Puerto Rican Primary Important to GOP Candidates

The Republican presidential primary is Sunday in Puerto Rico. Governor Luis Fortuño has thrown his support behind Mitt Romney in the GOP primary. Why is the Puerto Rico primary important? There are 23 delegates up for grabs and the winner will have the acknowledgement of an important constituency - the Latino voter.

All of the candidates have stated that when the vote for statehood happens in November, they would work with Puerto Ricans for statehood, should that be the decision of the people.

This year the leading Republican candidates have all said they would work with Puerto Rico to become a state if that is what its citizens decide. Some Puerto Ricans favor becoming a state, while others oppose the idea, preferring to remain a commonwealth or to become independent. In January, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were confronted with the issue at an event in Miami only days before the Florida primary.

“I expect the people of Puerto Rico will decide that they want to become a state and I can tell you that I will work with [Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno] to make sure that if that vote comes out in favor of statehood that we will go through the process in Washington to provide statehood to Puerto Rico,” Romney said.

Gingrich, for his part, said that “if the people of Puerto Rico make the decision that they want to be a state, I will work actively to help them negotiate the process of accession to the United States, but the people of Puerto Rico have to decide their future.”

However, when Rick Santorum weighed in on the issue this week in a campaign swing through Puerto Rico, the former Pennsylvania senator sparked controversy by introducing an important caveat: the island territory must adopt English as its main language. Puerto Rico currently lists both English and Spanish as its official languages, but the latter is clearly the dominant one there. Adopting English, Santorum said, should be “a condition” if the island becomes a state.

Santorum received criticism all around for his remark that adopting English should be a requirement for statehood. It was a blunder, to be sure, as while it is a fact that English is our country's established language, it is not declared as "official" by law. It was offensive to Puerto Ricans. Governor Fortuno spoke out that the languages spoken in Puerto Rico should not be politicized.

“Since the very beginning of the 20th century, English and Spanish have both been official languages in Puerto Rico. We’re proud of that,” Fortuno said in an interview with ABC News. “I don’t think language should be used in any partisan context or certainly regarding status.”

Here is a radio ad for Romney touting Fortuno's support running in Puerto Rico. Romney's son, Craig, is the narrator.

Obama Calls Republicans Flat Earthers on Energy Policy

President Obama is feeling a bit defensive lately, what with the rising price of gas at the pump and the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans have awakened and blame him for our utter lack of a cohesive energy policy. No longer is he able to simply say that fossil fuels are the fuel of the past or that his green energy initiatives will save the day. Now he is challenged by those listening to his empty words presented solely for his re-election campaign efforts.

There is no there there.

A new report has been released which the House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings says is further proof that the actions of President Obama and his Energy Department have hindered, not helped, energy production for our country's needs.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the Energy Information Administration, the non-partisan data collection branch of the Department of Energy, released updated data on federal energy production. The data shows President Obama’s anti-energy policies are starting to take effect as total fossil fuel production (oil, natural gas and coal) dropped by 7 percent since President Obama took office and is down 13 percent since 2003. From 2010 to 2011, total federal oil and natural gas production is down 14 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

The reported decline in federal energy production reveals America’s increasing reliance on oil and natural gas production from state and private lands. This increase can be attributed to regulations, red tape and President Obama’s policies that are driving production off of federal lands, which Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey recently admitted is happening.

“These non-partisan statistics show federal oil and natural gas productions are declining as President Obama’s anti-energy policies catch up with him. President Obama has been more than happy to take credit for his predecessors’ actions to advance energy production on federal lands, however, we know that while bringing federal oil and natural gas production online can take the better part of a decade, slowing production can happen relatively quickly.

“House Republicans have passed a bipartisan all-of-the-above energy plan that opens federal waters with the most known oil and natural gas resources to increase American energy production, create jobs, lower gasoline prices and make America more energy secure. If President Obama is truly interested in an all-of-the-above energy plan, he should abandon his policies that are strangling American energy production and embrace this bipartisan plan to help ease the pain at the pump that more American families are feeling every day.”

