Remember, when Governor Patrick said he was going to cut our property taxes?  I’m still waiting.  Did anyone get a property tax cut?  Haha. 

Instead of getting a cut in our property taxes, he raised the sales tax sending more people to shop out of state.  Who can forget the Representative who traveled in New Hampshire to buy his liquor?

Now Governor Patrick wants to tax candy and soda.  No child should get a lollipop unless he or she is sending a little extra to Deval.  His latest proposal to raise the gas tax and create these new taxes on candy proves that on Bacon Hill there is a never-ending thirst for our money. 

So glad I voted for Baker!

Former Speaker of the House Nnacy Pelosi is making threats that Newt Gingrich will never be president.  Supposedly she knows something.  Now, that’s funny!

Her claims might be another boost for Newt.  No Republican is going to believe Nancy.  Oops, I got that wrong.  One Republican is believing her.  Who?  Answer: Mitt Romney.

Is he insane to believe anything that comes out of Pelosi’s mouth?  Remember, we are talking about the woman who said — we need to pass Obamacare to find out what is in the bill.

I have never seen so many mistakes by one campaign  in such a short time period.  Our former Governor’s team has made more missteps than Marsha Coakley. 

Update:  Let’s not forget that Pelosi was caught lying about the CIA.

The federal government has been without a budget for 1000 days.  Why?  Because the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid thinks it is a ”foolish idea” to have a budget.  I’m not joking.  That’s what he said to the Los Angeles Times. 

The last budget to pass was on April 29, 2009.  Since that time the federal government has spent $9.4 trillion with no budget.  They have added $4.1 trillion to the national debt with no budget.

Democrats don’t want a budget because then we can hold Senate Democrats accountable.  It is better for them poltically to drift along with no budget.   

It is time for Reid to show leadership and get  a budget passed.

What we saw last week happens rarely in politics.  I have seen candidates move 8 points in the last week of a campaign, but never 28 points.  The only time we see  such a swing in support is after a major scandal is announced.  Someone has to go to jail to get numbers to drop so quickly.

Romney is not going to jail. So what happened to his candidacy?  Not only did he meltdown, but Newt surged after his debate performances.  On top of that the ABC hit piece with his former ex-wife backfired.

Usually there are 4 phases in a campaign –name identification, positive, negative and positive.  You want voters to be going to the polls with a positive message.

Florida is 8 days away which means we are in the final phase.  Yet, the Romney team is in hyper-drive attacking Newt.  I’m not sure it is the best strategy short or long term.  One, most Republican voters know that Newt comes with baggage.  Two, these attacks are hurting Romney as much as Newt.  It doesn’t make Romney more like-able when he attacks Newt.  Three, voters are responding to Newt due to his message.

If Romney wants to win over voters, he needs to seal the deal on his candidacy not just bring down Newt.

It sure looked earlier this week that Mitt Romney was going to win the South Carolina Presidential Primary by at least 10 points.  Wow, have things changed in the last 48 hours.  Newt Gingrich is surging and is now neck & neck with Romney.  Tonight’s debate could be another pivotal moment.  Stay tuned….

Update: Newt starts off with a bang.  He did a great job is slapping down CNN on Newt’s ex-wife’s false claims.

Update: Santorum attacks Mitt and Newt. 

Update: I wish Mitt would tell the truth about Romneycare.  If he would dump Romneycare, it would help his campaign.

Update: The first round goes to newt.  Santorum looked weak. 

Update: Newt is right about Dodd-Frank bill.  It is a disaster. 

Update: Here comes the Bain attack.

Update: Romney does a gret job of pointing out the problems.  Unfortunately, he doesn’t say what he is going to do specifcally. 

Update: Romney is getting better on answering the Bain attacks, but it is still lacking.

Update: Santorum should not be talking about people in Iowa.  He needs to appeal to South Carolina voters.

Update: So far, this is a better debate than ABC’s debate 10 days ago.

Update: Once again Romney says he will repeal Obamacare.  I’m not sure how many people believe him due to Romneycare.

Update: Newt knocks it out of the park again with the line about children being able to stay on their parents’ health care.

Update: Santorum attacks Newt and Romney on health care.  Romney needs to dump Romneycare! 

