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North Suburban Republican Forum

August, 2010www.NorthSuburbanRepublicanForum.com

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Key Dates for Election Year 2010October 4:Last day to register to vote in the November general election.October 18: Early voting beginsOctober 26: Last day to apply for a mail-in ballotNovember 2: General election. 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Get Out The Vote, Colorado Republicans!!!!

To register to vote or confirm you are a registered Colorado voter, go to: GoVoteColorado.com

Our next meeting is from 9:15-10:15 am, Saturday morning, August 14th featuring a recap

and discussion of the Colorado Primary Election results along with what they mean to

you. Remember to invite somebody new to the NSRF as we discuss politics for the Denver

North Metro area. Please forward this newsletter to other like-minded individuals. We

need to be activists to regain our county and country from progressive minded Liberals.

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Can you spare just a few hours a week? Or maybe a few hours every 2-3 weeks? Once amonth? Your participation will help to insure a conservative Victory in 2010!

Please support your local VICTORY OFFICE, no matter what county you reside in. Belowis an important update regarding VICTORY for those of you in ADAMS/BROOMFIELD

County. If you reside in another county, please contact your local county Republicanoffice for more info. For those of you in Adams County that are receiving this, we need

you NOW! The primaries are over and it's time to get behind ALL our candidates toinsure a CONSERVATIVE VICTORY.

And please, it will save us much needed time if you can respond and getsigned up for VICTORY without your County volunteers having to call ~ ofcourse, we would love to get better acquainted, but would rather do that ATVictory. Being proactive will make a difference long-term, and actually feels betterthan throwing things at the TV! Together, we CAN and WILL WIN.

Kim Gillan

We have another Super weekend just around the corner. The weekend ofAugust 20th-22nd, Victorywill be having its 2nd Super weekend of the election cycle and we need everyones help to pull it off!It will be post-primary so we hope that you all will be able to get out and support ALL of theRepublicans on the ticket for November. This is an extremely important election year and we need

every able bodied person to get out and show the Democrats what the American People are allabout and to send a resonating ENOUGH to President Obama and Nancy Pelosi!Here are Victorys goals:Our goal is to contact 12,000 voters in Adams and Broomfield Counties through both phonecalling and door knocking. To accomplish this we need 150 phone volunteers over thecourse of the three days, and 45 door knockers for a total of 195 volunteers.This a very biggoal, but not one that Adams/Broomfield cannot accomplish (and as Jefferson and solid-blue

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Denver both blew us out of the water last time, Victory would love nothing more than to make ahuge comeback and show them whos boss!).Here are Victorys needs:Again, we need 195 volunteers at a minimum to achieve our goals of voter contact. I need you tosign up for one of the following shifts by either sending me an email with the day and shift you wantto work or giving me a call. Youll need to tell if you would prefer to work the phones or knockdoors, or if you do not care which one you do, you will not need to designate specifically.

E-mail:[email protected] Office Phone: 303-452-1780 Cell Phone: 720-318-7084FRIDAY 20TH - SUNDAY 22NDFriday: 9am-12pm 12pm-3pm 3-6pm 6-9pmSaturday: 9am-12pm 12pm-3pm 3-6pm 6-9pmSunday: 12pm-3pm 3-6pm 6-9pm

This is a big effort, and one that Republicans need to succeed at if we have any hopes of winningthis November! As you are all aware this is not going to be an easy election, but Republicans havethe momentum this time around, and the AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE WILL TO FIGHT!!! TheDemocrats are not going to give up and the nation is looking to Colorado: Colorado is on the front-lines of the battlefield and it is vital that we not lose an inch, rather that we TAKE BACK OURSTATE!!!Please join us in our efforts to win back seats for our Republican candidates!"If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which wehave been so long contending, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which wehave been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until theglorious object of our contest shall be obtainedwe must fight!" Patrick HenryThanks for your help!

Anna FitzerVictory Field Director Adams and Broomfield Counties2200 East 104th Ave, Thornton, CO, 80229Office Phone: (303) 452-1780Cell Phone: (720) [email protected]

NSRF upcoming calendar in 2010/2011:

September 11th All candidates are welcome

October 9 Countdown to Election Day, November 2nd and how to help GOTV

November 13 Election recap

December 11 NSRF Board Election, special breakfast, and planning for politics in 2011

January 8 -- Colorados legislative upcoming 2011 session

Adams County Republican Events Director, Jerry Cunningham, needs volunteers to help with the followingevents:

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Strasburg parade Saturday, August 14th: Parade begins at 10 AM. Check-in is between 8 to 9 AM atthe Legion Hall located at the corner of Burton Street and Westview Ave in Strasburg. The parade begins atWagner Street and Colfax Avenue and should be over by 11:30 AM.Westminster Faire - Saturday, August 21st: Fair is located at 105th and Sheridan Blvd and runs from 10AM to 5 PM.

