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Posted: March 9th, 2010 09:44 AM ET

Romney to Tea Party movement: No third party bids
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney has a message to Tea Party candidates nationwide: If you lose your Republican primary bids, stay on the sidelines.

The former Massachusetts governor on Monday warned the grassroots movement not to mount third party efforts in general elections, which he said would siphon votes from Republican nominees.

"If there is a conservative candidate that runs in the general election, then obviously, divide and fail is the result," Romney said in an interview with the conservative Web site Newsmax. "Hopefully Tea Party candidates will run in respective primaries and they will either win or lose. And if they win, they will go into the general. If they lose, they won't, and they will get behind the more conservative of the two finalists."

Romney explained that "dividing our conservative effort in the general elections" would "basically hand the country to Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, and that would be very sad indeed."

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made similar remarks last month in a speech sponsored by the Arkansas Republican Party. "Now the smart thing will be for independents who are such a part of this Tea Party movement to, I guess, kind of start picking a party," she said, adding that the GOP would be the most natural fit for such activists.

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By Doug Bandow

Will Congress listen to the people?  According to Rasmussen Reports:

As President Obama and his congressional allies search for a way to pass their proposed health care plan, most voters remain opposed to the legislative effort.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% favor the plan while 53% are opposed. These figures include just 20% who Strongly Favor the plan and 41% who are Strongly Opposed.

Last week, support for the health care plan inched up to 44% following the president's televised health care summit. However, that mild bounce has faded, and support is back to where it was for months. With the exception of last week's results, overall support for the president's health care plan has stayed in a very narrow range from 38% to 42% since Thanksgiving.

As has been the case for months, Democrats overwhelmingly favor the plan, and Republicans are overwhelmingly opposed. As for those not affiliated with either major party, 32% favor the plan, and 64% are opposed.

 

Doug Bandow, American Conservative Defense Alliance

By Doug Bandow

Who are the Ron Paul people, asks "Southern Avenger" Jack Hunter?  They are the heart of the conservative movement!

Writes Hunter:

then there are the so-called Ron Paul people. Paul's CPAC speech was not simply an exercise in Democrat bashing. It was a lesson on how the GOP must finally deliver on the conservatism it has always promised. According to Paul, Republicans must finally show true fidelity to the Constitution. Paul asked the crowd to cast a critical eye upon the Right's enthusiasm for wars that don't make much sense and cost too much money and the party's propensity for incurring massive debt. In short, Paul called for an end to big government - even the GOP form of it. Asks Pat Buchanan: "Who in the Republican Party today is calling for a Barry Goldwater-like rollback of federal power and federal programs? Except Ron Paul." Answer: No one.

Often derided, the many young people who support Paul are the heart and soul of what has been dubbed the Ron Paul Revolution. And if their visible and vocal presence at CPAC was any indication, they are a force to be reckoned with.

I would expect Paul supporters to become even more visible and more vocal in the future. It will be impossible to silence a genuine movement driven by actual conservative passion, and not simply the two-party horse race the Republican establishment continues to mistake for principle.

In their ignorance, conservatives who boo Paul at CPAC or anywhere else are essentially dismissing the only force in contemporary American politics that is serious about smaller government. And despite the constant media spin and gnashing of teeth, Ron Paul and his people's onward march is not representative of some sort of confusion within the conservative movement - but the only conservative movement.

Doug Bandow, American Conservative Defense Alliance

Have you been MIA in the freedom movement? March 27th is the time and Boise is the place to jump start your enthusiasm and motivation to rejoin fellow Patriots in the Campaign for liberty!

AN EVENING WITH RON PAUL at The Morrison Center starts at 7:00 PM. Go to www.idahotickets.com to get yours! $5, $10 and $15 tickets for the Ron Paul event went on sale on Tuesday 3/2/10. Get yours today for the best availabe seat!

Campaign for Liberty events are being planned throughout the day, including the first C4L State Conference and a "Rally for the Republic- Re-visisted" after party. More information will follow as details are finalized.

Spread the word all over Idaho... Paint the Town RON with this poster.

Full details at Facebook

To reserve your seats for the reception, contact Steve Owen (Idaho Freedom Foundation), Elizabeth Hodge (Idaho Rights Foundation), Chris Stevens (Campaign for Liberty) or Alanna Grimm (Campaign for Liberty).
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By Laura Meckler | WSJ
March 9, 2009

Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American workers would eventually be required to obtain.

Under the potentially controversial plan still taking shape in the Senate, all legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information, such as fingerprints, to tie the card to the worker.

The ID card plan is one of several steps advocates of an immigration overhaul are taking to address concerns that have defeated similar bills in the past.

The uphill effort to pass a bill is being led by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who plan to meet with President Barack Obama as soon as this week to update him on their work. An administration official said the White House had no position on the biometric card.

"It's the nub of solving the immigration dilemma politically speaking," Mr. Schumer said in an interview. The card, he said, would directly answer concerns that after legislation is signed, another wave of illegal immigrants would arrive.

The biggest objections to the biometric cards may come from privacy advocates, who fear they would become de facto national ID cards that enable the government to track citizens.

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EASTON, PA - Towne for Congress launched its third half-page newspaper advertisement which appeared on page A5 of the March 9, 2010 Express Times. Many thanks to Anthony Geist, Kevin Daley, and Jeff Cox for their assistance in preparing it, and to the donors who paid for it!! As can be seen, the ad draws the viewer in and promotes the next several campaign events, including a Towne Hall and signature kickoffs.
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