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To: Sully- who wrote (79694)	5/12/2010 1:38:42 AM
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Rep. Mollohan's Loss Signals Potential Trouble For Dems By Chad Pergram FOXNews.com Over the weekend, delegates to the Utah Republican convention ousted Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) from serving a fourth-term in Washington. Tuesday night, Democratic primary voters in West Virginia showed 28-year Congressional veteran Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) the door. Democratic state Sen. Mike Oliverio toppled Mollohan. Oliverio’s victory made Mollohan the first House casualty in what has already been a turbulent midterm election year. Mollohan is only the second House incumbent to lose in two election cycles. Former Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) lost his primary in 2008. Oliverio went after Mollohan’s alleged ethical lapses. And pro-life Democrats criticized Mollohan for voting in favor of the health care reform bill. In a statement, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) applauded Mollohan for his service in Congress. “For more than 25 years, Representative Alan Mollohan has been fighting to preserve West Virginia jobs, strengthen the economy and improve quality of life for the families he represents,” Van Hollen said. "Congratulations to Mike Oliverio on his victory tonight. This was a tough and spirited primary process. We are confident that West Virginia families will continue to have Democratic representation in this traditionally Democratic seat.” Oliverio now squares off with former West Virginia Republican Party Chairman David McKinley. Mollohan chaired the House Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee. Appropriations subcommittees are choice assignments. They determine how much federal agencies can spend on specific programs. In fact, Mollohan and the chairs of other appropriations subcommittees are known in Congress as “cardinals.” It’s a nod to Rome because of the eminence these lawmakers hold over their swath of federal spending. But Mollohan’s loss could spell bad news for Democrats. In 1994, one of the reasons Republicans won the House is because they not only vanquished weak members and lawmakers from marginal districts, but wiped out big fish, too. That year, the GOP defeated House Speaker Tom Foley (D-WA), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL), Judiciary Committee Chairman Jack Brooks (D-TX) and others. Historically, the midterm election is usually a disaster for the party of the president in power. Going into this election year, Democrats knew they could potentially lose 25 to 30 seats. That’s consistent with midterm election history. But for the GOP to win the House, they have to knock off senior members. Like Mollohan. Mollohan’s defeat is the latest chapter in a trend that started months ago. House Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) announced his retirement last year. Another cardinal, Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA), died unexpectedly in February. That shifted Murtha’s seat into play. Last week, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey (D-WI) announced his retirement. Obey faced a tough re-election campaign. Now Mollohan has fallen. The GOP also has House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-SC) and Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in their crosshairs. If these members lose, that could be the difference between Republicans winning 25 to 30 seats or reclaiming control of the House. On the campaign trail, Democratic nominee Mike Oliverio told voters that if they sent him to Washington he wouldn't vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. And if this trend continues, Oliverio might not have to. .

To: Sully- who wrote (79694)	5/13/2010 12:50:36 AM
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U.C. Student Tells David Horowitz She’s Up for Another Holocaust By Ed Driscoll on War And Anti-War Wow, nothing like giving a speech, and having an audience member tell you that she’d like to see you, and everyone else who shares your religion dead. Found via Ace of Spadesand Instapundit, this is definitely one of those watch the whole thing clips: David Horowitz at UCSD 05 10 2010.avi As DrewM, one of Ace’s associate bloggers, writes: <<< Shockingly, she’s a member of the Muslim Student Association. You have to stick with it to the end for the real (but not very surprising) gut punch but it’s worth it. I love how she starts it off with the traditional liberal pablum about dialogue and exchanging ideas. She isn’t interested in exchanging ideas, she’s interested in seeing Jews die a the hands of her coreligionists. There are always going to be cranks and nasty pieces of works in the world but right now, we are in the business of creating them through what our schools do and do not teach. Fortunately people, (Arizona again) are starting to say, ‘enough!’ >>> Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill targeting a school district’s ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure. State schools chief Tom Horne, who has pushed the bill for years, said he believes the Tucson school district’s Mexican-American studies program teaches Latino students that they are oppressed by white people. Public schools should not be encouraging students to resent a particular race, he said. “It’s just like the old South, and it’s long past time that we prohibited it,” Horne said. …The measure signed Tuesday prohibits classes that advocate ethnic solidarity, that are designed primarily for students of a particular race or that promote resentment toward a certain ethnic group. The Tucson Unified School District program offers specialized courses in African-American, Mexican-American and Native-American studies that focus on history and literature and include information about the influence of a particular ethnic group. <<< Is this law 100% right? I honestly don’t know. But, unlike the young lady above, it will certainly create a dialogue about what kind of country we are and what kind of values we will teach our kids in schools. The left won the last round of the culture wars by winning among other institutions the academy. As always, when the left wins they want to claim the debate closed forever and always, anyone thinking otherwise is racist. Well tough. We have ample evidence now about the kind of country they would have this become and not everyone is on board. Now they are going to have to defend what they have wrought and they are going to have to do better than cry ‘racism’ if they want to keep it. This is America and while dissent is not ipso facto patriotism but it sure as hell is allowed. >>> A full transcript of the above video, and related links at Horowitz’s Newsreal blog. .