Sen. Bill Stouffer on State of the Union

Comments from Sen. Bill Stouffer given immediately after President Obama's State of the Union Speech:

State Senator Bill Stouffer this evening offered the following reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union Address to the United States Congress.

"Tonight the President offered no real plan to drastically reduce Washington spending and taxes. Instead, he offered lip service and half measures.

The message from the American people is clear: "enough is enough." Enough out of control Washington spending, enough tax increases and enough big government.

Ike Skelton and Nancy Pelosi continue to march in lockstep with this out of touch administration. It is time that we had a voice in the Fourth District that listens to the people and advocates common sense policies that help create jobs and bring down our deficit."

Bill Stouffer(R), Napton, is challenging Ike Skelton for the 4th district congressional seat. Stouffer is considered a leader in transportation and agriculture issues and currently serves as Chairman of the Senate's Republican Caucus, Chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Transportation and Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food Production, and Outdoor Resources.

The State of the Union--a real snoozer?

Is Robin Carnahan Missouri's Martha Coakley?

Rasmussen Reports has Missouri's Roy Blunt leading Robin Carnahan in new poll.

"Republican Roy Blunt now holds a six-point lead over Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s race for the U.S. Senate.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds Blunt ahead of Carnahan 49% to 43%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided... As it has for other Democrats throughout the nation, the health care issue appears to be creating challenges for Carnahan. Just 37% of Missouri voters favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, but 62% oppose it."

Roy Blunt commented on the new poll on Facebook: "We need to keep working hard. Only poll that matters is the one on Nov. 2!" (Find more information about volunteering for Roy on his website www.royblunt.com.)

Scott Brown's Victory Speech in Massachusetts' Race for U.S. Senate

"A Perfect Storm is Brewing in Massachusetts" by Brent Teichman

This exerpt below is from a must-read article from Brent Teichman's blog: Setting Brushfires of Freedom--One Mind at a Time.

It is also reprinted today on redstate.com.

"December 16, 1773 – On a cold Massachusetts evening, thousands of oppressed American citizens gathered around Boston Harbor to voice their displeasure with their government. After decades of being taxed, tyrannized, and having their grievances ignored, those Massachusetts citizens did what Americans ultimately do – They put their lives, their families and their fortunes on hold in order to protect liberty. And on that night, amongst the shouting and the confusion and the tea floating in the harbor, liberty was protected.

History has a way with irony. On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 – over 236 years after those Americans lit the brushfire that ultimately would begin to burn so hot and so bright that it exploded into revolution – liberty, once again, will place its hope in Massachusetts. And what once seemed impossible, has now become plausible.

Can Scott Brown really win?..." Read the full article here.