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We sold this Privilege new to the present owner in 2006, and one of the outstanding points about this P585, and why we enthuse about her being the best P585 built, is because she was kept simple and light. It is easy for owners to add generators, hydraulic passrails, extra anchors and chains, batteries, large RIBs, etc, so the cumulative weight makes their boat slower. This boat sails beautifully, we have sailed her out in the Atlantic on different occasions and can personally vouch for this, particularly as we have test-sailed and test-cruised every one of our P585s delivered.
A very creative designer used her skills in choosing the layouts and materials inside. The first impression is that the boat is light and airy. Beechwood finish, light Corian surfaces, white leather seating, light blinds/curtains, etc., so she gives a great feeling of space and cleanliness. Added to this, the owners have kept her meticulously well maintained. You will see that the Owners stateroom has an access door into the salon, which is a handy option. The piéce de resistance is the Day Bed in the salon. This was originally the owner's idea, because he liked to relax with his family all cuddled up together, but it also turned out to be a superb 'watchkeeper berth' for use on passage. There is also good and accessible storage under. You can also see from the plan there is an extra pipe cot type berth port fwd, but of course it is finished off properly as are the other berths, not an aluminium tube and canvas construction. Incidentally, all mattresses in Privileges are full orthopaedic Bultox with ventilation slatting under.
Boats of this calibre do not come along very often. She was the last Privilege 585 to be produced in the classic styling, which did not include a flybridge. She is the right tool for the job to cross oceans, circumnavigate, explore small islands, yet not so big so she may still be sailed short-handed.
Out of all the boats this company has sold over the years (1,500+), this is the one we would choose for liveaboard blue water sailing.
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|Max Draft
|5 ft 9 in
|Max Seating Capacity
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|Engine Model
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|Length at Waterline
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Windlass control at helm
Aft windlass with anchor roller in locker
Electric winch on stbd side of mast
Manual winch on port side of mast
Manual winch for traveller
Electric winch for mainsheet
2 x electric winches for genoa
3 x winch handles
Beech wood, light, gloss finish
Streamfloor flooring with teak and holly effect
Owner's central cabin on main pod with table and sofa
1 x double guest cabin in fwd port hull
2 x aft double cabins en suite
Fwd stbd bow hull equipped with bed
Custom bar with sink, refrigerator & icemaker, and storage
Chart table with electrical panels and instruments
All seats in salon in white leather
Crew compartment in fwd port bow hull (accessed via deck)
Garbage compactor in galley
Metal trim on gangway doors
Main salon door sliding white aluminium
Tricolour and mooring lights at masthead
Navigation lights on pulpits and arch
Deck light
Steaming light
Lights in engine rooms
Courtesy lights inside
24V outlet at chart table
12V cigar lighter at chart table
Management and control of 24V circuit (amp, volt gauge)
Hi-fi entertainment in salon and cabins
220V outlets throughout the boat
Circuit 220V/50HZ AC 24V DC (services)
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Mast & boom white laquered aluminium
2 x trampolines with pulpits & teak seats
Gennaker deck fittings
8 x fenders
4 x docking lines
Handrails 3 lines for extra 75cm height
Mast bottom pulpit
Net on guardrails
Outside black textalene window covers
Helmstation with double bench
Storage lockers under cockpit floor
Fresh water inlets in cockpit and windlass
Antifouling ECOSEA with epoxy treatment
MCA security equipment
1 x CQR 48kg + 80m 14mm chain
1 x CQR 35kg + 20m 14mm chain + 50m warp
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Mark your calendars, the 13th Annual Boneyard Art Festival will be April 9-12, 2015!
Thank you, Champaign County for another amazing Boneyard Arts Festival!
2014 Signature Image
After evaluating over 95 outstanding submissions, a panel of local arts professionals selected Laura Wennstrom's "Reticulation" (felt, thread, nylon string, light) as the signature image of the 2014 Boneyard Arts Festival!
Laura Wennstrom is an MFA candidate in New Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her undergraduate degree in Studio Art from North Park University in Chicago in 2009. Laura has worked with children in underserved neighborhoods across the Midwest and in rural Ecuador teaching art, reading, and special education. She has developed and implemented art curriculum for after school programs for students in pre-kindergarten through high school seniors. In addition, Laura has created several public murals in collaboration with children and adults from local communities.
"In the process of making art, I am interested in gathering those materials and objects – the cast off, the forgotten, the incidental, the profound – and through combining and layering, I find new ways to tell stories. My art represents the intersection of my life with the people I have worked with while honoring their experiences and trying to make sense of my own. I will continue creating work that speaks to the socio-economic, racial, and educational disparities that occur in our communities."
"Reticulation is a network, a web, and lace, all at once. Reticulation is environmental, cellular, and architectural. The piece began as a very personal way of sorting out my emotional position in the world: as a person of privilege, turning my experience into a physical thing using a physical process. It exists as a meditative, psychological experience that creates a sacred space like a cathedral; with onlookers even finding references to Mexican Day of the Dead paper cut lanterns. Reticulation exists in some ways as a safety net, or emotional holding space. It also references traditional women's work and the basic biological structures of humanity."
The judging panel for the Boneyard signature image consisted of Jason Patterson, local artist; Rehema Barber, Visiting Coordinator at Figure One; Leif Olson local artist and 2013 Signature Artist; Ralph Roether, graphic designer at Horizon Hobby and local artist; Gail Rost, General Manager of I.D.E.A. Store.
About Boneyard
Presented annually every spring by 40 North | 88 West, the Boneyard Arts Festival is a four-day event showcasing the broad range of creative activity flourishing in our community. Its goal is to bring together local artists, businesses and organizations for a special event showcasing the art of Champaign County.
