Collins Report

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

The wave is building. The end of the Pelosi/Reid Congress is coming. Election Day results will show us firmly in control of our Congress, but that will be only half of the job.
November will also bring state legislature elections and victories in this half of the equation can put conservatives in control of the redistricting process in most states.

When the Census reports the nation’s new population figures each state will be told how many Congressional Districts (CD) it will have and the business of carving out new boundary lines will begin. The importance of this process can’t be overstated because the lines are always drawn to favor the majority Party, and they remain in place for the following ten years.

Huge Republican advantage

This year there is an inordinate number of states now controlled by Democrats whose legislatures can and likely will flip to Republican hands.

With the exception of 1900 and 2002 the Party in the White House has lost seats in each mid-term election. Given this iron clad history and growing disapproval numbers for Obama and his Party, the GOP should run very strongly all the way down the ballots of most states.

Since Democrats hold 21(86%) state legislatures that are “toss ups” and Republicans hold just 4 state level “toss up” chambers, the GOP is poised to enter redistricting talks with a huge advantage.

What redistricting well can bring for Republicans

In Alabama Republicans can squeeze out another District.
Indiana’s Republicans can redraw boundaries to insure almost permanent control of six of its nine CDs.

In Pennsylvania there is an opportunity to make another five seats unreachable to Democrats.

In solidly Republican Texas, which is projected to pick up 3 more seats just from population growth, there is a potential to see six new Republican Congressional Representatives sent to Washington from the Lone Star State.

In Wisconsin where the Republican gubernatorial candidate is leading by 8 points and Democrat Senator Russ Feingold is just one point up, both the state Senate and Assembly are “toss ups.” Should lightening strike Wisconsin can produce two new GOP seats.

All of these scenarios are extra to the huge number of Congressional seats Republicans will regain on Election night, but holding these new seats can be made far more likely by victories in state legislatures.

We need to work hard at the state level to realize these huge dividends. If you can’t work in a congressional race in your area, work for your local Assembly or Senate Representative. It will be very rewarding service to the future of our country.

Pledge your support to America.

If you’ve had enough, fight what the Marxist Democrats want to do to our America because the life of country depends on you and all of us.

Pray for America. God will hear us and save our country from the Marxists if we ask for His help. We are fighting powerful foreign AND domestic enemies.

Answer the challenge! Be a warrior for freedom!

If we let the sun set on this great nation we won’t see its likes again.

OBAMA’S TAXES ARE COMING
In January the taxes we warned Obama would shove down our throats are coming. Go to the tool bar at the top of the Collins Report and read about them.
To read more about these taxes go to

http://www.atr.org/sixmonths.html?content=5171

Use this site to contact your Congressional Representative. https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Knowledge is power. Go to these Collins Report sites to get full details on this story

http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/2010-state-legislatures-states.html

http://www.emailthecongress.com/state-delegations.html

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/04/with-2010-census-states-expected-to-gainlose-seats-in-electoral-college-and-us-house/

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/wisconsin/election_2010_wisconsin_governor

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/wisconsin/election_2010_wisconsin_senate

Yesterday’s Rasmussen Presidential Index had Obama at –17

This day in history July 14
1798: The Sedition Act becomes law making it a federal crime to write publish or utter false or malicious statements about the American government.

Have you read this week’s “Betcha didn’t know this..” page? It’s loaded with interesting little “bite size” items you’re bound to enjoy.

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