Category Archives: ELECTIONS

NM US Senate Race: Closer Than You Think

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Liberty Speaks

Now that the dust has settled, the post-election hang over is gone and the votes have been counted I wish to direct your attention to the New Mexico Senate race. Yes, I know it has been decided, but it was closer than you think.

Incumbent Senator Tom Udall (D) faced off against businessman Allen Weh (R) on November 4th and won. The votes were 286,462 (55.56%) to 229,164 (44.44%).

The sitting Democrat really had nothing to worry about in the blue state of New Mexico. However, looking back into history at the 2008 election results shows a different scenario.

In 2008, Senator Tom Udall, then a 5 term Congressman was running for the Senate seat held by retiring incumbent Pete Domenici (R) against incumbent Congressman Steve Pearce. Ultimately Udall won with 505,128 (61.3%) to Pearce’s 318,522 (38.7%).

In 2008, the Democrats swept most the senate seats to gain a super majority. We all know this history. New Mexico would be considered a lost cause in 08. When asked if the NRSC would be walking away from the New Mexico Race (it was heavily favored to flip Democratic), Senator John Ensign stated to the Wall Street Journal:

“You don’t waste money on races that don’t need it or you can’t win.”

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Jeb Bush Wants Opposition to Can It, Be More Like China.

Posted on November 22, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Jeb Bush, you can wave goodbye to 2016 if you’re going to use passive-aggressive constructs like the apolo-attack on Common Core critics that you used in your keynote address this week. The excerpt below is just flowery shutuppery.

​”​This is why the debate over the Common Core State Standards has been troubling. I respect those who have weighed in on all sides of this issue. Nobody in this debate has a bad motive. But let’s take a step back from this debate for a second. This morning over 213 million Chinese students went to school, and nobody debated whether academic expectations should be lowered in order to protect the students’ self-esteem. Yet in Orange County, Florida, that exact debate did occur. And so the school board voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below a 50. You get 50 out of 100 just for showing up and signing your name. This was done, and I quote here from a local official, so the students “do not lose all hope.”​ – Truth in American Education, Jeb Bush Will Go Down Swinging On Common Core

Shorter: All you parents out there need to shut up. We know what’s best for our workforce….err, your kids.

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#DM7 Article: GOP Wave And Common Core

Posted on November 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

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The Left In NC Intentionally Misleading On Early Voting

Posted on November 14, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Progress NC spin masters are so funny. Desperately clinging to their ‘voter suppression’ meme.

@ProgressNow_NC 2/2 …compared to 21 percent in 2010.” http://t.co/Tq1JKpDB0P Your EV complaints are bogus. #ncpol #ncsen

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) November 10, 2014

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Dear Republicans: Do your job. KILL COMMON CORE.

Posted on November 14, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Dear Republicans recently elected and those who were re-elected,

Do your job. Kill Common Core.

You effectively own this fundamentally flawed experimental and deceitful mess, now you need to clean it up.

Wake. UP.

Republican Governors, who are part of the National Governors Association and are part owners of the copyrighted Common Core, I’m talking to YOU. Common Core lost at the ballot box last week. To borrow from Engvall, ‘THERE’S YOUR SIGN!’

To our representatives and senators in Congress – stop all the hemming and hawing.

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NC Conservatives Make Pick Ups In Sheriff Races

Posted on November 13, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The noise and fury in North Carolina has mainly been about Kay Hagan being defeated and the NC General Assembly keeping it’s super-majority. Let’s peek at the Sheriff races, which yielded a flip in control from Democrat to Republican.

Key points:

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