On the campaign trail Thursday, President Obama devolved into his standard campaign speech - mocking his critics and name calling Republicans. He called those who object to his continued non-existent energy policy while bestowing his cronies with fat government checks to experiment with green energy solutions part of the Flat Earth Society. Nice, huh?

President Obama blasted his Republican critics Thursday for their resistance to investing in alternative energy sources, comparing their stance to the beliefs of those who thought that Christopher Columbus would sail off the edge of the world.

In another in a series of speeches defending his energy policies, Obama touted his push for green energy growth — including wind and solar power, electric cars and biofuels — as a way to help wean the nation from a dependence on foreign oil. And he mocked his rivals for failing to embrace his ideas.

“If some of these folks were around when Columbus set sail, they probably must have been founding members of the flat earth society. They would not believe that the world was round,” Obama told an enthusiastic crowd of hundreds of students at Prince George’s Community College in Largo. “Maybe they would have agreed with one of the pioneers of the radio who apparently said, ‘Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.’ ”

Obama’s remarks marked his latest attempt to win public support for what he calls an “all of the above” energy strategy aimed at boosting domestic production of oil and natural gas, while also improving auto efficiency and investing in green energy.

Some reaction from Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal:

"I do want to start off with the president's comments. He has said there are no silver bullets many, many times and that is absolutely true but the reality is that we as a country should certainly at least be firing all the bullets we do have. We as Republicans do believe in an all-of-the-above strategy, unfortunately, this administration's actions today have contributed to rising energy prices.

"I want to go through several things the president in his administration could be doing differently to drive down the uncertainty in energy markets and also to increase domestic supply, therefore relieving pressure in prices, increasing our national security, making us less dependent on other countries. We certainly approve of an all of the above strategy but I want to focus on some of the things he's done when it comes to oil and gas, especially natural gas as well as coal, and things they could be doing differently.

"You look at 2011, the average price for the year for a barrel of oil and a gallon of gas it's higher than any time in a hundred and fifty years. That's bad for consumers; it's bad for the economy; it's bad for manufactures.

"The reality is you look at several things: one the president talked again today about how we're producing more energy, more oil today than any time in the last eight years. That's only half the story. What he doesn't say is that much of that production is based on decisions made before he became president. What he doesn't tell you is that much of that production is actually happening on non-federal lands, on private and other non-federal lands. The reality is when you look at the leasing activity, you look at the permitting activity, down here we're certainly impacted by both those policies. When you look at off-shore permitting, that process has slowed down even before the BP oil spill, but even today that permitting activity is still down 30% from the 3 year average, the historical norm prior to the spill. You look at onshore leasing, it is now down to the lowest amount since 1984 for leasing on federal lands for onshore drilling. So, the president likes to take credit for production that's due to decisions made before he took office. What he's not saying is the slowdown in granting permits, the slowdown in granting leases is helping to create uncertainty in the marketplace and again is contributing to the rising prices.

"There's clear bipartisan local support for additional domestic energy production. For example, in the Eastern Gulf, in Anwar, along certain parts of the Mid-Atlantic coast, at the very least the president should be telling his agencies to open new fields to allow more energy production in those areas..."

Here is the truth - Obama's claims of supporting an all of the above approach to energy independence is a hoax. He and his administration have clearly made it their mission to destroy the oil and gas industry in our country and concentrate solely on green energy sources.

There is no energy policy coming from Barack Obama. There is only political ideology. Think about that the next time you fill up your car or truck's gas tank.

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Some Facts About Oil and Gas Production and Profits

Remember this little slap at the Bush White House? "Because, frankly, the president hasn't had an energy policy". In 2008, Barack Obama thought it would be peachy to push for higher gas prices so that alternate energy would be in the forefront.



