Will the State Avoid Government Shutdown/Who will blink first?

I put two titles in here today because there could be two titles. A policy oriented phrase or one that a media group might use to grap your attention.  Yes, I admit that talking about finances is never the sexiest topic to talk about but its also a situation if not dealt with honestly or in a timely manner can bring disasterous result which is why the state is at an impass today. 

I think that if there is a government shutdown the republcans will probably bear the political brunt of it because the governor is not up for re-election for awhile and the republicans are in control of the state legislature.  I always found it interesing when it is reported that the leadership is close to deal. Either you have a deal or you dont.  I guess theres a lot of political posturing on both sides.  They need to convince their base that they fought hard for their values and principles.  a deal means no goverment shutdown.  No deal means government shutdown.

Happy 4h of July Everyone!

Is it tea party time?

The Tea Party movement has become influential.  While Democrats and some liberals lambast their ideology they do it at their own peril.  Most tea party Americans are regular Americans who pay their taxes and expect their government to protect their constitutional rights.  Most Americans do believe that goverments has gotten out of control in their spending.  While most Americans have cut back on their spending as well as business the government has been on a spending binge.  It is time for governemnt to live within its means.  We need to cut back on programs that are no longer useful or beneficial.  Unfortuately for every government benefit there is someone there to defend its purpose.  To be honest even repubicans are guilty of the overspending.  We call this corporate welfare.  We lambast social welfare but everyone seems to be at the public trough now a days.  It needs to stop and needs to stop now.  Its not patriotic to profit in this country and then send it offshore to avoid taxes on it.  The Republcan party tends to defend corporate welfare because these corporations create jobs.

Convservaties still in wait and see mode

There are a variety of narratives so far in the repulibcan primary so far. The Gingrich campaign has an internal implosion as top campaign staff jump ship. Bachmann and Palin vying for similar voting block middle of America. Pawlenty a former governor is a smart guy but strggles for attention in the face of other GOP media heavy weights. Romney is a front runner but has not backed away from his health care bill that he signed as governor of Massachusets. Stated that is appropriate for states to experiment with ideas but not the federal governemnt. Word has it that Huckabee might not really be out of the race however if that were true he probably would still not be hosting his show on the Fox News Channel.


Recent polls have suggested that republican activists are not excited aboout the current field. I think we will have to wait and see. Its too early to tell who will emerge yet. We should give these candidates some time to tell us their story and how they would lead us for the next four years. My personal favorites are Romney and Pawlenty because they seem to be able to balance politics with policy.