Rick Santorum's New Radio Ad Courage to Fight for America PODCAST

Rick Santorum's New Radio Ad "Courage to Fight for America" MP3 for PODCAST

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Newt Gingrich’s senior staff resigns

"I am committed to running the substantive, solutions-oriented campaign I set out to run earlier this spring. The campaign begins anew Sunday in Los Angeles."

Rick Tyler, Gingrich spokesman was among those who left the campaign as well as Rob Johnson, Gingrich’s campaign manager, Dave Carney and Katon Dawson, senior strategists, media consultant Sam Dawson, Iowa strategist Craig Schoenfeld, South Carolina operative Walter Whetsell and Georgia-based adviser Scott Rials.

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Herman Cain America is Ready VIDEO

Herman Cain for President Video set to Krista Branch's "I Am America."

America’s moral foundation does not need to be rewritten. It needs to be respected and taught to our children and grandchildren. It is the basis for our concept of freedom. As former President Ronald Reagan reminded us many years ago:

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the blood stream. It must be fought for and protected and handed on for them to do the same. Or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and grandchildren what is used to be like in the United States when men were free.”

We are free because “In God Is Our Trust.”

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CBO The Budgetary Cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Options for the Future Federal Role in the Secondary Mortgage Market FULL TEXT in PDF FORMAT

Congressional Budget Office The Budgetary Cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Options for the Future Federal Role in the Secondary Mortgage Market FULL TEXT in PDF FORMAT CBO The Budgetary Cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Options for the Future Federal Role in the Secondary Mortgage Market FULL TEXT in PDF FORMAT

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Statement of Deborah Lucas Assistant Director for Financial Analysis The Budgetary Cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Options for the Future Federal Role in the Secondary Mortgage Market before the Committee on the Budget. U.S. House of Representatives June 2, 2011

This document is embargoed until it is delivered at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, June 2, 2011. The contents may not be published, transmitted, or otherwise communicated by any print, broadcast, or electronic media before that time.

As of March 31, 2011, the GSEs reported a fair-value deficit of approximately $187 billion. Adding to that the $130 billion in net payments already received from the Treasury implies a fairvalue cost to the government of about $317 billion in obligations incurred through March 2011. The increase in that total compared with CBO’s 2009 estimate reflects continued deterioration in the condition of the housing market that is increasing default rates on distressed mortgages and depressing the amounts that can be recovered following defaults; there are also differences between CBO’s estimating assumptions and those of the GSEs.

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Rick Santorum announces bid for Republican nomination for president Somerset Pennsylvania 06/06/11 VIDEO

Rick Santorum announces bid for Republican nomination for president Somerset Pennsylvania 06/06/11 VIDEO. The Pennsylvania senator announced his presidential run for 2012. He talked about the birth of the Tea Party and "how people stood up for America and understand something is wrong." He explained what he wants to do for America if he becomes president in 2012.

“I’m ready to lead. I’m ready to do what has to be done for the next generation, with the courage to fight for freedom, with the courage to fight for America, That’s why I’m announcing today that I’m running for president of the United States of America."

“The principal purpose of America was to make sure each and every person was free. Ladies and gentlemen, that is at stake now,"

“Every single American will be hooked to the government with an IV. They want to hook you. They don’t want to free you. They don’t want to give you opportunity . . . This president does not trust you to make a decision on your health care plan."

“I believe now, that Americans now are not looking for someone they can believe in, They’re looking for a president who believes in them,"

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Anthony Weiner admitted in a Monday press conference that he sent a lewd photo to a woman over Twitter, after claiming that he was hacked FULL VIDEO

Anthony Weiner admitted in a Monday press conference that he sent a lewd photo to a woman over Twitter, after claiming that he was hacked FULL VIDEO "The picture was of me and I sent it,"

Tim Pawlenty Speaks to the Faith and Freedom Coalition VIDEO

6/3/11 - Here is complete video of Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaking to the "Faith and Freedom Coalition" in Washington D.C.