Update: Newt is good.  The teleprompter line was great.  Is it just me or is Santorum looking being bitter?

Update: Didn’t Romney want to go to Washington as a Senator?

Update: Romney needs to get better on the issue of releasing tax returns. Mitt, get the attacks over with by releasing them.

Update: Candidates are agreeing on stopping SOPA.

Update: Rick Santorum just gave his best answer of the night about what he would have done differently in this campaign.

Who do you think won?  Romney did better than last time, but Newt rocked it in my opinion. 

How much more poltically correct is Governor Patrick going to get?  Our Governor is proposing that we build prisons for seniors.  This idea displays how Patrick just doesn’t understand that the basic reason we send people to prison is for punishment purposes.  It is not a form of housing.

How ridiculous is this idea?  He would have Whitey Bulger leaving out the rest of his life in a senior assisted living cell.  I think he belongs strapped to a table with a needle in his arm.

This liberal idea is no great surprise from the Governor.  Remember, how he tried to get Ben LaGuer out of jail.  It turns out the DNA test proved LaGuer had committed the rape and beating of the 59 year old woman. 

Our Governor doesn’t want to deport criminal illegal immigrants.  He stopped the implementation of the Obama administration’s secure communities program which would send home illegal immigrants who break other laws. 

If the Governor is so concerned with incarceration costs, he should work to pass legislation allowing the Sheriffs to collect a $5 boarding fee. 

Didn’t President Obama say that he wanted to create jobs and make our country energy independent?  Yes.  So why is he stopping the Keystone pipeline?  Clearly, he is obligated to the environmental special interest groups.

The Keystone pipeline is a no brainer.  It will help us kick our dependence on Arab oil.  It will create jobs.  Even the unions support this project. 

If we don’t buy the oil from our Canadian friends, they will sell it to China.  That would be disastrous for us. 

Last night was the last chance for conservative Republicans to stop the Romney train.  Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum did score a few punches, but there was no knock out.

The only way Romney is not the nominee is if Perry along with either Newt or Santorum drop out today.  The conservative vote cannot be split three different ways if Romney is defeated in South Carolina.  Two candidates can all it quits today or they can call it quits on Sunday.  If they wait until Sunday, then they are helping Mitt become the nominee.

Who is the bigger hypocrite Lizzy Warren or John Kerry?

As everyone knows by now U.S. Senator John Kerry, who likes higher taxes, docked his yacht in Rhode Island to avoid Massachusetts taxes.  Like many of us in the Commonwealth, I don’t believe it was an accident that Newport Rhode Island was painted on the stern.

U.S. Senator want-to-be Lizzy Warren is showing us how she believes in the double standard.  She and her team have been calling Scott Brown Wall Street’s favorite Senator.  They have thrown many punches about him taking money from Wall Street.  Now we find out today that she has done the same thing. 

Last week I exposed how she was funnelling Wall Street money through the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee.  This week we find out how she is taking the money directly into her campaign account.  She says that Wall Street people, who donate to her, support “reforms.”  In other words Wall Street Lizzy donors are good and Wall Street Brown donors are bad.  So it is OK for her to take money from Wall Street, but not for Scott.

At the last Democrat debate, Lizzy criticized Scott regarding the independent expenditure ads being run against her.  She was informed that he had condemned them.  When asked if she would condemn the special interest ads against Scott, she refused.

Also in David Wedge’s terrific article today Lizzy criticizes Scott for getting help from the Massachusetts GOP.  Really?  She is getting help from the Democrats.  Oops, Democrats are good and Republicans are bad.

So who is the bigger hypocrite John Kerry or Lizzy Warren?

So what is going to happen in New Hampshire today?

My prediction is that Romney will not get 40%.  He will finish with about 38% of the vote.  Will that change the trajectory of his candidacy?  That all depends on how many conservatives remain in the race.

Congressman Ron Paul will do well, but I think he will be edged out by former Governor Jon Huntsman who has been surging in the polls the last 10 days. 

Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich will battle it out for 4th place. 

I think Governor Rick Perry is a nice guy and that is why he will finish last.  He should have made the suspension of his campaign permanent.