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ConservativeHQ.com
July 18, 2011
CONSERVATIVE NEWS FROM THE FRONT is your daily wrap-up of conservative and Tea Party news. ConservativeHQ.com is a community of principled, constitutional conservatives. For media inquiries, contact Bob Sturm or Ryan Rogge at (703) 392-7676.

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Thanks to O'Keefe and his citizen investigators, shame on Congress and the President
By Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman, ConservativeHQ.com - "Every American should be outraged that no government audit or oversight exposed this Medicaid incompetence, misconduct, and law-breaking. Instead, it took James O'Keefe and the citizen journalists of Project Veritas to document it."

New O'Keefe investigation uncovers Medicaid fraud

Daily Caller - Conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe releases the first installment in a new video investigation focusing on Medicaid corruption and apparent law-breaking.

Let Tea Party have its say, then compromise: Boehner ploy?

Reuters - The speculation is that the House Speaker will let "Cap, Cut, Balance" go as far as it will, then use the good will he's earned with the Tea Party to seek compromise.

CHQ Poll: An overwhelming "no"to McConnell plan

By ConservativeHQ.com - As the fight over the debt limit intensifies in Congress, conservatives and Tea Party activists overwhelmingly oppose Senator McConnell's debt plan.

House vote this week on 'cut, cap, balance'

Washington Post - It could be the opening shot for a balanced budget amendment that Democrats might accept.

Re-election is secondary to Tea Party freshmen

The New York Times - Sen. Lindsey Graham says many freshman Republicans - "to their undying credit"-"could care less about 2012. They want to do what they can on their watch."

Polls show Tea Party's importance to GOP

Huffington Post - Bearing in mind that this comes from an unfriendly source, the important conclusion is that Tea Partiers "are not some minor faction within the Republican party. They are the heart and soul of its base..."

Is the Tea Party lining up with Religious Right?

Buzzflash.com Blog - "Over the years, there have been so many burials of the Religious Right, yet so few actual corpses." Analysis of efforts by Richard A. Viguerie and others to merge the movements.

How the GOP could retake the Senate

Washington Post - The goal is essentially four seats, though the GOP could also win three seats and the presidency to gain an effective majority (the vice president would be the tie-breaker).

Treasury: Social Security could be exempted

The Hill - The Treasury has given the OK to legislation that would effectively prioritize Social Security in case the debt ceiling is not raised by the Aug. 2 deadline, says Sen. Bill Nelson's office.

Sen. Mike Lee questions Obama's threat

Campaign for Liberty - (Article and video) The Tea Party senator from Utah wants to know what the President's priorities are, after the t hreat to withhold Social Security checks.

Sen. Mike Lee releases new book

Amazon.com - The Freedom Agenda explains why a Balanced Budget Amendment is necessary to restore constitutional government.

Iowa governor expects Perry to run

Associated Press - A Perry candidacy would alter the race, says Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, as he could unite the pro-business and social conservative factions of the GOP.

Rick Perry is hearing a 'call' to run

Des Moines Register - "I'm getting more and more comfortable every day that this is what I've been called to do," he tells the Des Moines Register. "This is what America needs."

Presidential fundraising totals come in

New York Times - In second quarter 2011: Romney $18.4 m, Paul and Pawlenty $4.5 m each, Bachmann $4.2 m, Huntsman $4.1. But Bachmann was a candidate for only two weeks of the second quarter.

Pawlenty campaign chief tries to reassure staff

CNN Political Ticker - Faced with dismal poll results, he says there is plenty of time to make up ground, and early polls in Iowa rarely determine the nominee.

What happens to anti-war coalition in House?

Daily Caller - Ron Paul is retiring, Dennis Kucinich's district is in limbo, and Jeff Flake is running for the Senate. Who will be the next leaders of the noninterventionist coalition?

Is Tea Party growing or waning in Utah?

Deseret News - Two anti-Tea Party writers, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, agree (to their distress) that in Utah the Tea Party is as strong as ever and probably growing in influence.

White House blacklist of Fox News

Washington Examiner - Documents uncovered by Judicial Watch reveal that President Obama's White House and Treasury Department have sought to exclude Fox News from covering significant news events.

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