Believe or not?  Last week during a forum Democrat Senate candidates – Capuano, Coakley and Pagliuca - not only declined to comment on using $9 million of federal stimulus money for a footbridge to Gillette Stadium, but they also claimed ignorance on the subject.  I guess they don’t read the newspaper.  Worse yet, is their lack of backbone.  They are not even for it before they are against it. 

If these candidates cannot take a stand on a $9 million issue, clearly we cannot trust them to ever cut one dollar of spending.  Don’t we need at least one member of our federal delegation to be on the side of the taxpayer?

Khalid Sheik Muhammad, who is the mastermind behind the 911 attacks on the United States, will be tried in civilian court.  Today at a press conference U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said that civilian court is the most “appropriate” place to prosecute Muhammad. 

So was the 911 attacks an act of war or a criminal act? 

I have no doubt it was a declaration of war.  How about you?

Last September Congress finally took action to defund ACORN.  It was about time with the numerous indictments popping up across the country and the multiple video tapes exposing them trying to encourage illegal activity. Even their top supporter Barney Frank voted for the measure to revoke their funds. 

So I think we can all agree that Acorn is a corrupt organization.

According to Acorn’s 2008 scorecard, they rate our Attorney General, Martha Coakley, with an A+.   Does this give you concern about Martha?  She got a perfect score in every category — Servicing data reservoir, Legal relief against foreclosure, Predatory lending protections, Pipeline for distressed borrowers, Advocate for individuals, Bankruptcy reform, Town hall forums, Pressuring servicers to improve, Advocate state reforms and Extra credit. 

Maybe the Acorn score does not send up any red flags for you about her.  How about today’s article by Jessica Van Sack about Martha’s failure to properly disclosed her assets?  She pulled a Charlie Rangel by forgetting to list over $200,000 in savings.  Oops!

Maybe that the Rangel-like omission does not concern you.  How about her problems to follow federal campaign finance laws?  Or how about her claim on foreign policy credentials?  You remember when she talked about her sister living in England.

Is there a pattern here?

Suffolk University and 7 News have released a recent poll that found 55% of Massachusetts residents do not approve of Governor Patrick’s job performance.  Only 37% approve of his mismanagement. 

Who are the 37% of residents that approve of the Governor’s management?  It would be a good guess that they are moonbats, government workers, and Massachusetts Teachers Association members.  In other words any one who has benefited from increasing the sales tax.

On the other hand the 55% who pay taxes and work for a living have had enough of our “Together We Can” Governor. 

The question is whether sanity will prevail next November.

Some pundits are spinning that the anti-Deval vote will be divided.  Please note that these people have strong ties to the Democrat party, so of course they are going to say that.  I have two words for them to remember — New Jersey.  Many media personalities said that Governor-elect Chris Christie was not going to win because his vote would be split by a third party candidate.  In the end, the numbers for the third party candidate disappeared resulting in a major GOP victory.

So don’t believe the spin that voters will allow their anti-Deval vote to be split.  No one is going to vote for a Democrat-lite, when they can get true reform with Charlie Baker. 

Tonight the Plymouth County GOP conducted a straw poll.  In the race for Governor, Charlie Baker received 78% of the 325 votes cast.  Scott Brown received 88% of the vote. 

The grassroots is speaking loud and clear about who they want!  Let’s hope some people take these results to heart.  Mihos should run for treasurer — an office he can win.  The Massachusetts Republican Party is being extremely foolish by not declaring a Rule 11 so that everyone can unite behind Scott Brown for Senate. 

If our Party is to make a comeback, then leadership needs to take action immediately.

Congressman Barney Frank is nothing more than a national embarrassment to the state of Massachusetts. 

His latest claims about his partner being busted on pot are truly unbelievable.  Frank claims he does not know what pot looks like.  Really?  Hasn’t he filed federal legislation on medical marijuana? Who doesn’t know what pot looks like?

