The Front Page Cover
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
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Featuring:
Reconciliation Should Unite,
Not Divide Conservatives
Michael Needham
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"Rise up together as one voice"
"Be careful where you stand"
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Evil Acts at Planned Parenthood 
An Iraq War veteran, a woman, and a police officer were murdered Friday by a psychopath. Each victim leaves behind two children. Yet because those murders took place not in the streets of Chicago but a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, the Left immediately began attacking pro-lifers and pushing its anti-gun message. Even Barack nObama weighed in, though he ignores most of the murders that take place on Democrat poverty plantations. The deranged killer reportedly said something about "no more baby parts," a seeming reference to the string of videos revealing Planned Parenthood's baby-parts trafficking. The nation's largest abortion mill and its Leftmedia sycophants call these videos "discredited," but that's wishful thinking. None of the victims was a Planned Parenthood worker, and, in fact, the officer was a Christian and an outspoken pro-life advocate who died defending abortionists.
Instead of blaming the evil actions of a sick individual, Planned Parenthood blamed the "hateful rhetoric" of conservatives "that reportedly fed this shooter's rage." Yet that "hateful rhetoric" is merely describing what Planned Parenthood is doing — killing babies and selling their organs in apparent violation of federal law, all while reaping $500 million a year from taxpayers.
Meanwhile, the same leftists so eager to smear all conservatives with the terrible actions of one man refuse to acknowledge the radical Islamic rationale for terrorism worldwide. They also weren't exactly quick to take blame for the man who opened fire at the headquarters of the Family Research Council after the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center accused FRC of being a "hate group."
According to the National Abortion Federation, 11 people have now died in "antiabortion violence" since 1977. Since 1973's Roe v. Wade decision, nearly 58 million children have lost their lives.
There’s no defending what this man did in Colorado. If he was truly upset about fetal-organ harvesting, the answer isn’t violence. You don’t defend the sanctity of life by taking it away. And every truly pro-life person will say the same thing, condemning murder no matter the age of the victim. -The Patriot Post
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Paris, Reeling From Terrorism, Blames Global Warming
The UN's much-anticipated COP21 — a 12-day climate summit that promises to reduce chronic health issues, quash terrorist groups, usher in social justice and all-around save the planet — gets underway today in Paris. Did we mention it's the key to stopping the raucous bloodshed from groups like the Islamic State? "I will be joining President Hollande and other world leaders in Paris for the Global Climate Conference," Barack nObama proclaimed last week from the White House before burning through an ungodly amount of fossil fuels on his way to France. "What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children." Actually, they couldn't care less, because it's blood and dominion they're after, not a stable climate that's never existed. It's incredible the things Democrats purport will be solved by the summit. They'd say the snowstorm blanketing the Midwest this week is actually CO2 falling from the sky if it makes reaching an agreement more attainable.
But we digress. What, exactly, will the conference accomplish, assuming a deal is even reached? Even regulatory advocates aren't entirely sure. The Wall Street Journal reports, "The single most important benchmark underpinning this week's talks in Paris on climate change — two degrees Celsius — has guided climate-treaty discussions for decades, but scientists are at odds on the relevance of that target. ... Policy makers tend to assume the two-degree target expresses a solid scientific view, but it doesn't." In fact, the IPCC's own studies say nothing about this supposed benchmark. And here we thought the science was settled! "Still," adds the Journal, "many scientists back the goal because they see it as giving policy makers a clear-cut target to shoot at in the fight against global warming." Translation: Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Delegates have a lot going for them — perhaps not-so-coincidentally. Last year was (wrongly) declared the warmest on record, and a powerful El Niño virtually guarantees this year will be even hotter (based on NOAA's methodology; again, satellite data suggests otherwise). You could easily argue that things line up a little too well. As we reported earlier this year, the government is fudging global temperature data to fit the narrative, which London Telegraph writer Christopher Booker rightly says "is the biggest science scandal ever." And as Investor's Business Daily editorializes, "No one knows, nor will ever know, if man-made climate change even exists outside of imaginative thinking and flawed computer models. So no one can ever know if it's defeated or not." What a powerful message it would send to jihadis if world leaders would use all that energy in Paris to annihilate the real enemy — radical Islamic terrorism. -The Patriot Post
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Deal or No Deal? Iran Never Signed It
Remember how Barack nObama's brilliant nuclear deal with Iran was supposed to protect the world from the radical mullahs obtaining the bomb? Well, it's always been the sum of all lies, but the most recent revelation is a doozy: Iran never even signed the deal and it's not legally binding. That isn't just the maniacal ranting of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, either, but the admission of nObama's own State Department. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) wondered in a letter to Secretary of State John hanoi-Kerry whether Congress had received the final version of the deal, given it had not been signed. hanoi-Kerry's underling, Julia Frifield, the State Department assistant secretary for legislative affairs, replied, "The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document."
