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Midterm/2012 Elections: click here for in-depth coverage of the battle for Murtha's seat... WaPo: If Dems ignore healthcare polls, midterms will be costly... write Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen: "As pollsters to the past two Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, respectively, we feel compelled to challenge the myths that seem to be prevailing in the political discourse and to once again urge a change in course before it is too late... ...Unless the Democrats fundamentally change their approach, they will produce not just a march of folly but also run the risk of unmitigated disaster in November..." FreeRepublic: Gathering of Eagles' Larry Bailey: 'John Kerry' Phony Alert - Adam Kokesh ... writes Bailey: "As did VVAW, Kokesh's Iraq Veterans against the War (IVAW) holds that America is an imperialistic country, that the military is merely a tool of the government, and that our soldiers are little more than marauders and murderers who, in the words of John Kerry, behave ''in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan.'' "I first met Adam when he and a motley group of Code Pink, MoveOn.org, IVAW (Iraq Veterans against the War), and other ''representatives'' of radical anti-American organizations formed up in front of the Army recruiting station in Washington, D.C.... "...Adam Kokesh probably wishes that he had not been so open about his disloyalty, because he is now pretending to be a patriotic, libertarian-leaning, conservative Republican in his congressional campaign......" see: AmericanPatriotsAgainstKokesh CQ Politics: Johnstown: aiding and abetting criminal activity Will Murtha's criminal legacy continue?... Mark Critz — the aide to the late Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania who was picked as the Democratic candidate to replace his boss — attended a 2005 meeting of defense contractors and lobbyists and offered the congressman’s support for an earmark project that resulted in criminal convictions for three men last year... ... the meeting went forward, and with Murtha’s support, the group launched an Air Force program that was funded entirely through earmarks..." Tea Party Movement USA Today: Rove: Tea Party may be risk to GOP... "Rove says the "Tea Party" movement could have lasting influence in the nation's politics if it remains decentralized but could hurt Republicans if it backs third-party candidates who siphon votes from GOP candidates. "There's a danger from them, particularly if they're used by political operators ... to try and hijack" elections, he says..."	Congress/Senate "I tickled him until he couldn’t breathe" -Eric Massa USA Today: Reid's wife, daughter injured in car crash... Reid's wife, Landra, 69, broke her back and neck in the accident, Reid spokesman Jim Manley said. Mrs. Reid was listed in serious condition at Inova Faifax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., an aide said, but she was not expected to require surgery. The couple's daughter, Lana Barringer, 49, was expected to be released from the hospital Thursday night, Reid aides said... HotAir/Allahpundit: Pelosi staff knew of Massa allegations sooner than claimed... What did P elosi know, and when did she know it... TheHill: Grassley: getting GOP support to close Gitmo a 'longshot'... "Grassley, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that it is extremely unlikely that fellow Republicans would sign onto a deal being sought by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that would close the terrorist detention facility in Cuba in exchange for terrorist detainees being brought to the continental U.S. to face military trials..." WaPo: FLYING PIGS ALERT House Democrats ban earmarks to private contractors... "House Democratic leaders banned Wednesday the practice of doling out multimillion-dollar, no-bid contracts to private contractors, a move that will shake up the lobbying industry that has come to rely on securing these so-called earmarks for their corporate clients..." Mediaite: Glenn Beck RE Massa interview: sorry for wasting your time, America... "Massa refused to get into specifics about the corruption of the Dems generally, and Rahm Emanuel specifically..." Glenn Beck to Michelle Malkin: you were right about Massa... DEMS: Salon: Kos to Kucinich: vote for healthcare bill, or we'll force a primary on you... "DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas was asked by guest host Lawrence O'Donnell about Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich's opposition to President Obama's reform proposal. Moulitsas didn't take it easy on Kucinich in his response..." WhoRunsGov: Poll: NEARLY HALF of Dem voters not enthusiastic about 2010... "Meanwhile, 42% of Republican voters are very enthusiastic, versus only 30% who are not enthusiastic.."	