In the former, the fed’s Fort Sumter hit that cannonball hard….nah, we seceded and started the War between the States, but this time it is the liberal elite usurping the right of self government and We the People are defending against the radical ObamaDem rebels.

more later

Of course, every race is important, but I have begun to pay more attention to the governors’ races due to the critical redistricting issues/shenanigans.

Scott Rigell is our VA-02 guy and I am satisfied with his primary win this past Tuesday. One problem we had here was too many conservatives in the race. 3 out of the 6. In the final stretch of the campaign two of the conservatives got a bit ugly in the campaign against the other. Mr. Rigell was the 3rd guy and he stayed on message with his campaign, which was to run against the D incumbent Nye the entire time. In a way, he is able to hit the ground running.

Yes, we are rated a toss-up, much to my disappointment; challenging work ahead as I understand that Nye and the Dem machine is ready to pour millions into this fight.

Art Robinson challenging Peter DeFazio. I first heard about this guy almost 10 years ago (thanks to Tom Bethell and the Spectator). He should make a great addition when the grownups take back Congress in November.

Some background info.

He’s challenged DeFazio to an interesting debate format.

He described the format as simple and direct. Each event would be two hours. The candidates would take turns talking for three minutes at a time, with a timekeeper but no moderator.

“This format will provide voters with an unfiltered, unchoreographed, open dialogue on the critical issues facing our district and nation, a dialogue they they greatly need and want.”

The audience could ask questions afterward, he said.

Since it is “safe” D, not a battleground. But Pollak is fighting hard. Schakowsky already ducked out of the Northwestern University debate which had to be “postponed.” Not holding my breath until she deigns to debate Joel Pollak and deems it necessary to actually answer all the questions Joel has been hurling her way via his blog on Biggovernment and elsewhere.

Check him out if you’re in his district or just think it is ultimate wonderful that an orthodox Jew is endorsed by both the tea party and Alan Dershowitz. An interesting candidate, intelligent, talented and HE FIGHTS!

He is the young man who was captured on youtube singing his “Ballad of the Tea Party” and also when he challenged Bawny Frank to splain his part in the financial collapse.

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Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

According to April polling, Rep. McMahon leads both Republican contenders by 30-points and is polling at 56%. What’s more, he’s a Staten Islander and the Republicans running are Brooklynites. With the overwhelming majority of the district in SI, that makes a huge difference. Staten Islanders fiercely guard the independence of the Island and are probably more interested in having one of their own in Congress rather than a Brooklynite. This is in no small part due to the fact that the Island frequently gets shafted by politicians, though more those in Albany and Manhattan than in Washington. Even During Republican domination of Island politics, Democrats enjoyed a heavy voter registration advantage, so while the people tend to be conservative, they’re not partisans.

Further, the Island Republican Party is divided on the race, and activists and party insiders are not known for their Koombaya moments. It’s not uncommon for insiders/activists to vote against the Party’s nominee in the hopes of losing the seat to have a better shot at getting their guy in in the following election. Often, they won’t even pay lip service to party unity.

I can’t speak to the other races in New York, but NY-13 is definitely not worthy of “toss-up” status, and is especially less important as a target given that Democrats may be able to do away with the district in redrawing the districts, putting part of Staten Island in a district with Manhattan, which has been done before, and the rest with heavily Democrat parts of Brooklyn. Were that to happen, Republicans would be hard pressed to be competitive in either.

The most important New York elections this year are for the State Senate. Andrew Cuomo is going to trounce Rick Lazio, who should’ve switched races to challenge Gillibrand. Democrats have a lock on the Assembly, but only a two seat lead in the Senate. If Republicans can recapture the Senate, it gives us a say in redistricting. If not, Democrats could quite possibly redraw the districts to ensure that they will control both the Assembly and the Senate for the next decade. More importantly, they could very well draw up a plan to give Democrats a 29-0 advantage in Congressional representation. As such, it is far more important to be able to redraw the districts in play in New York than to actually win in districts that could no longer exist in two years.

How about every Congressional seat…. Every Senate seat, Every State, County and Local seat and elected office, including Dog Catcher ?

Nobody is in a seat they can’t lose……. Nobody. And the sooner we all realize that, the better. Career criminals politicians like Alcee Hastings here in Flori-duh MUST be sent packing.

The American people are being woken up from a deep-r.e.m. nap and they’re getting cranky about being disturbed.

I pose that every single electable office throughout our nation is vitally important – and yes, some are obviously more so than others.

However, do not lose sight of holding accountable and electing good people to your town councils, county commissions and under-governor state offices…. It’s absolutely vital to pay attention locally as well.

Yes, it’s overwhelming, especially with everything else going on around us.

But somehow, we all seem to be right there getting things done.

People ask me how I find the time to work, support several candidates and also go here, go there with my PA systems for political functions, work for two bands and also do other things (including watching my Yankees),

My answer is that I just do it. I have to do it, if for no other reason, to show other people they can too.

The 1st Congressional district doesn’t seem to be as ‘locked’ up for the Dems as it usually is.

Rasmussen has Lepage (R) at 43% and Mitchell (D) at 36% (MOE 4.5%, 95% confidence) for Governor

First District is rated at only +1 leans Democratic (RCP) kinda low for this area. That shows that Pingree (D – ME 1) is vulnerable. Scontras would do wellto hammer home Pingree’s support for the Healthcare Program as it has only abput 30% support in this heavily Democratic area!