So not only is it not a treaty, but it's not even an executive agreement or a signed document. It's nothing more than a handshake between liars. But don't worry, says Frifield: “The success of the JCPOA will depend not on whether it is legally binding or signed, but rather on the extensive verification measures we have put in place, as well as Iran’s understanding that we have the capacity to re-impose — and ramp up — our sanctions if Iran does not meet its commitments.” There is no chance nObama re-imposes $100+ billion in lifted sanctions, and the same goes for Europe. nObama did nothing to secure U.S. national security interests. Worse, he undermined them in exchange for an unsigned piece of paper and self-congratulatory high fives all around the State Department. The good news is a Republican president can simply toss nObama's piece of paper where it belongs — in the garbage. -The Patriot Post
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Chicago Murder in Black and White “Black Friday” in Chicago was marked by protest in the heart of the retail district — the Magnificent Mile of North Michigan Avenue — over the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a Chicago Police Department patrolman. The chum in the waters of publicity drew the "Reverend" Jesse Jackson, the Chicago Teachers Union president and the district’s own elected Democrat, Rep. Bobby Rush. But that exposed the truth: Black lives matter only when the blame falls on law enforcement or another “enemy” of the Left’s “community.”
Nothing in The Patriot Post will come close to condone or justify excessive force or blatant racism in any law enforcement effort — or any other organization. However, the level of absurdity that this protest achieves in ignoring a malignant problem won’t pass without notice.
The protests stem from the arrest of Officer Jason Van Dyke last Tuesday. He was charged with first-degree murder for the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, a black male armed with a knife and with a toxicology report showing he was high on PCP. McDonald had been tracked for “nearly a half-mile, from a trucking yard where he had been breaking into vehicles through a Burger King parking lot and onto busy Pulaski Road,” according to the Chicago Tribune. Officer Van Dyke apparently emptied his 16-round pistol upon exiting his squad car in the multi-car pursuit of the now-deceased. The Chicago Police Department dash-cam videos will be critical in this case.
But where is Officer Jason Van Dyke? He’s in jail awaiting justice. So why the riots and protests? Obvious questions have to be asked of Jackson, Rush, the Chicago Teachers Union and the angry protesters regarding this one death. -The Patriot Post
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Disgusting Way That Democratic Presidential Candidates Get Funding
{John Thomas} ~ For anyone who understands the concept of personal responsibility, supporting and voting for Democratic Presidential candidates seems like a crazy idea. Why would you support these people?... Well, we’ve wondered that, too, and you won’t like the answer. It’s not because it is people living on government assistance. Those people generally don’t have free money to contribute. And it’s not because it’s environmentalists and other special interests supporting them. Very often, these people don’t have money, either, because they put all of their money into their causes. No, you’ll be disgusted because the answer is: You. That’s right. You. Because unions, such as the United States Postal Service union, like other government employee unions, take part of their mandatory union dues (paid out of government wages, in the case of government employee unions) and put it straight into the pockets of Democratic candidates like Bernie Sanders. http://teapartybulletin.com/disgusting-way-that-democratic-presidential-candidates-are-getting-funding/.
White House Hindering Investigations, Withholding Records
{Sandy Fitzgerald} ~ The nObama administration is threatening to roll back more than 30 years of policy that has allowed government watchdogs access to records in order to conduct internal investigations, The New York Times reports... "It’s the complete evisceration of the concept. You might as well fold them down, Paul Light, a New York University professor who has studied the system told the Times. "They’ve become defanged." At least two government investigations have either been slowed or shut down because the White House has withheld records, the Times reports..
