Heading Home…..today starts the congressional recess for House Members…..both parties are loading up members with talking points, ideas, themes…..the loud town meetings of last summer…..will be replaced with active schedules.
GOP members were sent packing with a completed six week plan…..The House Republican Conference has prepared a 22-page how-to for members.
Speaker Pelosi has told her members “nobody wants you to go out there and talk about legislation; they want to talk about the impact it has on them”…..Pelosi reminded her flock….former Speaker Tip O’Neill said, “All politics is local”…..her approach is “All politics is personal.”
John Raese is working like never before…..already in a campaign van traveling the state…..not missing a minute…..making telephone calls to Republican leaders…..taking no chances in the near term primary…..he sees opportunity based on a recent national polls…..plus Republicans are looking strong in 2010.
Mac Warner attended a Charleston funeral and gave the Gazette an interview?
WV Center-Right Coalition continues a heavy summer schedule…..Coalition leader John Overington has called the group for an August 9th meeting in Charleston.
Many 2010 congressional battles are being waged in Clinton country…..a majority of the top 2010 races are in districts and states where Obama struggled in the Democratic primary fight two years ago.
Want to rediscover the making of America on August 14th…..a seminar at Fairmont State University sponsored by The Informed Electorate Foundation of WV is set……304.291.0193.
Potential GOP candidates for Governor are in the news…..in a Gazette interview Mark Sorsaia says he is putting his plans on a fast-track preparing for a possible special election if Governor Manchin goes to Washington…..The State Journal mentions former Ag Commissioner candidate Mike Teets and SOS Betty Ireland.
Back to the Senate campaign…..John Raese will take his message to Mason County on Tuesday…..Mason county friends tell phillipsbillboard…..a full day is planned.
BEFORE WE LEAVE WASHIGTON…..Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) told his GOP colleagues….. “Since taking office, President Obama has spent more than $6.1 trillion in 18 months. At $333 billion per month, that is more than twice the amount spent during the first two years of the George W. Bush administration”.