Bennett Parade - Saturday, August 28th: Line-up begins at 9:15 AM at the SE corner of Trupp Park andruns west back along Palmer Ave in Bennett. The parade is from 9 to 11 AM and will proceed from Palmerto 4th, 4th to Lincoln, Lincoln to 1st, 1st to Lincoln ending at Palmer heading westThornton Fall Festival - Saturday, September 11th: Located at the Community field at Colorado and112th Ave from 10 AM - 5 PM.Reagan Round-up - Saturday, September 25th: A western flavored get-together of Republicans,Candidates and Elected Officials from 4 PM - 8 PM.Operation Free Bird Saturday, November 20th: Noon to 4 PM at 64th and Federal (north of Rocky'sAutos).

Call or email Jerry to let him know that you can help walk with our candidates, pass out candy, hold signs and banners,

man the booth, and let the communities know the Adams County Republicans are alive, kicking and taking names. Hisphone is 303-439-8228 and his email address is:[email protected]

New site takes on Adams County governmentJuly 24th, 2010

A recently launched website tackles problems in Adams County government.

Just in time for elections, a recently launched website called Adams County News & Views Exposing

Adams County, Colorados Culture of Corruption looks to shake up the county political landscape.

The site, launched by a local Republican activist, is posting stories and commentary related to issues

within Adams County government and the local Democratic party. There isnt a lot there right now but it

is a site worth keeping an eye on.

Visit the site: Adams County News & Views http://www.adamscountynewsandviews.com/

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Adams County starts issuing excuses for slow electionresults before the election http://www.tonysrants.com/

August 5th, 2010

Waiting, waiting, and more waiting for Adams County election results.

Slow election results from Adams County have become the norm rather than the exception with final

results not arriving until well after polls close. Despite years of problems nothing has been done to fix the

problem and now county officials are being preemptive in issuing excuses for the 2010 elections.Final results in the 2008 election werent posted by Adams County until 25 hours after polls closed. Last

year the county reported results 23 hours after polls closed taking four times as long as the next slowest

metro area county.

Adams County Clerk and Recorder Karen Long told the Denver Post today not to expect any

improvement. We are really encouraging people to get their ballots in early. You can have all the

planning in place, but when you get buried on the last day, it delays the results, she said.

Despite years of ineptitude counting ballots and being unable to give its citizens timely and accurate

results, the county appears to have done nothing to correct the problem. Instead, they have taken the

tact that excuses will make folks feel better about their elected officials inability to do the job they were

hired by the voters to do.

Looking back:

2009: 23 hours after polls close, Adams County finally has results

2009: Adams County continues to show ineptitude at counting ballots

2008: Adams County responds to slow election results

2008: Adams County ballot counting brings up the rear again

Thornton Free BBQ and School Supply Driveby: Thornton Family Barbershop

Thornton Family Barbershop, Starbucks, and The UPS Stores of Thornton have joined to help Adams 12 students, teacher, and staffwith school supplies for the upcoming school year.

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Additionally, On Saturday August 21, 2010, all the supplies gathered will be presented at Thornton Family Barbershop and given toAdams 12 Foundation. Thornton Family Barbershop will also host a Free Community BBQ with all donations given to Adams 12School District.

You can drop off your donated supplies or pick up tickets to the Free BBQ at any of the locations listed below.

Thornton Family Barbershop, 128th and ColoradoStarbucks, 120th & HuronStarbucks, 120th & ColoradoStarbucks, 102nd & Grant-Thornton

Starbucks, I-25 & 120thStarbucks, 84th & Pearl - ThorntonStarbucks, 168th & Washington - ThorntonStarbucks, 136th & I-25- WestminsterStarbucks, 136th & Colorado- ThorntonStarbucks, 144th and I-25UPS Store, 120th & ColoradoUPS Store, Thornton Parkway & WashingtonAdams 12 School District Educational Center - 128th & Claude

To RSVP or for further information you can reach Thornton Family Barbershop at 12720 E. Colorado or via phone at 303-586-6450.

