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Cantor, cheese and other stuff
So Eric Cantor went down in flames in the Virginia Republican primary I see. I can't say I'm the least bit chagrined. Cantor is the quintessential establishment Republican. And like most of that ilk, he was more worried about what the press thought of him than doing what was right by his principles. I notice the media spin doctors are immediately claiming that he really didn't lose because of his stand on immigration (i.e. a hard lean toward "amnesty" for illegals although he tried to deny it). After all if they admit that immigration reform was a reason for his defeat, then they have to admit that its dead for this year (as, given this lesson, no Republican running for reelection in the House – that would be all of them – is going to touch it with a 10 foot pole). The spin doctors also know that if it is dead for this year, it may be dead, at least in its present form, for good, if Republicans win the Senate. One also assumes that Republicans are aware of the polls out there that place immigration reform as a low priority issue for voters right now (yeah, surprise, they're much more interested in jobs and economic growth than illegal aliens).
I think another reason for Cantor's loss is a deep dissatisfaction with Republican House leadership – such that it is. Add his lack of popularity within his own district and an acceptable alternative candidate and you have the prefect electoral storm. Finally, Tea Party candidate Dave Brat's win signaled, much to the annoyance of the left, that the Tea Party is hardly "dead". It'll be interesting to see how the establishment Republicans react to this upset.
On another subject, yesterday we saw where the FDA had unilaterally decided that it might be necessary to ban the centuries old tradition of aging cheese on wooden shelves. Because, you know, there's been such an epidemic of sickness from such practices here lately and over the ages. What? There hasn't? There hasn't been any real problem at all? However:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an executive decree banning the centuries old practice of aging cheese on wooden boards. One bureaucrat within the FDA, without surveying all of the scientific literature, and without public commentary, has rattled hundreds of small businesses across the United States. Consumers who eat any kind of aged cheese should prepare for a potentially catastrophic disruption in the market for artisan, non-processed cheese.
Now that was yesterday. Today, yeah, its cave in time. There has been such an outcry from cheese makers, the public and just about anyone else that could find a forum that the FDA is hastily backing down. Overlawyered brings us up to date:
Following an enormous outcry from cheese makers, commentators, and the general public, the agency beats a hasty retreat. Commentator/ Pepperdine lawprof Greg McNeil has the details at Forbes (and his earlier commentary on the legalities of the agency's action is also informative). Earlier here.
In a classic bureaucratic move, the agency denied it had actually issued a new policy (technically true, if you accept the premise that a policy letter from its chief person in charge of cheese regulation is not the same as a formally adopted new policy) and left itself the discretion to adopt such a policy in future if it wishes (merely declaring itself open to persuasion that wood shelving might prove compatible with the FSMA).
This is also a lesson for people in other regulated industries. When government officials make pronouncements that don't seem grounded in law or policy, and threaten your livelihood with an enforcement action, you must organize and fight back. While specialized industries may think that nobody cares, the fight over aged cheese proves that people's voices can be heard…
Yes, true. But … there's always a 'but', Overlawyered points out something that is true and often overlooked. You have to be willing to fight for it all, not just the popular stuff. You have to be willing the challenge all the nonsense bureaucrats put out there:
There is a less optimistic version, however. It happens that a large number of editors, commentators, and others among the chattering classes are both personally interested in the availability of fine cheese and familiar enough with the process by which it is made to be un-cowed by claims of superior agency expertise. That might also be true of a few other issues here and there — cottage food sold at farmer's markets, artisanal brewing practices — but it's inevitably not going to be true of hundreds of other issues that arise under the new Food Safety Modernization Act. In a similar way, the outcry againstCPSIA, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, rose to a politically effective level only on a selected few issues (publishers and libraries got a fix so that older children's books would not have to be trashed; youthmotorsports eventually obtained an exemption, and so forth) but large numbers of smaller children's products and specialties whose makers had less of a political voice simply disappeared.
Absolutely true. I think of those who want to drink raw milk for instance. Where does the government get off saying you can't drink something you choose to drink if you're willing to take the risk and suffer any consequences? Something that, until pasteurization, everyone drank? But since those who prefer raw milk don't have a large lobby, they're subjected to government bullying and laws prohibiting them from making that choice.
Choice is freedom. Limiting of choice is limiting freedom and government is in the freedom limiting business. The premise is you're not able to make good choices yourself, so government must keep you from doing so. Question? If aging cheese on wood was dangerous to our health and it had been the reason from many deaths over the centuries, how do you suppose the market for such cheeses might have been effected by now? Right. It certainly wouldn't have come down to some government bureaucrat making a unilateral decision in 2014, that's for sure.
In Iraq, Mosul has fallen to terrorists. Nightwatch brings us up to date:
ISIL has been trying to take Mosul since earlier in June, but only lately assembled enough forces to rout the security forces and overrun the city.
ISIL now controls two major cities in the Sunni region of Iraq: Fallujah and Mosul. Its fighters tried to overrun several other cities, but failed. Its aim is to create an Islamic emirate that joins Iraq and Syria.
The group had been affiliated with al Qaida for many years, since the time of Abu Musab Zarqawi, according to the National Counter Terrorism Center. In February al Qaida disavowed all links with ISIL because its actions were more extreme than al Qaida and it would not follow orders to stop fighting the al Nusrah Front in Syria, which al-Qaida supports.
On Sunday in Syria, ISIL fighters clashed with the al-Qaida-affiliated al Nusrah Front in eastern Syria, while its Iraq wing fought to capture Mosul in Iraq. This is a formidable group. Only the Syrian Kurds stand in the way of ISIL consolidating large areas in Iraq and Syria under its control.
Mosul's capture reinforces the judgment that Iraq has re-entered civil war. ISIL is more than an insurgency because it has an effective organization and is conquering territory. By force of arms, it has created a power-sharing arrangement with the government in Baghdad and fragmented the country. A statement by the Muslim scholars association today encouraged ISIL to hold Mosul and to set up an administration. It urged the youth of the city to defend it against the Baghdad government.
ISIL's control in Syria seems tenuous and contested by other opposition groups. In Iraq, it is the dominant anti-government force and it has broken Iraq, for now.
My position? If Iraqi's want a free Iraq, they'd better fight for it. They've been given the time, the equipment and the training. Now, it's up to them.
Finally, yesterday I literally had to laugh out loud when I read something Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor, had written on his Facebook page. It simply demonstrates how effing silly – and dangerous to your freedoms – these people are:
President Obama announced steps yesterday he said will make student loans more affordable. It's probably all he can manage with a grid-locked Congress, but it's still tinkering with a system of college financing that's spinning out of control. What's really needed is to make college free of charge and require all graduates to pay 10 percent of their earnings for the first 10 years of full-time work into a fund that pays the costs (additional years of graduate school means added years of payments). That way, nobody graduates with debts; young people from lower-income families can afford to attend; graduates who go into high-wage occupations in effect subsidize those who go into lower-wage work; and we move toward a system of genuinely equal opportunity. What do you think?
Right … free college for all. Graduate with no debt!
Question: How in the world does this dolt think that making all graduates pay "10 percent of their earnings for the first 10 years" to fund "free college" doesn't equal being in debt? Oh, and who would keep track of all this? Why the IRS of course – another in a long line of ideas to further centralize control of all aspects of your life at the federal level and add to the federal bureaucracy's reach and power.
Then add the scam value of this. Ride the gravy train for 3 or 4 years of free college and then walk away as a non-graduate. Nothing to pay, right? I mean the stipulation is that "graduates" pay, so why not hang out in a college dorm, eat in the chow hall, do your own thing while also doing barely enough to stay in school. That way you can let these other dopes subsidize those years for you. Then, move, apply to a new school and repeat. Trust me, there are enough "professional students" in this world that I can promise that would be done.
Oh … and read the comments to the Reich post. They'll make you weep.
