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The Space Coast Tusk Vol 2 Issue 6

Updated January 22, 2012
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TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State of the Union

Mitch Daniels Response To State Of The Union: Text

Giffords to resign from Congress

Romney to release 2010 tax returns this week

Published January 22, 2012 | FoxNews.com

After a disappointing second-place showing behind Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney said Sunday that he will release his 2010 tax returns this week so that he can put behind him an issue that he acknowledged is causing a big distraction for his campaign.

"I'm going to make it very clear to you right now, Chris, that I will release my tax returns for 2010, which is the last returns that were complete. I will do that on Tuesday of this week. I will also release at the same time an estimate for 2011 tax returns," Romney told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/

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Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum Hold Town Hall Meetings in Brevard
Click on Names to download flyers.

January 21, 2012

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Gingrich wins South Carolina primary, Fox News projects

Published January 21, 2012 | FoxNews.com

Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, Fox News projects, further scrambling an already volatile presidential race which has produced three different winners in three states as the candidates head next to Florida.

Fox News projects that Mitt Romney will place second in the Palmetto State, where he was leading in the polls just one week ago. With 72 percent of precincts reporting, Gingrich has 40 percent and Romney has 27 percent.

Rick Santorum will finish in third place, Fox News projects, while Ron Paul will finish last.

Read more: FoxNews.com

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Mitt Romney will debate Monday in Tampa
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer

Santorum finished 34 votes ahead of Romney in new Iowa tally;
votes from 8 precincts missing

A Note On Placing of Political Signs

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Save the Date:
Lincoln Day Dinner January 27, 2012
Guest Speaker Congressman Connie Mack, IV
United States Senate Candidate
Radisson at the Port
Download Dinner and Champaign Reception Application HERE

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Rick Scott’s prepared text for his ‘State of the State’ speech

The Race Is On

There is other news in the County besides national news:

overview and Key Events Schedule of Potential Attendance Boundary Changes And School Closings For The 2012-13 School Year

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FLORIDA SETS JANUARY 31, 2012 FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DAY

Campaign Websites

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Congressional Map
New Senatorial Map
County Commission
School Board Map
New House District Maps to come

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Download the Newsletter of your North Brevard Republican Club.
Included in this issue is news about the January 17 meeting, the GOP Presidential Primary & other scheduling issues, photos of the December Christmas party and a profile of one of our club members and board members, Jan Alwine, among other items. 

A late-breaking update to our earlier message, and to the content of the Newsletter story on our next (Jan. 17) meeting; in addition to Romney's surrogates, Gingrich and Santorum will also have representatives there to speak to us and take our questions.  

You will definitely want to be there.

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Campaign Activity
No Information Available at This Time

    Next Meeting of the BREC
January 12, 2012

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Enthusiasm Has Taken Hold

It was great seeing that supporters of Presidential candidates have begun to sprout up and sign "farms" are blooming.  However signage is well regulated in the cities, county and state.  Although you may think that the best place to put a sign is where there is virgin territory that hasn't been used.  As a guide line remember:

• No signs on State or County Roads - they will be confiscated

• Check with the cities before placing a sign, some require permits, some even require bonds

• No signs in the right of way even where they are permitted.  I found that the best way to determine the right of way was to place them behind the line formed by the telephone poles or look for where the grass is cut.

Money for campaigns is hard to come by in the Obama economy.  Let's not waste it by having our signs confiscated.  Leave that to the Democrats and Libertarians.

The Race Is On
by Frank Montelione (Webmaster)

At an appearance on the Ed Dean Show the topic of the hour was who will be the eventual nominee for the Republican Party.  My opinion was that it was a foregone conclusion and it is now a race for second place. 

Now second place seems almost like a consolation prize but what many don’t realize is that if the second, or for that matter if it’s a close finish for second, the third place finisher garners enough delegates that would allow them the honor, if you want to call it that, to help build the Republican Platform. 