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What the Adams County Democrats have on their web site. Read it so youll understandhow misguided and wrong our opponents are.

Welcome to the Adams County Democratic Party, the party of success! Adams County has a tradition of electing strong,principled Democratic officials and we want to continue working towards that goal.

From the ACDP Chair - June 2010

Written by Marty Wisniewski

As you probably know by now, I like to relate history to present day, and I have never read a Texas text book. I am a firmbeliever that we are doomed to live history over if we don't remember it. For you younger readers, you may want togoogle this song. I took some liberties with Tennessee Ernie Ford's song "16 Tons." Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded thissong in 1955 and it reached number one on the billboard charts. It is more relevant now than ever. It is a musical story oflife as a coal miner. The chorus of "Sixteen Tons" is:

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debt.Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go;I owe my soul to the Company Store.

The line "I owe my soul to the company store" refers to debt bondage. This is where workers were paid in script (like acompany gift card), and not cash, which were redeemable only at the company store. They were kept under a systemwhere they were enslaved to a company because of debt.

How does this relate to today's economy? Corporations have taken control and are changing our democracy to anoligarchy. Profit is the only driving force. They have become sentient beings according to the Supreme Court, but theyaren't held to the same laws we are. If a corporation kills people, shouldn't it get a corporate death penalty? We owe ourhouse payments to them; we pay our car payments to them; we even rely on them for our health care. Credit cardcompanies, until very recently, had no bars on how high an interest pay-ment could be---basically, legal loan sharks. Inshort, we owe our souls to the "company store."

How did the early miners break their shackles? One word: "unions." Organized labor met the challenge as we must now.We have been driven down a road where our spending dollars have fallen. Just as the miners were, we have become acountry of debtors. We don't live to work, but work to live. Most of us are two-income families, not because we want to,but because we have to. The corporations send our jobs overseas and yet they expect us to buy their goods and services, asituation which can only mean disaster for the middle class. The corporations are now jeopardizing their workers' safety,as you have seen in the recent coal mine disaster, and will gladly jeopardize the environment for profit as well, like in the

recent oil spill in the Gulf Coast.

The people that have been calling for less government and say "corporations can do it better," have very short-termmemories. Has the banking industry done it better? Has oil industry done it better? Has the insurance industry done itbetter? No, but the American people have done it better. In short, the government. The company store can be ownedprivately, but it must be regulated by the people of the United States, "the United States government." Our electedofficials need to keep our interests and safety first when making policy. The Democratic Party has been the party of theworking people and it needs to stay that way, and to be there for us.

The words of Sixteen Tons should read:

Sixteen tons, and what do you get?Health care, fair wages, and equal pay,Good, safe working conditions, retirement someday.

And a government FOR the people, ain't it better this way?

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912 Rally on the west steps of the Colorado State CapitalMonday, September 13th, 11:00 AM 2:00 PM

Janine Turner VIP ReceptionMonday, September 13, 2010 from 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM (MT)

Denver, CO

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You are invited to The Broker Restaurant on September 13th at2:30pm to attend an elegant VIP Reception with Janine Turner, Actress, Activist, andKeynote Speaker at the 2010 "We ARE The People Rally".Also Headlining is S. E. Cupp, political commentator and author of "Losing Our Religion:

The Liberal Media's Attack On Christianity."

Besides a great time with Janine and S. E., the event includes Hors d'oeuvres, sweets, adrink ticket, lively discussions with other VIP's and more.Dress is casual as many people will be coming directly from the Rally.This fundraiser may be THE Conservative Social Event of the year. We hope to see youthere.

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March 2010 STEALING THE NEXT ELECTION: Amnesty, universal voter registration, felons voting,operatives planted: Team Obama's strategy for maintaining permanentpower

With tens of millions of Americas furious at Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosifor unconstitutionally forcing socialized medicine down their throats, and withcongressional Democrats in danger of massive electoral losses thisNovember, one giant question looms large for Team Obama: How to stay in

power despite plummeting voter support?The answer to that question can be found in the groundbreaking March issueof Whistleblower magazine, titled "STEALING THE NEXT ELECTION."

This game-changing special report is summarized in its long subtitle:"Amnesty, universal voter registration, felons voting, operatives planted:@Cologop.org

Team Obama's strategy for maintaining permanent power."