While no one in the energy industry discourages alternative energy sources, despite what the current occupants of the White House would have you believe, the dirty little secret is that big energy leaders are supporting and financing alternative energy research and policy. It plays well to his liberal base, but President Obama's continued demonizing of "big oil" and the energy producers is a smoke screen. It is pure politics and just more of Obama's love of straw men arguments when he fails to make his case to the voters on the strength of his own philosophy.

"Big oil" is not the boogie man. It is the source of the fuel that powers our nation and makes our lives quite comfortable. Absolutely nothing in your life is not touched by oil and gas production. We are a petroleum based world.

With the price of gas rising to uncharted territory, President Obama is fighting back the only way he knows - he is demanding that the oil and gas industry be made the bad guys. He wants the oil and gas tax breaks cut off. He calls them subsidies to encourage a negative reaction from his audiences on the campaign trail but they are the same tax breaks every company gets, in all industries, across the board. Facts are stubborn things.

Obama likes to declare that oil and gas companies are simply making too much money. He likes to play the game of choosing winners and losers in government favors and he enjoys being the decider when it comes to how much a company should make in profits. Here's some facts:

President Obama says he wants to end subsidies for what he calls "the fuel of the past," but lucky for him oil and gas will be the fuels of the future too. His budget-deficit blowout would be so much worse without Big Oil, because the truth is that this industry is subsidizing the government.

Much, much worse, actually. The federal Energy Information Administration reports that the industry paid some $35.7 billion in corporate income taxes in 2009, the latest year for which data are available. That alone is about 10% of non-defense discretionary spending—and it would cover a lot of Solyndras. That figure also doesn't count excise taxes, state taxes and rents, royalties, fees and bonus payments. All told, the government rakes in $86 million from oil and gas every day—far more than from any other business.

Not paying their "fair share"? Here's a staggering fact: The Tax Foundation estimates that, between 1981 and 2008, oil and gas companies sent more dollars to Washington and the state capitols than they earned in profits for shareholders.

Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil and gas company, says that in the five years prior to 2010 it paid about $59 billion in total U.S. taxes, while it earned . . . $40.5 billion domestically. Another way of putting it is that for every dollar of net U.S. profits between 2006 and 2010, the company incurred $1.45 in taxes. Exxon's 2010 tax bill was three times larger than its domestic profits. The company can stay in business because it operates globally and earned a total net income after tax of $30.5 billion in 2010 on revenues of $370.1 billion.

The oil and gas industry is the most taxed of any in this country. And, there's this:

Specific oil and gas investments are also taxed at higher rates than other energy plays, which were surveyed in a 2009 paper by economist Gilbert Metcalf, now a deputy assistant Treasury secretary. He found that oil drilling (for an integrated company) clocks in at a 15.2% tax rate, refining at 19.1% and building a natural gas pipeline at 27%.

For comparison, nuclear power comes in at minus-99.5%, wind at minus-163.8% and solar thermal at minus-244.7%—and that's before the 2009 Obama-Pelosi stimulus. In other words, the taxpayer loses more the more each of these power sources produces.

As for the "subsidies" that Mr. Obama says the oil industry receives, these aren't direct cash handouts like those that go to the green lobby. They're deductions from taxes that cover the cost of doing business and earning income to tax in the first place. Most of them are available to other manufacturers.

What Mr. Obama really means is that he wants to put the risky and capital-intensive process of finding, extracting and producing oil and gas at a competitive disadvantage against other businesses. He does so because he ultimately wants to make them more expensive than his favorites in the wind, solar and ethanol industries.

When the facts are spelled out, Americans can read for themselves. The phony profit war that is waged by Team Obama is detrimental to the entire country. Oil and gas exploration and then production is hideously expensive. To act as though every penny made goes directly into an oil and gas executive's pocket - or even to the shareholders - is ridiculous. The president should be laughed off the stage.

