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Well, well, well, it's Saturday and still no scandal has been revealled (sp) as the reason for why Governor Palin decided resign as NextRightNando claimed.

He made the following assertion last Sunday:

http://www.thenextright.com/the-foundation/fbi-spokesman-no-investigation-on-palin

"Yes! Submitted by NextRightNando on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 10:58.

I am true to my word - if the scandal that prompted her quitting isn't revealled by Friday I will go away and never post on this site again."

Folks, if you see this commentator in the future, remind Henke or Ruffini to uphold the promise he made and send him packing to the welfare office.

Last Sunday, NextRightNando made the following promise if what he believed led to Governor Palin's decision to resign was not revealled (sp) by today.

http://www.thenextright.com/the-foundation/fbi-spokesman-no-investigation-on-palin

"Yes! Submitted by NextRightNando on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 10:58.

I am true to my word - if the scandal that prompted her quitting isn't revealled by Friday I will go away and never post on this site again."

Well, it's Friday, 9:30 A.M. Alaska Standard Time.  I suppose we still have twelve hours in the day for something to happen but at this point, it appears that we should be saying our farewell to NextRightNando if he wants to retain a shred of credibility.

I will send an e-mail asking either Henke or Ruffini to enforce the promise that NextRightNando made if what appears to be a smear, that he and his friends on the left propogated against Governor Palin, does not come to fruition by the end of today.  Don't bother changing your name either.

Just be a man and stay the hell away from this blog if we do not learn any new information by the end of today, NextRightNando.

From the LA Times:

Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says

  The former GOP vice presidential candidate's surprise resignation as Alaska governor had set off speculation, including rumors of a pending federal corruption probe or charges.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin5-2009jul05,0,7018263.story

Despite rumors of a looming controversy after the Republican governor's surprise announcement Friday that she would leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity. 

"There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." He added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments for any kind of inquiry. 

So, will NextRightNando now leave NextRight forever as he promised if this rumor turned out to be nothing?  Hit the road if you want to retain any credibility.

Cape Republican has been posting non-stop his opinion on how he views the battle is going politically for the governor from Alaska and David Letterman.  Yet he keeps on asserting his opinion as the truth and seems to imply that his opinion is representative of what the public thinks about this dispute between Governor Palin and David Letterman.  Well, we now have scientific polling that provides evidence that Cape Republican's opinion is just that....an opinion and one that has been rejected by a majority of Americans if you look at the following scientific poll objectively.

Look specifically for the change in Letterman's numbers among women, independents, and Republicans.  The following were David Letterman's favorables/unfavorables from a poll conducted on May 29-30.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/2..._to_watch_conan_o_brien_on_tonight_show_but_carson_still_king

Letterman favorables/unfavorables on May 29-30

Overall: 50/38

Male: 49/36

Female: 51/39

GOP: 41/47

DEM: 55/32

INDY: 54/35 

The following are David Letterman's favorables/unfavorables from a poll conducted on June 14-15

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/j.../64_say_comedians_shouldn_t_joke_about_children_of_public_figures

David Letterman Favorable/Unfavorables on June 14-15

Overall: 41/49

Male: 47/45

Women: 35/53

GOP: 20/75

DEM: 63/30

INDY: 35/48

Here is a blog entry from Robert Schlesinger talking about the poll results:

Poll Shows Public Sides With Palin Over LettermanBy Robert Schlesingerhttp://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/06/16/poll-shows-public-sides-with-palin-over-letterman.html

A new Rasmussen poll puts solid numbers around Sarah Palin’s victory over David Letterman. According to the survey, nearly two thirds of Americans (64 percent) say that late-night comedians should not target the children of politicians with jokes. (Letterman’s approval rating dropped from 49 percent last month to 41 percent this month, raising the question: Since when do we track the approval rating of late-night talk show hosts?) Of course, that solid majority didn’t seem terribly upset last fall when then-pregnant teen Bristol Palin was the target of never-ending late-night jokes from Letterman and his ilk. Maybe they meant to tell Rasmussen that pols’ children shouldn’t be the target of unfunny jokes?

My guess is that some of you will try to claim that Rasmussen is biased in favor of Republicans (laughable considering that Rasmussen pretty much nailed the 2004 and 2008 presidential election national polling) but upon an objective analysis of the scientific data, rather than opinion, I'll side with Schlesinger in declaring a victory for Governor Palin.

Peter Kirsanow has a point: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDQyOTA4ODdjZjhkZjMzNTBjMGFlZDYwZGRhNTEwN2I= "Rod Blagojevich, $1 trillion "fiscal stimulus", Harry Reid, expiring tax cuts, Nancy Pelosi, socialized health care, Charlie Rangel, reinstitution of the oil drilling ban, Joe Biden, liberal judicial nominees, Al Franken (maybe), nuclear Iran, John Murtha, car czars, Dennis Kucinich, PC culture, Chris Dodd, entitlement explosion, Barney Frank, entitlement implosion, Barbara Boxer, card check, the Clintons, Russian adventurism. If Republicans can't come back in 2010 they should be sued for political malpractice."

Here is my top ten in order:

1) Harry Reid defeated by anyone, even an indie

2) Peter King defeating a Kennedy

3) Obama-girl Kathleen Sebelius defeated in her quest for the Kansas Senate seat because of her abortion stance and gubernatorial record

4) Republican reclaims the Michigan governor's mansion running against the "third term of Obama-girl" Jennifer Granholm

5) Chris Dodd going down.