Pawlenty delivered a very effective speech, standing strong as both a fiscal and social conservative. His closing was particularly strong. This is the best speech I have heard Pawlenty give.

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Michele Bachmann at Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference VIDEO

Michele Bachmann at Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference VIDEO

Michele Bachmann spoke at the second annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference on June 3, 2011.

Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel. The Conference and Strategy Briefing has quickly become a top destination for conservative activists who want to learn how to beat the Left!

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Allen West at Faith & Freedom Coalition VIDEO

Allen West spoke at the second annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference on June 3, 2011.

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Paul Ryan at Faith & Freedom Coalition VIDEO

Paul Ryan spoke at the second annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference on June 3, 2011.

Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel. The Conference and Strategy Briefing has quickly become a top destination for conservative activists who want to learn how to beat the Left!

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Haley Barbour Face the Nation Republican pick may be an unknown VIDEO

Barbour: GOP pick may be an unknown June 5, 2011 9:07 AM

Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) spoke to Bob Schieffer on the possibility of a double dip recession, the 2012 republican hopefuls, and Paul Ryan's plan for Medicare.

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North Carolina Republican Party State Convention

Election Results from 2011 North Carolina Republican State Convention WILMINGTON, NC – Today, 1161 delegates from 90 North Carolina counties voted to elect the Chairman and Vice Chairman to lead the North Carolina Republican Party for a two-year term at the 2011 North Carolina Republican State Convention. The vote took place in the Exhibit Hall at the Wilmington Convention Center in Wilmington, NC.

Robin Hayes was re-elected by acclamation as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. Chairman Hayes has been serving as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party since his election on January 15, 2011. He is a former United States Congressman from the 8th Congressional district and a resident of Concord.

Wayne King was elected to Vice-Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. King is the 10th District Republican Chairman, former Chairman of the Cleveland County Republican Party and a resident of Kings Mountain.

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Lamar Alexander Weekly Republican Address TEXT VIDEO 06/04/11

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) released the weekly Republican address on job creation and the NLRB. In the address, he says, "Our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs in this country... We can start by helping companies make in the United States what they sell in the United States, but unfortunately recent actions by the Administration are making that hard to accomplish."

I’m Lamar Alexander, United States Senator from Tennessee. I’d like to talk with you for a few minutes about making it easier and cheaper to create private sector jobs here in America.

We can start by helping companies make in the United States what they sell in the United States, but unfortunately recent actions by the Administration are making that hard to accomplish.

Last month the National Labor Relations Board moved to stop America's largest exporter, the Boeing Company, from building airplanes at a non-union plant in South Carolina, suggesting that a unionized American company can’t expand its operations into one of the 22 states with right-to-work laws, which protect a worker's right to join or not to join a union. But instead of making a speech, let me tell you a story.

The story is about a White House state dinner in February 1979, when I was governor of Tennessee. President Carter said to us, ‘Governors, go to Japan. Persuade them to make here what they sell here.’ So, off I flew to Tokyo to meet with Nissan executives who were deciding where to put their first U.S. manufacturing plant. I carried with me a photograph taken from a satellite showing the country at night with all of its lights on.

‘Where is Tennessee?’ the Nissan executives ask. ‘Right in the middle of the lights,’ I answered, pointing out that locating a plant in the population center reduces the cost of transporting cars to customers. That population center had migrated from the Midwest, where most U.S. auto plants were then, south to places like Kentucky and Tennessee.

Then the Japanese examined a second consideration: Tennessee has a right to work law and Kentucky does not. This meant that in Kentucky workers would have to join the United Auto Workers union. Workers in Tennessee had a choice.

Well, in 1980 Nissan chose Tennessee, a state with almost no auto jobs. Today auto assembly plants and suppliers provide one-third of Tennessee's manufacturing jobs. Tennessee is the home for production of the Leaf, Nissan's all-electric vehicle, and the batteries that power it. And recently Nissan announced that 85% of the cars and trucks it sells in the United States will be made in the United States, making it one of the largest ‘American’ auto companies.

