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Today's super tuesday primaries in 14 states will determine how elections go in Oregon in November because if Bernie wins today, he is almost unstoppable the fall election will be all about socialism versus liberty. The momentum is moving towards conservatism with legislative R's continuing to go on strike out of state. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/03/oregon-republicans-walkout-over-climate-cap-and-trade-bill-now-at-day-6-kotek-and-courtney-say-no-last-minute-deals.html Legislative Dems are being challenged by socialists because they arent far left enough. This only helps us […]

Two main points that could persuade the persuadable on why the OR R's have walked out. Rep Reschke's article in the OR Catalyst points out that: 1.OR's law establishing CO2 emissions standards is based on a guess and not real data from 1990 because govt didn't even measure CO2 in 1990. 2. plus Japan has announced it's building 22 new coal fired power plants for electrical generation, (more CO2 emission […]

Freedom Friday We are winning and the Dems are desperate. Kate is threatening to declare a climate emergency and suspend the Oregon constitution's quorum requirement. I don't think she will because there are far more negatives for her personally and it may threaten Democrat control of the legislature, not to mention Treasurer, SOS and AG races. The House decides to subpoena striking House R's even though they admit the subpoena's […]

Persuasion: what we say and how we say it makes all the difference in cutting through the digital noise and effectively communicating with others. If OR House and Senate R's communicate effectively about how why they walked out can they negate the Dems demographic advantage in some legislative districts? https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/02/demographics-drive-republican-party-nosedive-on-west-coast.html Dems up the ante with new legislation that's even worse than carbon tax, but in reality they just gave R's […]

Why should any Republican legislator compromise on Carbon tax if it ultimately destroys the lives of their constituents? Gov wants R's to come back and allow carbon tax to pass with delays in it's eventual implementation in rural areas. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/02/oregon-house-republicans-join-senate-republicans-in-capitol-walk-out-over-climate-bill.html House Republicans unexpectedly walked out yesterday to join Senate Republicans who have left the state. Who is winning the messaging wars? Sen Kim Thatcher says a boycott is necessary to […]

Republican Senators walk out to stop the Carbon Tax; does it help them with swing voters or hurt them? Does it depend on their messaging? https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/02/oregon-senate-republicans-announce-walkout-over-climate-cap-and-trade-bill.html https://oregoncatalyst.com/46459-senate-gop-walks-carbon-tax-sham-demand-public-vote.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OregonCatalyst+%28The+Oregon+Catalyst%29 Nationwide poll shows Crazy Bernie will hurt Dems downticket: Red Flag as this is a Bloomberg internal poll, but if it is true, it helps us in OR https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/25/bloomberg-internal-poll-claims-bernie-would-hurt-downballot-dems-117290

Republicans walk out of the short session tonight: the carbon energy sales tax moves out of ways and means committee today and that triggers the walkout. https://katu.com/news/local/cap-and-trade-progresses-amid-controversy Sen Knopp tells his caucus he isn't walking out with them because he thinks its the only way to keep the seat in his Republican hands. He is ignoring the devastating Legislative Revenue report that says they cannot figure out how much cap […]

Freedom Friday Legislative lawyers opinion says Cap and Tax is likely a tax which means the Dems can't keep the Emergency Clause on it and it has to get more votes in both Houses. It's gonna go to court if it is ever passed, which isn't likely as R's are gonna walk out: https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2020/02/oregons-cap-and-trade-climate-bill-a-tax-or-not-it-depends.html 6 new taxes that will pass this short session unless R's walk out: https://oregoncatalyst.com/46412-6-taxes-pass-days.html Jesse Jane […]

OR Dems lie about the cost of their Carbon Energy Sales Tax known as Cap and Trade. Even the news story says their calculation doesnt include the cost to business that will be passed to the consumer: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/02/democrats-offer-estimates-on-what-the-cap-and-trade-climate-bill-will-cost-oregon-households.html Dems sales tax is causing confusion for businesses that must file their taxes at the end of April because the bureaucrats at the Dept of Revenue havent finished writing the rules about […]