NFRW Demands Obama Super Pac Return Maher Donation

Rae Lynne Chornenky, President of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW), issued the following statement regarding a recent $1 million donation from Bill Maher to Priorities USA Action, a pro-Barack Obama Super PAC.

“We have a message for President Obama. It's difficult to take you seriously, Mr. President. You make a media spectacle out of personally contacting Sandra Fluke, saying that you did so because you want your own daughters to be able to participate in public debate without the threat of being personally attacked. But then you refuse to criticize your own supporter, Bill Maher, for the vile, sexist names he has called prominent Republican women. And, even worse, you accept a $1 million donation from him. Are we to assume that only liberal, Democrat women deserve civility in the public square? This is either the height of hypocrisy, or a phony, political gesture -- or both. Put your money where your mouth is, Mr. President, and return this donation.”

Founded in 1938, the NFRW has thousands of active members in local clubs across the nation and in several U.S. territories, making it one of the largest women’s political organizations in the country. The grassroots organization works to promote the principles and objectives of the Republican Party, elect Republican candidates, inform the public through political education and activity, and increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government.

Holder Blocks Texas Voter ID Law

As predicted, super partisan and political operative Attorney General Eric Holder has blocked the new voter id law approved by the last Texas legislative session. In the minds of liberal Americans, providing a photo identification card before being allowed to cast a vote is discriminatory. To some who would ratchet the partisan political hype to fever pitch, the new law is akin to Jim Crow laws.

Modern day politics know no shame.

The argument is a simple one - the right to vote is precious. It is a citizen's civic duty to get out and give voice to the path a community or country will take. It is precious. To deny that malfeasance does not happen or cannot not happen is to hide one's head in the sand.

In the eyes of liberal America, the new law is "controversial". Here is one example of how the denial is being reported:

A controversial new Texas law requiring voters to present personal identification before going to the polls has been blocked by the Obama administration.

In a letter Monday to state officials, the Justice Department said the legislation could have a discriminatory effect on Hispanics and other minorities.

Texas is among eight states to require official photo identification in an effort to stop what officials say is voter fraud. Opponents of the laws say they disenfranchise poor, minority, and disabled voters.

The department concluded there is little evidence of voter fraud in Texas warranting the legislative changes.

"We note that the state's submission did not include evidence of significant in-person voter impersonation not already addressed by the state's existing laws," said Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general.

The Hispanic population is growing at a rapid pace. In states like Texas, the Hispanic vote will become more and more important for a candidate to win office. Democrats are terrified at losing this support. Former Governor and President George W. Bush was popular with Hispanic voters and as he ran for president, received 40% of the Hispanic vote. It is no coincidence that before this election, Holder is doing what he can to claim that Texas - led by Republicans - is trying to deny minority (read Hispanic) voters the right to cast a vote.

And, this:

Perez noted that the Texas law allowed voters to show military ID, a U.S. citizenship certificate, a U.S. passport or a license to carry a concealed handgun, but the state did not provide any statistics noting how many people lack state ID but have the other allowable forms.

"Nor has the state provided any data on the demographic makeup of such voters," Perez wrote.

Texas is the second state to have its voter ID law challenged. The Justice Department already blocked a similar law from taking effect in South Carolina.

For what transaction in today's world does a person not need a photo identification? To open a bank account, apply for a drivers license, receive government benefits, board an airplane, to pick up a medicine prescription and just about everything else, a person has to show a photo identification. That is why this law allows multiple ids to be presented. Plus, the state of Texas was to provide those without photo identification with one, free of charge to them.

To act as though people are incapable of getting photo identification is a farce and cynical at best. This is an ideological administration pitting Texans against each other.

ShePAC Video Refutes Liberal Narrative About Women

Here's a dirty little secret coming to light by the mainstream media. Finally, after all of these years of conservative women trying to educate that liberals are just as big misogynists as anyone, the message is being received.

