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Sussex County Republican Committee Announces

Presidential PrimaryStraw Poll

With all the talk about the Presidential candidates, do you want to have a say too?

Sussex County GOP will hold a three day mock election "straw poll" fromMarch 29 through March 31, to let Sussex Republicans have their voices heard before the Presidential Primary onApril 26.

All registered Republican voters in Sussex County are invited and encouraged to cast a ballot.Party Change required?For those who are not Republicans, but would like to vote in this mock election and the Presidential Primary, the deadline to change your party affiliation isFebruary 26.Not registered?The deadline for registering for the Presidential Primary isApril 2.

To participate, voters must come to the Sussex GOPHeadquarters at 131 East Market Street in Georgetown between9 a.m. and 5 p.m.on one of the Mock Election days.Participants must provide a Voter Registration Card or other identification to verify their registration.Votes from this mock election will be counted onFriday, 1 April, and the results will be announced that afternoon at the GOP headquarters.

Come out and show your support for your favorite Republican candidate and enjoy the opportunity to be part of the patriotic fun.

For more information on this mock election, contact Sally Duveneck at302 531-5967.

On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court announced its controversial Roe v Wade decision. However, instead of settling the issue, the decision launched over 40 years of controversy.

Indeed,this yearsMarchForLife on Friday,onJanuary 22ndresulted in hundreds of thousands of protestors being stranded by the recent blizzard, Jonas. Besides the250,000 marchers who were coming to hearthe featured speaker,Carly Fiorina, there were satellite marches held throughout the United States.

Critics state that people who continuetheir 40+ years of opposition to Planned Parenthoodis merely anexercise in futility. They state that if Roe v. Wade is reversed the result will simply be a throwbacktoa time whenwomenwerebeing subjected to unsanitary procedures,in back alley facilities. They have ranted that women will riskbeing maimed and left sterile from botched procedures,and ultimately, will include the death of many women.

The critics were right. Carly Fiorina and the men andwomenwhocontinued to protest the Roe v Wade decisionsaw the worst nightmare come true here in Delaware in 2011. In that yearDelawareanslearned that clinics that received referrals from Planned Parenthood of Delaware were indeed worse than anything that existed before Roe v Wade.

Planned Parenthood of Delaware, despite denials, referred women to clinics out of state that featured operating rooms that had feral cats roaming freely, unlicensed medical students and nurses performing abortions, unsanitary anduncaring personnel,etc, etc.Several nurses, unlicensed Doctors, and one Physicianareserving time in prison.

We resent the use of our tax dollars being used to perpetuate such a horror.

The Sussex County Republican Committee therefore is on record with the attached Resolution regarding funding Planned Parenthood.

Please Click here for Resolution >> SUSSEX COUNTY 2016 PROPOSED PLANNED PARENTHOOD Resolution

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Republican leaders, forced to regroup after losing another race for the White House, voted to significantly shortening the lengthy, bruising state-by-state process that will select the party's presidential nominee for the 2016 election.

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The Republican National Committee approved Friday a plan that aims to create an easier path to the White House for its next nominee, roughly a year before campaigning begins in earnest for the next presidential contest. While Obama's second term began just one year ago, prospective Republican candidates already have begun visiting early-voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire that hold outsize influence because of their prized positions on the primary calendar.

Republicans have now lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections. Party leaders emerged from Obama's re-election last November vowing that Republicans must rethink their strategies as the United States becomes a more diverse country, and the voting power of the party's base - traditionally white, older conservatives - begins to wane.

The latest U.S. census data and polling from The Associated Press predict a monumental change on the horizon for the U.S.: non-Hispanic whites will lose their majority in the next generation, somewhere around the year 2043.

Non-white Americans voted overwhelmingly last November for Obama, the first black president.

Meanwhile, conservative grassroots Republicans who dominate the primary process never embraced Romney with much enthusiasm, making him a vulnerable target to other more conservative primary candidates like Newt Gingrich, the former House of Representatives speaker. Obama used many of the same attack lines on Romney - that he was an out-of-touch wealthy tycoon - that had been used by other Republicans in the primaries.

The party's shift comes during the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee, a collection of party leaders and activists from every state that controls the party's national infrastructure. The group expects to finalize additional changes, including setting a new date for its 2016 national convention, later in the year. Among other changes, the RNC intends to dramatically reduce the number of presidential debates and have more control over the moderators.

"This is a historic day for our party," RNC chairman Reince Preibus declared.

He said the changes would not allow Republicans to "slice and dice" each other for six months or participate in "a circus of debates." Republican candidates participated in 27 debates for the 2012 nomination.

Not everyone was pleased with the changes, which were approved by a 153-to-9 vote.

