Current State of Congressional Campaigns

Below is from the Republican National Committee. For the record, Cowboys-and-Tea-Parties does not give blanket support all Republicans. We are highly pissed that some high level Republicans trashed the Tea Party and some Tea Party candidates (such as Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell) and either have not gotten behind Tea Party candidates or got behind them at very late stages of their campaign putting their election at risk.


First, we are confident that every Republican incumbent running for re-election will win.

Additionally, we also strongly expect to hold every Republican open seat. The national Democrats have ceded New Hampshire, Kansas, Utah and Ohio – and they are spending no money in these races.

In Alaska, Joe Miller (R) appears to be holding a significant lead over both his opponents.

In Florida, Marco Rubio (R) has opened a commanding lead over both Charlie Crist (I) and liberal Kendrick Meek (D).

In Missouri, despite the national Democrats spending over $3 million to smear Roy Blunt (R) with baseless attacks, Blunt continues to lead Robin Carnahan (D).

And in Kentucky, Dr. Rand Paul (R) holds consistent lead over Louisville liberal trial lawyer Jack Conway (D).

As for the Democrat held seats, we are going to win a lot of races.

John Hoeven (R) is going to win North Dakota.

In Indiana, Hoosiers know Brad Ellsworth (D) as Nancy Pelosi's loyal deputy who supported ObamaCare and the failed stimulus, and the polls reflect that Dan Coats (R) will win.

In Arkansas, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D) is trailing by nearly 25 points to John Boozman (R).

In Illinois, we expect this race to be competitive to the end, but are confident Mark Kirk (R) will defeat failed mob banker Alexi Giannoulias (D).

In Pennsylvania, the Democrats have spent over $3 million accusing attacking Pat Toomey (R) and he is in better shape today than he was a month ago.

In Wisconsin, President Obama's approval rating have plummeted and voters have began to scrutinize 18-year incumbent Russ Feingold's (D) record, while businessman Ron Johnson's (R) strong campaign has consistently picked up steam. We will provide Johnson with whatever help he needs to maintain his lead over Feingold and win on November 2nd.

In Colorado, despite being outspent by Governor Ritter's appointed Senator Michael Bennet (D), Ken Buck (R) is poised to win, and the NRSC will invest whatever means necessary to help him do so.

And that's not all.

In West Virginia, despite Democrats expecting liberal Governor Joe Manchin (D) to waltz to victory, businessman John Raese (R) continues to surge, and has provided us a strong opportunity to win.

In Nevada, Sharron Angle (R) continues to run neck-and-neck with embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D).

In Connecticut, Linda McMahon (R) has taken perpetual liar Dick Blumenthal's (D) lead from 41 points this January, to a mere 4 points today.

In California, Carly Fiorina (R) has withstood the initial attacks by Senator Boxer (D) and is still within striking distance. The NRSC just provided Carly's campaign with $2 million in coordinated funding and we hope to do more as this campaign enters the home stretch.

In Washington state, we have only begun to prosecute our case against 18-year incumbent Patty Murray (D), and the NRSC is prepared to invest millions in this race to help elect Dino Rossi (R).

And, even in Delaware, a tough blue state for Republicans, polls show unease with the Democrats' reckless spending and health care spending bill. Christine O'Donnell (R) raised more money in one week than Chris Coons (D) did in over six months. We expect her to be on the air soon and her war chest has already forced the DSCC to spend their scarce cash in Coons' defense.

Obama and Lack of Documentation Debate continues

We received the following comment on the post titled: Obama's Undocumented Past and the LTC Lakin Case.

“Anonymous said: The officials have said that they have seen the original in the files. Yes, you are right, they will not release it because Hawaii has not sent out the original since 2001--not to ANYBODY. Ever since the new short-form computer-generated Certification of Live Birth became the official birth certificate in 2001, that is the only birth document that Hawaii has sent out.

The Certification of Live Birth is the official birth certificate, used by thousands of people every year to prove their birth in the USA .

Re: "who paid for the trip and accommodations?"

Answer: Probably Rich friends when he was at college. Is this illegal?”

CATP answers – While there is still some legitimate debate over President Obama’s birth certificate, I have to admit I’m not too concerned about that as I am his adult background, his friends and mentors and his administration’s policies, which speak much louder than a birth certificate about who he is.

The full documentation issue is very concerning….hell, even a little bit of documentation would be acceptable. When compared to other President’s, Obama’s total lack of disclosure on school records, passports and travel records, and, work records if you call being a lawyer and a community organizer really work, are just a different standard. Conservatives, however, are used to the double standard for Liberals as opposed to conservatives. A liberal congressman gets in trouble, like Barney Mumbles Frank running a gay whore house out of his condo, and the Dems cover it up and accuse Republicans of being prejudiced against butt pirates. Let a Republican do something unethical, and there have been plenty of those too, and the whole world’s out to get him.

Back to Obama and his lack of disclosure,….I for one care about who paid for his travel to SW Asia and more importantly what did he do there? For anybody else in the Federal government, this would mean no security clearance……..Oh, there goes that double standard again.

Obama's Undocumented Past and the LTC Lakin Case

Did it every cross your mind that every Presidential candidate and ever President up to Obama has had to release documentation on everything from his birth through college and military records? Why is Obama any different?

This was sent to me through the eighteen zulu network from an article entitled "Military Judge to Lakin: Find another defense. Judge Rules that officer challenging Obama's eligibility can't see evidence
Read the entire World Net Daily article here

This article from World Net Daily covers the Court Martial evidence proceedings on LTC Terry Lakin who has refused deployment orders based on believing that Obama is occupying the Commander in Chief's position of the Armed Forces in violation of the Constitution...to wit: Article 2, Section 1, which states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."

Many people believe claims that Obama was born in Kenya or elsewhere are totally false, but the non-release of documentation does little to quell these beliefs.

The World Net Daily article says (in part):

"A number of challenges and lawsuits have been based on the constitutional requirement, some alleging Obama does not qualify because he was not born in Hawaii in 1961 as he claims. Others say he fails to qualify because he was a dual citizen of the U.S. and the United Kingdom when he was born, and the framers of the Constitution specifically excluded dual citizens from eligibility."

"Complicating the issue is the fact that besides Obama's actual birth documentation, he has kept from the public documentation including his kindergarten records, Punahou school records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, scholarly articles from the University of Chicago, passport, medical records, files from his years as an Illinois state senator, Illinois State Bar Association records, baptism records and his adoption records."

I don't know what to believe other than the indisputable fact that Obama's has not released very many records at all. I particularly would like to know how long his trip to SW Asia was during his college years, where exactly did he go and who paid for the trip and accommodations? If you have ever had a security clearance then you know that you had to document foreign travel and contacts, as well as sources of income. Yet nothing on Obama.