As I have written in a previous blog post, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh opened up a hornets nest with some truly vile and unnecessary diatribes against a 30 year old law student. Don't get me wrong - clearly, I think her political philosophy is dead wrong and she looked fairly pathetic in her testimony for the few Democratic members of Congress she testified before, but that didn't justify Limbaugh's overreaction. And, it played right into the hands of liberals wanting to make Limbaugh the topic of discussion, not the violation of freedom of religion invoked within Obamacare mandates.

Some honest women on the left side of the political aisle are beginning to come forward and point out the utter hypocrisy of the standard Democratic talking points that it is conservatives that are disrespectful to women and all that nonsense. How any self-respecting Democratic woman voter can still vote for Democratic candidates after the heinous years of Bill Clinton is beyond me, if it is promoting rights and respect for women that motivates them. The Clinton years laid bare the misogynist ways of Democratic men in power in Washington, D.C. That's a fact.

Are you ready to fight back? Is so, you may want to check out his video put out by a new political action committee (PAC) that was formed to promote and support conservative women running for political office. ShePAC is the place to go for a dose of reality. For far too long, liberal women have been the voice of political women and they do not speak for all women. Conservative women demand better.

HERE is the video:


It is past time for conservative women to take the narrative. Check it out and join in.

Obama By the Numbers

Obama by the numbers:

$45.1 Trillion: Total Federal Spending Proposed By Obama’s FY2012 Budget Through 2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$24.0 Trillion: Projected Federal Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$15.3 Trillion: Current National Debt ($15,351,406,294,640.49). (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 2/6/12)

$9.1 Trillion: Amount Obama’s FY2012 Budget Would Add To The Debt Through FY2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$6.4 Trillion: Cumulative Deficits Caused By President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)

$5.2 Trillion:Total Interest Payments On The National Debt Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget, FY2012-2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$4.7 Trillion: Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 2/3/12)

$2.6 Trillion: True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Office Of The Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives, Report, 1/6/11)

$1.75 Trillion: Annual Cost Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)

$1.57 Trillion:Tax Hikes In Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)

$1.416 Trillion: Federal Budget Deficit For FY2009 – Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)

$1.334 Trillion: Projected FY2012 Budget Deficit Under Obama’s “Deficit Reduction” Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)

$1.298 Trillion:Federal Budget Deficit For FY2011 – Second Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/11)

$1.294 Trillion:Federal Budget Deficit For FY2010 – Third Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)

$1.17 Trillion: Total Cost Of Obama’s First Stimulus With Interest. (CBO, 8/24/11, CBO, 1/27/09)

$1.13 Trillion: American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 1/9/12)

$1.079 Trillion: Projected FY2012 CBO Baseline Deficit. (CBO, 1/31/12)

$825 Billion: Price Tag Of Obama’s First Failed Stimulus. (CBO, 8/24/11)

$763 Billion: Net Interest Payment On Our National Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget. (OMB, 9/1/11)

$575 Billion: Amount Of Medicare Cuts In ObamaCare. (CMS Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster, Memo, 4/22/10)

$535 Million:Stimulus Loan To The Failed Solar Company Solyndra. (The Oakland Tribune, 11/4/10)

$491.7 Billion: Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 3/18/10; Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/2/10)

$447 Billion: Price Tag Of Obama’s Second Stimulus. (The White House, 9/8/11)

$347.1 Billion: Debt Service Costs For Borrowing To Pay For Obama’s First Stimulus. (CBO, 1/27/09)

$231 Billion: Burden Of New Regulations Imposed In 2011. (American Action Network, 1/2/12)

$175 Billion: Increased Spending In Obama’s Second Stimulus. (CBO, 10/5/11)

$141 Billion: Taxpayer Funds For Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac. (The Hill, 10/27/11)

$23.8 Billion: Amount Government Expects To Lose On Bailouts Of Auto Industry. (The Detroit News, 1/30/12)

$24 Billion: Stimulus Funds Sent To Tax Cheats. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)

$1.3 Billion: Amount Taxpayers Will Not Recover From Bailout Of Chrysler. (FactCheck.org, 6/6/11)

