2009 Election Endorsements

There are a handful of elections being held a week from today, and being looked upon to see the relative strength and impact of the growing conservative, tea party, and 9/12er movements across the country. We are focused on these races.

Here are the candidates we endorse. Our endorsement is our way of recommending to you that you urgently examine these candidates and if you agree with our endorsement after examining them yourself, to vote for them if you live in one of these areas and if not to support one or more of these candidates with a financial contribution and a social media plug (twitter/blog/in person etc). If one were going to give a financial contribution, it should be done NOW as early voting is already underway.

***LOCAL***

Provo Mayor: John Curtis (np) Curtis, a conservative businessman against an attack-dog opponent (Clark) in non-partisan race. Curtis easily won the debate with Clark attacking Curtis for not owning a dog (trust me pet ownership is the #1 issue in Provo—LOL—Curtis owns 2 dogs for the record). Curtis is strong on safety and anti-gang which among our city’s top issues. No known polling but general expectation is a nail biter with edge to Curtis.

Provo City Council citywide: no endorsement; although we have a candidate in mind, we don’t feel strongly enough to endorse.

***NATIONAL (in order of need for help)***

California 10th District: David Harmer (R) Could we summarize where he stands on all the issues with “anti-Pelosi”? He’s a lawyer (smart), a family man (principled), and a Boy Scout merit badge counselor (down to earth). Running in a strong (+13) Democratic district and endorsed by our local Congressman and hero Jason Chaffetz. Victory is possible if Republicans turn out in force in this election. See: An Upset in California? (Wall Street Journal) and The Hill: Republican in CA Special Election Competitive

New York 23rd District: Doug Hoffman (C) Hoffman, a Conservative in this fusion-voting state, pitted against a liberal Democrat and a liberal Republican. Race is drawing national attention with latest polls showing Hoffman surging to a lead. Nail biter.

New Jersey Governor: Chris Christie (R) Pro-life tax cutter; his election will rescue the NJ economic disaster under Corzine’s reign. Maybe not as strong 2nd amendment as we are but no RINO either. Nail biter in 3-way race.

Virginia Governor: Bob McDonnell (R) Believes in marriage, life, guns, cutting taxes; expected to win again in rematch against opponent.

We believe a win in 3 out of 4 of these races will send a strong message that our movement is snowballing and will have Democratic strategists reeling. Should God bless us to win all four, the blue dogs in Congress will have ample ground to justify any opposition to nationized healthcare.

Man of Steele!!!!

Michael Steele was the hero of the day fending off an absurd distraction of the GOP trying to rename the Democratic Party the "Democrat Socialist Party". Come on folks, this is ridiculous. Let the Democrats name their own party; besides there already is a Democratic Socialists of America Party. We have real issues to tackle and real lives at stake. The Democratic Party is full of Socialists with some of them leaning Communistic. So what? Who cares what their name is? They're policies are wrong for America irregardless of their name.

Michael has spoken out about the need to raise funds and to support tough but very winnable Governor races this fall in VA and NJ. Although east-coast politics is less of a forte for Nacilbupera, we are very impressed with both the likes of NJ Republican candidates Steve Lonegan and Chris Christie. (Nacilbupera generally does not endorse candidates in primaries of states we have not had adequate experience with but simply puts forth some support for candidates that seem to share our values and ideals. Another likeable candidate is Colorado US Senate candidate and veteran Ryan Frazier whose oratory skills make Obama's somniferous).

Nacilbupera applauds Michael for this victory and for keeping our focus on outreaching our message to new Republican recruits and building margins of victory for our future Republican leaders who in turn will rescue our country's out-of-control spending and keep her safe.