More than a traditional arts walk, the Boneyard is a unique countywide celebration that takes place in a wide variety of venues (over 100!) -- both traditional (theaters, cafes, galleries & museums) and non-traditional (salons & retail stores) -- and features the work of literally hundreds of artists. Sculptors, weavers, painters, photographers and other visual artists join musicians, actors, dancers, poets and performers of all kinds in sharing their creativity throughout Champaign, Urbana, U of I Campus, Rantoul, Homer, Mahomet, St. Joseph and Sidney.
The festival stimulates cultural, economic, social and educational growth by providing an opportunity for people of every age, background and interest to participate.
*provide opportunities for artists of all disciplines, media and levels of expertise to share and sell their work with the greater community and its visitors
*demonstrate the value of collaboration among individuals, organizations and businesses
*illuminate the economic impact of the arts on local business
*demonstrate the effectiveness of utilizing art to increase foot traffic in and around participating venues, as well as to enhance the environment in public and private spaces
*promote the cultural vibrancy of our community -- a great place to live and visit * bring students, residents and visitors together through the arts
*provide an occasion, through the arts, to both express and reflect upon who and what we are as individuals and as a community
*celebrate the many unique cultural traditions within Champaign County
Kelly White
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Cynthia Johnson
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Chicken in Tomato-Basil Cream Sauce
This recipe was inspired by all our fresh garden tomatoes and herbs. In summer, I grill the chicken with some Italian seasonings and a bit of garlic powder, but on rainy days or in winter, I cook it on the stovetop. —Rachel Kowasic, Connellsville, Pennsylvania
4 Servings
Prep: 20 min. Cook: 30 min.
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
3 teaspoons butter,
8 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 cup uncooked whole wheat orzo pasta
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup loosely packed basil leaves, julienned
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook chicken
in 2 teaspoons butter until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm. In
the same skillet, saute tomatoes and onion in remaining butter until
onion is softened. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
Stir in broth. Bring to a boil; add orzo. Reduce heat. Cover and
simmer for 10-12 minutes or until orzo is tender. Stir in the
chicken, milk, basil, salt and pepper; heat through (do not boil).
Sprinkle with cheese just before serving. Yield: 4 servings.
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1-1/2 cups equals 417 calories, 12 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 94 mg cholesterol, 723 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 9 g fiber, 35 g protein.
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3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1/2 whole milk, 1/2 fat.
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ストリシャは小さな田舎町の出身で、初めて「ミス・ウクライナ」をテレビで見た時、輝くその栄冠を目指して進むことを決意した。今そのために彼女は計画する。ストリシャは18才、50キロの細い体をダンスとジョギングで維持しながら、 キエフ大学で言語を勉強している。
|Kracker 英国
Nice pussy.
|chris アメリカ
strisha a truly sensuous woman.Show more please.
|ay オーストラリア
incredibly beautiful lady...some pics reveal a tampon string(?)
|Laurie 英国
Trish A beautiful girl,stunning face,lovely hair and a perfect sylph like figure. The \"string\" maybe why this set was \"lost\".
|Kevin 英国
Strisha. On one of her films a subscriber noticed a 'string'. It was only visible for a few seconds. A 'string' was also visible on a previous photo gallery. I put both of these down to the fact that yes, sure, she had a tampon in for all of the photo shoot but Petter had not airbrushed it out in all of the photos. If this was NOT the case, then I know I'm going to 'open Pandora's Box' by saying that I wouldn't mind seeing the girls with a tampon in. Obviously not the 'Yanna totally spread' shots. Think about it guys, it would show that these women we adore and therefore put on an ivory whatsit are indeed just like our wives/girlfriends/ex's. I know I put my tongue there when my ex was 'on'. I am just chatting about being able to just see the tampon in her pussy. Not any open pussy shots. This comment is just to open the discussion. Please tell me what you think. Kevin.
The String I welcome the debate Kevin! The glimpse of a tampon does not bother me in the slightest. Obviously I'm not after a whole 'fetish' type of gallery, I'm sure there are specialist websites for that!! But this just reminds me of how real these girls are, not super-sized ego supermodels but real women, with real tits (mostly, there are a few with implants) and pussies that haven't had the inner labia trimmed to look more 'neat'. This site should be viewing for all girls. the variety of difference in the female vagina is a beautiful thing - too many girls grown up believing theirs looks ugly. Beautiful, real females is what Petter Hegre does best. Keep it coming!!!
Shame on you Petter for losing such a beautiful photo shoot. Or did you really - maybe you just wanted to keep them to yourself :).
|wheeler アメリカ
I could be blind... But,I dont see a string!I even clicked on the biggest pic, and looked reeeeeeeeeeeally close!!!! :P anyway...I dont care if there is one!she's a woman...its "that time of the month"...be glad she is still kind enough to share her beauty with us!!!
|Basia ポーランド
Ehem... woman's comment.. Hi, I just wanted to add to the discussion that for about 2 years I subscribe to this site and I am a woman. I love to see the different kinds of bodies, faces, breasts and labias etc. I am purely heterosexual but... this site reminds me about the beauty of being a woman... the grils here are real, natural, beautiful very sensual. That is the site from which I learn how to be sexy without overdoing it and without being artificial...the beauty of this site I think lays in the fact that Peter loves woman just as they are...and there lots of different kinds of them... and I love the comments of the subscribers of this site - meaning you guys! Basia
|Michael アメリカ
For those of you who appreciate a natural woman - with string - watch Strisha's Table Dance movie. Primitive by today's Hegre videos, yet undeniably charming.
|wheeler アメリカ
Basia... WELL SAID!!!
|Michael カナダ
Strisha In my next lifetime I may come back as a chair.
|Tom カナダ
more Strisha gorgeous girl, hope she gets over her shyness... :-)
|salvador rios メキシコ
the best simply the best pictures in a diferent concept
|ardunbye 英国
Strisha table dance I would simply say WOW but she gets me so tongue tied I keep saying backwards.