133 Million: Annual Paperwork Burden Hours Imposed By Regulators In 2011. (American Action Network, 1/2/12)

$77.4 Million: Obama Campaign Cash Raised By Bundlers. (ABC News, 1/31/12)

49.1 Million: Number Of Americans Living In Poverty (Supplemental Poverty Measure). (US Census Bureau, 11/7/11)

46.2 Million: Record Number Of Americans Living In Poverty (Official Measure). (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

46.1 Million: Record Number Of Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (Department Of Agriculture, 2/1/12)

$18 Million: Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.org. (ABC News’ “The Note“ Blog, 7/8/09)

$15.6 Million: Amount Obama Has Raised From Wall Street – More Than All The GOP Candidates Combined. (Dan Eggen And T.W. Farnam, “Obama Still Flush With Cash From Financial Sector Despite Frosty Relations,” The Washington Post, 10/19/11; TW Farnam, “MF Global Ties Awkward For Obama Campaign,” The Washington Post, 11/2/11)

12.8 Million: Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

8.2 Million: Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

7.7 Million: Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac, Accessed 1/9/12)

6.3 Million: Number Of Americans That Fell Into Poverty Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

6.2 Million: Number Of Mortgages Either 30 Days Delinquent Or In Foreclosure. (Lender Processing Services, 1/19/12)

5.5 Million: Americans Unemployed 27 Weeks Or Longer. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

$5 Million: Obama Campaign Cash Raised By Bundlers In The Lobbying Industry. (The New York Times, 10/27/11)

3.6 Million: Workers Granted Waivers So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plan. (HHS.gov, Accessed 1/9/12)

2.3 Million: Foreclosure Starts During 2011. (Lender Processing Services, 1/20/12)

1.59 Million: Personal Bankruptcies In 2010. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)

$1.5 Million:Stimulus Funds Sent To Indonesia To Discourage Air Pollution In Jakarta. (The Daily Caller, 7/7/11)

1.47 Million: Personal Bankruptcies In 2009. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)

1.35 Million: Personal Bankruptcies In 2011. (Los Angeles Times, 1/5/12)

1.2 Million: Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

1.1 Million: Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

986,000: Construction Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

690,000: Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

549,000: Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

428,000: Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

$278,000: Cost Per A Stimulus Job. (The Weekly Standard, 7/6/11)

176,000:Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

149,900: Number Of Local Government Education Jobs Lost Since Obama Signed A $10 Billion Teacher Union Bailout He Said Would Save 160,000 Teacher Jobs. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12; The Washington Post, 8/10/10)

89,000: The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/7/10)

81,405: Record Number Of Pages Added To The Federal Register In 2010. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

66,800: Number Of Heavy And Civil Engineering Construction Jobs Lost Since The Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

$49,655: Your Share Of The National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 2/3/12; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 2/3/12)

45,696: Pages Of New Rules Added To The Federal Register During Obama’s First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

23,000:The Number Of Jobs Obama Knew His Drilling Moratorium Would Kill. (The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/10)

$15,500: Annual Cost Per Household From Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)

$15,235: Increase In Your Share Of The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 2/3/12; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 2/3/12)

$11,300: Negative Effect Of Debt On Gross National Product Per Person In 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)

$10,585: Cost Per Employee That Federal Regulations Place On Small Businesses. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)

3,700: Number Of Tax Delinquents Who Received Stimulus Funds. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)

2060: Year Federal Spending Will Reach 50 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)

2037: Year That Federal Debt Will Reach 200 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)

2036: Year That The Social Security Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (The Trustees Of Social Security & Medicare, 5/10/11)

2022: Year That The CBO Predicts Medicare’s Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (CBO, 1/31/12)

1,722: Number Of Waivers Granted To Unions And Businesses So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plans. (HHS.gov, Accessed 1/9/12)

1,603: Number Of Regulations That Would Impact Small Businesses Proposed By Obama Administration In First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

