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Clearing the Browser Tabs – Get Your Regulations Off Of My Throat Monday Edition
Can Sarah Win An Election? Why Are We Even Asking This Question?
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Clearing the Browser Tabs – Get Your Regulations Off Of My Throat Monday Edition

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:10 AM PDT

Mark Steyn nailed one of our biggest economic problems in his column today – the tend of thousands of federal, state, and local regulations that choke out small businesses and cost us more each year than either India or Canada produce. In many places, it is practically impossible to open a small business unless you: 1) are willing to wait several months for the permits to clear, 2) have plenty of extra money around to pay off the various government agencies who require you to get their permits, and 3) agree to a blizzard of other operations rules that will likely require you to put a lawyer on retainer.

Entrepreneurship is what built America. It is, dare I say, her entire heart and soul. And it is being crushed by what Steyn calls “hyper-regulatory tyranny”. He is not wrong. It is tyranny. Unless we stop it, it will destroy the country we have and replace it with a country we do not want and will not like.

That, as much as anything, ought to be one of the GOP’s main lines of attack against the regulation-loving, totalitarian wanna-be Democrats in the coming Presidential campaign.

And now, links!

Don’t look now, but the Department of Health and Human Services has gotten way out of control.
What more important to the Obama administration, oil or human rights? We’re about to get the answer to that question.
The Anchoress has launched a new Catholic-oriented group linky blog called Summa This, Summa That. It’s not all Catholicism over there, though, so do take a look.
Who said that single-payer health care plans have death panels? Why that’s an outright fabrica…oh….right.
Jeff Goldstein is never better than when he’s tearing into the meaning of language, especially the ways in which progressives chip away at the very underpinnings of how we converse with each other.
Of course the economy will turn around this year. The guy who predicted the ~~Vote Buying Act~~ Stimulus Bill would be a rousing success has proclaimed it!
Sad and Beautiful: the last panorama from the Mars Rover Spirit.

Can Sarah Win An Election? Why Are We Even Asking This Question?

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:11 PM PDT

The Sarah Palin media analysis has gotten just a teensy bit out of hand. Here’s the headline for a story written by ABC News’ Political Director, Amy Walter.

Sarah Palin Can Excite a Crowd, but Can She Win a Presidential Race?

That’s actually more mild, and a far better headline, than the stinger she gave the link on Twitter.

Palin can rev up a crowd, but can she rev up Republicans?

Here in one sentence is the nonsense to which Palin has driven the MSM. Of course she can rev up Republicans. Who does Amy Walter think is coming to her speeches, the staff of the Democratic National Committee? Okay, there might be a few of them in the crowd, taking notes they can pass along to their hacks at Media Matters, but the bulk of the crowd is Republican. And not just any Republicans, but excited Republicans who’ll stand out in 90-degree heat or a blustery 40-degree day or drive a couple hundred miles to see her speak in public. Stacy McCain saw her Republican-revving prowess with his own eyes back in 2008, when she played second banana to John McCain.

So, to answer the question “Can Sarah Palin rev up Republicans?”, the answer, clearly, is “Duh!”.

The headline question isn’t any more tricky to answer. In fact, I don’t see how it’s a serious question at all.

I won’t exactly break any news if I note that elections are won by crowds. The politician who gets the biggest crowd to the ballot box wins the race. Right now, Sarah Palin is the candidate (or would-be candidate) who draws the biggest crowd, so it stands to reason that if she runs, she won’t have a huge problem getting that crowd to flock to the polls and pull the lever next to her name.

Walter notes a couple recent polls that show Palin isn’t terribly popular as a candidate even though she has very high name-recognition and that enthusiasm isn’t high among those who would vote for her today. That’s certainly worth a small amount of concern, but only a small amount, because these polls omit something very important — a point that smart pundits as Charles Krauthammer and Tucker Carlson miss as well. Sarah Palin isn’t a candidate for President.

You wouldn’t think that should matter, but it does. Voters can like Palin as a potential candidate, and Palin’s approval numbers show that folks do like her despite a three-year MSM/Democrat demonization program, but most won’t go all-in for her until she actually commits to the run. If that happens, she’s start to persuade voters to vote for her and the polls will change.

Those in the media and the Republican Party who make light of Palin’s ability to draw a crowd do so at their own peril. The GOP is going to need her star power, either as the nominee or as someone who can drive lots of enthusiasm for anyone she chooses to support. They can’t afford to alienate her through neglect or insult. The MSM, on the other hand, have been wrong about her so often that they simply can’t afford to look as clueless as Walter’s article makes ABC look. Sarah Palin, like her or not, is a serious player on the political stage for at least the next couple of years, if not longer, and no one with a vested interest in how the next election turns out should look on her as anything less.

Give to the Folks Who Give Every Day

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:37 PM PDT

I know as well as anyone that things are tight all over, but if you have a few spare bucks, Carol Hall has an excellent cause that could use it.

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I know money is tight for most of us, but I'm asking you to sacrifice $24.99. You can spare that amount can't you?
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As Dan Collins wrote, “They give everything. Can’t we give a little back?” I think we can.

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