Imagine Ron Paul finishing high enough to do just that.  What the issue I have with Ron Paul is that, and yes I will say it, is not a Republican.  When he ran as the Libertarian he ran in the party that really best suites him.  I love hearing what the candidates will do if they were to defeat Barack Husain Obama.  Much of it is not possible.  The President is a captive of the Congress.  All those who fear that Mitt Romney is too middle of the road, a moderate as far as his conservative status is concerned, miss the fact that if we have a strong conservative House and Senate it is the Congress that makes the laws.  By passing Congress as Obama has done is a done with regulations put in place mostly by the Tsars.  So to me the first thing the new President needs to do is zero out the regulations, do away with departments like the Department of Education, the EPA and I can’t think of the other. 

At this time everyone is rightfully focused on the Presidential Preference race but given that Romney is ahead in Politifacts compilation of all polls he is ahead by at least 31% and 10 points or more ahead of the nearest competition.  Can someone come from behind?  This is politics and anything can happen.  But let’s assume Romney is the candidate.  Right now there doesn’t seem to be a ground swell or much enthusiasm over the assumed nominee nor anyone else for that matter except for the “Paulestines” who manage to annoy and lessen his ideas, as out of the Republican philosophy as one can get. 

When I was a Field Director for the Republican Party of Florida I had one basic message that I preached whenever I spoke to a group – whoever the nominee is I expected EVERYONE to line up behind the nominee.  When asked in one of a plethora of debates if the candidates will support the winner of the Presidential Preference all said yes except one – Ron Paul. 

Our focus is making Obama a one term President.  Keep your eye on that ring and, even if you didn’t support the Republican Candidate, with the exception of Ron Paul, anyone of them is better than Barrack Husain Obama. It matters not who the nominee is with a billion dollars in campaign funds Obama and his supporters are going to sink everything into negative ads rather than run on a record that does not exist.

Defeating a sitting President happens rarely.  The last sitting President to lose was Jimmy Carter, the second worst president this country has had behind Barack Obama. Putting out a 28 minute "infomercial" as Newt Gingrich did does more harm to Romney's candidacy than the Democrats can do.  I always thought Newt Gingrich was the smartest man on the stage that can't get elected.  This infomercial shows a desperate man allowing a group to air a desperate tactic.  Believe me, you will see segments of this in Obama's campaign against Romney if he is the Republican candidate.

With a little over 6 weeks to go I don’t see any organization and not even signs on lawns.  I don’t know where the headquarters of the candidates are or if there are any in the county at all.  We are complacent and that complacency will result in a two term president that will re-form this great country into a shadow of the majesty we once had.

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Santorum finished 34 votes ahead of Romney in new Iowa tally;
votes from 8 precincts missing

By Debbi Wilgoren and Philip Rucker, Updated: Thursday, January 19, 9:44 AM

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum edged Republican front-runner Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses by 34 votes, but can’t be declared the winner because votes from eight precincts are missing, officials said Thursday.

Romney was eight votes ahead of Santorum in the preliminary results of the Jan. 3 caucuses--the much-watched, first-in-the-nation presidential nomination contest.

But when the certified tallies were submitted to state GOP officials Wednesday, they showed Romney trailing, 29,839 votes to 29,805.

“Certified vote totals were unavailable for eight of Iowa’s 1,774 precincts,” the state Republican party said in a statement. No explanation as to why the votes were missing was provided.

The certified results for the remaining precincts were announced at 9:15 Eastern time Thursday, and were reported hours before that by the Des Moines Register. About 122,000 votes were cast during the caucuses, meaning that the margin of victory — regardless of who won — was only a fraction of a percent.

Because delegates are not allocated or bound by caucus results, or awarded only to the winning candidate, Santorum’s apparent victory will have little impact on his uphill battle to win the nomination.

But the new results mean Romney can no longer claim to be the first non-incumbent GOP candidate since 1976 to win both the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.

And the revelation that eight precincts did not report certified tallies, even though the race was so close, will likely stir new questions about Iowa’s idiosyncratic, but historically cherished, caucus process.