1,014: Days Since Harry Reid’s Senate Has Passed A Budget Resolution. (S. Con. Res. 13, Roll Call 173; 4/29/09)

408: Number Of Regulations Proposed By Obama During First Two Years That Have An Economic Impact Of Over $100 Million. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)

104: Current Or Former Registered Lobbyists In The Obama Administration. (Center For Responsive Politics, Opensecrets.org, Accessed 2/6/12)

94.2%: Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP In 2021. (CBO, 1/31/12)

92: Number Of Bank Failures In 2011. (FDIC, Accessed 2/3/12)

89%: Americans Who Rate The Economy As “Not So Good” Or “Poor.” (The Washington Post/ABC News Poll, 2/6/12)

80%: Small Businesses That Could Be Forced To Change Health Care Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (NFIB, 7/11)

79%: Stimulus Funds For Wind, Solar And Geothermal Energy Projects That Went To Foreign Firms. (Investigating Reporting Workshop/ABC’s World News Tonight/Watchdog Institute, 2/8/10)

72.5%:Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP By End Of The Year. (CBO, 1/31/12)

72%: Americans That Are Worried The Economy Will Get Worse Rather Than Better Over The Next Year. (Gallup, 1/25/12)

70%: Americans That Say The Country Is Headed In The Wrong Direction. (CNN, 12/23/11)

65%: Voters Who Say The Nation Is On The Wrong Track. (CBS, 1/9/12)

57%: Americans Worried That The Value Of Their Home Won’t Increase. (Gallup, 1/25/12)

51%: Americans Worried About Maintaining Their Standard Of Living. (Gallup, 1/25/12)

48.5%: Households That Receive Some Form Of Government Assistance. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)

44.8%: Top Tax Rate By 2014 Under Obama’s FY2012 Budget. (The Washington Post, 5/16/11)

44.5%: Increase In National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 2/3/12)

44%: Americans Who Approve Of Obama’s Handling Of The Economy. (The Washington Post/ABC News Poll, 2/6/12)

40.1: Number Of Weeks That It Takes To Find A Job. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

38%:Americans Who Approve Of Obama’s Handling Of The Budget Deficit. (The Washington Post/ABC News Poll, 2/6/12)

36: Record Number Of Straight Months With Unemployment Rate Above 8 Percent. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

34.2%:Households That Receive Either Food Stamps, Subsidized Housing, Cash Welfare Or Medicaid. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)

32%:Share Of Existing Home Sales In December That Were Distressed Properties (Foreclosures And Short Sales). (National Association Of Realtors, 1/20/12)

29.2%:Unemployed Workers Out Of Work For Over A Year. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

24.4%:Federal Spending As A Share Of GDP By 2022. (CBO, 1/31/12)

22.1%: Home Loans Underwater (Negative Equity) In Third Quarter Of 2011. (Reuters, 11/29/11)

18%: Amount GNP Would Be Lowered Due To Debt’s Effect On Economic Growth By 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)

17%:Cut To Medicare Benefits When Trust Fund Is Exhausted. (House Ways & Means Committee Hearing, 6/22/11)

15.1%: Workers Unemployed, Underemployed Or Marginally Attached To The Labor Force. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

15.1%:Americans Living In Poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

8.3%:Unemployment Rate. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)

8.15%:Percent Of Home Loans Delinquent In November. (Lender Processing Services, 1/27/12)

4.11%:Percent Of Mortgage Loans In Foreclosure During December 2011. (Lender Processing Services, 1/27/12)

2.5%:Decline In Median Home Sale Price In The Last Year. (National Association Of Realtors, 1/20/12)

3:Record +$1 Trillion Deficits On Obama’s Watch. (CBO, 10/7/11)

2.3%: Decline In Median Household Income In 2010. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

0: Other People Obama Will Have Left To Blame For The Failures Of His Economic Policies In 2012. (The American People, 11/6/12)