Obama/White House "I don't get worn down. I wear THEM down." -Barack Obama RollCall: Graham to Obama: if you use reconciliation on healthcare, it will kill amnesty... “I expressed, in no uncertain terms, my belief that immigration reform could come to a halt for the year if health care reconciliation goes forward. For more than a year, health care has sucked most of the energy out of the room. Using reconciliation to push health care through will make it much harder for Congress to come together on a topic as important as immigration,” Graham said in a statement..." WashTimes: Dems flee as Obama approaches Missouri... "The Show Me State temporarily became the No-Show State on Wednesday as some prominent Missouri Democrats decided they'd rather be somewhere else when President Obama came to push his massive health care overhaul plan..." Gallup: New low for The One... Just 46 percent of those surveyed over the past three days voiced approval, with 45 percent voicing disapproval, Gallup reports... Rasmussen: The One: 43% approval... Heading towards the Bush League??? AP: Obama on healthcare: tired of talking about it... on Wednesday Obama shouted to a crowd: "The time for talk is over. It's time to vote." DailyBeast: Biden's disastrous Israel trip... writes Salam: "It's hard to see the awkwardness of Biden's visit so far having a broader political impact. But it does contribute to the impression, fair or unfair, that President Obama is presiding over an era of diminished American influence, in which allies and rivals alike feel comfortable thumbing their noses at a White House focused above all else on its domestic priorities..." RedState/Hiller: Gibbs: if senate bill passes House it will go to the president's desk... writes Hiller: "The threat of reconciliation in the Senate is hollow. There isn’t going to be any reconciliation. On January 31, 2010, before the House was set to take up the Senate bill, WH Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” stated: “If the House would take up the Senate bill then that bill would go to the president’s desk,” Gibbs said..." Sarah Palin: "If it's good enough for God, it's good enough for me" -Sarah Palin RE handwriting RadarOnline: "I want to push Sarah Palin down the stairs"... "Kathy Griffin is not known for holding back her feelings --and when it comes to Sarah Palin she's expressing herself even more vociferously. and this time she has pseudo-family member Levi Johnston as a comedic foil.... Globull Warming: WeeklyStandard: Weekly Standard cover: naked & cold Al Gore, mocked by polar bears...	Health Care Reform: Bloomberg: Ruling: House must pass - and Obama must sign - Reid's bill first... "Republicans said guidance they received from the parliamentarian means that President Barack Obama has to sign a Senate health bill into law before the House and Senate can approve changes to it. Some House Democrats, who object to provisions in the Senate measure, wanted Obama to hold off signing the legislation until reconciliation passed..." WashExam: House Dems looking at 'Slaughter' solution to pass healthcare without a vote... "In the Slaughter Solution, the rule would declare that the House "deems" the Senate version of Obamacare to have been passed by the House. House members would still have to vote on whether to accept the rule, but they would then be able to say they only voted for a rule, not for the bill itself..." Fox News: Pro-life House Dems: healthcare bill dead on arrival... "Foremost among the seven new no votes is Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., whose anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the legislation got the bill passed in that chamber last year.." ABC: Will GOP senators vote pro-choice to kill healthcare bill?... In a tactical - and somewhat unorthodox - move, Senate Republicans have decided to oppose pro-life provisions in the health care bill, specifically the Stupak amendment, in an effort to kill the bill - although it will create the unlikely situation of pro-lifers like Tom Coburn voting with abortion advocates like Barbara Boxer... Politico: Pelosi to Rahm - cool it with the deadlines... "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to stop assigning deadlines to Congress for finishing the health care reform bill..." RedState/Erickson: Call your congressman, the easy way.. writes Erickson: Go here. Enter your zipcode. Your Congressman’s name and phone number will appear. Call him and tell him to vote against the Senate’s health care plan. How hard can that be? GOP: Obama is "undisciplined, unengaged, aloof and focused on the wrong things" -Karl Rove CQPolitics: Where are the women GOP House candidates?... "While Senate Republicans boast top-flight female candidates in several marquee races, there appears to be a dearth of GOP women running in some of the most competitive House races across the country..."

		PW-PAC's Boot Murtha Project Murtha Dead... By: Roger Hughes, IPW-PAC Chairman Feb. 8, 2010… John Murtha is dead at 77. He served 36 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a political patriarch to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Following his Abscam escape as an unindicted co-conspirator, Murtha’s claim in the 1980 FBI Abscam video of wanting to be in Congressional leadership was dashed. He then proceeded to push Rep. Nancy Pelosi forward into a leadership position. Despite his past scandals, in 2006 he made a run for Majority Leader against Steny Hoyer and received Pelosi’s endorsement. Murtha failed miserably in his attempt. .... continued
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