“Just as I did in the early morning hours on January 4, I congratulate Senator Santorum and Governor Romney on a hard-fought effort during the closest contest in caucus history,” Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn said in a statement. “Our goal throughout the certification process was to most accurately reflect and report how Iowans voted the evening of January 3. We understand the importance to the candidates involved, but as Iowans, we understand the responsibility we have as temporary caretakers of the Iowa caucuses.””

Read more HERE

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FLORIDA SETS JANUARY 31, 2012
FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DAY 

Florida officials put the 2012 presidential primary election season in disarray on September 30 by selecting January 31, 2012 as the date for the Florida primary – a violation of Republican National Committee rules. 

The vote by the state selection committee was 7-2, and officials said they believed having Florida vote early would give the state an important role in the selection of the nominee, and that would be more important than the penalties that would be incurred. 

The RNC decrees that no state may schedule its event prior to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, and punishment would include a loss of convention delegates, guest passes and priority hotel arrangements in the host city. 

The move by Florida meant others states will readjust their dates, making the start of the primary and caucus season even earlier, and South Carolina was first, announcing it was moving up the date of its primary to January 21. That was followed by Nevada saying its caucuses will take place on January 14. Iowa and New Hampshire were still discussing their move up dates. 

Remind your Independent friends and family members that since Florida is a closed primary state, they will have to change their affiliation to Republican if they want to vote in the presidential primary election on January 31, 2012.  The deadline to do so is January 3, 2012.  Florida has 2.2 million voters who are registered as independent, 76,000 of whom live in Brevard County, and they will not be able to participate in our presidential primary.  For additional information, visit the Supervisor of Elections’ website www.votebrevard.com.

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Presidential Preference Websites, Local and National Organizations

National Campaigns
Presidential
Senatorial

Click HERE for Campaign Contacts or Headquarters

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Municipal Elections Elections

FLORIDA SETS JANUARY 31, 2012
FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DAY and Important Election Dates

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Upcoming Election Dates are as follows:

Presidential Preference Primary – January 31, 2012;

Primary Election – August 14, 2012;

General Election – November 6, 2012.

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The next meeting of the Brevard Republican Executive Committee
will be January12, 2012 at: 

Temple Israel,
7350 Lake Andrew Drive,
Melbourne, FL 32940-6613
(321) 631-9494

Social and Sign In - 6:30pm
Meeting Begins Promptly at 7:00pm

 

Keep in mind that 3 unexcused absences can result in your removal from the Committee.  If you cannot make this meeting please contact Barbara Davis by email or leave a message at Headquarters, 321-254-0073.

The speaker will be Marielena Stuart, candidate for US Senate.
 

Chair, BREC
2825 Business Center Blvd.
Wickham Business Park,
Suite A4
Melbourne, FL 32940   
(321) 254-0073  
Fax: (321) 254-0083

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UPCOMING EVENTS

 UPCOMING EVENTS 

February 1 -- Melbourne Area Federated Republican Women meeting, Holiday Inn, Viera, 11 am. 

February 2 -- Heritage Isle Republican Club meeting, Viera, 7 pm. 

February 9 --  BREC meeting, Temple Israel, Viera, 6:30 pm. 

February 16 -- Republican Women’s Network of South Brevard meeting, Eau Gallie Yacht Club, 11 am. 

February 16 -- Brevard Republican Men’s Club meeting, Duran Golf Club, Viera, 7 pm 

February 20 -- New Millennium Conservative Club meeting, Suntree/Viera Library, 6:30 pm. 

February 21 -- North Brevard Republican Club meeting,  La Cita Country Club, Titusville, 7 pm. 

February 23 -- Ronald Reagan Clubs meeting, Jimmy’s Restaurant, Rockledge, 7 pm. 

February 28 -- Space Coast Florida Republican Winners Club meeting, Olive Garden, Merritt Island, 11 am.

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GREATER OSCEOLA REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 

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Campaign Activity

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