MUTH’S TRUTHS

DOOM & GLOOM FOR GOP: “The private outlook for ‘08 by Republican leaders is gloomy — not a Democratic blowout, but probable Democratic wins for President, Senate and House, with the best GOP chance being in the race for President. It may be premature, but Republican insiders are already talking about the outlook for 2010.” - Columnist Robert Novak

SILVER LINING IN THE HOUSE

“Senate Republicans are squabbling amongst themselves over immigration reform. President Bush is fighting a losing battle with his base. But in the House of Representatives, times couldn’t be better for the GOP. House Republicans have coalesced around the issue of federal spending, handing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a stinging defeat on earmark reform and sending their liberal colleagues a unified message not to exceed the president’s budget requests.

“For conservatives who stayed home last Election Day, it’s refreshing to see someone in Washington paying attention again. Conservatives have Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.), chairman of the Republican Study Committee, to thank for much of what’s happening. Hensarling’s unabashed devotion to fiscal restraint has helped GOP leaders John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) unify Republicans.”

- Robert Bluey of TownHall.com, 6/24/07

LOATHING HILLARY…ON THE LEFT

“Scratch a liberal and you may find a Hillary hater. A lot of men and women on the left can’t stand her. The attitude of these women is both visceral and intellectual. They despise her pretense of being a ‘feminist’ because she so compromised herself in her relationship with Bill. More important, they can’t bear her tortuous explanations of why she voted to go to war in Iraq.”

- Columnist Suzanne Fields

BRECK GIRL RUNNING OUT OF STEAM

“(Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards) has become nearly irrelevant. With the exception of Iowa, where he leads by a few points in the poll averages, Edwards is a non-story. He trails Hillary and her sky high unfavorables. He lags behind Obama and his ultra-thin resume. He’s even finds himself looking up at Al Gore, a horse so stale he’s been on the national stage since Britney was sober and in the mouseketeers.”

- Jason Wright, PoliticalDerby.com, 6/22/07

McCAIN FADING FAST

“(GOP presidential candidate John) McCain’s campaign eerily resembles this summer’s movie sequels. He had a huge opening but is fading fast. He’s been sliding in the national polls for months and sources say his (second quarter fundraising) numbers could underwhelm. As Monty Python said, ‘He’s not dead yet,’ but his controversial immigration bill has conservatives mapquesting the nearest glue factory.”

- Jason Wright, PoliticalDerby.com, 6/22/07

BLOOMY’S BIG BUCKS

“(New York) Mayor (Michael) Bloomberg is listed in the Forbes’ list of billionaires on the planet as number 142 with $5.5 billion of the 891 billionaires when that list was compiled. If it is true that this campaign is going to cost the biggest spenders about $100 million over the two-year cycle, Bloomberg can run - constantly - until the year 2117. And that assumes he never earns another cent. By then Bloomberg would be 175 years old, but there is no Constitutional upper limit on age.”

- Rich Galen of Mullings.com, 6/25/07

MORMON BASHING

“A Florida televangelist, Bill Keller, told followers recently that a vote for (GOP presidential candidate) Mitt) Romney is a vote for Satan. Tricia Erickson, a public relations agent, has sent out a blast email to talk show hosts headlined ‘Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters? The Mormon Church vs. The United States of America.’ In an era when criticism of Jews, or of the lone Muslim in Congress, Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, is taboo, a remarkable number of people still feel it appropriate to slam members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

- John Fund on the Trail, 6/25/07

THE MOTHER OF ALL TAX HIKES

“One of the reasons I keep ringing the bell about the Bush tax cuts is that they’ve been so good for our country in so many ways. Letting them expire would amount to a tax hike of historic proportions — a tax hike that would take a higher share of our total economy than any year but one since the end of World War II.”

- Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson

DON’T JUMP!

“Known in the Senate as McCain-Kennedy, the immigration bill which is being strongly supported by the White House is most strongly opposed by the conservative base of the Republican party, and up until now, President Bush’s strongest supporters. Conservative talk radio, which for the better part of six years defended the White House on nearly every position, is in outright revolt. Their opposition is not so much disrespectful to the Republicans or the president as it is the kind of support a friend would give to another who is about to jump off a cliff.”

- Rick Tyler, Press Secretary to Newt Gingrich, 6/22/07

IN PRAISE OF H-1B’S

“One reason this country leads the world in technology is that our companies and research organizations are able to bring in foreign workers using H-1B visas, a visa category set aside for professionals or the highly educated. Engineers, for example, in Silicon Valley, use these visas to work in this country while they navigate a maze of immigration laws to get a green card — a process that can often take years. And technology companies need foreign workers because we’re simply not graduating enough of them to fill all the jobs being created.”

- Hope M. Frye and Martin J. Lawler in today’s Wall Street Journal

ONCE AGAIN, GOV’T IS THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION

“A push from Congress and the White House for huge increases in biofuels, such as ethanol, is prompting the oil industry to scale back its plans for refinery expansions. That could keep gasoline prices high, possibly for years to come.”

- NewsMax.com, 6/18/07

Posted on June 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National