Rep. Heath Shuler and Rep. Larry Kissell Supporting the Fruit of a Tyrannical Majority -- ObamaCare...

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Conservatives in the house have put repeal of ObamaCare front and center. The vote is scheduled for Jan 12 and the 2 page bill can be found here.

To date there are two NC democrats ( Heath Shuler and Larry Kissell) who voted against ObamaCare's implementation but now refuse to vote for ObamaCare's repeal.

Rep. Larry Kissell offered this gibberish up as an excuse for his about face via The Hill:

"I am not going to vote to repeal it," Kissell told The Hill, adding that despite his opposition to the measure, Democrats "put a lot of energy into this bill."

Rep. Heath Shuler, though, gave a more honest excuse, also via The Hill:

Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.), another Democrat who voted "no" last year, told The Hill that the GOP's plan to repeal the full healthcare bill is "immoral."

“There are some very good things in this bill that have already become law: Parents can keep their kids on their insurance till they’re 26, it’s helping to close the donut hole for seniors, and children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied access to coverage. I think it is not just wrong, but immoral to take those things away," Shuler said in a statement.

So, on the one hand we have Kissell who likely retained his seat this past Nov. as a result of his rejection of ObamaCare, but who now rejects ObamaCare's repeal due to all the Democratic energy that would be wasted. Gibberish.

While on the other hand we have Rep. Heath Shuler who in a single statement traces the two year arc of the greatest dance with immoral governance our nation has known.

Those "good" things Shuler mentioned in his statement were not good enough for his yes vote in the implementation of ObamaCare, but those same "good" things are now important enough to not support ObamaCare's repeal.

What changed? ObamaCare's passage.

Shuler's statement lays bare the gamble the Democrat Party took in foisting ObamaCare on America. They gambled that ignoring the will of the people and forcing this unwanted and difficult to remove law on the citizenry would give them the long term political return that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicade gave them at the small short term cost of the house and possibly the Senate.

They were willing to forsake representing the citizens of this nation and, instead, rule as a tyrannical body (a true tyranny of the majority) to force upon our nation law that empowers themselves at the cost of individual liberty.

And that is the change that has forced both Rep. Shuler and Rep. Kissell to not support the repeal of ObamaCare. It is also the Democrat gamble. ObamaCare is now law and the removal of that law will become politically unpalatable over time due what Shuler describes as "good things" within the law. It is a law that will weave its way into our society just as Social Security has and as it does it will create bureaucracies upon bureaucracies filled with government employees loyal to the Democrat Party, loyal to the very party that originally ignored the will of the people for that vote. Not only will democrat voters be created, but the tools to influence the citizenry toward the "greatest good" as defined by unaccountable bureaucrats will be in the hands of the party of social engineering.

Again, all this power and influence would go to a party willing to govern against the will of the people to gain that power.

Shuler, Kissell and all the others who voted against ObamaCare and then vote against its repeal are supporting the fruit of that tyrannical majority and are themselves practicing immoral governance.





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Democrat Congresses = Budget Deficits - Fire Rep. Brad Miller, Rep. Bob Etheridge, Rep. GK Butterfield, Rep David Price, Rep Mel Watt...

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With the fact that we are going to the polls this Tuesday and all house seats are up for grabs it is wise to understand that it is the house that controls the nation's budget.

There are not "Clinton Surpluses"; Newt's congress forced the surpluses on him, neither are there "Bush Deficits" as Pelosi forced the majority of deficits on him during his final two years. Presidents do not control the nation's purse, congress does. Allowing this meme, that presidents have surpluses and deficits, only decreases accountability.

There are, in fact, Republican Congressional Surpluses and Perpetual Democrat Congressional deficits.





It is in this nation's interest to know which party is the party of fiscal responsibility and which party does not understand that Keynesian Theory is a failure.


[Graph via gatewaypundit, but altered]
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Those Once Less Flaky Gallup Poll Turnout Numbers Are No Longer Flaky at All: A Trend is Born....

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--I had first referred to the voter turnout models by Gallup as possibly flaky. No longer.

--I then referred to them as less flaky the second week. No longer.


--A trend has been born with week three...Advantage Republican:

Under the high voter turnout:
Week (3): 42 / 53
Week (2): 41 / 53
Week (1): 40 / 53

Under the low voter turnout:
Week (3): 39 / 56
Week (2): 39 / 56
Week (1): 38 / 56



I repeat:

These new numbers are essentially unchanged and stunning. The 1994 election that brought Gingrich to power had an advantage of only around 5. These numbers indicate an advantage triple that.

This does not bode well for Rep. Brad Miller, Bob Etheridge, David Price, Larry Kissell, GK Butterfield or any other Democrat, but then, it should be no surprise that governance through the tyranny of the majority yields such results.

Truly stunning.



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Larry Sabato on Rep. Larry Kissell (NC-8)...

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Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:

In NC-8, Democrat Larry Kissell has repeated his tradition of poor fundraising but the DCCC likely does not have the money or patience to bail him out to the degree they did in 2008. In addition, that victory relied heavily on Obama voters who flocked to the polls in this 28% African-American district. That also will not be repeated, likely consigning Kissell to defeat by former sportscaster Harold Johnson.

Kissell won NC-8 with 53% of the vote in 2006.
In 2008 Kissell Beat Hayes, 55% to 45%.



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DCCC to Reduce Advertising Influence in Rep. Larry Kissell's District...

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This could be a circling of the wagons folks. It will be interesting to see which representatives these dollars will now flow.

Kissell is running against Harold Johnson.

The Atlantic:
Democrats are cutting back on their investments in a handful of congressional candidates as their prospects dim with Election Day looming. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has pulled some funding from 10 districts, canceling their ad buys in six and reducing their buys in another four:

And a quote from within the Atlantic article above,

Hotline OnCall's Jeremy Jacobs
The DCCC reduced the size of its buy in several other races, most notably in Rep. Larry Kissell's NC 08. The DCCC had planned to spend more than $800K on TV ads in the last two weeks before Election Day in Kissell's race against sportscaster Harold Johnson (R). The DCCC has already spent $624K on this contest. Democratic sources insist the committee still has a significant amount of time reserved in this district.

I suppose one can stick one's finger in the eye of the Democratic establishment only so much.