ObamaCare slapped by reality … again
And that reality is the American people aren't buying the propaganda being pushed by the administration. After its celebration of the dubious enrollment of 8 million and unilateral declaration that ObamaCare was a "success", new poll numbers show no difference among the public's opinion of the law than before their declaration:
What's perhaps more telling is that, despite the rare good news of the past few weeks, their perceptions of the law remain basically as-is — that is, pretty dim. To wit:
- Americans say 50-41 that the implementation of the law has been worse than they expected rather than better.
- They say 44-24 that the health-care system is getting worse rather than getting better as a result of Obamacare.
- They say 29-14 that the quality of care is getting worse rather than better.
- They say 47-8 that their health-care costs are increasing due to the law rather than decreasing.
- They say 58-11 that the overall cost of health care in the United States is increasing rather than decreasing.
Almost all of these numbers are basically unchanged from in recent months.
What is it politicians like to tell us about politics? Ah, yes, perception is reality. And as I pointed out when you mess with people's health care, the reality becomes very personal. It isn't something that you view from afar and doesn't effect you. It is something everyone is interested in in some form or fashion.
The numbers above are their perception of that awful law's impact on their lives. The propaganda simply isn't going to change that. "8 million enrolled" is something the people really don't care about. Higher premiums, more red tape and fewer options for health care, not to mention having to give up their doctor and the health insurance they liked is something they care about. That is the result of the law and it is the reason for the numbers.
As we've mentioned previously, the numbers you see above are numbers that exist before the most onerous regulations and requirements (now delayed until after the election) are finally put into effect. If you think these numbers are bad, wait till after November.
The bottom line is ObamaCare sucks and the people know it and no administration sponsored dog and pony show is going to change that perception. We see a lot of Democrats now trying to claim that ObamaCare really won't hurt them in the mid-terms.
I invite them to look at the above numbers, understand that it is they who are going to get "credit" for the law, and rethink their claim prior to their coming unemployment.
That way it won't come as such a surprise when they're defeated.
ObamaCare and the Big Lie
Peter Morici gives a little ground truth to the hyperbole of the left who've decided the best defense of ObamaCare is … to lie about it.
With 8 million Americans enrolled in health insurance through federal and state exchanges, President Obama has declared the Affordable Care Act a success. That's disingenuous and big changes are needed to make the law work well.
Overall, the ACA's goals were to provide reasonably priced medical care to the 45 to 50 million uninsured and slow health care cost increases. It is hardly clear those goals will be accomplished.
Many of the 8 million enrolled to replace individual and small business policies, canceled thanks to ACA rules, or to obtain federal subsidies only available through the exchanges.
So if the goal was to proved care to the '45 or 50 million' uninsured, how does enrolling 8 million, many of whom had lost their insurance due to the ACA, constitute success?
Well in the real world it doesn't. Only in Oz or Fantasyland do the rules of reality not apply (even if they really do and what those living there do is deny it) and allow them to make these claims with a straight face.
It's election prep. We've seen it countless times before. It is an attempt to make lemonaide out of the lemons this abomination of a law has handed its creators.
This is just another version of the Big Lie that this particular administration has raised to an art form. And with a compliant media to help them along (a media that seems without curiosity at the most important times) the Big Lie gets plenty of press.
Of course now that the press has helped spread the lie, the Dems will point to those media stories as "the truth" and use them to assure the usual left leaning low information voters that a) they need to turn out because ObamaCare is a "good thing" and b) if they don't those mean old Republicans will take it away.
You can just see it coming.
Meanwhile, for most of America, the really bad stuff is being unilaterally put on hold until after the election – the most blatant display of partisan politics I've seen in some time:
The ACA requires health insurance policies to pay for a wider and more expensive scope of services than many individual and small business policies covered prior to the law.
In many counties, only a few insurers chose to offer policies on exchanges. Absent competition, insurers lacked incentives to bargain as hard as before with hospitals and other providers, further raising premiums and out of pocket costs.
The bronze, silver and gold policies offered by exchanges mostly vary in their deductibles. Folks selecting bronze and silver plans with high deductibles are now paying the full cost of doctor visits that only set them back a $20 or $30 dollar co-pay prior to the ACA.
Simply, for many families the ACA raises the combined cost of premium and out-of-pocket expenses.
About 50 percent of Americans are eligible for premium subsidies, but taxpayers are footing the bill and the burden of health care on the economy — already 50 percent higher than in Germany and Japan — is making it tougher for American businesses to compete and destroying jobs — something the Congressional Budget Office doesn't bother to calculate.
But then, this was all predicted prior to passage and only a few bothered to listen.
Now we get to live with the "success".
When you're getting trashed because of what you did, change the subject – play the race card
That seems, according to James Taranto and many others, what Democrats have decided to do since they can't conceivably defend their horrific record for the mid-terms. Scare the low-information voters again, this time using the race card:
This column probably isn't the first to notice a recent intensification of liberal and Democratic rhetoric about race. Last month Paul Ryan was the object of a Two Minutes Hate for some comments on the culture of poverty "in our inner cities," which, as The Wall Street Journal noted in an editorial, were no different in substance from things President Obama had recently said.
This Sunday, as Politico notes, Rep. Steve Israel of New York, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told CNN's Candy Crowley that "to a significant extent, the Republican base does have elements that are animated by racism." He did allow that "not all" House Republicans are racist, though he didn't specify how many or which ones he thinks are.
Last Wednesday Eric Holder, in a speech to Al Sharpton's National Action Network, complained that he had faced "unprecedented, unwarranted, ugly and divisive adversity," ABC News reports. "Look at the way the attorney general of the United States was treated yesterday by a House committee. What attorney general has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment? What president has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment?"
Although Holder didn't specifically accuse his adversaries of racial motives, others, including Crowley, assumed that was what he meant. Politico reports that in her interview with Israel, "Crowley said that Holder believes 'the treatment he has received in the House . . . would not have happened if he were not African-American."
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank, appearing on Sharpton's MSNBC show, went so far as to suggest that Republicans had been soft on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius because she's white, as the Daily Caller reports incredulously.
For this rise in the racial temperature we blame not global warming but political cooling. As November approaches, Democrats face not only an unfavorable election map but an increasingly chilly electorate. From last month's NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza pulled presidential approval numbers for four key Democratic constituencies. Obama was below 50% among three of those groups: single women (48%, to 45% disapproval), Hispanics (49% to 46%), and voters under 30 (45% to 48%). Only among blacks was approval still strong, 78% to 12% disapproval.
By way of comparison, in 2012 Obama won the votes of 67% of single women, 71% of Hispanics, 60% of under-30 voters and 93% of blacks. It's reasonable to surmise that the racial appeals are a reaction to this desperate political situation, an effort to minimize Democratic losses by motivating the party's base to turn out.
Affordable Care Act? Let's talk about those racist Republicans instead? Fast and Furious? Are you serious? Look how our black AG (as contemptible and politically driven human being as you'll find in DC, and that's saying something) is being treated. Why, why, you'd think he was George Mitchell. Or Alberto Gonzales for heaven sake! Wait, they weren't black were they?
Why they'd never treat an AG that wasn't black like they treated Mr. Eric "You don't want to go there, buddy" Holder. I mean, he was soooo respectful of their offices, wasn't he?
For Democrats, it's time to change the subject and time to play the old formerly bedrock reliable race card – Republicans are racist, even though the KKK was founded by Democrats, Bull Conner was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and Democratic governor Orville Faubus stood in the door of Little Rock High to keep black students out (and Republican President Eisenhower used federal troops to ensure they gained entry).
Forget history. That's for those who actually pay attention. To stir up the base (apparently a history deficient base), or at least try too, the old demonization technique – with the aid of the media – is the way to go. And in the past the race card was always the best way of doing that.
But it may be wearing a little thin. The citizens of this country haven't been hurt by "racist Republicans". They've been ground under by incompetent and arrogant Democrats. Democrats who lied to them, rammed a monstrosity through Congress without a single Republican vote, and now are reaping the whirlwind.
Nancy Pelosi isn't black. Harry Reid isn't black. But they're both Democrats. And they and their Congressional Democratic brothers and sisters are who put us in this awful mess. And all the hyperbole and nonsense about race won't change that a single minute.
That's what Republicans need to remind voters of in the near future.