|ninafan 韓国
i love the girl she surely is a stunning little baby, i love her dance and flirting eyes..more nina vids plzzzzzzzzzz
|Ales Galli ロシア
gorgeous I love this girl, she's gorgeous !
|BubbaGimp タイ王国
Nina Nina... she leaves me absolutely stunned. Terrific! Ukrainian girls are very pretty... I want to move to Ukraine!!!
|Nina fan アメリカ
Exceptional film! This model and this film is one of my favorites! Very sexy and very hot! Thanks!
|Jack オランダ
Very, very impressive. She´s moving in a very sexy natural way. Thanks Nina.
|Mark アメリカ
A nice looking girl, but why does she appear to have a tampon in for the shoot? See 1:36 & 1:39 in the film and a couple of the stills... Does that turn anyone else off... or am I just a wimp who do not repsect the female cycles... ;-)
|wheeler アメリカ
You have a good eye Mark! I didnt notice it until I read that! Doesnt bother me though! HOT STUFF!!!
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firstname.lastname@example.com Good imgs! I like it.
|Baba 韓国
great films by Hegre is excellent in quality.In my opinion its not an adult movie but Art film .


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After her people were slaughtered by neighbors, Geraldine Umugwaneza LL.M. '05 knows that forgiveness is elusive, but she is determined to help Rwanda move forward.
Geraldine Umugwaneza LL.M. '05 doesn't think she could live in the Rwandan village where her family was murdered. After the 1994 genocide, the looting and violence left her mother's house a frightening shell. But what scares her more is the idea that even today the neighbors might kill her, too.
That a former Supreme Court judge should have such fears says a lot about the challenges that face Rwanda.
The government estimates that as many as 1 million people-- one-eighth of the population--participated in the 100 days of killing directed by Hutu extremists against at least 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. In a country where so many who were victimized live in proximity to so many who are complicit, how do you seek justice?
Umugwaneza believes it's her obligation to try. Born a refugee in Uganda, she dreamed of the day she would go home to claim her identity. Violence against Tutsis had driven her parents from Rwanda in 1973, and it wasn't until 1984 that her family took a chance on moving back. Umugwaneza stayed on in Uganda with one of her sisters to finish her education. By the time she crossed the Rwandan border, at age 20, the genocide had taken the lives of her mother, grandmother and four of her siblings. It left her driven to help put her country back together.
After studying law at the National University of Rwanda, she started by advocating for thousands of widows of the genocide. Most of the women had been raped and many had HIV or AIDS. By 1996, about 70 percent of the remaining population was female, yet women had no right to inherit property or hold bank accounts. Umugwaneza is happy she played a role in changing the law. "They looked at me as a daughter," she said. "I felt it was something I had to do."
At the same time, the Rwandan government was struggling with what it had to do to respond to the genocide. Faced with an enormous backlog of prisoners awaiting trial, and few lawyers and judges (many had been killed), it drew on a traditional form of dispute resolution that promotes reconciliation between the perpetrator and the community, and offers a reduction of sentence for those who come forward and admit their crimes and ask for forgiveness.
Umugwaneza first served as a technical adviser to the Supreme Court, which was supervising the new "gacaca" (pronounced ga-CHA-cha) system, named for the grass where the traditional hearings took place. In 2002, when she was 28, she was appointed a judge in the chamber of the Supreme Court charged with implementing the program. She traveled to villages across the country where people were selected to serve on the local courts and hear testimony in front of the community in open-air hearings. There are now close to 12,000 such courts in a country about the size of Maryland. This spring, as Umugwaneza was finishing a paper on the courts as part of the LL.M. program at HLS, the first gacaca trials were held.
Umugwaneza explains that the system works in tandem with the conventional courts. As evidence is gathered, the crimes are classified. The majority of defendants, mostly those accused of having done the killing, are tried in the gacaca courts, where the maximum sentence is 30 years. The cases of those accused of having planned or instigated the genocide, on the other hand, are passed on to the conventional courts, which can impose the death penalty. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, in Arusha, Tanzania, also relies on the gacaca courts for building its cases.
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- Cloudia said...
wise mom
Aloha from Waikiki
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- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:03:00 AM EST
- deborah said...
many lifetimes ago - piano!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:12:00 AM EST
- faye said...
I can still play TAPS on the trumpet.. but maybe I am not
as long winded as I use to be and it takes a lot of air to
get music out of that thing...
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:15:00 AM EST
- Lily Hydrangea said...
but there is 5 of them?
Your mother was indeed wise!
I played the violin for a brief moment.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 2:16:00 AM EST
- bichonpawz said...
Nope...no musical instruments!! Except...choir...does that count?
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 2:43:00 AM EST
- Robin said...
I played classical flute for about 10 years, and was pretty good at it. Sadly, I caved to peer pressure and gave it up when I went off to college as "not cool". I've tried to pick it back up a few times since then but aside from still remembering how to play Stairway to Heaven by heart it quickly became apparent that my life had moved on in a different direction.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 6:26:00 AM EST
- Deltaville Jamie said...
I played the flute for 10 years or so, took guitar lessons in college and hated it though I think it had more to do with being a graded class than the instrument (so I'm considering another go at it) and I was in a bagpipe band for a few years where I did play the bagpipes- even marched in the Baltimore St Paddy's Day parade once. The Brat Child has been talking about playing the piano.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:56:00 AM EST
- Diane Cayton-Hakey said...
I was forced to take piano lessons, organ lessons, and I volunteered to learn how to play the clarinet. Can't play any of them to this day. Force simply isn't an option with my personality. Love the shot!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8:57:00 AM EST
- TSannie said...
Played piano for years...wish I'd kept it up.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:57:00 AM EST
- Laura~peach~ said...
piano, was never good, had no encouragement... son played ofr several years he was good... i still have his piano in my house :)
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:44:00 AM EST
- Akelamalu said...