Let’s be frank.  Barney claims ignorance every time one of his partners is involved in a scandal.  He had no clue that a whorehouse was being run out of his basement.  Talk about turning a blind eye.  Wouldn’t you know if a brothel was being operated out of your basement?  Who wouldn’t know other than Barney Frank?

It is not surprising that one of his later partners worked at Fannie Mae.  You know the agency that Frank claimed was financially sound.  How did that work out?

Massachusetts voters are to blame for re-electing this embarrassment.  But we can do something about it.  The GOP should recruit former State Representative Bill Vernon to replace Barney.

The health care bill passed by Congress Saturday night is no free lunch for people who already pay for their health insurance. 

Here are some facts to consider:

1. According to the Congressional Budget Office, consumers will be paying more for health insurance due to this bill.

2. The cost savings predicted by the administration are false.  Emergency room visits will not decrease.  When we passed Romneycare in Massachusetts, the number of emergency room visits did not decrease.

3. Your access to health care will be limited.  The federal government is cutting reimbursement rates to doctors.  Already 50% of doctors will not take medicaid patients.  That percentage will increase under Obamacare.

4. This bill will hurt research.  If you take the profit out, no business will invest to find cures.

5. Obamacare is a jobs killer.  It does nothing to make insurance more affordable to small business, but yet increases mandates for coverage.  Many small businesses will shut their doors under these new and greater burdens.  Romneycare in Massachusetts increased the rates on small businesses by 50% in two years.

If you work for a living or are a senior citizen, Congress really stuck it to you on Saturday!

(For those of the misguided liberals who will bash Republicans instead of acknowledging socialized medicine will not work, please be reminded that I have previously posted a link to the GOP plan.)

It is time for the Republican Party to step in and recruit Christy Mihos to run for Treasurer.  We have no candidate for this open seat and Christy would be a good match with his reputation as a watchdog. 

 As one former GOP official said to me, “If Christy Mihos was interested in winning an office, he would run for treasurer.  It is an open seat.  Everyone could get behind a Mihos for Treasurer candidacy.”

2010 is our year to rebuild.  What could be better than winning both the Governor’s and treasurer’s offices as we did in 1990?

Many Republicans across the Commonwealth are questioning the motives of the Mihos’ candidacy for Governor.  As we all know during the 2006 race he attacked the Republican nominee instead of Deval Patrick.  He even stated that if he was not in the race, he would have voted for Deval.  Yikes!

Draft Mihos for Treasurer–let there be peace in the party.

Send Christy a message by joining the Draft Mihos for Treasurer facebook page today.

Tomorrow Congress is actually going to be working.  They are going to vote on the health care hogwash bill hoping that the average citizen does not notice the government take over. 

No one has read all 1990 pages.  This is not a good way to make public policy! 

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Pelosi bill will cost $1 trillion.  They also say that consumers will be paying more for their insurance due to this legislation.  It happened here in Massachusetts.  Our health care law has increased premiums over 50% in just two short years and they are expected to climb another 7% this year.  No cost savings were ever found in the Commonwealth plan.

Now Congress and President Obama are taking this plan nationally.  Yikes!  It won’t work.

 The Pelosi bill says the federal government can provide health insurance for $2400 per person.  That is not believable when the average price of insurance is $4700.  They also predict that  they can find savings by cutting medicaid reimbursement rates for doctors.  That is not a smart move considering 50% of all doctors currently refuse medicaid patients. 

Call your Representative today!  Stop the health care hogwash.

In case you did not watch last Tuesday’s election results, like President Obama, Republicans picked up the Governor’s seats in Virginia and New Jersey.  We also won many lower tier races in New York, Connecticut and Virginia. 

However, a GOP celebration would be premature.  Tuesday was just the first step in a long battle in making a comeback.  We still have lots of work to do to regaining the trust of voters.  Locally we cannot just count on Governor Patrick to keep screwing up. 

Last Sunday we had a great campaign school in Foxborough training 80 people and we are ready to take the next step in assisting Republican candidates.  If you are a Republican candidate in Massachusetts, email me to participate in our campaign helpline.