"I think we're going too far in shortening this process," Republican committeeman Morton Blackwell of Virginia said. "We need an adequate amount of time in order for presidential candidates to be tested."

Committee members gathered in Washington also began considering the location of its 2016 national convention.

Representatives from four contending cities - Las Vegas, Denver, Kansas City, Missouri, and Columbus, Ohio - offered gifts and parties to help secure an early advantage. Las Vegas' bid, fueled in part by Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, gave party officials complimentary wireless Internet access and goodie bags with fleece jackets and leather binders. The RNC is expected to select its next convention location this summer at the earliest.

New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina and Nevada are expected to host the first four contests in February 2016 under the new schedule, while the remainder of the nation's 46 states and territories would vote between early March and mid-May. The party's national convention is expected in late June or early July, roughly two months sooner than has become the norm.

Officials from early voting states praised the plan, which establishes strict penalties for states that jump out of order, as Florida did in 2012.

One potential Republican candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, has seen his prospects of a 2016 presidential run complicated by scandal, as U.S. federal prosecutors have escalated their criminal investigation into allegations aides created traffic jams as political payback, subpoenaing his re-election campaign and the state Republican leadership. That has tainted the image Christie has cultivated as a bipartisan political player with broad appeal.

The subpoenas, disclosed Thursday, seek documents related to the closure of traffic lanes near the George Washington Bridge, which connects New Jersey and upper Manhattan, according to Mark Sheridan, a lawyer representing Christie for Governor and the Republican State Committee.

The traffic lanes were closed for four days in September, creating traffic gridlock in Fort Lee, the New Jersey town at the base of the bridge, one of the world's busiest. Some of Christie's aides initially said the closures were part of a traffic study, but emails and text messages turned over to legislators suggest it may have been a message to the town's Democratic mayor for not endorsing Christie.

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Bob Bozzuto was named Executive Director of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania in April 2013. As Executive Director, Bob works with Chairman Rob Gleason, National Committee Members Christine Toretti and Bob Asher and strategic partners at the local, state and national level to elect Republican candidates.

Bob got his start in Pennsylvania grassroots politics as a regional field manager in the North Hills section of Allegheny County in 2003. Following the 2003 campaign, Bob worked for U.S. Senator Rick Santorum in his Washington, D.C. office as part of the legislative staff where he had the opportunity to work on nearly every issue in domestic policy. Bob returned to Pennsylvania to join Senator Santorums re-election campaign, which was the #1 targeted race in the nation in 2006, as a statewide Coalition Director.

In 2007, Bob joined the Republican Party of Pennsylvania in the Political Department. In a state with a million more Democrats than Republicans, Bob has helped the PA GOP focus on winning tough races resulting in Republican victories for U.S. Senate, Governor, 13 Congressional Seats, a State Senate majority, a House of Representatives majority, a majority of all state appellate judges and majorities more than 50 courthouses.

Bob Bozzuto is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh earning a dual degree in Political Science/Business. He hails from Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County and currently resides in Central Pennsylvania with his family.

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The chief judge for the Washington, D.C. appeals court was confirmed in 1997 by 76-23 after being appointed by former President Bill Clinton.

At least seven of the Republican senators who confirmed Garland are still in office, including Sens. Dan Coats, Thad Cochran, Susan Collins, Orrin Hatch, Jim Inhofe, John McCain and Pat Roberts.

Hatch has perhaps offered the most visible praise for Garland among those senators. But he released a statement Wednesday saying he still believes candidates should wait for the next president to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

"I think highly of Judge Garland. But his nomination doesn't in any way change current circumstances," he said. "I remain convinced that the best way for the Senate to do its job is to conduct the confirmation process after this toxic presidential election season is over."

Earlier this week, the Utah Republican suggested Obama nominate Garland.

"(Obama) could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man," Hatch said in Newsmax, adding later, "He probably won't do that because this appointment is about the election."

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad wrote a letter to a fellow Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, in 1997 to say that Garland had "a distinguished legal career."

"I am writing to ask your support and assistance in the confirmation process for a second cousin ... Merrick Garland has had a distinguished legal career," he wrote, according to the Congressional Record.

During his own confirmation hearings, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, praised Garland's judgment.

"Any time Judge Garland disagrees, you know you're in a difficult area," Roberts said in 2005. "And the function of his dissent, to make us focus on what we were deciding and to make sure that we felt we were doing the right thing, I think was well-served. But Judge Garland disagreed, and so it's obviously, to me, a case on which reasonable judges can disagree."

Garland is "an intelligent, experienced and even-handed individual," according to former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Republican who found Garland's work on the Oklahoma City bombing case particularly notable and inspiring.

