http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:07:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don't laugh, it's true. Obama and Reindeer-dung jewelry both call Illinois home. That's not the only dot worth connecting, though. Courtesy of an Illinois zoo. No wonder Obama got his start in Illinois, those damned people will buy anything! The $15 pendant necklaces contain dried, sterilized reindeer droppings — sprayed with glitter — ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/11/24/connect-the-dots-obama-and-reindeer-dung-jewelry/ Eric at RedState is a blog friend and fellow conservative I like and respect, so I emailed him before engaging this debate regarding his post on targeting Bennett in Utah. While we’re all focusing on picking Charlie Crist off in the Florida Senate Primary, I think if conservatives really want to ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/11/18/yelling-stop-to-the-gop-base/ Illinois is looking like it might be interesting territory as regards the Governor's race, especially given the Blago fiasco. For now, the smart money looks to be on Andy McKenna for more than a few reasons. Jim Ryan wanted a re-match after ducking into academia for a spell after a loss ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/11/17/illinois-post-blago-another-gop-gov-pick-up/ Had a blogger conference call today with Sue Lowden of Nevada, the Republican front runner to take down Harry Reid in 2010. I had looked her over some when I did this post on the hypocritical attacks already being launched against her. Lowden spoke of knowing she's in for a tough ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/10/16/sue-lowden-run-reid-out-of-office/ I'm not sure what's more troubling here, the incredible hypocrisy underlying Democrat attacks on potential Harry Reid challenger, Sue Lowden of Nevada, or the fact that, every time a Republican woman raises her head she's unfairly attacked. And leave it to liberal Rachel Maddow to lead the charge. No air ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/10/08/dem-hypocrisy-abounds-in-lowden-attack/ There's a tight race shaping up in a special election on Nov 3 for CA - 10. It pits Republican David Harmer against Pelosi Democrat and CA Lt. Gov. John Garamendi. The race has national implications for several reasons. Not only is Garamendi a tax man, he has been one of the main ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/10/08/you-can-stop-a-pelosi-democrat-on-nov-3/ My friends at ProjectVirginia have a non-partisan effort going to get absentee ballots into the hands of military personnel who want them. The deadline is approaching. Consider this a guest post they put together. For all the attention paid to the recent voting in Iraq and Afghanistan, one would think that ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/09/29/deadline-the-military-vote-in-nj-and-va/ I realize the Club for Growth has no love for Bennett, the problem is, they aren't in Utah, don't know likely alternative, AG Mark Shurtleff the way they know Pat Toomey - and once one digs into the details surrounding Shurtleff and his campaign, a genuinely troubling image for conservatives begins to ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/09/24/utah-ag-mark-shurtleff-the-bad-news-keeps-coming/ So, I get an email invite to a conference call on EFCA with Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) I'd very much like to do. Sounds good, right? It did to me, anyway. But what good is a conference call without some well known, high flying Democrat turned Republican consultant who knows so much about ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/09/16/is-it-raining-or-is-the-gop-whizzin-down-our-backs/ Just got this in email, can't find a link, yet. It's official. New York, NY (September 15, 2009) – Louise Burke, Threshold Editions’ Executive Vice President and Publisher, announced today that Mark R. Levin’s clarion call to conservative America, LIBERTY & TYRANNY: A Conservative Manifesto, has sold one million copies, a rare ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_riehl/2009/09/15/levins-liberty-and-tyranny-1-million-sold/