Senate 34: Anatomy Of An Upset

Dossett defeats Mclain, in special election.

Adventures In Poll Running.

  Tonight I called the McLain campaign consultant and offered to do some poll-running for the team. Samantha Jones eagerly accepted my help and emailed a list of heavily populated Owasso precincts. I routed my Google map and left my South Tulsa location around 6:45pm

  My first precinct numbers were posted at the Owasso Recreational Center.

  Wow! getting beat, nearly 3 to 1. I don't know the demographics of this rapidly-growing northern suburb of Tulsa County. I figured I was in a neighborhood that either included Dossett, or had some unique connection to him.

Dr. Tom Coburn: An Open Letter To Oklahoma's Legislature

After serving in both houses of congress, Dr. Coburn diagnoses
an institutional illness and prescribes an effective treatment.

  Former Senator Tom Coburn, understands the problems in Washington better than anyone, Here is a recent letter he wrote to the Oklahoma legislature.

 Dear Oklahoma Legislator,
I am proud to be an Oklahoman, and I was proud to represent our state during my time in the United States Senate. One of the biggest lessons I learned during that time was that our federal government is like a runaway freight train. It will continue to overstep its constitutional boundaries and usurp more and more of states’ rights and individual liberties until someone or something stops it.
  Under Article V of the Constitution, you are the ones empowered to stop it, through a state-led convention for proposing amendments. Only through formal amendments can the states put effective checks on judicial activism, reject the damage that has been done to the Constitution through creative “interpretations” of some of its provisions, and impose meaningful fiscal restraints on Washington.

Trump Questions Apostle Paul's Roman Citizenship

Trump: "It's a problem and he needs to deal with it before we go any further".

[WARNING: sarcasm content contained in report]
  Donald Trump, today; disclosed claims that the Apostle Paul's Roman citizenship "is problematic".
  The businessman & reality tv star (now a politician) has uncovered documents that imply that the religious leader was not born in Rome. According to Trump's assertion, Paul was actually born in the Cilician town of Tarsus, as the son of a prominent Jewish family.
  Trump further claims that the issue was deliberately cloaked by Paul, through changing his name. He says that the religious leader's actual legal name is 'Saul'. Trump claims to have uncovered a journal from a Greek physician and historian named Luke. The journal, referred to by insiders as "The Acts of The Apostles"; states that in Paul's own words he claims to have been born in Tarsus but into a family of Roman citizens.

Apostle Paul claims various citizenships and nationalities

 But what remains unexplained is, "How a Jewish family can claim Roman citizenship?".

Rep. Walden Makes Compelling Argument In The Oregon Ranchers' Revolt

Oregon militants: Congressman Walden takes BLM to woodshed

 The U.S. Bureau of Land Management was the target of withering criticism Tuesday by Oregon  Rep. Greg Walden in a dramatic speech.

"How do you have faith in a government that doesn't ever listen to you? "

Walden, speaking from the House floor for nearly a half hour, gave voice to rural frustrations with government officials, particularly the federal land bureau that manages huge swaths of eastern Oregon.

Norman Pastor, Dr. James Taylor, Will Run Against Cole

Dr. James Taylor, of Norman, OK is running
for congress in the district that  JC Watts
once represented.

"It's just frustrating. They tell us one thing and then do another."

KFAQ's David Prock is reporting:

  NORMAN, Okla. (KFAQ staff) - It was the final straw for Dr. James Taylor, the pastor of Christ Church of Norman, after he heard Congressman Tom Cole of District 4 voted for the OMNIBUS spending bill that allows for such things as fully funding Planned Parenthood, and he has decided to do something about it.
  He announced on KFAQ's Pat Campbell Show on Thursday morning that he will indeed run against Cole in the next election.