So now the NLRB and unions want to make it illegal for a company that has experienced repeated strikes to move production to a state with a right to work law. What would this mean for the future of American auto jobs? Well, jobs would flee overseas as manufacturers look for a competitive environment in which to make and sell their products around the world.

It's happened before. David Halberstam's 1986 book, ‘The Reckoning,’ tells a story about the decline of the domestic auto industry. Halberstam quotes the President of American Motors, who criticized the ‘shared monopoly’ consisting of the Big Three Detroit auto manufacturers in the UAW.

‘There is nothing more vulnerable than entrenched success,’ he warned. Detroit ignored upstarts like Nissan who in the 1960’s began selling funny little cars to American consumers. We all know what happened to employment in the Big Three companies.

Even when Detroit sought greener pastures in a right to work state, its ‘partnership’ with United Auto Workers couldn’t compete. In 1985, General Motors located its $5 billion Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee; just 40 miles from Nissan, hoping that side by side competition would help the Americans beat the Japanese.

After 25 years, non-union Nissan operated the most efficient auto plant in North America. The Saturn / UAW partnership never made a profit. GM closed Saturn last year.

Nissan's success is one reason why Volkswagen last week opened its North American manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, and why Honda, and Toyota, BMW, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai and thousands of suppliers have chosen southeastern right to work states for their plants.

According to the chief of the Boeing company, 'An unintended consequence of the Boeing complaint is that forward thinking CEOs also would be reluctant to place new plants in unionized states -- lest they be forever restricted from placing future plants across the country.'

Boeing is America's largest exporter, but we want them to export airplanes, not jobs.

Our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs in this country. Giving workers the right to join or not to join a union helps to create a competitive environment in which more manufacturers like Nissan and Boeing can make here what they sell here. I'm Lamar Alexander, thanks for listening. ####

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John Boehner to President Obama: It’s clear from this morning’s jobs report, It’s Time to Get Serious About Spending Cuts, Job Growth VIDEO

WASHINGTON, DC (Jun 3) At a press conference with House GOP leaders reacting to today’s jobs report, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) urged President Obama to “get serious about cutting spending and dealing with America’s ailing economy.” Boehner also highlighted the GOP Plan for America’s Job Creators. Below is text of Boehner’s remarks:

It’s clear from this morning’s jobs report that the economy still isn’t creating enough jobs. If you talk to job creators around the country like we have, they’ll tell you all the over-taxing, over-regulating, and over-spending that’s going on in Washington is creating uncertainty and holding them back.

“This week, House Republicans met with the president, urged him to change course, and to work with us on our plan for new jobs and economic growth in our country. We hope he’ll take us up on our invitation.

“If we’re serious about creating jobs in America, we can’t raise taxes on the very people who create jobs, and keep spending money that we don’t have. Yesterday, Moody’s reinforced our point that an increase in the debt limit without major spending cuts will hurt our economy and destroy jobs. That’s why we’ve said that spending cuts must accompany any increase in the debt limit.

“One look at the jobs report should be enough to show the White House it’s time to get serious about cutting spending and dealing with our ailing economy.”

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Mitt Romney Announces Candidacy for President, Barack Obama has failed America VIDEO

Mitt Romney Announces Candidacy for President, Barack Obama has failed America.

Barack Obama has failed America.

When he took office, the economy was in recession. He made it worse. And he made it last longer. Three years later, over 16 million Americans are out of work or have just quit looking. Millions more are underemployed.

Three years later, unemployment is still above 8%, a figure he said his stimulus would keep from happening.

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Tim Scott reminds constituents of the Georgetown-Horry Town Hall to provide a Congressional update for First District residents Wednesday, June 8th

Rep. Tim Scott (SC-01) reminded his constituents of the Georgetown-Horry Town Hall to provide a Congressional update for First District residents. After his participation in the Military Appreciation Days parade on Saturday, May 28th, Scott said he is looking forward to meeting again with Grand Strand citizens.