"The people currently running the show in Washington," said WhistleblowerEditor David Kupelian, "come from the radical leftist world of Saul Alinsky in which everything they do nomatter how unethical, corrupt and flat-out illegal is morally justified if it advances their agenda. Winning votesand elections by any means possible is their stock in trade."

"STEALING THE NEXT ELECTION" surveys the various stratagems the far left is currently developing toconsolidate power in the U.S. long-term. The list includes:

Universal voter registration: Now being secretly prepared by at least two prominent members of Congress,this is essentially a scheme to legalize voter fraud by shifting responsibility for registering to vote from thecitizen to the government, meaning people are automaticallyregistered to vote, based on DMV records,income-tax returns, welfare rolls, unemployment lists and other government databases.

Illegal immigrant registration: Since government databases contain names of non-citizens, not to mentionmentally incompetent individuals and felons factors that would ordinarily disqualify a person from voting in

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most states universal registration would open the floodgates to fraud. And since many people own propertyin more than one location and pay taxes to numerous government entities, they would be afforded theopportunity to vote in multiple locations.

Amnesty: Disguised once again by euphemisms like "comprehensive immigration reform," amnesty will createmillions of new Democrat voters. As Obama adviser and SEIU executive vice president Eliseo Medina saidrecently regarding amnesty: "Can you imagine 8 million new voters who care about our issues and will bevoting? We will be creating a governing coalition for the long term, not just for an election cycle."

Convicted felons voting: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late last year cleared the way for inmates to

vote from prison. The court overturned a Washington state law prohibiting felons from voting until they arereleased and off parole, arguing state restrictions unfairly penalized minorities since they have a higherincarceration rate. Polls show felons overwhelmingly prefer Democrats.

Planting operatives in America's statehouses: A subversive, Soros-backed group called the Secretary ofState Project is gearing up to steal the 2012 election for Obama and congressional Democrats by installing left-wing Democrats as secretaries of state across the nation, from which posts they can help tilt the electoralplaying field.

"This is just a taste of the astonishing revelations in March's Whistleblower edition," said Kupelian. "Itgets much worse."

Highlights of "STEALING THE NEXT ELECTION":

"The next big gambit" by Joseph Farah

"Democrats plan to steal the vote" by Chelsea Schilling, who warns, If you thought Obamacare wasscary, check out universal registration

"Why Obama wants control of the census" by John Fund, on White House hopes to find "missing"Democratic voters in the 2010 count

"Soros group preparing to steal 2012 election" by Matthew Vadum, who shows Stalin was right insaying, "The people who count the votes decide everything"

"How to lock Democrats in power" by James Simpson, who exposes strategies the party is using toengineer a new electorate

"Voters think ACORN steals elections" one quarter of Americans believe the disgraced group tied toObama affected the outcome of the 2008 election

"Obama adviser: Amnesty will ensure 'progressive' rule" by Aaron Klein. Boasts the SEIU executive,"Can you imagine 8 million new voters who care about our issues?"

"The New Black Panthers and the White House" by Hans A. von Spakovsky, who asks, What did thepresident's men know and when did they know it?

"Is Obama's $789 billion buying votes instead of jobs?" by Drew Zahn, on studies showing "stimulus"funds were spent on Democrats, not unemployment

"Incarcerated felons have right to vote, rules court" by Art Moore, who shows that surveys showprisoners overwhelmingly favor Democrats

"The Democrats' technological thuggery" by Phil Elmore, on violence, abuse, libel, slander andpropaganda in the service of power

"Don't progressives like free speech?" by John Stossel, who explains why Democrats recoil as a majorelectoral advantage bites the dust

"Are Republicans 'due'?" by Thomas Sowell, who warns the fate of America is on the line in this fall'selections

"What states can do to safeguard America's election system" by Hans A. von Spakovsky, who outlinesspecific actions that will assure the will of legitimate voters prevails

"Time to 'roll back' liberalism" by Ben Shapiro, who explains that perversions of the Constitution are notentrenched forever

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"In this issue of Whistleblower, we are blowing the whistle on what could be the biggest political scam in history one that results in a virtual coup d'etat for America one from which it unlikely ever to recover," said WNDfounder and Editor Joseph Farah. "This is an issue you will want to share with your friends. This is informationvital to our national security and sovereignty. This is information that might mean the difference betweenpreserving American freedom and losing it forever."

Readers may also order an annual Whistleblower subscription.

NOTE: When shopping in WND's online store you have the option of paying with either a credit card or acheck.

