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Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford wins the special election yesterday for the 1st Congressional District, beating Elizabeth Colbert Busch 54-45. The seat was vacated by Tim Scott when he was appointed to the U.S. Senate by current Governor Nikki Haley after Jim Demint resigned to head the Heritage Foundation. Sanford′s victory could be seen as redemption for his silly Appalachian Trail story when he was visiting his girlfriend in South America. Democrats had pushed hard to win the seat and the Liberal Media did all they could to trash Sanford. Will Stephen Colbert hang his head in shame over his sister′s loss? Will Barack Obama now have to face the probability that the 2014 mid-term elections will keep the House in Republican hands?

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Did you happen to catch the Bill O′Reilly – Laura Ingraham scuffle the other night on Fox News? It was amusing to say the least. The Leprechaun was in a lather about his referring to Rush Limbaugh as a ′bible thumper′ last week when gay marriage was the big story. Ingraham defended Rush, saying Bill was wrong for saying what he did. O′Reilly would have none of that and shouted down Laura several times during the exchange. Meanwhile, ′The Great One′, Mark Levin, was having his own issues with a Foxy News pundit. Dana ′RINO′ Perino, one of the many co-hosts of ′The Five′ said that Dr. Ben Carson is doing too many talk shows after he appeared as a guest with Levin. Back at El Rancho de Rushbo, Limbaugh dismissed the alleged O′Reilly incident as just white noise. So what on Earth is going on? Are Conservatives being slighted by the Fox News Channel?

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When you have a government that sees itself as the central institution of a society, or makes itself so, it’s not a good thing. When you have a government which believes it can tax and spend a nation to prosperity, it’s even worse. When you have a government with both these characteristics, it’s fair to say, things have become grim.
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Sarah Palin wowed the crowd at the CPAC 2013 convention. The former governor of Alaska still has it when it comes to delivering a rousing, populist speech. Palin even got a 2-minute standing ovation merely for sipping from a Big Gulp! Who else could get that? More importantly, she connected the many failures of Barack Obama to the misfortunes of Middle Class America. All of Washington, for that matter! Her advice to the Inside the Beltway gang is to ″get over yourself!″

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On Wednesday we got to witness one of the unique gems of our political system, a filibuster in the U.S. Senate! Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke for nearly 13 straight hours, delaying the confirmation vote to appoint John Brennan as the new head of the CIA. The issue which turned the hash-tag #standwithrand into all the rage on Twitter was the policies of Barack Obama on the use of domestic drones. Specifically, can drone strikes be carried out within the borders of the United States against potential terrorists? The White House and other administration heads, like Eric Holder, have been ambiguous as to whether such actions are unconstitutional? The junior Kentucky Republican senator had a few allies helping him out during his filibuster, including Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and even one Democrat, Ron Wyden (D-OR). But none of the ′Old Guard′, like Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, participated, opting instead to attend a dinner with Obama.

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Jeb Bush says a 2016 run for the White House is not ruled out. This as the former Florida governor makes the rounds pushing his new book, Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution. Bush told Matt Lauer of the Today Show that a decision to run for Republican Party nomination is still a long way off. Bush will be speaking at the CPAC 2013 convention in Baltimore along with Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney, as well as other GOP notables. There has been some ire in the Media about Chris Christie not being invited to be among the 22 speakers at CPAC, although they forget that he gave the keynote address last year, which usually means no invite the following convention. So, is America ready for another Bush presidency?

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie might be invited to speak at the next Water Buffalo Lodge meeting, but not at this year′s CPAC convention. The Conservation Political Action Committee has decided that he is not their cup of cactus tea! Perhaps some people are still fuming over Gov. Christie giving Barack Obama a nice photo-op following Hurricane Sandy? Given that exit poll data does suggest that a significant number of undecided voters did opt for Obama following the super-storm, critics of Christie might be correct in that he helped reelect Obama. CPAC is extending speaker invitations to such notable figures as Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Senators Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz and Representative Paul Ryan. Even Jeb Bush and Rick Santorum are invited to speak at CPAC.

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The most talked about event from this week′s State of the Union address was when Florida Senator Marco Rubio reaches for water in the middle of his response speech. Viewed by some as the ′Republican Savior′, Rubio is already a leading contender for the 2016 presidential campaign. The content of his speech was generally good, touching on many of the differences between the Republican Party and Barack Obama and the Democrats. Rubio even injected some hometown, West Miami, examples to show the world that he comes from humble, Middle Class origins and still is untainted by the power of being a member of the United States Senate. But is the GOP already setting itself up for another disappointing failure in the search for the next Ronald Reagan?

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