Palestinians: The Real Goal of the Intifada
{Bassam Tawil} ~ As the current Palestinian campaign of terrorism against Israel is about to enter its third month, it is still not clear to many what the Palestinians are trying to achieve... The Palestinians cannot even agree on a name for their campaign. Some are referring to it as an "intifada," while others are describing it as a "Habba Jamahiriya" "popular puff," or "flurry". The Palestinians also have not been able to agree on the motives behind the stabbing, shooting, firebombing and car-ramming attacks. Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly claimed during the past few weeks that the terrorists are setting out to kill Jews out of "despair and frustration" and the lack of a "political horizon." But Abbas seems intentionally to be ignoring that it is he and his Palestinian Authority who are responsible -- together with Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian factions -- for the violence, as a result of their daily incitement against Israel. This is yet another instance in which anyone could have predicted what was going to happen. Throughout the past year, Abbas has been telling his people that Israel was planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and "change the Arab and Islamic character and identity" of Jerusalem. He condemned Jews for "defiling the Aqsa Mosque with their filthy feet." Abbas, his spokesmen and PA-controlled media outlets also have also repeatedly been telling Palestinians that Israel is committing "war crimes" and "summary executions" of innocent Palestinians..
Iran: Nuke deal off if UN doesn’t drop atomic weapons probe
{timesofisrael.com} ~ Iran said Sunday there would be no final implementation of a nuclear deal with world powers unless a probe into allegations of past weapons research is closed... The declaration, by a top security official, comes after the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said a report into the possible military dimensions of Iran’s activities would not be “black and white.” Iran has always denied seeking to develop an atomic weapons capability, insisting its nuclear program is for peaceful energy production and medical purposes only. The committee reports to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final word on all policy decisions. Under the July 14 accord, Iran agreed to major curbs on its atomic program, particularly its enrichment of uranium to high purities, in return for the lifting of all nuclear-related sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations..
Will Congress declare war on ISIS?
{wnd.com} ~ It’s no longer just French President Francois Hollande calling for all-out war on ISIS. It’s not just Sen... John McCain, R-Arizona, or Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, calling for a congressional declaration of war on the Islamic State – an action not taken in this city since World War II. Now the cries are bi-partisan, coming from some unlikely sources and even cheered on by the U.S. news media. “Congress must declare war against ISIS,” he said. “Each one of us first ran for office on the promise that we wouldn’t shy away from tough debates, but rather, would rise to the challenge the times demand. Now is the time to prove we meant it.” http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/will-congress-declare-war-on-i
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nObama’s UN Global Climate Communism – To Enslave The Earth
{rickwells.us} ~ The Climate-Bolsheviks are ramping up the pressure in preparation for the ConJob21 Summit in Paris, their ticket to stealing a share of America’s wealth and our standard of living and our freedom... The ConJob21 Climate Summit is basically the piling of the contents of a barn floor piled high enough to form an idol, which is then bowed down to by the circus of various illegitimate leaders, none more so falsely empowered than the largest piece of dung to be worshiped, the foreign criminal usurper, Hussein nObama. We’ve arrived at the point in the process where it’s difficult for the exploitative pirates within the UN and the regime to disguise what they’re up to. It’s no secret that nObama has been engaged in every form of attack imaginable upon the America people, as he truly hates the United States above all else. What’s he’s setting in motion now is the means by which he’s going to start siphoning off our wealth. It’s not enough to simply destroy our nation; he’s got to make sure our stuff ends up in the right pockets. http://rickwells.us/archives/22893.
Did Texas Just Make a Massive Move for Secession?
{B.K.K. STUART} ~ Texas was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845 before it became a state. That’s why it is referred to as “The Lone Star Republic.” Now Texas may be making a big move to secede from the United States and become a republic once again... The state legislature recently announced that Texas’ gold holdings will be kept within its own borders. Of all 50 states, only Texas has a stockpile of gold, amounting to approximately 5,600 bars or $650 million worth. Currently, the gold is held in an HSBC bank in Manhattan. This decision was met with approval by conservatives and others who have little confidence in the long-term economic viability of the federal government or who oppose the moves of the left-leaning, ideologically driven management of the federal government by President nObama. This is a smart move no matter what their true intentions are. Secession might not be the ultimate goal, it could just be preparing for the collapse of the federal government..
