I’ll have the John Gard speech audio up tomorrow; it takes too long to pull the audio off the recorder, and the hospitality suites (followed by a long drive home; I have a couple things to take care of back at the bunker) are calling.
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Archive for May 16th, 2008
Tim Pawlenty speaks to the county chairs
Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty speaks to the county chairs
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Reince Priebus speaks to the county chairs
RPW chair Reince Priebus speaks to the county chairs 5/16/2008
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Pics are up at my Flickr account
Click the pic of the van to head to the collection. I’ll be updating it between today and tomorrow, so do keep on checking back.
Bloggers in the house (sort of)
The only bloggers actually blogging (besides me) are the WisPolitics team of Andy Szal, Greg Bump and JR Ross. Still, the blogosphere is pretty well represented in the delegates:
– Jo Egelhoff of Fox Politics, who’s running for the 57th Assembly seat.
– Kathy Carpenter of Stepping Right Up.
– Brandon Henak of GOP3.
I’m terrible with names and faces, and I doubt I’ve seen everybody.
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Reps. Vos and Kramer on the budget repair bill
I know Gov. Doyle signed it already with some veto messages, but I figured I may as well grab both sides of the Republican divide on the budget repair bill. Rep. Robin Vos voted for it, while Rep. Bill Kramer voted against.
Any pros care to give me pointers? :-)
Various early errata
– WisPolitics is here, and they saw fit to link to me. Robin Vos thought he saw Owen pull up while we had lunch.
– The tables for all the side groups are starting to fill up. Of course, Americans for Prosperity is here. The College Republicans are right next to them. There’s a table selling “Thank President Bush” items.
– The first interviews were with Reps. Robin Vos and Bill Kramer on the budget repair bill. Audio should be up once I finish uploading and converting it to mp3.
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Is Barack Obama More Afraid of U.S. Than Its Enemies?
Just read the article here.
The only thing I would add is, “the castrated White House cat has more balls than you.”
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Hello from Stevens Point and the RPW convention
The good and bad so far…
Good – Despite a significant deputy/trooper presence, I made it in just over 2 hours.
Bad – I didn’t get in until after 1.
Good – The media credentials were ready, and the wireless is working.
Bad – The media room isn’t ready yet.
Good – We’ll have official availability of both Tim Pawlenty and Mike Duncan.
Since I’m drawing off the battery right now, that’s about it. Time to wander the halls and see who’s around.
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Here We Go Again!
Fannie Mae relaxing loan down payment requirements
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fannie Mae, the nation’s largest source of home financing, said on Friday it is lowering the amount of down payments required on mortgages it purchases, even in areas where home prices are falling.
Starting on June 1, the new requirements of 3 percent or 5 percent, which replace rules set in December, will apply nationally to loans on single-family primary residences, it said.
But wait, it gets better….
Fannie Mae also said it will continue to allow loans with Community Seconds, one of various assistance programs, for up to 105 percent combined loan-to-value ratio.
With Community Seconds, a borrower has a second-lien mortgage to help cover down payment and closing costs, with funding usually provided by a state or local housing agency, employer or a nonprofit organization.
“We recognize that down payment assistance programs remain a viable tool for borrowers who can afford a mortgage long-term, but might need a little help getting started,” Sullivan said.
Are you flippin’ kidding me? The only piece they’re missing is giving loans to folks who can’t afford to pay them! Oh wait…
On May 6, when Fannie Mae reported first-quarter results, it announced other initiatives, including a plan to provide up to $10 billion to help Housing Finance Authorities (HFA) serve first-time homebuyers “of modest means.” In some cases, Fannie Mae said, it will buy HFA mortgages that have greater than 97 percent loan-to-value ratios.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
It’s time to start buying gold and burying it in the back yard.
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The Morning Scramble – 5/16/2008
I’m already half-brain-dead, so let’s have Joe Walsh finish the job…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9-uniiNuiM[/youtube]
- Tom McMahon 4-Blocks West Virginia then and now.
- Ace dishes the dirt from Team Hiliary. Juicy, muddy dirt.
- Patrick Marley thoughfully provides RINO-hunt targets 1-10.
- Meanwhile, Owen got better results with his no-new-taxes pledge-takers.
- Jack Bauer will be back. There’s no truth to the rumor that he’ll spend 2 hours tracking me down for forgetting to highlight the latest installment of B4B’s Writers’ Strike Substitute.
- Michelle Malkin is running a slogan contest for the RNC because they can’t get their act together.
- Rick Moran discovers no grown-ups left in the Party of the Rat.
- Jim Geraghty takes a chainsaw to Barack Obama’s confusion over Afghanistan.
- Donna Martinez answers the age-old question, “Are NASCAR drivers underpaid?”
- Charlie Sykes says that, but for the passage of DOMA and the election of Justice-elect Mike Gableman, we would’ve been California. Say, that second sentence is looking mighty important right about now.
- Bonus 4-Block; Tom completes the “renewable energy” cycle.
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