Economic Conservative, not a Republican

Will Ken McKay's resignation satisfy big dollar GOP donors?

2010-04-06T08:50:00.000-07:00

Michael Steele's Chief of Staff resigns in part due to the spending scandal at a risque night club with a bondage theme. Will Steele survive? The GOP has a real quandary: running as a "family values" party sits pretty well with much of the electorate, but that also requires that the face of the GOP abide by those same values. When an RNC staffer blows $2,000 on a club, why would donors wit deep pockets pony up? There were already criticisms of four star hotels and lavish dinners by the leadership. Steele may survive, but, regardless, it hurts the GOP at the time it is having trouble getting traction against a Democratic Congress with abyssmal approval ratings and a president whom Rasmussne reports 42% of the public strongly disapproves of his the job he is doing.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/06/steele-tries-to-reassure-gop-as-top-aide-resigns/?fbid=trYp0MxDi9F

AP article on Tea Party Movement

2010-04-06T07:40:00.000-07:00

Here is a good AP article which I think sums up the TPM pretty well.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEA_PARTY_REVOLUTION?SITE=TNJAC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Economics today

2010-04-06T06:56:00.000-07:00

This is my first post on my blog. I plan on addressing primarily economic issues from a conservative, but non-partisan, viewpoint. I was at the 9/12 rally in D.C. on September 12, 2009 and was impressed with the knowledge of the member of the Tea Party Movement.

There were two common themes: 1. They have never been involved in a protest or movement before; 2. They are concerned about the debt being given to their children and grandchildren. More later...