"Last April, in Oklahoma City, Merrick was at the helm of the Justice Department's investigation following the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building, the bloodiest and most tragic act of terrorism on American soil," Keating wrote to then-Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole in 1996, according to the Congressional Record. "During the investigation, Merrick distinguished himself in a situation where he had to lead a highly complicated investigation and make quick decisions during critical times. Merrick Garland is an intelligent, experienced and evenhanded individual."

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Over the past two decades, devotees of the Republican party and the advancement of its principles have been well served by a strong stomach. Indeed, one could scarcely blame them for feeling as if they were riding on a roller coaster, with one important difference: At least if they were on a carnival ride, they could theoretically have asked that it be stopped so they could get off.

As far back as 1994, the GOP enjoyed a political windfall when midterm election results awarded them control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Termed then the Republican Revolution, some optimistic fellows on the right even dared to declare that a permanent majority had begun, with the US congress becoming red for the foreseeable future. They suffered under a Democratic President at the time, but had high hopes of changing that in two short years.

Frustration in the presidential election of 1996, however, resulting in the reelection of President Bill Clinton, meant that the Republicans would have to wait a total of six years after their landslide to take the White House and dominate American government. Unfortunately, this was when the roller coaster began to dip, as President George W Bush would prove to be one of the least popular commanders in chief in the nation's history, provoking a backlash against Republican rule that began in the 2006 midterms ending the supposed permanent majority in the Senate - and culminated in 2008 with the election of current President Barack Obama. The Revolution was over.

Or was it? While unmistakably starting strong, President Obama's approval ratings have suffered as estimations of the country's prosperity remain lukewarm. Between a sluggish economy whose recovery has yet to be felt by many Americans still seeking work and popular wariness over Obama's much-trumpeted healthcare plan, the Democratic party paid for its President's poor image during the 2014 midterm elections: An 8-seat loss in the Senate cost them their hard-won control of that chamber of congress, while a net loss of 15 seats in the House of Representatives forced them to cede a stronger majority there to a Republican party otherwise smarting from '06 and '08.

Nowadays, of course, the GOP is all about claiming victory in the 2016 presidential election, and fortune may favor them in that pursuit, as well. While the time was that their party gave the appearance of being fractured and belligerent against itself with some 17 Republican candidates considered viable for the nomination, the ongoing primary season has welcomely whittled down their list of serious contenders to just a handful. Simultaneously, ongoing questions concerning Hillary Clinton's scandals and the surprisingly strong primary performance of Bernie Sanders have eroded the image once enjoyed by the Democratic party of merely ushering in an heiress, and thrown the identity of their party's nominee (and the apparent unity that came with having a shoo-in candidate) into real question.

Meanwhile, the Republicans even with a divided field - have long hosted a contender who has consistently remained at the top of national polls: Donald Trump. The tough-talking New York business mogul is by no means a sure thing, not since Ted Cruz prevailed in the critical Iowa caucus, but Trump remains the clear GOP frontrunner. Moreover, his popularity stubbornly refuses to erode, even in the face of remarks he has made and policy positions he has taken that have been considered extreme by many. He wants to round up and deport immigrants present in the country illegally and build a fence along the southern border for which he plans to maneuver Mexico into paying, he has praised low wages for workers as vital to keeping American businesses competitive internationally, and he favors a temporary moratorium on allowing people of the Islamic faith to enter the United States. It's the kind of gloves-off attitude that has excited the conservative base and led Trump to such impressive popularity, but it carries its own risks: Many analysts worry that he is too harsh and severe to be electable, and that his nomination could set the GOP up for defeat at the ballot box.

It's far from clear how the Republican candidates will fare in the coming 2016 election. Their opponents' greatest strength a clear nominee behind whom virtually the entire party was united may have evaporated as Clinton finds herself on the defensive against an encroaching Sanders, but Donald Trump's seemingly-unstoppable popularity could well carry him to a 2016 GOP nomination that risks proving more of a curse than a blessing.

We profile all official candidates, from all political parties, on a level platform. Some may be nutcases, but most are respectable individuals with legitimate positions on the issues. Any officially registered candidates not included may be fictitious, or have insufficient available information from which to build a profile.

We dont know if any of these candidates would make a better president than a career politician, just as there's no guarantee that any of the 2016 campaign promises will actually be kept.

Word of mouth and today's web of social networks empower 'We the People' to promote a candidate more effectively than any media conglomerate, and subsequently scrutinize their every detail in thousands of national online platforms.

Take a look at the candidates, visit their websites and if you find them worthy of being given a chance, share their candidacy with friends and family.

May the best person win!

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