by the millionaire surtax.

The Republican measure was turned aside 22-76. A majority of Republicans opposed it, reflecting the party's internal divisions. That measure would leave next year's payroll tax at 4.2 percent, paid for largely by freezing salaries and cutting the size of the federal workforce.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Did Fake Signatures Get Obama on Indiana Ballot?

B.H.O. knows there is more  than one way to win an election. One way is to get forged signatures on a petition to get your name on the primary ballot.

I know that this will come as a complete surprise for B.H.O.,  Any illegal activity he has ever been involved in has been an complete surprise.

Charity Rorie, a mother of four, sat in her Mishawaka, Ind., kitchen, stunned that her name appeared on a 2008 Democratic presidential primary petition for then-candidate Barack Obama.

That's not my signature," she told Fox News, saying her signature is "absolutely" a fake. She also said she was troubled someone forged both her signature and that of her husband, Jeff, and listed personal details such as their address and birthdays.

Really ?

For three years I wondered how B.H.O.  was elected, now that answer is becoming crystal clear. Forgery is the magic word.

"It's scary," Rorie said. "It's shocking. It definitely is illegal. A lot of people have already lost faith in politics and the whole realm of politics, so that just solidifies all of our worries and concerns."

Robert Hunter Jr. said his name was faked, too.

"I did not sign for Barack Obama," he told Fox News, adding his signature supporting the then-Illinois senator's effort to get on the primary ballot was also a forgery.

Looks like Barack took a page right out of the Chicago/Elect J.F.K playbook. make-believe votes count too !

"I did not sign for Barack Obama," he told Fox News, adding his signature supporting the then-Illinois senator's effort to get on the primary ballot was also a forgery.

As he examined the Obama petition he held in his hands, Hunter pointed out that "I always put 'Junior' after my name, every time ... there's no 'Junior' there." He said the signature on the petition looks "very close" to his real one, but it clearly is not.

Really makes you wonder how many 'fake' votes he will get in 2012 .

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Bob Yeager

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New York City Cafe May Shut Its Doors for Good Due to 'Occupy,' Owner Says

THANK YOU FOX NEWS.COM & PERRY CHIARAMONTE for contents of this article.

By Perry Chiaramonte

Published December 01, 2011
FoxNews.com

The owner of an eatery in New York City's Lower Manhattan who said he was forced to let go 25 percent of his staff last month due to the Occupy Wall Street protests now says he might have to close his doors for good come next week.

Marc Epstein, owner of the Milk Street Cafe, tells FoxNews.com that authorities have not taken down barricades around Zuccotti Park and along Wall Street despite the dwindling number of protesters since they were evicted from their encampment two weeks ago, keeping consumer foot traffic and his profits to a minimum.

“It’s like a siege mentality down here. It’s killing business for everyone down here,” said Epstein, who said he was forced to fire 21 employees after sales dropped 30 percent since the start of the Occupy Movement. “If we don’t get relief, I won’t be able to stay open past Tuesday.”

Epstein says that foot traffic has dropped despite the camp being removed from the area and that he’s losing vital business from tourists that have been avoiding the area.

Officials for the police department said there are no longer barriers at the Milk Street Cafe and haven’t been for some time. Barriers remain at the Stock Exchange, where they have existed long before the cafe opened.

But despite where the barricades are, Epstein says that the disruption around Wall Street has gone on for far too long.

“Now that the protesters have waned, let’s get life back to normal already,” Epstein said.

Requests for comment to City Hall were not immediately returned.

YOURS IN LIBERTY! ! !

Bob Yeager

NAACP Taking Complaints About U.S. Voter Laws to United Nations

I guess I am missing something here.

I know the Socialists in this country don't like it, but the United States of America Is a sovereign nation. Period.

WE (the United States, ) govern ourselves with the help of The Declaration of Independents, The Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

So why the NAACP is trotting off to the United Nations, with a problem that they think they have with the United States, Is way beyond me.

I'm not going to get into the belly of this story, what I will do is request the NAACP approach the government of this Country, the U.S.A.,.. to solve the issue you with our voting system.

Going to the United Nation to get this issue solved would be like taking you car to a jewelry store to get fixed.

It just doesn't make a lot of sense.

YOURS IN LIBERTY,

Bob Yeager

Report: Cain Set to Endorse Gingrich for the GOP Presidential Nomination

The possibilities are endless here.

If and when Herman Cain endorses Former Speaker Newt Gingrich for President, the whole playing field will change, and I believe for the better.

It would give Speaker Gingrich a possible strong running mate, or at the very least, some swing votes from voters who were backing Herman Cain.

I don't think that Speaker Gingrich could ask for anything more.

This would give the Speaker instant access to a person with tons of business knowledge, actually Newt Gingrich is a savvy businessman himself.

This would force the hand of the other contenders to come up with their own strong endorsement, with a business background, and someone who can tangle with the best of them.

