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Last September, Sen. Hank Coe announced that he was giving serious thought to running for Governor in 2010. Given that the seat will be open (provided there is no successful legal challenge to the term limits law), it’s only natural for Republicans to start piling on. Another speculator has announced the possibility…

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Some folks can’t believe that I, a strong pro-lifer, am giving my support to Cynthia Lummis. Well believe it. I was made aware of her stance on the abortion issue in the first part of March. It was explained to me, I contemplated, thought about, and considered it, compared it to what I believe, and at some time down the road said I can give my support knowing this much. It’s not exactly where I am, but there is some compatibility in our beliefs. Continue Reading »

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In case you haven’t heard or seen the news, Sen. Enzi made his decision public yesterday. For the past several months, Republican officials have been pondering what Wyoming’ senior senator was going to do this year. The media has been prying to end to get some kind of idea what to write about. Granted, Sen. Enzi is pretty popular, so a re-election could be fairly easy, but everyone wants to know if they should be watching for a new Republican face to come along. Continue Reading »

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Folks, I gotta tell you, I feel like Rush Limbaugh today!!! No, I did not get hired at the local radio station for my own three hour talk show (though if they want me, I’ll sure be willing to talk). Continue Reading »

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Former State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis is making her campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. House official today. An event was held in Casper at noon and another event will be held in Cheyenne this evening at 5:30. Continue Reading »

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My fellow Wyomingites, this year we face an important and historic election cycle in this state. I know many of you (myself included) are somewhat distraught about the Republican Presidential nomination process. Our nominee has been picked for us by the influence of Independents and Democrats in open primary states and the struggle of having two conservatives in the race vying for the same block of voters.

Let not your heart be troubled. It’s not the end of the world because we didn’t get our favored nominee. It just means we’re gonna have to do some self-examination and regrouping in the party over the next four to eight years.

On another, more exciting token, we have a rare event taking place in Wyoming this year. Continue Reading »

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On Saturday, March 15, I made up one-fourth of a group of Park County Republicans that “crashed” the Big Horn County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Lovell, Wyoming. The event was not as large or elegant as the dinner held in Cody a month prior, but it was still nice to get to socialize with some Republicans from the rival county. Following is a recollection of what happened. Continue Reading »

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Wyoming has been inundated with political attention this year. Many a presidential candidate has treked through this little state of ours. Six of them were Republicans. None of them are running any more, but it was nice to see them while they were.

Last week, we (as in the collective we, not as in my own eyes at the event) saw Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton peruse the state. On the list of Democrat no-longers, Bill Richardson made a stop in the state last Fall too. Additionally, Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea did some campaigning last week in Wyoming.  Continue Reading »

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Former Governor Michael John “Mike” Sullivan (D-WY) is backing Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton.

At this point, current Governor David Duane “Dave” Freudenthal (D-WY) is still not publicly backing any Presidential candidate.

Late last year, former Governor Jim Geringer  (R-WY), who I share a birthday in different with, endorsed fellow former Governor Mike Huckabee.

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Well, it’s a new week, so it must be time for another NYT McCain hit-piece. Yes, the New York Times has endorsed John McCain, the most attractive Republican to Democrats, as their choice for the Republican nomination and they will likely choose to endorse the Democrat nominee for the General election in November, but now that Sen. McCain has achieved presumptive nominee status, it’s time to throw him under the bus, because he’s a Republican. Will the Times manage to kill the McCain campaign?

• It all started with the McCain-female lobbyist story. McCain’s reaction was to deny the allegation and express his disappointment with the dying paper, as if there was some affair going on between him and the Times. The end-of-the-day result was a spike in support for the presumptive nominee. Amazingly, the Times admitted their loss.
• Have you heard that Sen. McCain is old?
• With the bus driver admitting that the intended target was missed, they had to try again. So, let’s explore where McCain was born: outside of the U.S. on a U.S. military base! Should Sen. McCain be elected President, he would be the first born outside the U.S., with the exception of the first Presidents that were allowed to be President because of their status when the Constitution was ratified. Since Sen. McCain is a real liberal (by his own admission), his good friend and colleague from Missouri has introduced a bill to clarify that Sen. McCain’s natural-born citizenship (or any potential future candidate in a similar situation) would not be questioned.
• So, today’s attempt at landing Sen. McCain on the double yellow line is Sen. McCain’s inconsistency. Sure, he’s driving the Straight-Talk Express, but he opposed tax cuts before supporting them being permanent, he isn’t as hard-line on comprehensive immigration reform as he once was, he opposed abortion for a long time, then in ‘99 he slipped up and told a reporter he just wants to see Roe v. Wade become irrelevant, now he wants to see it overturned. He recently claimed to be “the only one” calling for former Defense Sec’y Rumsfeld to go, now he’s not using that line because it turns out he was wrong. And finally, Sen. McCain, who was tortured as a POW in Vietnam, voted against restricting tactics used by CIA interrogators. To be fair, he has yet to flip on his Gang of 14 idea. No doubt, the very Senior Senator from Arizona is disappointed that the Times is reporting the way they are.

So there you have it, a run-down of the old media’s attempt to run down their Republican of choice. For all of you that are saying I’m helping by pointing it out and I should just “shut up about McCain,” I never supported McCain. Never voted for him and never gave him my endorsement.

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