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RNC Floor Fight?

Yahoo News/AP is reporting that a floor fight is coming at the RNC convention over a proposed rules change that would shift the control over delegate selection from the States to the RNC and the presumptive nominee. This has upset many convention delegates, not to mention the state parties. The article from Yahoo can be read here.

As a side note, the Eagle Forum picked this up as a news item Saturday evening, and mobilized an action effort to make sure that the minority report is voted on.

Say What?

As reported on Breitbart News today, Obama has sent out an Email to his (former) supporters telling them that if he failed to win in November, it would be their fault.

You cannot make this stuff up. Read the Breitbart article here. Then scratch your heads in wonderment.

Romney’s Energy Plan

Mitt Romney proposed an energy plan that rather sharply diverges from today’s. This was originally reported by Reuters via the Chicago Tribune. It has subsequently been officially released, as heard on Fox News.

The keys to the energy plan are vastly expanded exploration and drilling, coupled with a shift from Federal control to state control. There are also regulatory reform proposals for coal mining and coal fired power plants.

The details can be found in the Chicago Tribune article, here.

A New Front in the Early Voting Battle

Yahoo News is reporting, via Reuters that the battle over early voting in Ohio has just intensified. Per the article, John Husted is about to terminate the members of the local boards of election that refuse to comply with his recent directive equalizing the early voting hours and days prior to the November 6 election.

Read the Yahoo News article here.

Appealing to Welfare for Votes

I saw this from Breitbart news. It is a bit of a sad story, Read the Breitbart News article here.

Barring the Military from Voting in Ohio

I saw this earlier, but waited. Now, Breitbart News has the original story and more.

See the Breitbart Article here. Then, make up your own mind.

Is this a winning strategy?

Breitbart News reports that the committee that is writing the planks for the Democrat party is going “all in” to endorse a gay marriage plank. Led by Barney Frank, the new plank will be presented for complete approval soon.

Read the article at Breitbart News here.

Redistricting Petitions Filed

The Dayton Daily News reported today that Voters First Ohio had submitted additional petitions to the Secretary of State containing more that 300,000 additional signatures. These will all have to be verified, of course.

Read the Dayton Daily News article here.