I never had instrument lessons but we did have an old piano on which I could play a couple of tunes by ear. I can't read music though. I have to say I would love to be able to play the piano properly but not much chance of that now as my fingers are all knarled with arthritis.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:06:00 AM EST
- Reena Walkling said...
I took clarinet in the fifth grade and they moved me up to the bass clarinet which I hated. So of course, I dropped!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:54:00 AM EST
- Robin said...
Daryl, no instruments here. My mother was an accomplished pianist, my daughter is very good with the trumpet, flute, fife, my 9 year old granddaughter is just starting with the guitar.
Mum wanted to teach but it never took!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:50:00 PM EST
- Chesapeake Bay Woman said...
My grandmother played piano for the silent movies; my mother plays the piano, therefore I had no choice but to take piano lessons. I liked it OK but hated the recitals. Too much pressure.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 1:58:00 PM EST
- Bibi said...
I love to listen to music, live or otherwise, but my music lessons-0.
I bonk the xylophone for my little granddaughter Mila. She thinks I'm great.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 2:37:00 PM EST
- Dianne said...
considering the weather it could have been today
they 're groovin'
I was assigned the French Horn in middle school and I was awful
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:20:00 PM EST
- Chrissykat said...
Flute. No private lessons, just junior high school music class. I played for three years, 6th, 7th & 8th grade & I was very very good...first chair in band for two years. And amazingly enough, in all that time, I could never read music. The band director would hum the flute melody & I could play it right there, spot on but could not do it on my own. I still have my flute...I can't bear to get rid of it.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8:23:00 PM EST
- Helene said...
Took dance lessons for years and oh so wanted to be a Rockette! I even went back to class after I married. Gee, I was in much better shape then! LOL When I bought my house, I bought an upright piano...I really wanted piano lessons as a child BUT never told anyone. Now, I'm still not taking lessons but have managed to learn a few songs. Hmmmm, I really need to dust that piano off!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:09:00 PM EST
- PerthDailyPhoto said...
The flute....I'm saying no more about it!!
- Friday, February 24, 2012 at 10:18:00 AM EST
- Hilary said...
I took piano lessons from a mean old teacher who made me cry.. often. Hated it. It turned me off piano for years. I taught myself some guitar. Thankfully, my son is very musically talented. I inherited my mother's beautiful old piano and now I know who will inherit it from me.
- Friday, February 24, 2012 at 12:49:00 PM EST
- Beth F said...
I took years of piano lessons (my parents have a baby grand) so I can read music; then I learned folk guitar. I have no talent; no amount of practicing was going to cure that. My mother loves to play piano, and one of my brothers plays multiple instruments. I also can't sing -- at.all. But when I was in grad school I ran sound for a local reggae band (band lasted about 5 months). That's my only claim to musical fame.
- Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 7:48:00 AM EST
- Joan said...
A few years of piano. Forty years later and still I wish I had taken more lessons. Not that I have a piano to play on. HA
I was first taught by one of my sisters. That did not go well! She played beautifully, still does, but.... My mother was wise and hired someone to teach me.
- Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 12:15:00 PM EST
- lisa said...
Sixth grade. Clarinet. Ugh! Didn't last long. Thank goodness
- Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 4:57:00 PM EST
- Country Girl said...
Piano, taught by a sweet nun. I love piano. Wish I could play better.
- Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 5:11:00 PM EST


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This page describes how to construct a resource that will perform an action on the first run of chef-client and do nothing on subsequent runs.
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- Updated: December 19, 2013
I've had a blessed career as a sportswriter.
For 15 years, I covered the National Football League, our nation's most popular sport, interacting with some remarkable people – from athletes and coaches, to public relations officials and equipment managers – and attending 14 Super Bowls.
But the highlight of my career was, far and away, covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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I reveled in watching sheer domination, like when the Dream Team routed their opponents, then signed autographs afterwards. I enjoyed the underdog stories, like Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner, and even the surprises, such as Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury zipping past a heap of more heralded opponents, en route to gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
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In fact, McCutcheon missed his team's first three games, but he returned and guided the U.S. to a gold medal, including an upset of the heavily favored Brazilians in a riveting four-set match. Amid jubilant players screaming and hugging, McCutcheon instinctively searched for a refuge, someplace he could finally release all the figurative weight heaped upon his 6 foot 5 frame. The tears that flowed were the result of a mixture of joy, sadness and stress.
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Sodsaver Provision a Win for Sage Grouse
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
Eastern Montana rancher Bill Milton is pleased to see a new sodsaver provision in the Farm Bill of 2014. He runs a grass-fed cattle operation near Roundup, that's on the edge of important habitat for sage grouse. The provision will reduce the incentive to convert native sagebrush and grasslands to tilled crops, which do not support sage grouse or livestock grazing.
"We just don't want to break up any more grass," Milton said. "What remains of our native grasslands is a high priority to keep right side up."
"Over the past few years, high crop prices and high land values have pushed crop production onto every available acre, including some of our last, best, prairie habitat," said Dave Nomsen, vice president of governmental affairs for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, strong partners of the Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI).
"This habitat is essential for upland birds and waterfowl," Nomsen said. "Fortunately, the farm bill passed does include a strong sodsaver policy, and while the provision is limited to six states, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, it represents a compromise that will help save native prairie in the states where it is most threatened."
Sodsaver reduces the federal crop insurance subsidy available to landowners by 50 percent for four years on any lands they convert from native prairie to cropland. Under the new Farm Bill, landowners are still allowed to convert prairie, but the profitability depends on free-market economics, not agricultural subsidy.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified sodbusting as the top threat to sage grouse in Montana and the Dakotas. Addressing this threat will be a major factor in the Service's 2015 decision on the need to list the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act.
