Good talk with Sen. Marv Hagedorn (Idaho). There was some miscommunication between him and Lauren Enns of IAmAmerican about a presentation to Idaho Tea Party people. I think we straightened it all out. Marv says he wants to wait until later in the session, when our Resolution is “ripe”, for me to appear on a couple of Boise radio talk shows. He mentioned that he, along with a whole bunch of other Republican legislators, are being primaried by the Tea Party. They’re hard core in Idaho. By sponsoring our Article V resolution, and hopefully getting it passed, he and the others should earn themselves some credit with Idaho Tea Party types. I hope it helps him. He sure seems conservative enough to me.
Also talked with Rep. Roger Jackson in Maine. No hope for us there, this year, with the D’s in charge. But if 2014 goes the way 2010 did, we’ll be knocking on Maine’s door, and Roger will be back in the majority. His conservative caucus has been reading some Convention of States literature, and were concerned about the latitude a convention might have. I explained that BBA4USA has a tightly focused approach, one thing at a time, and he immediately understood. This is confirmation of what we see as a huge weakness in the CoS strategy. They want the Convention to have the authority to propose any amendment that cuts back the power of the federal government. All well and good, but it’s too wide open for a lot of people. The sooner the CoS guys see the error of their ways, and join up with us, the better.
Cold emailed the co-chairmen of Young Americans for Liberty in Kentucky and Minnesota. Be nice if they get back to me. Bread upon the waters. Found out they had a special election for a Kentucky House seat last month. The seat flipped Republican, so now we only need a pickup of four, and Kentucky is ours!
My pal Rep. Hal Wick in South Dakota informed me he wants me to drive to Aberdeen for a talk show gig while I’m in state. So he’s got me flying in to Rapid City for a talk show or two, then drive 193 miles to Pierre to meet the legislators, and, hopefully, the Governor. Then he apparently wants me to drive four hours northwest up to Aberdeen. Then about a five hour drive to Sioux Falls for a show, then 90 miles south to Yankton, then back to Sioux Falls for a flight home. This is ridiculous. Hal’s a great guy, and I’m earning some cred by doing this whole South Dakota thing in the dead of winter, but come on!
What the hell does Hal think I am, some kind of Terminator?
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