There is absolutely no problem with voter fraud, say the Democrats … repeatedly
However, as with most such utterances by that crew, they're simply wrong:
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has found thousands of instances of voter fraud in the state, thanks to a 28-state crosscheck of voter rolls. Initial findings suggest widespread election fraud.
765 voters with an exact match of first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in N.C. and the other state in the 2012 general election.
35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in both states in the 2012 general election.
155,692 voters with the same first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state – and the latest date of registration or voter activity did not take place within N.C.
The second point is key, as double voting is election fraud under state and federal statutes. Punishment for double voting in federal elections can include jail time.
No one said the fraudulent voters were smart (seriously, same DOB, SSAN and name if you're going to commit fraud? Brilliant!), but what they did was certainly election fraud. And this is one state.
The findings, while large, leave open the question of just how widespread double voting might be since 22 states did not participate in the Interstate Crosscheck.
But remember – voter fraud is just not a problem. The integrity of our voting system, per the Dems, is air tight. And no, the dead don't vote:
In addition to the above, the crosscheck found that more than 13,000 deceased voters remain on North Carolina's rolls, and that 81 of them showed voter activity in their records after death.
Well, not many of them.
Obama polls sinking along with Democrat chances in mid-terms
Congressional "mid-term" elections have, for years, been seen as a referrendum on the President. When the nation is pleased with a President, his party gains seats in Congress and when not pleased, that party suffers by losing seats in Congress. Well, Democrats, gird thy loins, because here it comes:
President Obama's job approval rating hits a record low this week, as a majority of Americans say his administration has mostly failed at growing the economy, creating jobs, improving health care and the country's image.
That's according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday.
For the first time in a Fox News poll, fewer than four voters in ten — 38 percent — approve of President Obama's job performance. Fifty-four percent disapprove. Before now Obama's worst job rating was 40-55 percent in November 2013. Last month 42 percent approved and 53 percent disapproved (February 2014).
Approval of Obama among Democrats stands at 71 percent, near its 69 percent record low (September 2013). For independents, 28 percent approve, which is also near the 25 percent all-time low among this group (July 2013). And approval of Obama among Republicans hits a new low of five percent.
Overall, a 59-percent majority thinks the White House has mostly failed at creating jobs, up from 52 percent who said the same in October 2012. Likewise, 56 percent feel it has failed on growing the economy. That's also up from 52 percent.
Etc. Etc. Etc. Even the Senate majority now is seen to be at risk and no one believes the Dems have a chance in the House.
And the only consistent thing in Obama poll numbers is the drop. He's near historic lows in approval among many groups to include Democrats. They're not likely to get better anytime soon.
The empty suit is finally beginning to wear on the electorate.
But I have to ask, how can a country stay so willingly blind that it took until now to see this inept imposter for what he really is?
Thoughts on a snowy Wednesday
I sure am glad I'm not into drunk blogging, because given the Wizard of Oz show last night, aka SOTU, I'd still be plastered.
BTW, Cory Remsburg stole the show.
On the 2014 election front, the president may be facing some real problems in his "year of action" (which I've come to believe mostly refers to how often he'll wield his pen signing executive orders – something he blasted as a Senator. I'm sure it's Bush's fault):
[T]he 2014 Senate playing field is potentially brutal for Democrats. Democrats are defending seats in five states — Arkansas, Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, and West Virginia — where Obama's approval rating was at or below 35 percent in 2013, according to Gallup. In four other states where Democrats hold a Senate seat that's up in 2014, Obama's approval rating was well below his national average of 46 percent: Louisiana (40 percent), Colorado and Iowa (42 percent), and North Carolina (43 percent). In Oregon, New Hampshire, and New Mexico the president had a 45 percent job-approval rating, just below his national average. That's a whopping total of 11 Democratic seats that could potentially be in play this November.
Republicans also have seats they must defend, but far fewer of them. In Georgia, where the GOP must defend an open seat, Obama's approval rating of 45 percent is below his national average. In Kentucky, where Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is running for reelection, only 35 percent of voters have a favorable view of the president.
This is intersting on a couple of fronts. One, if the GOP holds on to the House (and there's no real reason to believe that won't happen) and take the Senate, executive orders are about all this president is going to have at his command. Second, since Harry Reid went nuke, it will be interesting to see how he enjoys being on the other side of it. Oh rest assured he'll be like a goose who wakes up in a new world everyday, because you can count on him to blast such an abuse of power and the traditions of the Senate.
I find some solace in all of that even though I'm not a fan of the establishment Republicans. And I darn sure don't think they'll do what I think is necessary to dismantle this monstrosity called ObamaCare or, for that matter, solve any other problems by just getting out of the way. They're "lawmakers" and that is their product – well that and taking your money for hare-brained scemes like jobs programs, etc. Nope, I fully expect the GOP, should they control Congress to cave to the pressure of special interests – like Democrats and media calling them names and talking about how mean spirited they are – and basically pass a Democrat lite agenda. Watch immigration for the cue.
Where I find the solace is in defanging Obama for the last few years of his presidency. He'll wield his executive order pen and thunder (or perhaps by then, squeak) about Republicans blocking his agenda (something they should gladly admit too, but they won't – they'll cower), and blah, blah, blah, etc., etc., ad infinitum.
Nope, the good news is if the GOP can take Congress, the Obama nightmare, er, presidency, will be effectively over.
That, I will drink too.
Why the GOP Shouldn't Get Too Excited About The Polls
There's been much discussion amongst the punditry about the precipitous decline in Pres. Obama's poll numbers. The fact that his RCP average has dropped below 40% for the first time, or that Hispanics and white women have seemingly soured on Obama and the Democrats, is causing much buzz. Most alarming, are the numbers on millenials:
Young Americans are turning against Barack Obama and Obamacare, according to a new survey of millennials, people between the ages of 18 and 29 who are vital to the fortunes of the president and his signature health care law.
The most startling finding of Harvard University's Institute of Politics: A majority of Americans under age 25–the youngest millennials–would favor throwing Obama out of office.
Obama's approval rating among young Americans is just 41 percent, down 11 points from a year ago, and now tracking with all adults. While 55 percent said they voted for Obama in 2012, only 46 percent said they would do so again.
When asked if they would want to recall various elected officials, 45 percent of millennials said they would oust their member of Congress; 52 percent replied "all members of Congress" should go; and 47 percent said they would recall Obama. The recall-Obama figure was even higher among the youngest millennials, ages 18 to 24, at 52 percent.
To be sure, these numbers don't bode well for the survival of Obamacare, or for the Democrats chances in 2014. But I don't think they necessarily mean that the GOP will reap the benefits.
For example, with respect to younger voters, Kristen Soltis Anderson makes some interesting points over at The Daily Beast:
The way young voters feel about Obama doesn't just matter in 2014 or even 2016. Despite the conventional wisdom that young voters don't matter in politics, the way a voter first looks at politics when they come of age resonates throughout their voting behavior through their lifetimes. Just last month, Pew Research Center released a study showing that if you came of age under Nixon, you're more likely to vote Democratic, even to this day. Came of age during the Reagan years? You're still more likely to lean Republican.
Harvard rolled out a chart of party identification by age, which showed that in November 2009, some 43 percent of those aged 18-24 called themselves Democrats. Four years later, that has fallen to 31 percent. A huge drop to be sure, but that doesn't mean people were necessarily changing their minds; it mostly means last election cycle's bright-eyed kiddo has had a few birthdays. Our gender and race don't change much year to year, but each of us is constantly moving up in our age bracket. And sure enough, when you look at the Harvard survey's 25-29 year olds, they're as Democratic as ever.
That doesn't mean that this block of voters won't ever change their minds and views, but it does suggest that, however low their opinion of the Democrats and their leader is now, they are more likely to remain loyal to that party and change it from within.
Another way to look at this is, those who voted for Obama because they wanted to see the ACA enacted and implemented, among other changes he promised, are going to suddenly change their minds about state vs. market solutions just because of a failed implementation. If anything, they are likely to seek out more capable technocrats as their political leaders, and to express greater interest in single-payer health care.