YOURS IN LIBERTY,

Bob Yeager    

Under Pressure to Reduce Deficit, Congress Tees Up Year-End Spending Spree

Forget all about the $15 TRILLION the U.S. Government owes most of the world, now they have a full treasure trove of I.O.U.'S that they want to spend by the end of the year.

My favorite color is red, I believe it's safe to say that is the Government's favorite color too. They could spray paint D.C. with red paint and never run out of money.

Lawmakers are poised to spend $120 billion or so to renew a Social Security tax cut that averaged just under $1,000 per household this year. They're ready to commit up to $50 billion more to continue unemployment benefits to people out of work for more than half a year.

They just absolutely do not know when to stop, Democrats and Republicans.

The chairmen and senior minority members of the Senate and House agriculture committees tried to add a five-year farm bill onto a deficit panel package that never came together. They promised "reforms" that would end much-criticized direct subsidy payments to Southern rice and cotton growers whether they farm or not.

But instead of banking the nearly $50 billion in savings, farm-state lawmakers maneuvered to channel much of the money to a new subsidy for locking in four-decade-high revenues for corn and soybean growers in the Midwest.

Republicans insist that extending the Social Security tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed must be paid for through cuts to other programs or finding other non-tax sources of money for them.But using any such arrangements means they're no longer available for cutting deficits.

The White House, after saying all fall that Obama's jobs agenda must be paid for with tax increases on high-income earners, appears willing to simply pad the nation's $15 trillion national debt instead of finding offsetting cuts.

I am thoroughly convinced that neither side of the isle wants to change the crash course type of spending that has become the norm .

Both Dems and the GOP are absolutely scared of a Third Party making a serious run in 2012. I hope someone steps up to bat to take these inside-the beltway mentality zombies a run for their money .

YOURS IN LIBERTY,

Bob Yeager





















 

Gingrich Surges to the Lead in Iowa Poll

 I'm  not going to tell you who I'm pulling for to run against B.H.O. on the GOP ticket. I'm just a small guy writing a blog on the Internent. I'm by no means famous, so my endorsement would not mean a whole lot.

What I will tell you is, I think it is very unprofessional for the press or another candidate to drag an opponent through the mud to rack up votes.

I have more respect for a person who goes out and tells the masses what he has to offer each American, that will make our country better. Than a canidate who is out slinging mud.

I know by the time the primaries are over, my choice for President, and anyone left standing, will be covered with mud. I, in a solem kind of way, feel bad for Herman Cain. He wasn't my first choice, but as the political theatre plays out, he could have made a good President or even a good VP. we will never know because the Lame Stream Media had a mudfest with him.

That's a true shame.

 In due time, I believe the cream will rise to the top, and a canidate will break through that will make B.H.O. a one term president. After all isn't that what elections are all about, getting rid of the people that shouldn't be in officein the first place.

YOURS IN LIBERTY,

Bob Yeager   

Committee Weighs Contempt Citation Against White House Over Solyndra

Another B.H.O. story that has grown legs and doesn't want to go away.

B.H.O.'S minion's promised the now defunct solar panel company, Solynda, $ 535 MILLION  of your hard earned tax dollars.

Now Congress is considering suing the White House to obtain document's related to the case.

For almost a year, the Commerce Committee has been looking int circumstances leading up to the bankruptcy and the loan and its subsequent restructuring, which subordinated taxpayers to private investors in the recovery of the company's assets. Solyndra's chief investor, billionaire George Kaiser, is a prominent Obama supporter whom records show visited the White House 17 times.

Sounds like the White House hayet one more hot potato on it's hands, doesn't it ?

Gingrich to Meet With Trump Monday

This meeting is nothing is short of unusual.

What could set it apart from other meetings is if Mr.Trump would give Newt a much sought after endorsement.

'The Donald' has had a visit by most of the GOP nominees.Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and Michele Bachmann have all made stops at Donald Trump's door, looking for an endorsement from him. An endorsement from Donald Trump would be a nice reference on anyones resume'.

Newt Gingrich considers Donald an old friend, we'll see if that old friendship will culivate into an endorsement. the two have had numerous phone calls over the campaign season.     
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YOURS IN LIBERTY  ! ! !
Bob Yeager

Prosecutors: Hinckley Deceptive and Unstable, Lied About Whereabouts

John Hinckley Jr.,the person who tried to take President Reagans life in 1981, went  to to a book store recently to peruse books on President Reagan and books on people the people who tried to assassinate presidents.

Prosecutors want to make sure, Hinckley is not released from a mental hospital, tolda Federal Judge that Hinckly was deceptive and unstable.

Secret Service agents who tracked Hinckley during a visit to his mom's home followed Hinckley when he was supposed to be seeing a movie. Instead, he went to a bookstore across from the theater.

Hinckley "has a long history of deception," they said, and "does whatever he wants and thinks he can get away with it."

I think it would be best if Mr. Hinckley stays right whered he is.

YOURS IN LIBERTY ! ! !

Bob Yeagerf