The Town Hall meeting will be Wednesday, June 8th in the Burroughs & Chapin Auditorium on the Conway campus of Horry-Georgetown Technical College. This forum will provide area residents the opportunity to hear from their Congressional representative and get his responses to their inquiries. “While we rise to meet the challenges associated with the debt ceiling, our economy, and energy, I want area residents to know more about what we’re doing to limit the size and scope of the federal government,” Scott said, adding, “ I look forward to hearing my constituents’ perspectives and discussing the progress we’ve made thus far.” Areas of local interest will likely include I-73, our state’s ports, and tourism.

The 90-minute event will kick off at 6:00 PM and doors will open at 5:00. Scott will randomly answer questions submitted by attendees. “I firmly believe that a good economy makes all things possible,” Scott noted. “But, I recognize that many factors are responsible for creating such a positive environment. Together, we can move this country forward and realize our common goal of a smaller government with more individual liberty, states’ rights and significantly reduced federal spending.” For the Horry-Georgetown event, Scott will also accept questions sent to him via a Facebook message with the subject “townhall.” These questions will be combined with those submitted at the Town Hall for random selection.

Burroughs and Chapin Auditorium is part of the Horry-Georgetown Technical College’s Conway Campus located at 2050 Hwy 501 E.


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The President and his party’s leaders continue to use blatant falsehoods in attacking the House Republicans’ plan to protect and save Medicare VIDEO

In a web video last week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan made clear: “Washington has not been honest with you about Medicare.” Nonpartisan, independent fact checkers agree.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the new chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, is the latest leading Democrat to distort and demagogue the only plan put forward that saves Medicare. Earlier this week, Wasserman Schultz falsely stated that seniors would be denied coverage under the Republican plan. This statement has no basis in fact, as made clear by a round of fact checkers:

• Politifact.com: “We rate her statement False” (Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Ryan Medicare plan would allow insurers to use pre-existing conditions as barrier to coverage – 6/1/2011)

• FactCheck.org: “She is simply wrong…” (DNC Chair Throws Truth to ‘Wolves’, 5/31/2011)

• The Fact Checker, Washington Post: Even an expert cited by the DNC called the comment “high-octane idiocy” (Wasserman Schultz’s bogus claim that the GOP Medicare plan will ‘throw you to the wolves’ – 6/1/2011)

Wasserman Schultz’s comments are the latest in a campaign built on a foundation of falsehoods and fear.

• Factcheck.org: “President Barack Obama misrepresented the House Republicans’ budget plan” (FactChecking Obama’s Budget Speech – 4/18/2011)

• Factcheck.org: “President Barack Obama has been hammering away at Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal, misrepresenting what it would mean for seniors.” (Obama Misrepresents Ryan Plan – 4/22/2011)

• PolitiFact.com: An attack ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is “a major exaggeration,” and given a “PANTS ON FIRE” rating (Democrats say Republicans voted to end Medicare and charge seniors $12,000 – 4/18/2011)

• PolitiFact.com: “Charges over Medicare have kicked into high gear” (Checking the attack lines on Medicare, 4/20/2011)

• The Fact Checker, Washington Post: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “should be ashamed” (Kathleen Sebelius’s outrageous claim that cancer patients would ‘die sooner’ under the GOP Medicare plan – 5/9/2011)

The dishonest overreach is clearly an attempt to mask what the President and leading Democrats have already done to Medicare. While they have no plan to save Medicare, the President and leading Democrats already jammed into law a plan that imposes severe disruptions for current Medicare beneficiaries. The three-step Democrat plan on Medicare:

1. The President and leading Democrats cut over $500 billion from Medicare, raiding Medicare to fund Obamacare;

2. The President and leading Democrats empowered a panel of 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington to cut Medicare, restrict access and deny benefits for current seniors;

3. The President and leading Democrats, by refusing to work together to save this program, are committing Medicare to a bankrupt future.
   

The House Republicans’ plan to save Medicare:

• Stops the President’s raid on Medicare, repeals the President’s unelected Medicare board, and rejects the President’s commitment to Medicare’s bankruptcy.