Even so, Anderson makes another great point, i.e. that not all millenials are the same:
To better understand what's happening with today's "youth vote," first consider this fact: someone who turned eighteen on election day last year would have been just six years old on September 11, 2001. They would have been eighth graders during Obama's first election.
I'll violate some rules of decorum here by revealing my age: I am 29 years old. I'm a few short months away from aging out of "the youth vote" entirely. And I have about as much in common with today's high school seniors as I do with my own parents. We researchers and pundits lump 18-year-olds and 29-year-olds into the same bucket when we talk about the "youth vote," but the truth is that the back end of the "Millennial" generation has little memory of "hope and change" at all.
In short, provided that the GOP can deliver a compelling alternative to the Democrats, it's possible that they can pick up some of those young voters. Of course, they aren't called the stupid party for nothing, so don't expect much on this front.
Is the GOP better off than they think?
Andrew Kohut thinks so:
Tucked away in recent polls—which have documented the extraordinary anger directed at the Republican Party during the shutdown crisis—are measures of clear disappointment with the Democratic Party. The disappointment is substantial, and it raises big questions about the 2014 midterms.
The Republican Party's favorable ratings fell substantially in most every national survey that uses this yard stick, declining to 28% in the Gallup poll at one point. Yet when the GOP was matched up against the Democrats on key political measures, it did not look so bad.
A mid-October Pew Research national poll found that a plurality regard the Republicans as "better able to deal with the economy" than the Democrats (44%-37%). Independents favored the GOP on the economy by a whopping 46%-30% margin in that survey.
The Republicans took most of the blame for the shutdown, yet a growing number see the GOP as "better able to manage the government." In December 2012, the Democratic Party held a 45%-36% advantage over the GOP as the party Americans viewed as better able to manage the government. By Oct. 15—in the midst of the shutdown and debt crisis—the Democratic lead on this measure disappeared: 42% said the Republican Party is better able to manage the federal government, compared with 39% who named the Democrats.
An early read of voter preferences for the House in 2014 by the Pew Research Center in mid-October had the Democrats with a six-point edge: 49% to 43% among registered voters. In historical terms, this is a relatively modest margin. Six points is the same lead the Democrats had in 2009, a lead that steadily eroded in 2010. The GOP picked up six Senate seats and 63 House seats in that year's midterm.
The anger over the government shut-down is fading. But at the moment, ObamaCare is the gift that keeps on giving. And, of course, there's the struggling economy. Neither the economy nor ObamaCare promise to fade into obscurity before the mid-term elections next year. One indicator of how deep the looming trouble is for Democrats can be found in the numbers associated with independent voters:
One clear troubling sign for the Democrats at this early stage is independent voters, who decide most elections. They are evenly divided, according to Pew's mid-October survey: 43% say that "if the elections for Congress were being held today," they would vote for the Republican candidate in their district, 43% say they would vote for the Democratic candidate.
The reason there's hope for good results in 2014 for Republicans rests with the two issues nagging Democrats. Healthcare and the economy. Both are very personal issues, i.e. they are issues that effect all voters. They're not some issue which voters simply have an opinion about. Both effect their lives, sometimes in dramatic fashion. And those are the very issues Republicans, if they're smart, will focus on:
The economy and ObamaCare's inauspicious debut are likely the most powerful drags on the president and in turn on his party. In a September Pew survey, 63% of Americans say the nation's economic system is no more secure today than it was before the 2008 market crash.
A majority of Americans say their household incomes and jobs still have not recovered from the great recession. But pluralities think that government's policies have helped large banks, corporations and the rich more than the middle-class, the poor or small businesses.
So maybe it isn't as bleak for Republicans as some pundits would like to believe. That said, we've all watched the GOP manage to screw up all sorts of issues in the past. 2014 is going to take a focused effort to lay out those 2 issues for the pubic in clear fashion and with clear and appealing alternatives.
I'll be interested to see if they can actually do that.
The need for more direct action against the GOP establishment
I was reading Da Tech Guy's musings on why limited government types need to work within the GOP rather than try a third party approach to rid themselves of the GOP establishment. He quotes Rush Limbaugh on what Ronald Reagan managed to do the last time the GOP establishment found themselves threatened:
The real question, in my humble opinion, is that this effort and energy needs to be used, as Ronald Reagan did, to take over the Republican Party, to repopulate it and that's exactly what Reagan did, he took it away from the Rockefeller blue-blood country club types starting in 1976, took him 'til 1980 to do it.
Worked before, so it should work again, right? I'm skeptical.
First, what did Reagan really accomplish? A few things, sure. Don't get me wrong – he was the best we've seen in my lifetime, but given the competition, that doesn't mean much.
He got income taxes down from their preposterous progressive wet dream rates of 70%. He stood up to the Soviet Union, and possibly hastened the crumbling of that creaking empire by a few years. He made it respectable, after the raging waves of liberalism in the sixties and seventies, to say that government was more likely to be a problem than a solution for social problems.
And that's about it.
There was no "taking over the Republican Party" under Reagan. He got a few things done, but as soon as he was out the door, it was back to business as usual for the GOP.
Reagan was forced or induced by the GOP establishment to take on one of their blue bloods as his VP. Then, after Bush the Elder won what was supposedly a third helping of Reagan, he immediately broke his solemn promise on taxes, passed more social nonsense such as the ADA, and managed to fumble away the popularity and credibility built by Reagan to the point that he was defeated by a smarmy hick used car salesman from Arkansas.
The GOP then proceeded to nominate Bob Dole, Bush the Younger, John McCain, and Mitt Romney as their presidential candidates. GOP establishment stalwarts, every one of them. In some of those cases, the GOP establishment pulled out every trick in the book to drag their preferred choice over the finish line.
Yes, the GOP establishment learned something from the ascent of Reagan. They learned techniques to keep it from ever happening again.
The GOP establishment has made something perfectly clear: they would prefer to lose rather than let people like Reagan threaten their dominance of the party. Even when they get control, as Newt Gingrich managed in 1994, they revert to their ruling class habits and fumble the opportunity away without making any progress in limiting government. In fact, after a few years, and given a cooperative president, they proved they prefer bigger government to smaller. Under Bush, a classic GOP establishment blue blood, the establishment players in the Congress enthusiastically federalized education, passed a whole new social welfare program for seniors, and passed the biggest infringement of free speech seen in my lifetime (thankfully eventually overturned by the Supreme Court).
What motivation do limited government types have to vote for such weasels or give them support of any kind? Not much, and the elections of 2006 and 2008 proved it.
Even after seeing their limited government base re-energize the party and give them back control of the House in 2010, the GOP establishment still didn't get the message. They worked their butts off to get the "electable" Mitt Romney as their presidential nominee. Having again shown contempt for limited government types, the establishment GOP thus managed to lose against one of the weakest presidential candidates for re-election in history. No one besides Obama has *ever* won re-election with fewer votes than he got the first time, which ought to tell you just how weak he was. But the GOP managed to be even weaker, with a candidate who looked like an android programmed to only say nice things, and never ever raise any of those unpleasant ideas about limiting government. Oh, no, government was just going to be managed better. Just like it was under those managerial types named Bush.
So how do these establishment GOP types keep getting what they want? One big reason is that limited government advocates such as Limbaugh, Da Tech Guy, Charles Krauthammer, Allahpundit over at Hot Air, and about half the denizens of sites such as Free Republic pound the same drum every election. Their basic message is "Yep, we've been screwed by these guys more times than we can count, but we still have to support them because the Democrats are worse!TM"
OK, message taken – the Democrats are worse. But, as limited government types demonstrated in three of the last four elections, that's not enough reason to support the GOP establishment. Indeed, in the only exception that the GOP did well (2010), many of the limited government types only turned out because they were supporting someone other than an establishment candidate.
So we're really four for four in proving that limited government types are fed up on supporting the establishment GOP.
Why on Earth would they not be? What's the point of investing time, energy, and emotion in an effort to elect someone who will most likely end up being just as subverted by the GOP establishment as Bill Frist, Tom Coburn, Jeff Flake, and Mario Rubio have been?
