Obama and lobbyists (unions, abortion industry)

The Obama Administration has touted that they are full of transparency, and they are the enemies of lobbyists. Remember all of the campaign rhetoric in 2008, railing against lobbyists? Well, as Politico is reporting, instead of inviting lobbyists to the White House, Obama is meeting with them at Jackson Place (near the White House); therefore these meetings don't have to be disclosed.
Business as usual......

Also, if anyone didn't know the Democrats (Obama included) weren't in the back pockets of big unions and the abortion industry... Union chiefs Andy Stern and Richard Trumka have made combined over 100 visits to the White House in 2 years. In addition, Trumka said he visits with White House officials 2-3 times per week. How can Obama be objective with both sides when...

• He only gets visits from unions and not the "other side" (eg-Chamber of Commerce)
• Big unions are the biggest financial givers to Democrats in elections.
• Obama rails against Governors at a state level, who are trying to rein in big unions.
• He invites abortion providers for meetings; but not pro-life groups.

Is big money really Republican??

Contrary to popular political belief, the big money really lies in the Democrat party. Of the top ten contributors to political campaigns since 1989, 5 of them are from unions. Of course, unions PAC's vote Democrat 100% of the time. In the 2010 election, 10 of the top 20 PAC's were from unions. Finally, the top 10 industries gave more money to Democrats than Republicans in 2010? This includes the likes of lawyers, Securities, Real Estate, Pharma, Unions, Health professionals, etc.

So despite hearing all of the liberal psychobabble when it comes to this issue, just remember the facts. This is true with the unions fighting Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin. They are pissed off because they are proposed to have to pay a little more into their healthcare and so forth. Nonetheless, these public unions still pay FAR less for these expensives than the private sector. And what do they do? Well, they take their toys and go home. All of the Democrats in the state senate have left the state in protest. Didn't Obama say that elections have consequences in 08? I guess that doesn't include his own party when they get taken to the woodshed! Also, they wonderful teachers who are protesting are calling in sick instead of going back to work to teach.

As conservatives always say, performance is way more important than tenure. Of course these teacher unions who are so powerful, usually get their way; even though it hurts the children the most.

Senate for 2012 taking shape

There are 23 Democrats seats up, along with 10 Republicans. As usual, most incumbent seats will remain safe. However, there are several that are ripe for the picking. Since 2006 was a GOP bloodbath, many of those senate seats picked up that year were an anomoly, likely to be one time deals.

With a 47-53 minority, it looks like there are some easy chances to flip 4 seats. If the GOP gets the White House, they will only need three turnovers, as the new VP would hold a 50-50 tiebreaker in the senate.

Onto some that may flip the chamber in '12:

• North Dakota- With retiring Democrat Kent Conrad in an already GOP state, as long as the GOP picks a decent candidate, this is an easy layin.
• Montana- Another GOP state that has Democrat Jon Tester. Since he voted for Obamacare, he's gonna have a tough road here. Congressman Denny Rehberg is the GOP guy, and he's the ons on favorite here. Another pickup.
• Virginia- Let's face it, George Allen doesn't barely lose his seat in 06 if it weren't for self induced errors... even in a bad GOP year. Nonetheless, he's back challenging, and he's the cream of the crop, both parties. Webb, the Democrat, is retiring instead of fighting a rematch. So Dems need a challenger. In a state where Governor McDonnell slaughtered the Dem last year by 18 points, this is very likely a GOP pickup.
• Nebraska- In the red of the reddest states, Dem Ben Nelson only survives by supporting GOP judges, pro-life, for our foreign wars. But since he voted for Obamacare, that was WAY too much for this conservative state. Call it the last cornhusker straw. His approval's in the tank; he's facing a strong candidate in GOP AG Bruning. And it's likely gonna be a nasty night for Nelson, ala Lincoln in 2010. Party is over for these conservative Dems. If they vote for socialism, they will go down, plain and simple!
• Missouri- Claire McCaskill, a devout Obama supporter, won barely in 06. Obama lost there, and Obamacare referundem to get rid of the mandate passed by 70%. And Claire voted for it. Oops!! Chickens may be coming home to roost here. If the GOP has a decent or strong candidate, this is a very likely pickup.

More later, but here's 5 likely switcharoos, before we even start trying.... Of course, we have to watch for a couple seats, namely Nevada. Not sure about GOP incumbent John Ensign.