• Ensures no changes for those 55 or older. Seniors should not be forced to reorganize their lives because of government’s mistakes.

• Offers a strengthened, personalized Medicare program that future generations can count on when they retire.Future beneficiaries would be empowered to choose from a list of guaranteed coverage options, similar to the system now enjoyed by Members of Congress, with less support for wealthy seniors and more support for those with lower incomes and greater health risks. These reforms are rooted in past bipartisan efforts to save Medicare.

• By encouraging true choice and competition, our plan is to give future seniors the power to deny business to inefficient providers. By imposing price controls and rationing, their plan is to give government the power to deny care to current seniors.

With their empty promises and false attacks, the President and leading Democrats are threatening the health security of America’s seniors and the economic security of American families. The American people deserve leaders who will tell them the truth and advance solutions that save Medicare.

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Ron Paul Talks About the Fed & Debt VIDEO

Twitter: @FinancialCmte: Congressman Ron Paul, chair of the Financial Services Monetary Policy Subcommittee, talks about the relationship between the Fed, inflation, and our national debt.

This hearing took place on Wednesday, May 11 and was entitled, ""Monetary Policy and the Debt Ceiling: Examining the Relationship Between the Federal Reserve and Government Debt." For more info: financialservices.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle TEXT IMAGE and VIDEO CREDIT: GOPFinancialServices

Spencer Bachus made the following statement after meeting with President Obama and House Republicans to discuss deficit reduction

Chairman Spencer Bachus Statement on House Republican Meeting with President Obama. Washington, Jun 1 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus made the following statement after meeting with President Obama and House Republicans at the White House this morning to discuss deficit reduction: “Several times during the meeting today, the President said he will not submit a plan to reduce the deficit that could be verified by the Congressional Budget Office. Republicans need to avoid negotiating against ourselves, but the President’s lack of leadership on this issue cannot deter us from moving forward

We should continue meeting with the President to try to negotiate a workable and verifiable agreement. Republicans have offered a plan that puts us on the path toward eliminating the deficit and reducing the national debt by making long-term structural changes. This could be the basis of an agreement that would pay immediate dividends in the credit markets, boost consumer confidence and be a plus for our economy and national security.

“We must end the dangerous cycle of spending and borrowing that has pushed the federal government up against the debt limit and caused Standard and Poor’s to downgrade our credit rating outlook to ‘negative.’”

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John Boehner Tonight’s Debt Limit Vote Shows the House Is Listening to the American People

Speaker Boehner leads an event with House Republicans today unveiling A Plan for America’s Job Creators. The plan builds on the Pledge to Americaand is designed to foster innovation and investment, tackle our debt, and help business owners create jobs without raising taxes on working families and small businesses. May 26, 2011.

WASHINGTON, DC (May 31) House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement after the House of Representatives rejected a plan by President Obama that would threaten American jobs by raising the debt limit without making significant spending cuts and budget reforms: “Tonight’s vote shows the House is listening to the American people. The Obama Administration and congressional Democrats have repeatedly asked for a debt limit hike without any spending cuts and budget reforms, and the American people simply will not tolerate it. Raising the debt limit without major spending cuts and meaningful reforms would hurt our economy and destroy more jobs, adding to our debt crisis. Today the House stood with the American people and said very clearly that this course of action is unacceptable.

Republicans have passed a budget and outlined a pro-growth job creation plan that pays down our debt over time. We need to create a better environment for private-sector job growth by stopping Washington from spending money it doesn’t have, not by raising taxes and adding more debt onto the backs of our kids and grandkids.”

NOTE: According to Resurgent Republic, a recent survey showed “President Obama’s request to raise the federal debt limit without any preconditions related to limiting spending” is “opposed by 9 in 10 voters.” Stanford economist John B. Taylor says “linking the debt limit to spending reductions” is “essential to a credible return to sound fiscal policy and an end to the ongoing debt explosion.”

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