Michelle nObama says ‘White Folks’ are what’s Wrong with America
{AmyElizabeth} ~ In a speech at Tuskegee University, an institute of higher learning in which white people are “not allowed on the bus,”... First Domestic Partner Michelle nObama gave the school’s commencement address with instructions to the future agitators of America to – what else? Go forth and agitate. According to JewsNews her mission is an extension of that of Hussein nObama, to foment unrest and destabilize America. HER MESSAGE WAS CLEAR, “WHATEVER IS WRONG IN YOUR LIFE IS WHITEY’S FAULT, AND WHITEY OWES YOU.” She described the daily persecution inflicted upon her fellow victims at the hands of the plantation owner class as including police discrimination, the “nagging worries that you’re going to get stopped or pulled over for absolutely no reason.” She is one sick person and will need help once she is gone from the WH..
nObama’s Insanity is Becoming a Problem
{eanrightamerica.org} ~ If you were to ask ten people how they thought the United States and the rest of the civilized world could destroy ISIS, you’d likely get ten different answers... Even if you limited your sample to only those people who actually know what they’re talking about, you would hear any number of varying strategies. This is not a simple problem by any means. Every strategy has its downsides. So one guy might tell you that we should line up Kurdish forces and get Turkey to fight ISIS on the ground. Another might tell you that President nObama’s air strategy will pay off, given enough time. Still another will insist that we can only defeat ISIS if we go in with thousands of ground troops. But unless you accidentally pulled one of your respondents from the local loony bin, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear anyone say that we can hurt ISIS by focusing on…climate change.
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Jihadists kill 3 in attack on UN base in Mali
{CALEB WEISS} ~ Jihadists attacked a UN base in Mali in the northern city of Kidal this morning, killing three and wounding a number of others... Two of those killed were UN peacekeepers from Guinea, according to Reuters. The other victim is said to have been a civilian contractor who worked at the base. The assault began early today when jihadists fired rockets and mortars into the camp. “We have three dead and four seriously injured,” a UN spokesperson told Reuters. He noted that around 20 people in total were injured and needed medical evacuations. Ansar Dine, an al Qaeda-affiliated group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly, claimed responsibility in a phone call to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The French news service quoted a spokesman for Ansar Dine as saying it was “in response to the violation of our lands by the enemies of Islam.” http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/11/jihadists-kill-3-in-attack-on-un-base-in-mali.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
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Reconciliation Should Unite,
Not Divide Conservatives
Michael Needham
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As we explained back in May, the case for full repeal via reconciliation is straightforward.
As we explained back in May, the case for full repeal via reconciliation is straightforward.
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The process of drafting and passing a reconciliation measure through both chambers would serve as a trial run. And as we’ve seen in recent months, a trial run is certainly needed. There is ample evidence that a one-provision repeal of all of nObamacare would be allowed by Senate rules, but proving that case should not wait until 2017.
The process of drafting and passing a reconciliation measure through both chambers would serve as a trial run. And as we’ve seen in recent months, a trial run is certainly needed. There is ample evidence that a one-provision repeal of all of nObamacare would be allowed by Senate rules, but proving that case should not wait until 2017.
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Equally as important, the effort would reassure voters of the Republican-controlled Congress’s commitment to sending a bill repealing all of nObamacare to the president’s desk in 2017 — when it would be signed into law.
Equally as important, the effort would reassure voters of the Republican-controlled Congress’s commitment to sending a bill repealing all of nObamacare to the president’s desk in 2017 — when it would be signed into law.
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And it would remind every insurance company, hospital, industry group and boutique lobbying firm with a vested interest in nObamacare that the law remains unsettled. As insurance companies contemplate leaving the nObamacare market, the continued uncertainty surrounding the law would ensure it did not calcify.
And it would remind every insurance company, hospital, industry group and boutique lobbying firm with a vested interest in nObamacare that the law remains unsettled. As insurance companies contemplate leaving the nObamacare market, the continued uncertainty surrounding the law would ensure it did not calcify.
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Unfortunately, the reconciliation bill passed by the House earlier this year falls far short of Republicans’ promise to their constituents. A new Congressional Research Services memo found the bill would leave 82-percent of nObamacare’s tax burden in place. nObamacare’s main two entitlement expansions – the Medicaid expansion and the exchange subsidies – would remain in place and unchanged. And nObamacare’s new insurance rules and regulations would remain intact.
Unfortunately, the reconciliation bill passed by the House earlier this year falls far short of Republicans’ promise to their constituents. A new Congressional Research Services memo found the bill would leave 82-percent of nObamacare’s tax burden in place. nObamacare’s main two entitlement expansions – the Medicaid expansion and the exchange subsidies – would remain in place and unchanged. And nObamacare’s new insurance rules and regulations would remain intact.
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This bill would NOT repeal major portions of nObamacare, as some suggest. Not even close.
This bill would NOT repeal major portions of nObamacare, as some suggest. Not even close.
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Yet, most Republicans went along with this approach because many in the pro-life community were eager for a way to avoid a fight on the September or December government funding bills. Planned Parenthood is a wretched, immoral organization that should not receive another dime. But the fake fight on reconciliation would not accomplish such a goal.