And even on those occasions where a Ted Cruz or Rand Paul ends up winning and sticks to their guns, they can't get anything done. After obediently voting for establishment GOP types for leadership positions, they then spend more time fighting the very people they supported instead of fighting Democrats.
The limited government advocates I mentioned above all desperately want to believe that the answer is simply running better primary candidates to beat establishment Republicans, but then supporting the establishment guys who win the rigged game at least nine times out of ten. That's playing by their rules. I simply don't see how that can ever work.
Therefore I'm confident that simply "working within the GOP" isn't the answer. It's a fantasy to think that will get us a party in which the leaders will work for limited government. The establishment GOP has decades of experience defeating every such attempt, and they've got the entire nomination and campaign financing game rigged in their favor.
Plus, the establishment GOP is willfully blind to the biggest successes the Republicans have had in my lifetime: Reagan, and the turnovers of Congress in 1994 and 2010. All three were fueled by enthusiasm for limited government. If the establishment GOP were simply practical politicians, they would embrace the limited government strategies and philosophies that won those elections.
But by subverting every one of those successes, they proved that they're not just apathetic to limited government – they're actively opposed to it. As members of the political class, the only thing they like about their limited government base is the votes provided. They are willing to pretend to embrace limited government principles to get those votes, but that just makes them more dishonest than Democrats, who are at least honest about growing government without end.
I see no reason to give the establishment GOP any quarter whatsoever.
The reluctant backers of the GOP establishment then say, "A third party would be disastrous! The Democrats would dominate for a generation!" I think things are a lot more complex than that.
First, waves of political change tend to happen in unpredictable, non-linear ways. We're headed for some radical change in the next couple of decades, as we face multiple "what cannot go forever will stop" problems. Plus, a majority of people consider politicians more untrustworthy than the guys offering Three Card Monte on the streets of New York. I think there are plenty of possibilities in that mix to trigger the downfall of a major party.
Second, a third party opens up possibilities that make it more likely to genuinely take back the GOP by kicking out enough establishment Republicans.
The GOP stalwarts would have you think that the only way a third party would work is trying to challenge both the Democrat and the Republican in a large number of races. That would indeed give Democrats a better chance in marginal districts, and help them achieve majorities in Congress. But that's not the only way to do it.
Many states allow candidates to run under the banner of more than one party. In such places, a candidate backed by a Tea Partyish third party could also run for the GOP nomination.
The message to Republicans would be "Look, I've already secured this limited government party's nomination, and so I'm running. I'd also like to be the Republican nominee, which would mean I have a really good chance to win. But if I'm not the GOP nominee, the conservative/libertarian vote will be split and the Democrat would probably win."
The GOP establishment would be furious, and as I noted above, they would probably prefer to lose to a Democrat rather than cave to such pressure. I'm not so sure, though, about the typical Republican primary voter. A lot of them are fed up with business-as-usual Republicans, and might be open to someone who shows serious limited government credentials by also running under a party specifically created to advance those principles.
A variation in other states would be to run for the GOP nomination, and make it clear from the beginning that losing that nomination to an establishment Republican will then result in a third party run. Sure, the establishment GOP and media would be shouting "sore loser!" till election day. But they had no problem with an establishment Republican (gentry GOP member Lisa Murkowski) who did exactly that, so why not ignore their hypocritical braying and do it anyway?
Would these kinds of strategies work? Probably in some cases, and not in others. But we can't solve the current dominance of establishment Republicans by playing by their rules. It's time to try more hardball strategies.
There is risk in that approach. There's also risk in the "stick by the GOP because Democrats are worse" route. The limited government energy generated in 2010 has already been reduced to cynicism in many Tea Party supporters, and much of that reduction is due to seeing their goals subverted by candidates they trusted who defected to the establishment GOP side. We've seen what happens when the base just gets sick of supporting the establishment Republicans and drops out of the process. We get demagogue Democrats.
I think it's time for direct confrontation with the GOP establishment. They've screwed us long enough. Any game theory expert would tell us it's time to return the favor.


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Before the women's NCAA tournament opens Saturday, ESPN.com breaks down the four regionals. Check out the Berkeley, Raleigh and Trenton analysis, too.
Graham Hays' upset watch
No. 5 Xavier vs. No. 12 Gonzaga (ESPN2/ESPN360.com, 10 p.m. ET Saturday): This one is in Seattle, a few hours and a mountain range removed from Gonzaga's base in Spokane, Wash., but still a heck of a lot closer for it than for the team from Cincinnati. The logic for the seeds holding is pretty simple: Gonzaga is a good offensive team but not a great offensive team; it needs some volume to get its points, and Xavier is one of the toughest teams in the nation to get quality scoring chances against. That said, the Musketeers have not been at their defensive best in recent weeks -- allowing 60 or more points in four of their past seven games. And a team prone to turnovers could be in trouble against a Bulldogs defense that forces more than 20 a game. Pick: Gonzaga
No. 4 Pittsburgh vs. No. 13 Montana (ESPN2/ESPN360.com, 8 p.m. ET Saturday): Pitt barely escaped a first-round upset last season, holding off Wyoming in Albuquerque, and it could be in for another fight this year. Perhaps the biggest question for the Lady Griz is whether they can stay close enough on the boards to keep scoring chances roughly equal. In their two biggest games, against Maryland and South Dakota State in Cancun, they lost the rebounding battle by a sizable margin. And if 6-foot-6 Pitt freshman Pepper Wilson plays the way she did in the Big East tournament, Montana will again be hard-pressed to compete on that front. What the Lady Griz have going for them is a guard combination in Sonya Rogers and Mandy Morales that could get the Panthers out of their rhythm, as Florida's Sha Brooks and Steffi Sorensen did in a 90-83 shootout earlier this season. Pick: Pitt
No. 6 Purdue vs. No. 11 Charlotte (ESPN2/ESPN360.com, 2 p.m. ET Saturday: The underdog actually bears more than a passing resemblance to the favorite. Both teams boast good interior presences and are shooting the ball much better this season than they did a year ago. It might come down, in part, to which point guard comes through. Purdue's FahKara Malone is the distributor who needs to get the ball to Purdue's other weapons. Charlotte's Traci Ray took on a big scoring load in the A-10 tourney and must hit shots from outside. Pick: Purdue
Mechelle Voepel's breakdown
(8) Iowa vs. (9) Georgia Tech (ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN360.com, 9 ET Sunday, ESPN): The Hawkeyes are the host for their subregional, and they've won nine of their past 11 games. Their key combo is guard Kristi Smith (13.4 ppg) and 6-foot-6 center Megan Skouby (12.4 ppg). They are among five seniors on the team, which also has a redshirt junior in JoAnn Hamlin. She transferred after one season at Kansas State. Iowa is looking for its first NCAA tournament victory since 2002, when it won an 8-9 game.
The Yellow Jackets went 8-6 in the ACC -- just the second time the program has had a winning record in the league -- then fell to Clemson in the ACC tournament. Georgia Tech, which lost by just 11 against UConn back in November, is making its third consecutive NCAA appearance.
Wing Alex Montgomery leads Georgia Tech at 13.7 ppg, and this is the second postseason in a row the Jackets have played a team from Iowa. Last year, they lost their NCAA first-round game to Iowa State.
Three stars
• C Courtney Paris, Oklahoma: She is the best rebounder in Division I women's history and hopes to lead the program to its second Final Four.
• G DeWanna Bonner, Auburn: The same height – 6 feet, 4 inches -- as Courtney Paris but a completely different body type. An amazingly versatile player.
• G Shavonte Zellous, Pitt: She's second in the Big East and seventh in Division I in scoring average (22.5 ppg) and has been one of the key factors in Pitt's elevation.
Three under the radar
• G Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga: Her 7.4 assists per game average ranks third in Division I, and she also averages 16.4 ppg.
• G FahKara Malone, Purdue: It makes a big difference for the Boilermakers when she's on the floor; she missed five weeks with a dislocated ring finger.
