Day 4: Bringing In the Big Guns
When House Republicans gather this morning, they’ll be joined by Newt Gingrich, the man behind the first House Revolution. This is the part that should scare Democrats in general and Nancy Pelosi in particular:
Gingrich plans to meet with House Republicans Wednesday morning to discuss their continued protest of Democratic leaders’ decision to recess Congress without holding a vote on legislation expanding drilling.
The reason why Ms. Pelosi should be worried about Newt mapping strategy with the current House GOP leadership is because he’s the best tactician/strategist this side of Mr. Rove. There’s another reason why Ms. Pelsoi should be afraid: Newt achieved hero status with conservatives when he engineered the Contract With America. Having Newt join in plotting strategy with this new batch of conservatives tells movement conservatives to get on board. Newt’s siding with this group will get the fundraising going full steam, too.
Gingrich referred to a new poll conducted by Dave Winston that found that three out of four Americans believe that Congress should vote on a bill expanding drilling.
He also blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for adjourning Congress and shutting down the power to the microphones on the House floor instead of allowing Republicans to speak out about the need for more drilling. He said that decision shows that she is running a “petty dictatorship.” “During the energy fight, she cut off the energy to the House floor so [members] couldn’t talk about energy,” he said.
Thanks to Politico, we know why she cut power. She’s hoping to protect the freshmen that brought her into the Speaker’s chair. The bad news for her is that the American people demand action. Other than siding with the environutters and other K Street lobbyists, those freshmen haven’t done a thing. Those freshmen have sided more with K Street lobbyists than with Main Street citizens.
I’ll bet the proverbial ranch that Newt emphasizes David Winston’s polling results. This is such a huge winner for Republicans. Democrats are desperately trying to hide their anti-drilling history. Don’t expect it to work. After constantly hailing Al Gore’s global warming myth, they can’t now tell people that they’re drillng advocates.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
August 6th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
This is excellent news! We all remember what happened the last time Newt tried to shut down the government, don’t we?
August 6th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Seems to me NaPe succeeded where Newt failed, specifically to shut down the only part of government we have the misfortune for her to be in control of.
‘Course, on the brighter side, if they aren’t in session they can’t raise my taxes which is, in reality, 50% of NaPe’s agenda. The other half is taking total control of my life, cradle-to-grave, to make me as miserable as the welfare slaves they have so deeply entrenched in misery.