We’ll get Michigan and Louisiana. That would be 24. We need these three to get to 27 this year, giving us just seven to go. We need one Wisconsin senator, Glenn Grothman. Eagle Forum type guy. Sponsor Rep. Chris Kapenga is a bright guy, and knows what he’s doing. He hasn’t moved him yet. I’m sure he’s thinking of everything. We’re all brainstorming on ways to approach him. Hard to say.
We finally got to the bottom of the problem in South Carolina. The bill was being held in the Senate because hanky panky was used to pass it in the House. So we’re starting over, with a Senate bill. We should, I hope, be able to muster enough support to get it through. The Eagle Forum/Bircher problem seems more pronounced in the West than in the South.
Arizona gets down to Senate President Biggs. Someone called in to Levin’s show about Arizona and Biggs, and Mark raised hell about it. I didn’t hear the show, but Levin goes batshit at the least provocation. It got to Biggs. Now he’s willing to talk to people. I’ll be trying to get on the Mike Broomhead show, KFYI, Phoenix, to talk about it. I called Alaska Senate Majority Leader John Coghill this morning, to get a read on the CoS bill up there. He said it looked good, and I passed that on to Meckler. We want to work with him on Biggs, who he says he’s tight with. I’m optimistic.
Early returns on the pledge letter, 25 from West Virginia, six from Kentucky. This is important in Kentucky. It shows our sponsor. Rep. DeCesare, that we’re worth working closely with. It’s entirely possible Kentucky could be 34 next year, when we dump Speaker Stumbo. West Virginia’s a long term thing. We won’t get the Senate until 2016, unless there’s a coalition. Could happen. So the letter is worth sending. Idaho and Montana next. A lot of work, but what the hell. I’ll be at this for another couple years.
What else am I going to do?
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