• C Ta'Shia Phillips, Xavier: She's not as well known outside the Atlantic-10, but at 6-6, she's developing into one of the country's top centers (13.5 ppg, 11.9 rpg).
Charlie Creme's take
Who's hot: No. 11 seed Charlotte. The 49ers put aside a rather pedestrian regular-season résumé with two terrific performances in the Atlantic 10 against Temple and Richmond. Few teams are as well-balanced. Charlotte has six players averaging double figures, and it was the team's fifth-leading scorer, Traci Ray, who won A-10 tournament MVP.
Who's not: North Carolina's Cetera DeGraffenreid. Sure, the sophomore point guard has been getting her points, but she's also in charge of a North Carolina offense that was turning the ball over at an alarming rate toward the end of the season. Her decision-making will have to be better if the Tar Heels are going to have a possible shot at another game against Oklahoma in the regional final.
Possible matchup to watch: C. Vivian Stringer's defensive scheme vs. DeWanna Bonner. The ability of Auburn's All-American to handle the waves of different defenders and physical play in a game at Rutgers will determine whether the Tigers can survive what could be the toughest second-round test for any of the top seeds.

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Speech Communication 212 Test-Out
Successful completion of this Test-out provides an alternate method for meeting the SpCm 212 requirement. It is offered twice each year on the Friday before classes begin for the Fall and Spring semesters. The test-out option is not simply a pass/fail exercise. Only students who have college level proficiency in the fundamentals of public speaking can successfully meet the requirements for the test-out.
The Test-out is intended to give credit to those with a good degree of experience who feel confident in their public-speaking abilities, rather than to serve as an option for those with high communication apprehension. If public speaking makes you particularly uncomfortable, you should take the course to help you overcome that discomfort.
Participation does not guarantee that the course requirement will be met. Students who attempt the test-out during their last semester before graduation may not pass and, as a result, may have their graduation delayed. Sections of SpCm 212 fill up very quickly, so it is wise to register for the course to guarantee a spot in case test-out credit is not earned.
To meet the requirement through the test-out, a student must demonstrate high proficiency in three distinct tasks:
- A written exam based on the course textbook
- A complete full-sentence outline for your Persuasive Speech
- Delivery of your 8-minute Persuasive Speech
The details for each of these three tasks and other details about the test-out process can be found in the SpCm 212 Test-out Information Packet. Careful attention to the assignment descriptions and expectations and adequate preparation time for each part of the test-out will increase your chances for success.
Registration for Test-Out
- Please read through the full instructions carefully to be sure that you understand the process.
- Once you have read through the packet, fill out the Test-Out Application Form, scan and email the registration form to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax a copy to (515) 294-3696. Upon receipt of your registration form, you will receive a confirmation email that you are registered for the written portion and a test appointment will be scheduled. The report location for the written test is the SCS Testing Office, Room 2062, Student Services Building.
- Reservations are limited to the first 24 students to apply for each semester.
- Reservations should be made at least one week prior to the time you wish to take the written exam. You may schedule the exam for Fall Semester during Summer Semester and the exam for Spring Semester after midterm of Fall Semester.
- The cut-off date for the written exam is one week before the oral exam is scheduled to take place (Note: the date of the oral exam is always the afternoon of the Friday before classes begin each semester).
- If you are among the first 24 students to apply, turning in the test-out application form gives you a "reservation" for taking the exam. Once you sign and turn in this form the Testing Office will charge your U-Bill $100.00 for the test-out.
- If after making the reservation, you decide not to take the exam, you must contact the testing office at email@example.com to cancel your reservation at least 48 hours prior to the written test-out in order to remove the charge from your U-Bill. If you simply fail to show up for the exam, you will still be charged.
Specific Criteria for Each Stage of the SpCm 212 Test-Out
Stage One: Written Exam
- The exam is an objective test of the material covered in the SpCm 212 textbook: A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, 4th Ed. (O'Hair, Rubenstein, & Stewart, 2012). Chapters that will be covered on the exam include Chapters 1-13 & Chapters 15-25.
- The exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions.
- To pass this stage, the student must answer 80% of the questions correctly.
- Note that understanding the course concepts is closely related to your ability to develop a speech that meets our evaluation criteria since those are based on the textbook.
Written Exam Procedures
- You should report to the Testing Office in room 2062 of the Student Services Building (2nd floor) at the time you registered to take the written exam for the SpCm 212 test-out.
- Bring 2 number 2 pencils and your student ID.
- The testing office will proctor the one-hour written exam.
- The Testing Office will report scores to the Speech Program near the end of each month.
- Results will be posted by the last four digits of your student ID#
- Students who failed to pass the written exam at the required level [79% and below] will NOT give the oral presentation and will NOT receive test-out credit.
- If you passed the exam, you should finish preparing for the oral portion of the test-out.
- Begin developing your speech as you read the textbook to prepare for the written exam. You'll do better on the test and better on the speech as a result.
- Use the time between the written and the oral exams to refine your outline and rehearse your presentation.
***After you have successfully passed the Written Exam, you will receive an email from the Speech Communication Program providing you with rubrics and further specific evaluation criteria for the Outline and Persuasive Speech, in addition to the details provided below.***
Stage Two: The Outline
Each student must prepare a full preparation outline for the speech. The outline should account for all of the material used in your speech and will run 2-4 pages. It must follow one of the patterns of organization for persuasive speeches presented in the textbook in Chapter 8. The general requirements for the outline are as follows:
- It must be typed using complete sentences.
- It must contain a General Purpose statement and a clear Specific Purpose statement that follow textbook guidelines.
- It must use single complete sentences to express each main point and sub-point and most sub-sub points in the body.
- It must use proper symbolization [appropriate use of Roman Numerals, capital letters, indentation, etc. as seen in the example].
- It must use proper division (where there is an "A" there must be a "B" and where there is a "1" there must be a "2" and when there is an "a" there must be a "b". You may use "C" and "D" and "3" and "4" as needed).
- Sources should be clear in the outline and there must be a complete bibliography at the end of the outline–APA or MLA style is acceptable.
- Parts of the Introduction and Conclusion should be labeled (see example).
- This formal full-sentence outline will be turned before the speech is delivered. You should deliver your speech from a key word outline NOT a full sentence outline or script.
- A substandard outline will result in up to a 25-point deduction on the oral portion of the test-out. In other words, a passing oral performance will still be judged a NOT PASS if the final outline would receive a failing score in the class. Outlining is a challenging skill at which SpCm 212 students become proficient. Going through the process of planning your outline and stating the ideas of your speech in a clearly organized manner will help you prepare a clear informative speech.
Outline Map
General Purpose:
Specific Purpose:
A. Central Idea
B. Preview Statement
A. Sub-point
B. Sub-point
A. Sub-point
B. Sub-point
A. Re-state Central Idea
B. Review
***A Separate Works Cited page using either APA or MLA formatting should be attached to your outline.***
Stage Three: The Speech Assignment
You are asked to develop a Persuasive Speech for the purposes of the test out. This is a speech that aims to persuade the audience on an issue. The speech must be on an issue of policy. The speech should be adapted to an audience of your peers at ISU. Remember, the persuasive speaker is especially concerned with appropriateness, clarity, and making the information comprehensible, well researched, convincing, and even engaging for the audience.
General Requirements:
- The speech should be 8 minutes long. Failure to meet the time requirement closely will cost you points in the evaluation.
- The speech should be delivered extemporaneously from a speaking outline. You may use some notes to deliver your speech, but you may not use more than three one-sided, 8×11 sheets of paper. (Hint: visual aids are often very useful for helping speakers remember the order of their ideas.)
- Each speech must include oral citations for a minimum of seven credible sources. Failure to cite the sources orally will cost you points.
- Citations must be from a variety of types of sources: not all books, not all interviews, not all magazines, and perhaps most important, not all Internet.
- All of the sources for the speech should also be cited on the bibliography.
- The expectation for seven sources is a minimum. Evaluators will not only consider whether you successfully cited five sources, but also whether you have the sources that were necessary to develop your point.