Yet, most Republicans went along with this approach because many in the pro-life community were eager for a way to avoid a fight on the September or December government funding bills. Planned Parenthood is a wretched, immoral organization that should not receive another dime. But the fake fight on reconciliation would not accomplish such a goal.
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Republican leaders used this opportunity to turn two important conservative policy priorities into competing agendas and divide the conservative movement. This is leadership-orchestrated conservative sectarianism at its very worst.
Republican leaders used this opportunity to turn two important conservative policy priorities into competing agendas and divide the conservative movement. This is leadership-orchestrated conservative sectarianism at its very worst.
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Party leaders split the conservative movement, pitting the nObamacare repeal coalition against pro-life activists, by offering a fig leaf. They pretend they could accomplish both goals through reconciliation, and by co-opting some in the pro-life movement eager for victories they were able to undermine the party’s long-held public commitment to fully repealing nObamacare.
Party leaders split the conservative movement, pitting the nObamacare repeal coalition against pro-life activists, by offering a fig leaf. They pretend they could accomplish both goals through reconciliation, and by co-opting some in the pro-life movement eager for victories they were able to undermine the party’s long-held public commitment to fully repealing nObamacare.
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As The Hill’s Alexander Bolton observed last week, there is a growing sense that GOP leaders are not “fully committed to a wholesale repeal of the law.” The reconciliation measure passed through the House is exhibit A. Bolton continues:
As The Hill’s Alexander Bolton observed last week, there is a growing sense that GOP leaders are not “fully committed to a wholesale repeal of the law.” The reconciliation measure passed through the House is exhibit A. Bolton continues:
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“It would be embarrassing, to say the least, if most of the Senate GOP conference voted for a repeal package that the party’s future nominee rejected as too weak.”
“It would be embarrassing, to say the least, if most of the Senate GOP conference voted for a repeal package that the party’s future nominee rejected as too weak.”
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No conservative can sit on the sidelines as party elites content with managing the status quo divide us, and force us to fight for scraps on our respective issues. Right now, pro-life leaders are attacking the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for their commitment to “fully repealing nObamacare pursuant to Senate rules.”
No conservative can sit on the sidelines as party elites content with managing the status quo divide us, and force us to fight for scraps on our respective issues. Right now, pro-life leaders are attacking the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for their commitment to “fully repealing nObamacare pursuant to Senate rules.”
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The elites eager to avoid fully repealing nObamacare and completely defunding Planned Parenthood are smiling. And laughing.
The elites eager to avoid fully repealing nObamacare and completely defunding Planned Parenthood are smiling. And laughing.
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If pro-life leaders want to “pass strongest reconciliation bill possible with 51 Republican votes” they should join, not disparage, the Cruz-Lee-Rubio alliance. They should praise the likes of North Carolina’s Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), not gin up primary threats. If they are genuine, pro-life leaders must tell Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McCon-nell (R-KY) that they will not support any reconciliation bill unless it “fully repeals nObamacare pursuant to Senate rules.” And we will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with leading pro-life groups in demanding the GOP leadership do everything they can to defund Planned Parenthood.
If pro-life leaders want to “pass strongest reconciliation bill possible with 51 Republican votes” they should join, not disparage, the Cruz-Lee-Rubio alliance. They should praise the likes of North Carolina’s Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), not gin up primary threats. If they are genuine, pro-life leaders must tell Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McCon-nell (R-KY) that they will not support any reconciliation bill unless it “fully repeals nObamacare pursuant to Senate rules.” And we will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with leading pro-life groups in demanding the GOP leadership do everything they can to defund Planned Parenthood.
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This is how conservatives win, by standing firm against leadership’s desire to divide and fragment the conservative base of the Republican Party. If we want 2017 to be as successful for conservatives as 2009 was for Barack nObama, we must get off the sidelines and unite around serious conservative policies.
This is how conservatives win, by standing firm against leadership’s desire to divide and fragment the conservative base of the Republican Party. If we want 2017 to be as successful for conservatives as 2009 was for Barack nObama, we must get off the sidelines and unite around serious conservative policies.
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Reconciliation isn’t a test for President Rubio or President Cruz – it is a test for the conservative movement, and one our nation cannot afford for us to fail.
Reconciliation isn’t a test for President Rubio or President Cruz – it is a test for the conservative movement, and one our nation cannot afford for us to fail.
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