The Service relies on the Conservation Objectives Team (COT) report to inform its decision on what has changed for the sage grouse since 2010, when the species was found warranted for listing, but precluded by other higher priority wildlife in trouble.
The COT report specifically recommends: "Revise Farm Bill policies and commodity programs that facilitate ongoing conversion of native habitats to marginal croplands (e.d. through the addition of a 'Sodsaver' provision), to support conservation of remaining sagebrush-steppe habitats."
This regulatory mechanism goes has gone into effect with the President's signature. Montana harbors almost 20 percent of the world's remaining sage grouse, second only to Wyoming. The state also ranks first in privately owned sagebrush habitats out of 11 western states, with 64 percent of the habitat on private lands, like Milton's ranch and many others in eastern Montana.
Milton said his operation benefits from an easement through the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Grassland Reserve Program that ensures the native grasslands remain as grasslands.
"We are hoping that with good conservation practices working with NRCS and good grazing practices the species habitat can be conserved without an endangered species listing," he said.
Milton has seen firsthand the loss of thousands of acres of native grasslands and shrublands converted to croplands over the past 30 years in both Musselshell County where he lives, and to the north in Petroleum County. He points out that the best farmland was tilled up long ago and what remains tends to be marginal and unsustainable for growing crops. He doesn't think it's right to subsidize practices that encourage plowing up what's left of the prairie so essential to ranching and for sage grouse.
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Dave Naugle, SGI science advisor and professor at University of Montana, has data in hand that demonstrates how plowing lands reduces sage grouse numbers. He works closely with the University of Montana and The Nature Conservancy to investigate the sodbusting risk and then develop strategies to prioritize conservation efforts.
A map of eastern Montana and the Dakotas shows sage grouse lek (breeding) locations falling on native prairie with none on the green-colored lands converted to wheat and other crops.
"Sage grouse hate fragmentation of their habitat," Naugle said. "They need vast sagebrush-steppe to survive."
To help keep it that way, he and his colleagues have used overlays of maps to identify the sage grouse strongholds at highest risk of conversion to croplands. They can then efficiently pinpoint where to help ranchers who wish to voluntarily enroll in rotational grazing and conservation easement projects.
"The sodsaver is a game-changer for halting conversion of prairie to cropland," Naugle said. "The pendulum has now swung in favor of ranching and conservation."
Field Notes are compiled by Anthony Hauck, Pheasants Forever's Online Editor. Email Anthony at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter @AnthonyHauckPF.
Farm Bill Headed to President's Desk Thanks to Senate Passage
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
After being passed by the House last week, today the Senate approved the Agricultural Act of 2014, commonly known as the farm bill. The legislation is now headed to President Obama's desk.
If signed into law by the president, the bill would:
- Reauthorize the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), including a change to the program that will allow for the enrollment of up to 2 million grassland acres with no cropping history that have never been eligible for CRP enrollment historically.
- Re-link conservation compliance to crop insurance, deterring wetland drainage.
- Create a regional "Sodsaver" to protect our country's last remaining native prairies where it is most threatened – South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska.
- Approve $40 million in funding for Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Programs (VPA-HIP). Commonly referred to as "Open Fields," this funding would improve sportsmen's access while helping improve wildlife conservation efforts.
- Allocate more than $1 billion allocated for a new Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, including provisions targeting wetlands and grasslands.
- Consolidate U.S. Department of Agriculture programs from 23 to 13, improving delivery of these programs to interested landowners.
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever urge the president to sign the bill, and look forward to using these new tools to create wildlife habitat.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's Vice President of Government Relations.
U.S. House Passes Farm Bill
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
A few minutes ago, by a vote of 251 to 166 the United States House of Representatives passed the Agricultural Act of 2014, commonly known as the farm bill. The bill now awaits Senate action. All indications are the Senate will act on the bill shortly.
The farm bill, if signed into law, will make substantial changes to conservation policies and programs. Included are needed policy changes to conservation compliance and provisions to protect native prairies from conversion in six states (N.D., S.D., Minn., Iowa, Neb., Mont.). U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs are consolidated from 23 to 13. Included is re-authorization of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) at 24 million acres, a new agricultural conservation easement program, and working lands conservation programs. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are in support of the passage of this farm bill and look forward to using these new tools to create wildlife habitat.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's Vice President of Government Relations.
Farm Bill Agreement Reached, Awaits House Vote
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
Yesterday, the long-anticipated farm bill showed signs of life as House and Senate conferees reached a bipartisan agreement to move the bill forward. In fact, the House may have a vote on the farm bill by the end of Wednesday. After clearing the House, the bill will move to the Senate.
The bill addresses Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's top grassland and wildlife priorities including the following:
- Conservation compliance connected to crop insurance.
- A regional "Sodsaver" to protect our country's last remaining native prairies. States included are South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Montana, and Nebraska. We are pleased to have these important tools to protect America's last remaining virgin prairies available in these critical pheasant states right away.
- Reauthorization of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). While the total authorization of acres will gradually decrease to 24 million acres by FY18, we do have some new tools included to help us target the most environmentally sensitive acres that will best produce water, soil and wildlife benefits. In fact, one particular change to CRP will allow us to enroll up to 2 million grassland acres with no cropping history that have never been eligible for CRP enrollment historically.
- $40 million in funding for voluntary public hunting access programs (VPA-HIP).
- A new Agricultural Conservation Easement Program including provisions targeting wetlands and grasslands.
It's been an arduous two year road to get us to this point. I won't pretend this Farm Bill is going to be perfect by anyone's standards; however, it does address our core conservation concerns. The danger in not passing a farm bill at this point would be catastrophic for wildlife and water quality as all our favorite conservation programs, like CRP, would be shut down for the foreseeable future. Given the current state of habitat loss, our nation's wildlife cannot withstand additional time without access to conservation programs. Let's get this farm bill passed and begin working on returning habitat back to the landscape this spring.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's Vice President of Government Relations.