- Successful SpCm 212 students are expected to have strong research skills, and this is also an area of evaluation in the test-out. We expect college-level research. In general, it is also expected that you will utilize the kinds of sources available through the ISU Library (i.e. peer-reviewed journals, etc.).
- The speech topic must be substantive and should cover an issue over which there is some debate. If you are in doubt about whether your topic choice will be seen as challenging enough, feel free to contact the assistant course director at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- The speech introduction must state the Central Idea of your speech clearly. Remember that audiences really value the speaker who can combine personal experience or passion with good solid information; don't neglect to tell us why the topic matters to you even as you help us understand why it might matter to us.
- The body of the speech must include 2-5 main points organized according to one of the patterns of organization discussed in the textbook.
- The speech must have a clear conclusion that signals the end of the speech and reinforces the central idea.
- The speech presentation must include a visual aid. An overhead projector will be available for electronic visual aids. Arrangements for any other type of visual aid are your responsibility.
Topic Requirements
- The purpose of this assignment is to develop a message designed to persuade the audience for or against a question of policy.
- Speeches on questions of policy deal with specific problems and typically argue that a particular course of action should be adopted to solve those problems.
- Your goal is to persuade your audience that some group "we" belong to–each of us as individuals, the ISU community, the Ames community, Central Iowa, Iowa or even "We" as the People of the United States who might act through Congress, or "we" as members of the United Nations—should take a particular action to solve, or take a step toward solving, a particular problem.
- One big challenge is to engage this particular audience, so you have to be clear about what their role is in the situation. Once you have a topic, you will then analyze the problem or need for action, provide a specific and researched course of action to solve the problem, and demonstrate why your particular solution is practical. Adapt your material–including examples and wording–to your audience. It is your job as speaker to interest the audience in your material.
Delivery Requirements
- To pass the performance aspect of the test-out, you must deliver the speech extemporaneously. It cannot be read; it should not be impromptu or memorized. It should be free of distracting errors in grammar, pronunciation, and word usage.
- Think of yourself as really talking to this audience. Look at them, gesture toward them, make your vocal delivery varied and interesting.
- Aim to make us believe that you are enjoying the opportunity to share what you have learned with others.
Oral Test-out Procedures
- You will be notified via email of the location of the test-out exam by Monday of the week before class start (i.e. the week of the oral test-out).
- At 1:00 p.m. the Friday before classes, you should be prepared to turn in your final speech outline and to deliver your speech. Report to the classroom identified via email notification (we will also post a list outside room 308 Carver Hall during test-out week).
- Understand that speech rounds are typically completed between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m. and that you will be expected to stay until all test-out candidates have completed the oral portion. You will be free to leave when the faculty member in charge of your group excuses your room.
- Speech Communication faculty and Teaching Assistants for Speech Communication 212 will evaluate speeches. To gain test-out credit, students must earn at least a B (80%) on the speech.
- Results for the outline/oral portion of the SpCm 212 Test-out will be confirmed via email by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday the first week of classes. The pass/no-pass decisions of the judges in each test-out room are final. If feedback about your performance would be useful to your development as a skilled communicator, you are invited to schedule an appointment with the Assistant Director of Public Speaking or another 212 Staff member to view the recording of your test-out speech.
- The Speech Program will forward the results for the outline/oral portions of the exam to the Testing Office who will report the results to the registrar. If you passed the exam, the T credit is applied to your record when grades for the following semester are processed.
What happens if I do not earn Test-Out credit?
- If you are already registered for the course or if you can find a spot in a lab section and add the course, you can take it in the semester that begins right after the test-out or during a later semester. Some students find the summer session an intense but valuable experience.
- Another option is to re-take the Test-Out the next time it is offered, but the University Testing Office will charge you another $100.00 on your U-bill. You are limited to 2 attempts at passing the SpCm 212 Test-out.
How good are my chances of passing?
- You can increase your chances of passing the written exam by obtaining a copy of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, 4th Ed. (O'Hair, Rubenstein, & Stewart, 2004) and following paying special attention to the areas indicated for review.
- You can increase your chances of passing the outline and speech assignments by carefully reviewing the explanation on the attached pages and by studying textbook tips and examples. Make sure you meet all the basic requirements for the assignment you select.
- The success rate for people who actually come to the test-out has fallen in recent semesters to about a 50% pass rate.
- About half of the of the students who failed to pass during the last 4 test-out sessions have failed to pass the written exam and the other half have not successfully earned the necessary B on the speech assignment.
- The people who do not pass the oral portion typically are not fully prepared or have ignored the assignment requirements–the speech is too long, too short, is plagiarized, fails to meet source or visual aid requirements, is read to the audience, is disorganized and hard to follow, or does not meet the definition of the assignment (the speech is persuasive, motivational or argumentative, or fails to meet the expectations of an instructional speech).
- Remember that this is not simply a communication competency test, but a course test-out. By following the directions in this packet you will help make sure that you are fulfilling the expectations of your evaluators.
Who can I contact if I have questions after reading this information?
- You may contact the testing office (515) 294-5058 for general questions about the written exam such as "Was my registration form received?" "What time did I register for?"
- You should contact the Speech Communication office at (515) 294-7670 for general questions about the speech performance such as, "Where and when will I deliver my speech?" and "Will there be an overhead projector available?"
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By Anne Cassidy, campaignlive.co.uk, Thursday, 12 January 2012 11:00AM
Karma Communications, the new group that owns Karmarama, has acquired The Crayon Group for an undisclosed sum.
The deal is the first involving Karmarama since it received a tranche of funding in June last year from Phoenix Equity Partners in exchange for a significant stake.
Crayon, which was founded as Hicklin Slade & Partners in 1998, will join Karmarama in the newly created Karma Communications Group.
The Crayon Group comprises Crayon London, the digital marketing services agency; the data consultancy Crayon CCI; the software provider ZigZag; and the market research agency Walk a Mile. It has 140 staff and its clients include BT, Camelot, Honda, the BBC and Lloyds Banking Group.
Its principal shareholders – the senior partners Matthew Brown, Justin Hicklin and Mark Runacus – will sit on the board of Karma Communications and, along with the Karmarama partners, take a collective stake in the new group of more than 50 per cent.
The group, which also includes the TV production arm Kream and the PR agency Kaper, is holding talks with other agency targets in a bid to expand and plans to house all the agencies together in new premises later this year.
Hicklin said: "One of the challenges we have faced is finding the best way of accessing capital to continue in investing in our growth. By becoming a key component of Karma Communications, I am confident that the opportunities which will arise for our people and clients alike are substantial."
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Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth; the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct. All these you may avoid but the Lie Direct; and you may avoid that too, with an If. . . . Your If is the only peace-maker; much virtue in If.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Source: As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 4
Contributed by: Zaady
The bright day is done, And we are for the dark.
Source: Antony and Cleopatra, Act 5, Scene 2
All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.
Source: Sonnet XLIII
Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.
Source: Measure For Measure, Act 2, scene 2.
Who soars too near the sun with golden wings; Melts them; to ruin his own fortune brings.
I am but mad north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.
Source: Hamlet, II, ii, 405
Copyright © 2015 Gaiam, Inc.


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Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs - Aviva Premiership match preview
Last Updated: 29/09/12 11:35am
Dan Bowden will make his debut for Leicester in today's Aviva Premiership clash against Exeter at Welford Road.
The New Zealander made the switch from London Irish in the summer but has had to wait until the round five fixture to make his first start.
Bowden is one of four changes of personnel for the Tigers, with the other three all coming in the pack.
Thomas Waldrom, George Chuter and Logovi'i Mulipola all start, with a further positional switch seeing captain Jordan Crane start at blindside flanker.
Exeter have made just two changes to their starting XV following the 14-12 win over Saracens.
With flanker James Phillips facing a lengthy spell out injured, England international Tom Johnson comes back in.
In the backs, Jason Shoemark preferred to Phil Dollman - with Ian Whitten moving to the wing.
Dollman remains in the squad, though, and replaces Mark Foster on the bench.