6) Chris Matthews getting smoked by whomever

7) Bunning retains his seat by primarily running against Obama in Kentucky

8) Jeb Bush retaining the Senate seat in Florida

9) Beat the appointented Senator in Illinois and Colorado

10) The re-election of Sarah Palin and Charlie Crist, the only two Republicans from the 2006 class I believe.

You know the media is going to dissect whoever gets this speaking role with a fine tooth comb for any hidden meaning behind why this person was chosen.  For this reason, I suggest anybody who has been talked about be excluded from this role: no governors such as Palin (sorry David, but I don't think the response this year should come from Anchorage; maybe in 2010), Sanford, Jindal (the media wants us to give this role to Bobby), Huntsman, Crist, Daniels and Pawlenty to avoid any potential conflicts.

The speaker should be someone who is both socially and fiscally conservative to affirm that the party isn't abandoning one spectrum of the party.  Preferably, the speaker would not be from the South so we can avoid the geographical label but from a purple state.  And hopefully, the speaker will be under the age of 60, so no John McCain no matter what!!!

Any ideas boys?  Eric Cantor stands out as a possibility in my mind given that he has no presidential aspirations but is a high-ranking member of the party and is conservative fiscally and socially and on foreign policy.  Virginia is a purple state and will likely remain one for some time.  Mike Pence?  From the midwest who can possibly challenge claims that we are giving up on the region with our bailout opposition. 

Mark Sanford and Rick Perry were the only two governors to publicly announce their opposition to Obama's stiumulus package in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.  However, when pressed whether they would pledge to refuse federal aid if the Obama stimulus passed, neither guy agreed to take the pledge.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40421

Sanford claimed that 2/3 of the republican governors were opposed to the Obama stimulus (my guess as to the 7 in favor are Crist, Arnold, the Rhode Island, Hawaii, and Connecticut governors, Daniels, and Jindal).  Since many of our governors are potential 2012 presidential candidates, this moment could be equivalent to what the Iraq War vote was for the Democrats in their contest this year.   The governor who is brave enough to say no to federal dollars will have one hell of a calling card to turn to when talking about fiscal conservatism in 2012.  I'm practically stunned that Sanford has refused to take this pledge since he's not running for re-election in 2010 and has pretty much put himself out in front of the media as the Barry Goldwater messenger on the issue of federal bailouts for the governors.

Read it and weep, boys, it's 3-0 since November 4th!

Congratulations to Cao to becoming the first Vietname-American to serve in the United States Congress.  We're proud to have him in the party and representing the fine people of New Orleans.  This win was a major upset in a district that is 64% African-American; the guy is a firebrand social conservative from what I've heard as he was endorsed by Focus on the Family.  Social conservatism may be the best way to appeal to African-American and Hispanic voters as Bush did in 2004.

A little disappointed with the result from the LA-4; a 365  vote win in a +7 R/D district is nothing to crow over.  It wasn't like the Chambliss result at all where Chambliss outperformed every poll, won over 200,000 votes from his 2002 victory, and won by double the margin of the +7 R/D Cook number for the state of Georgia.  A win is a win though, we'll take what we can get these days.

Three good conservatives going to Congress.  With the Virginia governor's race pretty much in the bag, the comeback is on in 2010. 

What does Blackwell's entry into the RNC chairman race mean?  I guess the conventional wisdom is that his entry impacts Steele the most but his reputation among conservatives is a lot stronger than Steele's.  However, he lacks Steele's media presence and charisma.  I have no idea about Blackwell's ability to fundraise or organize.

Exit question: Ambinder had an interesting rhetorical question about who is someone like Sarah Palin privately rooting for in the RNC race.  Let's play along: is Sanford rooting for Dawson so that South Carolina remains the first Southern state scheduled, we could assume that Mitt is for anuzis, Crist is for Greer, and Huck is for Saltzman.

Palin rooting for Steele (the "celebrity" angle; I thought portraying Obama as a celebrity was a mistake as people, especially the 18-29 crowd loves celebrities.  "Used car dealer" would have been a better depiction of the One)?  Daniels and Pawlenty for Blackwell (Midwest pride)?  What about Jindal, Huntsman, and Newt?

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=b5ea35c6-a0a0-4f6c-93ef-c5c02dec336d

So Fleming is up two, 47-45 with black turnout pegged at 27%.  Bush has a higher favorability rating than Obama but also a higher unfavorable rating as well.  I'll predict an 6-8 point win; it could even bigger given that there doesn't appear to be any early voting.

Let's knock out dollar-bill Jefferson as well for Cao.  Why not Jindal and Palin run a joint ad firing up the few Republicans in the Parish?

I think it's pretty clear by now how much a harder job that governors have over Senators.  Just read the press that Jindal, Palin, Pawlenty, and Crist get from their papers regarding what's going on in their state economies; Senators can just easily pass off the blame to others and that benefitted Obama as he could get away with accomplishing nothing of any substance in his Senate career as he started running for president from the day he was elected (go ahead cite me a non-proliferation bill that nearly everyone in the Senate agreed with or some lobbying bill that allows people to keep on getting free dinners as long as they stand up).  Governors cannot pass off excuses (e.g. it's Bush's fault).