If you wish to order by phone, call our toll-free order line at 1-800-4WND-COM (1-800-496-3266).

The 2010 Victory Campaign is working to gain Adams/Broomfield Counties and takeback all of Colorado for Republicans this November. Our grassroots efforts focus onphone banking and door knocking from now until election day. Your Regional FieldDirector is: Anna Fitzer, 2200 E. 104th Ave., Thornton, CO. 80229 720-318-7084 [email protected]

OPINION

AUGUST 9, 2010

Why I'm Not HiringWhen you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 inbenefits.

By MICHAEL P. FLEISCHER

With unemployment just under 10% and companies sitting on their cash, you would think that sooner or later job growth

would take off. I think it's going to be latermuch later. Here's why.

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Meet Sally (not her real name; details changed to preserve privacy). Sally is a terrific employee, and she happens to be

the median person in terms of base pay among the 83 people at my little company in New Jersey, where we provide

audio systems for use in educational, commercial and industrial settings. She's been with us for over 15 years. She's a

high school graduate with some specialized training. She makes $59,000 a yearon paper. In reality, she makes only

$44,000 a year because $15,000 is taken from her thanks to various deductions and taxes, all of which form the steep,

sad slope between gross and net pay.

Before that money hits her bank, it is reduced by the $2,376 she pays as her share of the medical and dental insurance

that my company provides. And then the government takes its due. She pays $126 for state unemployment insurance,

$149 for disability insurance and $856 for Medicare. That's the small stuff. New Jersey takes $1,893 in income taxes.

The federal government gets $3,661 for Social Security and another $6,250 for income tax withholding. The roughly

$13,000 taken from her by various government entities means that some 22% of her gross pay goes to Washington or

Trenton. She's lucky she doesn't live in New York City, where the toll would be even higher.Employing Sally costs

plenty too. My company has to write checks for $74,000 so Sally can receive her nominal $59,000 in base pay. Health

insurance is a big, added cost: While Sally pays nearly $2,400 for coverage, my company pays the rest$9,561 for

employee/spouse medical and dental. We also provide company-paid life and other insurance premiums amounting to

$153. Altogether, company-paid benefits add $9,714 to the cost of employing Sally.

Then the federal and state governments want a little something extra. They take $56 for federal unemployment

coverage, $149 for disability insurance, $300 for workers' comp and $505 for state unemployment insurance. Finally,

the feds make me pay $856 for Sally's Medicare and $3,661 for her Social Security. When you add it all up, it costs

$74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits. Bottom line: Governments impose a 33%

surtax on Sally's job each year.

Because my company has been conscripted by the government and forced to serve as a tax collector, we have lost

control of a big chunk of our cost structure. Tax increases, whether cloaked as changes in unemployment or disability

insurance, Medicare increases or in any other form can dramatically alter our financial situation. With government

spending and deficits growing as fast as they have been, you know that more tax increases are comingfor my

company, and even for Sally too.

Companies have also been pressed into serving as providers of health insurance. In a saner world, health insurance

would be something that individuals buy for themselves and their families, just as they do with auto insurance. Now,

adding to the insanity, there is ObamaCare. Every year, we negotiate a renewal to our health coverage. This year, our

provider demanded a 28% increase in premiumsfor a lesser plan. This is in part a tax increase that the federal

government has co-opted insurance providers to collect. We had never faced an increase anywhere near this large; in

each of the last two years, the increase was under 10%.

To offset tax increases and steepening rises in health-insurance premiums, my company needs sustainably higher

profits and salessomething unlikely in this "summer of recovery." We can't pass the additional costs onto our

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customers, because the market is too tight and we'd lose sales. Only governments can raise prices repeatedly and

pretend there will be no consequences. And even if the economic outlook were more encouraging, increasing

revenues is always uncertain and expensive. As much as I might want to hire new salespeople, engineers and

marketing staff in an effort to grow, I would be increasing my company's vulnerability to government decisions to raise

taxes, to policies that make health insurance more expensive, and to the difficulties of this economic environment.

A life in business is filled with uncertainties, but I can be quite sure that every time I hire someone my obligations to thegovernment go up. From where I sit, the government's message is unmistakable: Creating a new job carries a

punishing price.

Mr. Fleischer is president of Bogen Communications Inc. in Ramsey, N.J.

POTOMAC WATCH

AUGUST 6, 2010

McCollum v. ObamaCareFlorida attorney general and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum is leading the charge toprotect states from an intrusive federal government.

