Counting Michigan as our 21st, we need 13.
Tennessee is going to be a challenge, from what I hear. The IAmAmerican show is set for Feb. 8 & 9. I’ll talk to our sponsor and event organizer Rep. Dennis Powers about getting on local talk radio to promote it, the BBA, and Article V.
Louisiana is Rep. Joe Harrison of Gray, LA. I met him at ALEC and he seems competent and confident. I asked him about getting on the Moon Griffon show, but he says a guy named Robinette at WWL is the guy. The road show is set for March 22 & 23, so by then we’ll have a good idea if our confidence is well placed.
In Arizona Rep. Bob Thorpe of Flagstaff appears to have things well in hand, working with Sen. Al Melvin. The show is in Phoenix Feb. 22 & 23, coinciding with a Western Conservative Congress (a CPAC offshoot) which Lew Uhler told us about. He’ll be there for that, which will be a big help. I’ll be on the “Joe Show” in Flagstaff with Bob, and also, hopefully, Broomholder in Phoenix.
In Montana I’ve got to see if Dean Folkvold of Wheat Montana actually wants to be involved. I’m not worried about Montana. My sons Darren and Brendan are there, and I will get on talk radio there to promote this as an election issue in November’s election. Same goes for Wyoming and North Dakota. These three have to wait for 2015.
Oklahoma won’t be easy, but Rep. Gary Banz has the show coming on Jan. 25 & 26, and I’ll do talk radio ahead of time. He’s got to talk to the Governor.
I feel real good about Idaho, with Sen. Marv Hagedorn in charge. Again, he needs to see the governor. The IAmAmerican gang will do two events on Jan.11 & 12, one up in the panhandle – Bircher country. Marv will set me up with two shows in Boise.
In Wisconsin we’re counting on Rep. Chris Kapenga, and, hopefully Gov. Walker. After our success in Ohio and Michigan, we feel good here. U. S. Sen. Ron Johnson would help, if called upon.
In Georgia all we need is the House, and its anti-Tea Party Speaker. Sen. Bill Cowsert and his pals in the House should handle this.
We only need the Senate in South Carolina, and I hear conflicting things about the Senate President. There’s some huge Tea Party thing coming up there, which we think will push us over the top.
Rep. Lemunyon has put his bill in in Virginia, and we’ll see. I really don’t know about Virginia. I have strong doubts, but we’ll see.
I have big doubts about our 34th state, Utah, as well. The Tea Party is very strong, but contains a lot of Bircher and Eagle Forum people. Eagle Forum belongs to our nemesis, Phyllis Schlafly. This right wing heroine (she killed the Equal Rights Amendment) is 89, and we hear is terminally ill, and shutting down her operation. If this rumor is true, it will make it easier. U. S. Senator Mike Lee could help, but I guess he’s afraid of these far right guys.
Because Utah, our 34th, is so shaky, the Reagan Project will be spending a lot of time on turning MN, ME, KY, OR, and WA in November’s election. After the state legislative “season” winds down this spring, everyone else will need to get involved as well.
The Reagan Project was born out of a conviction that November 2014 will be an historic wave election, as, or more, significant than 1946. If that prediction proves out, we will flip three, four, or five legislatures, greasing the path to 34, then 38.
It all gets back to the American people. I think they’ve still got enough spine to take their country back. If I’m wrong I will have wasted a lot of time, and missed a lot of football games. But who really gives a shit about football, anyway?
An Article V campaign can be compared to a presidential election, where the magic number is 270. Karl Rove gets a lot of credit for focusing on West Virginia’s five electoral votes in 2000, which put Bush over the 270 mark. The attention the Reagan Project is giving, in order, to Kentucky, Washington (with the help of former Alaska Senate Majority Robin Taylor), Oregon, Minnesota, and Maine just might be the difference in getting to 34, and then 38 for ratification.
That would give me a lot of satisfaction. I feel like everything I’ve done in politics for the last 50 years has prepared me for all this. If my health holds up (I’m 68) I’ll be fine.
And, when you think about it, what was Reagan doing when he was 68?
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