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http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51203501167 (click link to RSVP to March 4th Concord Rally..show up in person or online) OK 10th Amendment Resolution Passes State House 83-13 The Republican blog is reporting this evening that Rep. Charles Key’s HJR1003 has passed Oklahoma’s State House by a large majority: Oklahoma Sovereignty 10th Amendment Resolution HJR 1003 passes in house today! NH is setting a trend for the nation! Vote 83Y 13N

Affirm States Rights & Sovereignty Now!! The Federal Government has far exceeded their Constitutional role mandated by the 10th Amendment ! Support N.H. & 21 States Sovereignty Resolutions! Stop further infringements by U.S. Government on States: Free speech, Religion, Press, Rights to bear arms, potential servitude or implementation of martial law. In New Hampshire Support : HCR6 on March 4th The State Capital, Concord, 8 AM, BE THERE!!! *This notice courtesy of NH Statewide Freedom,Liberty Organizations & the NH CAACP * http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51203501167

Visit above link to help out!

Again, for folks that absolutely, positively cannot make it to the rally, you have 3 action items!

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If you live in NH, email your State Reps -- the ones for your town. Their contact info is at:

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/whosmyleg/

If you DON'T live in NH, blast an email to every NH State Rep. You can download the list of all NH State Reps' emails at:

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/rosterdownloads.html

Respectfully ask that they overturn the committee ITL and pass HCR6.

Don't make it a long email; 2-3 sentences will do. Short and respectful.

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Send a STRONGLY-WORDED email to all 4 US Senators and Congress people from NH. Tell them that you DEMAND they support HCR6! Links to their 4 websites are below

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PASS THIS EVENT ALONG TO EVERYONE YOU CAN

Thanks!

On thenextright.com, there were a series of blogs talking about the importance of the states in the Big Ten Conference. After reading that series, having time to reflect, and the commencing of the shortest general election campaign in history, I felt that it would be appropriate to point out another conference: The states in the Big 12 Conference.

I am not doing this blog series to put down the Big Ten (though I’m not sure I’d want to be a math major from the 11-team league), but I am doing this to show that the Big 12 states will play a central role in the 2008 Presidential Election. I should also point out that there are a number of reasons that the Big 12 may be overlooked in favor of its sister conference to the east.
 

1. The Big 12 is made up of smaller media markets compared to the Big 10. The five biggest media markets in the Big Ten are Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Cleveland, and St. Louis. The ones in the Big 12 are Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, St. Louis, Denver, and Kansas City. The St. Louis-area is included twice because it sits on the border of Big Ten state Illinois and Big 12 state Missouri.

    

2. The volume of electoral votes in Big 12 states is largely concentrated in one state. Outside of Texas (three of the six largest Big 12 cities are in Texas), no other Big 12 state has 12 or more electoral votes. The Big Ten region has four states with more than 12 electoral votes. Of course, the larger pot gets the most attention.
    

In short, the size of the composition of voters from the two regions draws large attention to the Big Ten and away from the Big 12. However, size isn’t the only thing that matters. Consider that George W. Bush, on his way to 286 electoral votes in 2004 won every Big 12 state. While the race came down to Ohio, imagine what his chances would have been if he had lost Iowa and Colorado. Take away Missouri as well as Iowa and Colorado and John Kerry is President.

Also, consider that the last time that a Democrat won three of the seven states was Bill Clinton in 1992. Clinton won 370 electoral votes and won Colorado, Iowa, and Missouri. Meanwhile, the last time that a Democrat swept the Big 12 states was in 1964 with Lyndon Johnson’s landslide win over Barry Goldwater. In short, the Big 12 is an important hold for Republicans and a chance to win an election for Democrats.

The states that make up the region are Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. As of today, it appears that Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas are likely to go for John McCain. For the purposes of this blog series, I want to focus in the coming days on the three swing states from this group: Colorado, Iowa, and Missouri.