'The brazen nature of this administration is undermining the basic rule of law, the confidence of the public, and taking

away states' authoritycreating an ever stronger federal government. My role is to make clear we're not going to put

up with this." So says Bill McCollum, Florida's attorney general, now vying to be governor of the Sunshine State. It

wasn't so very long ago that the job of a Republican governor was to promise lower spending, policies to encourage job

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growth, freedom in education, tax relief. In the age of Obama, Republican governors and candidates are redefining

their role to become defenders in chief against an overweening federal government that is siphoning away states'

power and crushing them with new costs.

That's why 20 states are suing for the constitutional overthrow of ObamaCare. It's why Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal

threw in with a lawsuit to kill the federal drilling moratorium. It's why Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is challenging federal

immigration policies. It's why 18 governors in March signed a letter demanding the Senate protect their states againstEPA climate rules. Democratic governors, too, have felt compelled to protect their citizens. The EPA letter was signed

by West Virginia's Joe Manchin and Kentucky's Steve Beshear. Oklahoma's Brad Henry is scoring the administration

for its "net neutrality" policies. Montana's Brian Schweitzer and Wyoming's Dave Freudenthal both signed laws

curtailing federal power over firearms. Mr. McCollum is perhaps the brightest example of this expansive shift in

thinking. The flighty leadership of (formerly Republican) Gov. Charlie Crist, has, over the years, cast Mr. McCollum as a

de facto head of his party's more principled wing. He was the most visible state politician, for instance, to oppose the

stimulus bill and early on he warned Congress that its health bill was likely an unconstitutional affront to the states.

When Democrats thumbed their noses, Mr. McCollum began assembling attorneys general to join him in litigation

designed to bring down the law in its totality. He filed suit minutes after the president signed the bill. Talk to Mr.

McCollum and he will reel off an exhaustive list of recent mandates and laws that are sapping state powers. In addition

to health care, Mr. McCollum has filed a brief in Arizona's immigration fight, argued against the $20 billion federal oil

fund that strips his office of its ability to work with BP on local claims, and demanded from the feds more authority to

tackle Medicaid fraud.

He's waged these fights in the

effort to preserve state officials'

ability to govern effectively,

though in the process he's

tapped into a deep voter

discontent with Washington. Mr.

McCollum is in a bitter primary

fight with Rick Scott. The

businessman has been relatively short on policy proposals, but way long on money. He's spent a record-shattering $25

million of his own running ads casting the race as an outsider versus a "career politician." The fact that Mr. McCollum is

still swinging, despite being outspent 5 to 1, is partly due to his defense of Florida against Washington. Only last weekthe Florida Chamber of Commercerepresenting 140,000 state businessesendorsed Mr. McCollum; one reason was

his fight against health care. That fight has even earned the "career politician" the backing of activist groups seeking to

put on the ballot a constitutional amendment allowing Floridians to opt out the federal health law, and of tea party

leaders such as Dick Armey.

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The McCollum stance has become so defining that in a recent debate among candidates vying to succeed him as

attorney general the fight was over who would continue his lawsuit. Mr. Scott has been forced to support the litigation.

And it has allowed both Republicans to paint Democratic candidate Alex Sinkwho opposes the suitas a

Washington handmaiden.

Democrats have in return pounded Mr. McCollum, calling his health-care suit a political stunt on the taxpayer dime.

This is somewhat amusing coming from a party whose own view of an attorney general's duties consists of legallytorpedoing companies, sharing the booty with trial lawyers, and using the recycled donation proceeds for re-election.

Mr. McCollum has brushed off the criticism of his lawsuit, noting that the cost of the handful of lawyers in the attorney

general's office working on this issue pales in comparison to the costs ObamaCare would impose on Florida.

This is in fact the heart of the McCollum argument. The federal Medicaid program, he notes, could soon be eating up

36% of Florida's budgetand that's before ObamaCare's new costs. Federal health, education, environmental and

labor mandates are chipping away at the states' ability to keep their taxes low, to grow jobs, and to devote money to

their own priorities. The backlash extends beyond Florida. A whopping 39 gubernatorial elections will be held in

November; in nearly all, candidatesand not just Republicansare running on promises to fight the Washington

power grab. "This is a wake-up call," says Mr. McCollum. "It's a defining issue of today."

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An amazing cartoon from 1878.

History, unfortunately, repeats itself. Over, and over, and over

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From the Chicago Tribune in 1934

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