Leicester: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Niall Morris, 13 Matt Smith, 12 Dan Bowden, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Sam Harrison, 1 Logovi'i Mulipola, 2 George Chuter, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Graham Kitchener, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Jordan Crane (c), 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Thomas Waldrom. Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Ed Slater, 20 Brett Deacon, 21 Patrick Phibbs, 22 George Ford, 23 Adam Thompstone
Exeter: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Ian Whitten, 13 Sireli Naqelevuki, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Haydn Thomas, 1 Brett Sturgess, 2 Chris Whitehead, 3 Carl Rimmer, 4 Tom Hayes (capt), 5 James Hanks, 6 Tom Johnson, 7 James Scaysbrook, 8 Richard Baxter. Replacements: 16 Simon Alcott, 17 Ben Moon, 18 Chris Budgen, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Ben White, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Gareth Steenson, 23 Phil Dollman
What they said...
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill
"We've all been very honest about the performance against Harlequins last week and the only way we know to correct that is to work hard in training and to front-up again on Saturday.
"Exeter had an excellent win last week and they are a team to be respected. They're tough opponents and they've added to their game again this season.
"We've played some decent rugby in the season so far and we've been resilient in defence but we need to be more accurate and composed on the ball."
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter
"We have had some success there in the past, but Leicester lost their last weekend, so it's always nice to go and play Leicester just after they have lost!
"It is going to be a fantastic test of our attitude and our commitment to play, but that's what the Premiership is all about.
"We do enjoy going to Leicester because it is a fantastic place to play rugby, with a fantastic crowd in a fantastic sporting arena, and playing against a team who have been one of the best sides in Europe for a long time.
"If you don't want to play in a game that could bring the best out of you, you shouldn't really be involved in this."


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MASON CITY — Volunteers with the St. Joseph Baby Pantry are seeking donations from the public for items ranging from clothing to diapers.
The Baby Pantry, located in the St. Joseph Catholic Parish Center, stocks diapers, baby clothing and other items to be distributed to those who need them, regardless of church affiliation.
Families are referred by local agencies, or call the church at 641-423-5001.
"It really serves a purpose," said Mary Rigdon, pantry coordinator. "We get a lot of desperate mothers and grandmothers."
Rigdon said the following items are especially needed:
• Socks — for children ages 2 to 8
• Toddler clothing — for children 2 to 5 years of age
• Diapers
• Baby wipes
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• Soap and toiletry items
• Baby beds and mattresses
Donations should be left at St. Joseph Parish Center, behind the church, at 302 Fifth St. S.E. A tax receipt will be sent to those who request it. Tax-deductible cash donations are also welcome.


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Red Lion Templin's Hotel On The River
Red Lion Templin's Hotel On The River
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.2/10
414 East First Avenue
Post Falls, ID 83854
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Welcome to the Red Lion Templin's Hotel On The River
With a picture-postcard setting and a host of recreational amenities, it's no wonder Red Lion Templin's Hotel on the River Post Falls is a top choice among Priceline guests.
Hotel Features
The three-story property sits on the Upper Spokane River and boasts its own beachfront and marina. All 163 rooms provide free Wi-Fi access, cable TV, microwaves, refrigerators, coffeemakers, work desks and upscale decor. The on-site restaurant features large windows overlooking the river and is open for three meals each day. There's also an on-site lounge and billiards room. Business services are offered on-site, and there's also a fitness room. When the sun's shining, guests make a beeline for the marina, private beach, and volleyball and tennis courts. An added bonus: There's a riverboat on-site that can be rented for cruises. Parking is free.
Hotel Location
The hotel is 15 minutes from Coeur d'Alene and 30 minutes from Silverwood Theme Park. Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Resort can be reached in an hour. Prairie Hills Golf Club is just over two miles away. Coeur d'Alene Airport is 10 miles from the hotel, and Spokane International Airport is 31 miles.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests appreciate the "excellent service," "fabulous beach" and the "peaceful" setting on the river at Red Lion Templin's Hotel on the River Post Falls.
Red Lion Templin's Hotel On The River Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- 24-hour security
- Accessible facilities
- Accessible parking
- Accessible room
- Air conditioning
- Alarm clock
- AM/FM radio
- ATM/Cash machine
- Bell staff/porter
- Breakfast served in restaurant
- Buffet breakfast
- Business center
- Cable television
- Catering services
- Children's play area
- CNN available
- Cocktail lounge
- Coffee shop
- Coin operated laundry
- Color television
- Complimentary coffee in lobby
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Complimentary newspaper in lobby
- Concierge desk
- Conference facilities
- Desk with electrical outlet
- Dinner served in restaurant
- Direct dial telephone
- DVD/video rental
- Early check-in
- Exercise gym
- Exhibition/convention floor
- Express check-out
- Fire safety compliant
- Fitness center on-site
- Free credit card access calls
- Free high speed internet connection
- Free parking
- Free toll free calls
- Front desk
- Full american breakfast
- Full service housekeeping
- Gift/News stand
- Hairdryer
- Handicap rooms
- High speed internet access for laptop in public areas
- High speed internet connection
- Housekeeping - daily
- Indoor pool
- Interior corridors
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Jacuzzi
- Jogging track
- Late check-out available
- Laundry/Valet service
- Lobby coffee service
- Lounges/bars
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-site business center is staffed
- On-Site parking
- Onsite laundry
- Parking
- Pets allowed
- Photocopy center
- Playground
- Private bath or shower
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Room service - limited hours
- Safe deposit box
- Sauna
- Secured parking
- Security
- Snow sports
- Sundry/Convenience store
- Tennis court
- Valet cleaning
- Video checkout
- Video review billing
- Video tapes
- Voice mail
- Wakeup service
- Water sports
- Whirlpool
- Wireless connectivity
- Wireless internet connection
- Wireless internet connection in public areas
Hotel Information
You must show a valid photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all special requests cannot be guaranteed and are subject to availability upon check-in. Additional charges may apply. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Red Lion Templin's Hotel On The RiverOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
Sort by: All Travelers | Business Traveler(19) | Solo Traveler(18) | Traveling as Couple(75) | Family with Young Children(60) | Family with Teens(6) | Senior Traveler(5) | Group Traveler(5)
Verified Hotel Guest from Seattle, WA
June 24, 2015
June 24, 2015
Right on the river !
Not very clean... Room smelled gross and no complimentary breakfast
Mary from Yakima, WA
June 23, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
June 23, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
Verified Hotel Guest from Mukilteo, WA
June 22, 2015
Family Traveling with Teens
June 22, 2015
Family Traveling with Teens
For the price, very good rooms.
Anne from Portland, OR
June 21, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
June 21, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Mark from Milwaukee, WI
June 21, 2015
Solo Traveler
June 21, 2015
Solo Traveler
Staff, cleanliness, hot tub, bed, view, a little off the beaten path....quiet and relaxing
Lounge closed to early
Tim from Superior, WI
June 21, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
June 21, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
Location was awesome! Staff very friendly and accommodating! Recommend to anyone.
Scotty from Bremerton, WA
June 20, 2015
Solo Traveler
June 20, 2015
Solo Traveler
The staff was good
the staff in the restaurant didn't seem like they really enjoyed their job very much.
Julia from Boise, ID
June 20, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
June 20, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
Front desk person, was completely kind and professional. When problems arose, she gave 5 Star Customer Service. Doesn't matter now what the problems were, they were immediately corrected and quickly forgotten. In March, buffet was bad. Now AWESOME!
Nothing bad. I have stayed before and the buffet breakfast was rubbery fake eggs and food that tasted like 3rd day out. Changes were obviously made from March to June & food was great!
Verified Hotel Guest from Stevensville, MT
June 20, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
June 20, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
Very clean, friendly staff and good price.
Everything was clean except the room outside door steps were extremely dirty and had some dead bugs. The rooms themselves and the rest of the hotel was great though.
Verified Hotel Guest from Canyonville, OR
June 19, 2015
June 19, 2015
Nice location,comfortable room. Wait staff were very nice (bar,restaurant and grill)
check in staff told us one thing but when we came back no effort had been made to take care of request. It was like we had not even been there and checked into one of the rooms we had reserved.
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