ACTION ALERT: Finish the Farm Bill
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Yesterday, Farm Bill conferees met for the first time to craft the final version of the Farm Bill that will go before the full Congress for a vote. This has been a process that has taken more than two years, so it's critical all bird hunters contact the conferees listed below urging final passage of a Farm Bill immediately. Failure to pass a Farm Bill by year's end would be devastating to wildlife and hunter access.
"If a Farm Bill doesn't pass by year's end critical programs like CRP and WRP will remain unavailable," explained Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever's vice president of government affairs.
Nomsen continued, "we saw the power of our collective voice as hunters earlier this month when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service re-opened Waterfowl Production Areas during the government shutdown. Today, it's even more critical for all of us to raise those voices. The future of our hunting heritage hangs in the balance. It may seem like I'm over-stating the severity of the situation, but I am not. This is zero-hour for pheasants, quail, ducks, deer, turkeys, America's water quality and hunter access."
The following components are critical to Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's support of a new Farm Bill:
- Conservation Compliance connected to crop insurance
- National Sodsaver to protect our country's last remaining native prairies
- A Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with a minimum 25 million acre baseline
- A 5-year Farm Bill
The list below is the full roster of Farm Bill conferees. If you live within the districts of these individuals, it's imperative they hear your voice as a hunter and conservationist urging for strong conservation policy in a new Farm Bill. Follow this link to Contact your elected officials. Thank you for standing up for America's sportsmen and women!
Farm Bill Conferees
Farm Bill Extension Expires, PF Presses Congress to Act
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Editor's Note: Pheasants Forever along with Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation sent the following letter to President Barack Obama and Congressional leadership.
The Farm Bill extension has expired and, along with it, vital conservation programs will unfortunately be closed for enrollment. As the leaders of Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, we respectfully urge you to pass a comprehensive five-year Farm Bill as soon as possible. Consumers may not feel the full consequences of a lapsed farm bill before January, but conservation felt it immediately.
Farm Bill conservation programs like the Conservation Reserve Program, Wetlands Reserve Program and Grasslands Reserve Program are now closed for enrollment. These are the most effective tools farmers and ranchers have to conserve bird and other wildlife habitat on private lands, and they will no longer be available without an enacted Farm Bill. This habitat also contributes environmental services to our citizens in the form of flood abatement, soil erosion abatement and clean water.
From 2006 to 2011, 1.3 million acres of native grassland were converted to cropland in the Great Plains, most of which occurred in heart of the duck factory. This is a rate of land conversion our country hasn't seen since the Dust Bowl. It is not only vital for the birds our organizations work to protect that these lands are conserved and restored, it is vital to our country's citizens. We could be recreating the dust storms of the 1930s without the conservation programs in the Farm Bill that encourage private landowners to maintain the grasses and prairie habitat that prevent erosion.
Outdoor recreation, including hunting and bird watching, contributes $646 billion to the U.S. economy each year. The industry also creates 6.1 million American jobs – more than the oil and gas, finance or real estate sectors. These jobs cannot be exported and fuel rural, local and our national economies. Conservation measures in the Senate Farm Bill, like re-coupling conservation compliance to crop insurance and a national Sodsaver program, are critical to ensuring this positive economic impact continues.
On behalf of our more than 1.5 million members and supporters, we ask that you use your leadership to expeditiously pass and enact a comprehensive five-year Farm Bill with a robust conservation title that includes re-coupling compliance to crop insurance and a national Sodsaver program.
Thank you for your consideration of our perspectives.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever's Vice President of Governmental Relations.
The Farm Bill Heads to Conference Committee
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
"What is going on with the Farm Bill?" is the question filling up my inbox and voicemail. It's been more of a challenge to answer that inquiry in recent weeks than at any time in my career. Frankly, it looks like the answer will remain murky for the foreseeable future. Here's what I can tell you:
Farm Bill Clears House
You may recall the 2012 Farm Bill died without ever reaching the full House floor for a vote. Last month, the 2013 Farm Bill made it to the House floor only to be surprisingly defeated on June 20th with very little precedent for "what happens next." In another unpredictable turn, the U.S. House of Representatives abruptly brought the Farm Bill back to the House floor for a vote on Thursday, July 11th. This time round, the Farm Bill went before the House with the controversial Food Stamp legislation completely removed from the rest of the Bill, presumably to be dealt with separately at a later date. The resulting Farm Bill passed in a "split House" vote of 216 to 208.
Now What?
So, we have a comprehensive Senate Farm Bill with a strong conservation title; including CRP funding, WRP funding, a national Sodsaver provision and a re-linking of conservation compliance to crop insurance.
On the House side, we have a Farm Bill that doesn't mirror the same components from the Senate (i.e. Food Stamp language). Also, the Conservation Title in the House version doesn't include a crop insurance connection to conservation compliance. Additionally, the Sodsaver language in the House version is regional, rather than national like the Senate's bill, in scope.
The two incongruent Farm Bills are now on to a Senate and House conference committee with the challenging task of rectifying the differences between the two bills for a full Congressional vote. And the clock is ticking. The current 2012 Farm Bill extension expires on September 30th and President Obama has also promised a veto of any Farm Bill reaching his desk without Food Stamp language included.
Clear as mud? No question. That's why it's so important Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are part of this process at every step. We remain vigilant in our push for a new Farm Bill before the September deadline. America's wildlife, water resources and outdoor traditions depend upon strong federal conservation policy. Rest assured, we are in D.C. fighting for roosters, quail, and hunters during these challenging times.
In the coming days and weeks ahead, please stay tuned to this blog and our social media outlets (Facebook & Twitter) as we will be issuing Action Alerts to help put pressure on our elected officials to vote in support of strong conservation policy.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's Vice President of Government Relations.
