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Morning Briefing for April 16, 2012

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 16th, 2012 at 04:45 AM  | 

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RedState Morning Briefing

April 16, 2012

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1. 3…2…1… Blast Off!

For those of you in Washington, D.C. today, I’ve got a deal for you — free empanadas. For breakfast, go to the Capitol South metro station.

For lunch, head to Farragut Square.

Did I mention they are free?

The empanadas will be from the food truck, DC Empanadas. You’ll get coffee and other beverages too.

This is so exciting and long overdue. Our sister publication, Human Events, is going through a whole sale makeover and relaunch today. It is important and I am excited about it.

I have seen the new site and printed page. They are gorgeous.

Why all the fuss? Because Ronald Reagan’s favorite newspaper is headed back into actual, full time news gathering and generation. If you ask me, we charting a redirected course away from one of the singularly major, yet unheralded, accomplishments of President Bill Clinton.

You can read that last sentence again.

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2. Romney takes an early lead

Romney takes an early lead over President Obama.

The FOX News poll released Friday, Romney leads Obama 46% to 44%.

The Rasmussen Reports 2012 Daily Presidential Matchup Tracking poll has Romney leading Obama 48% to 43%.

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3. David Axelrod Endorses Mitt Romney for President

David Axelrod, Chief Strategist for President Barack Obama, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on Fox News Sunday this morning. He told Chris Wallace, “The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead and an economy that continues down the road we’re on.”

That is precisely right and precisely what Mitt Romney’s campaign has been telling people. Good to see David Axelrod agrees.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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4. Cook: State Republican parties gave national GOP 9 seats for 2012.

Cook Political Report has more or less formalized their 2012 redistricting scorecard; their final score is a gain of one Republican seat, based solely on redistricting. Cook notes that this total actually represents about 10 to 15 seats being fortified for the GOP, given that the majority of legislators who benefited from redistricting were Republicans. This will no doubt infuriate Democrats, but then: elections matter.

In particular, state legislature elections matter.

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5. A Little Perspective, Please.

From Business Week:

Exxon’s top exec got a 17pct. pay raise in 2011

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  • earlgrey

    Evidently there was some training over the weekend for Occupy volunteers. They are being encouraged to be confrontational with tea party groups and try to infiltrate these groups. Hopefully, any tea party rallies will have security and enough cool heads to keep them from being successful, but I thought I’d pass on the information.

    Expect a better funded and more disciplined Occupy.

  • funwithknives

    are being trained in U A W Union halls in S/E Michigan. Go to the Local-in-question’s website and look for yourself. Hall use is scheduled and posted, if they are participating. Haven’t been on the Nat’l Site yet, but it should be very informative.

  • earlgrey

    at these events.

    I hope we can spread the word to avoid a PR nightmare for patriots or even worse violence.

  • earlgrey

    NR endorses Mourdock over Lugar for IN primary.

  • funwithknives

    in my area. S/E Michigan has lots of UAW Halls.
    One possible problem is any kind of counter sign they might use at the door.{A K A, Joe sent me…}

    If I can crack the procedures, look for a Diary of some sort. It goes without saying retribution or similar, from Rabid Unionists is legendary around here.

    Two years ago I put an apparently unwanted campaign sticker, size 2″ square, on a Union Muscician’s van and he got my name and address from The LEIN Network on some kind of subgterfuge. I suspect he used my Auto lic. #, buti could not find the terminal utilized. P D Coding has to be used to access this database, on an individual’s basis. State P D shined me on with a wave of their meaty little hands.
    Suffice it to say, Unionists do stick together around these parts and I like my house just the way it looks, thank you very much.

    I bookmarked you and will keep you advised, if I get “Any Joy”.
    Cheers!

  • Scope

    So says the O’Reiily idiot just a few minutes ago. Why does O’Reilly have the highest ratings? The guy is such a liberal it stinks.