We lost South Dakota. Bad stuff. I guess there’s some Bircher or Eagle Forum people who hang around Pierre during the session, and they worked this really hard. We think we’ve learned our lesson. We’ll get SD next year.
This means we can’t run the table this year. We’ll be at it in 2015, maybe even 2016. That’s OK. In some ways it’s good. If we’re battling for our 34th state in the spring of 2016 it will coincide quite nicely with the presidential primaries. I bet we get virtually all the Republican candidates to support us. Some, like Kasich or Paul, will be smart enough to make their support of Article V a big part of their campaign. The Democrats will oppose it, of course — to their cost. If enough people start understanding the role of Article V in our constitutional system, this will generate support for the Republican. If the R wins in November of 2016 it will be, in part, an endorsement by the electorate of Article V.
I would, of course, like to see an R in the White House, and the Senate controlled by R’s. But it’s secondary to the main goal — a Convention of States. But if the President and both Houses of Congress want Article V to happen, it will make our job easier.
I’ve been expecting this. There was no way we are going to run the table. We’re not well enough organized, and we have very little money. With Dr. Coburn on board I think we’ll get the money, especially if we get to 30, or close. And we’ll have all summer to plan the 2015 campaign. We’ll rally the Tea Party. I’ll be doing talk radio. We’ll be trying to inject Article V into state legislative races. There’s a whole lot of things we can do. Right now, we’re doing things kind of half assed. That can change. It will change. I’ve been involved with the BBA Task Force for three months. I’ve become the idea guy. I understand politics, and how state legislatures work, far more than anyone else on the team. I don’t want any title or leadership responsibilities. I like the way we work right now. Wouldn’t change a thing. But these guys are going to start listening to me more, and more. I’m persuasive. Things still look good.
Rep. Powell (UT) says he wants me to come to Salt Lake on 2-26 to testify at a hearing, something I haven’t done in 25 years. It’ll be fun, if it al works out. As long as I can keep myself from being overbearing, I’ll be good.
I hate to admit it, but I’ll probably be a little nervous. Good God, a blushing 68 year old.
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