Farm Bill Clears Senate as September 30th Deadline Looms
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
I am pleased to report the United States Senate passed their version of the 2013 Farm Bill by a vote of 66 to 27 on Monday. This bill would establish U.S. agricultural policy for the next five years. Included in the Senate's bill were:
- Reauthorization of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
- Reauthorization of the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
- Reauthorization of the Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP)
- A conservation compliance provision re-linking crop insurance premium support to certain conservation practices.
- A national "Sodsaver" program helping to safeguard native prairies.
The Senate's version of the Farm Bill is good policy for landowners, hunters and conservationists. Unfortunately, there are a number of steps remaining before this policy can take effect for the benefit of farmers and wildlife.
The next step is for the U.S. House of Representatives to take up the Farm Bill on the full House floor. This step, as you may recall, is exactly where last year's attempt to push the Farm Bill to completion died on the vine. Based on the discussion coming out of the House this session, I'm optimistic the Farm Bill will reach the House floor as early as next week. The House and the Senate titles are relatively similar with the exception of two important policy provisions. The House's current bill lacks the conservation compliance connection to crop insurance and has a regional version of "Sodsaver" rather than the national version. We're going to continue to work toward influencing the House to include those two important provisions.
Consequently, we are asking all Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever members to be on alert as we monitor Farm Bill debate in the House in the coming weeks. There will likely be a time in the coming days when we sound the alarm and ask all members and hunters to contact their U.S. Representative with a key message about our position on conservation.
Unfortunately, there are still three more steps for a new Farm Bill after passage of a bill in the House. The first of those steps would be a conferencing of the Senate and House Farm Bills together to rectify differences between the two bodies. Second, the conferenced bill would have to be approved by a full Congressional vote. And finally, the final bill would have to be signed by the President.
Obviously, that's a lot of steps and the 2008 Farm Bill expires on September 30th. Congress needs to push this 2013 Farm Bill across the finish line before that deadline is met. And, another extension to the 2008 Farm Bill would irreversibly change the face of private lands conservation threatening the existence of conservation programs that landowners and hunters have relied on for decades.
Stay tuned.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever's Vice President of Government Affairs
Pheasants Forever Outlines Top Conservation Priorities for 2013
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Because nothing impacts pheasant and quail populations like the management of the nation's agricultural lands, Pheasants Forever has set its priorities for working with Congress in 2013 on new federal Farm Bill legislation. Pheasants Forever is pushing to strengthen the Conservation Reserve Program and to remove the safety net for landowners who plow under wetlands and native prairie.
The year 2012 will be remembered as a bleak one for conservation, but it's a new year and we must make new conservation resolutions. The conservation title of the Farm Bill remains the single largest source of federal funding for conservation on private lands in the country, and our organization sees a great deal of opportunity to create policies that benefit landowners as well as wildlife. PF's top conservation priorities this year include:
5-Year Farm Bill with Strong Conservation Provisions
At the end of 2012, Congress passed a nine-month extension of the current Farm Bill, leaving too much instability in rural America and for the country's wildlife habitat resources. The current extension jeopardizes many of the bill's key conservation programs, and if a full Farm Bill fails to pass by this October, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP) and other key conservation programs will lose billions in conservation funding.
Restore Competitiveness of CRP
The Conservation Reserve Program remains the workhorse of America's conservation policy, and Pheasants Forever believes the program can continue to succeed in harmony with agriculture, but only if it becomes more economically viable to producers in light of higher modern commodity prices. We need to put the value of wildlife habitat on more equal footing with the value of cash crops, as the payoffs in protecting these toughest-to-farm acres are stable incomes for producers, as well as wildlife, water and soil benefits for us all.
Linking Crop Insurance and Conservation
Pheasants, quail and other wildlife face risks every day, but the risks to farmers who convert wetlands and remnant native prairie to cropland have been eliminated through (largely) taxpayer subsidized crop insurance. Pheasants Forever supports re-linking conservation compliance so Swampbuster (wetlands) and Sodsaver (Protect Our Prairies Act) provisions are imposed to provide the public with environmental benefits. This past autumn, the Prairie Pothole Region was ablaze with dry wetlands and cattail marshes being burned off in record numbers. These were important winter cover areas for pheasants. If taxpayers are going to continue to support crop insurance payments, then clean air, water, soil and wildlife habitat should be a minimum return on our investment.
Pheasant Nesting Cover through Pollinator Habitat
Pollinators not only play a critical role in bringing food to the table, but they also provide important ecosystem support, including pheasant and quail nesting and brood habitat – pheasants and quail share a common need for habitat containing flowering plants. Pheasants Forever assigned one of its senior leaders, Nebraskan Pete Berthelsen, into a new position to leverage concerns around declining pollinator populations to advance the wildlife habitat mission of Pheasants Forever. Berthelsen has helped secure many of the pollinator planting guidelines present in Conservation Reserve Program practices across the United States, and he successfully worked to make pollinator habitat a part of many other federal Farm Bill conservation programs.
Permanent Wildlife Habitat Protections
As land values have skyrocketed, the window of opportunity to permanently protect lands as wildlife habitat continues to narrow, accelerating the need for land acquisitions and permanent conservation easements. Pheasants Forever has assigned another member of its senior leadership team, Minnesotan Matt Holland, to serve as a national resource to aggressively utilize and seek out funding opportunities for permanent wildlife habitat protection.
Voluntary Public Access Programs for Sportsmen and Sportswomen
The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program is an innovative program used to help fund dwindling public access to private lands, which constitutes the greatest threat to hunting in the United States today. Pheasants Forever supports the permanent authorization and funding for this program, which benefits both wildlife habitat and hunting access. It is crucial to give sportspeople a place to experience the outdoors, and this voluntary program creates a win-win relationship for the landowner and the outdoorsman.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever's Vice President of Government Relations.
Senate Sabotaging Sportsmen's Act, Hope for a 2012 Farm Bill
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
I've spent the majority of the week in Washington, D.C. working on a variety of our conservation priorities; including the Sportsmen's Act, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and of course the federal Farm Bill.
A few weeks ago, I watched an episode of the television news program 60 minutes focused on our political leaders' desire to return to the statesmanship and bi-partisan cooperation of a bi-gone era. I watched those Senators on camera and felt a renewed sense of hope. This week's visit to our nation's capital made it clear those intentions were nothing more than a political façade.
Sportsman's Act
This bill is an incredible compilation of hunter's favorites in need of Congressional action. It contains habitat programs like the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, the Fish & Wildlife Service's Partners Program, and a host of other policies that would provide wildlife habitat and public hunting access.
Leading up to this week's debate, the bill enjoyed the support of virtually every single hunting and wildlife conservation organization in the country; organizations representing millions of Americans. The measure garnered strong bi-partisan support during early procedural votes to move the measure forward through Congress. Yet, in the final hours, one single Senator raising a budget point of order brought the entire package down leaving it smoldering like a burned South Dakota cattail slough.
The point of order Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions raised focused on an increase to the price of the Federal Duck Stamp – a measure we support along with our friends at Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl. The federal duck stamp has been an incredibly successful program in place since the '30's and is desperately in need of additional revenues to keep pace with skyrocketing land prices. The proposed increase in revenues from the wallets of willing waterfowlers and wetlands enthusiasts provided the ridiculously miniscule technicality allowing Senator Sessions to derail the entire bill. Last minute attempts to resolve the revenue issue by Senator Jon Tester working across the aisle with others including Senator John Thune using Thune's sodsaver provision savings proved too little too late. Even with resolution at this point Senator Boxer was prepared to intervene as well – all of this coming after nearly unanimous votes of 84 and 92 supporting passage.
Farm Bill
Several of our favorite Farm bill conservation programs remain closed to enrollment, pending action by Congress as well. Leadership from both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees continue to press for pathways to complete action on the full five-year bill that has passed the full Senate and House Committee. Several options remain possible including attaching the measure to end of the year legislation related to the fiscal cliff or extension of existing law for a shorter term. House leadership offices have indicated that the measure will be acted upon in some fashion.
Take Action
Call on your elected Representative and both of your Senators right now. Tell them to get it done on the Sportsmen's Act, tell them to get it done on a comprehensive five-year farm bill, and most of all tell them to get it done on the fiscal cliff. It's time to forgo actions based upon an R or D behind names and to act together as Americans. Help us urge Congress to expedite actions before the lame duck session ends.


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Oxymoron: Herman Cain and GOP presidential nomination
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The name Herman Cain and the words GOP presidential nominee make for a pitiable oxymoron.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Cain certainly has the right stuff to be considered a serious contender. He's articulate, passionate, and spouts the hardcore conservative line, backing draconian immigration crackdowns, opposing abortion and gay marriage, endorsing a muscular military and a repeal of the health care reform law, a wildly regressive national sales tax to replace income taxes, and scaling government to the bare bone.
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|Herman Cain has consistently scored at or near the top in straw polls by Tea Party activists and leaders as their choice of water-bearer for the Republican Party. (Courtesy photo, New American Media)
That was evident in Obama's bruising primary battles with Hillary Clinton in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Texas when Clinton got a majority of white Democratic votes. In a 2006 study in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, a Yale political economist found that in 2006 House races, Democrats were nearly 40 percent less likely to back a black Democratic candidate than a white Democrat. That changed somewhat two years later, due in part to Obama's race neutral campaign, absolute voter disgust with GOP corruption, then-President Bush's domestic and foreign policy fumbles, a lackluster GOP presidential contender and a laughingstock of a VP candidate, plus a tanked economy.
Cain is also buoyed by the 2010 Congressional wins of black GOP candidates Allan West in Florida and Tim Scott in South Carolina. But West and Scott won in rock solid GOP districts, against weak, under-funded Democratic foes. Their wins were regional wins with absolutely no national implications or, for that matter, any real influence in Congress. They are just two of hundreds of GOP congresspersons, and they are in no position to make, shape or dictate policy to either Congress or the Republican Party.
The GOP presidential candidate is a different matter. He is more than just the GOP's most important political standard-bearer. He is the standard by which the Republican Party is judged and gauged by voters. And that doesn't just mean his philosophy, positions, style, and vision of governance. It means his visibility, and in this race does matter. If Obama had a tough sell with many white Democrats, at least initially, Cain has an impossible sell with the broad rank and file in the GOP.
The same 2006 Yale study also found that white Republicans were 25 percentage points more likely to cross over and vote for a Democratic senatorial candidate against a black Republican foe. The study also found that in the near twenty-year stretch from 1982 to 2000, when the GOP candidate was black, the greater majority of white independent voters backed the white candidate.
Elections are usually won by candidates with a solid and impassioned core of bloc voters. White males, particularly older white males, vote consistently and faithfully. GOP leaders have long known that blue-collar, white male voters can easily be aroused to vote and shout loudly on the emotional wedge issues: abortion, family values, anti-gay marriage and tax cuts. For 14 months, the Republicans whipped up their hysteria and borderline racism against health care reform. These are the very voters that GOP presidents and aspiring presidents – Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr. and W. Bush, McCain and legions of GOP governors, senators and congresspersons – banked on to seize and maintain regional and national political dominance.
The GOP's "Win with the White Vote" strategy failed in 2008 only because of the frantic desire of millions of voters for change and the massive outpouring of support for Obama from black, Latino and young voters. But an Obama Cain isn't. And even if he were, the GOP's Deep South and narrow Heartland, rural and non-college educated blue-collar whites, make up a huge, powerful and core GOP voting bloc. If the GOP's past and present racial history is any gauge, Cain won't do much to get them to pull the lever en masse for him.
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