This post presumes that you’ve already read my post of September 30th (New Rules of Engagement for 2010), so if you haven’t, please read it first so the contents of this post make more sense.
The purpose of the plan I proposed is to influence selected democrats in the House to vote against Obama/Pelosi/Reid-pushed anti-American bills (like Owe-bamacare, more stimulus, upcoming immigration bills, etc.) by sending them individual e-mails explaining why we (hopefully, a lot of us) will be watching them, and if they vote against Constitutional principles, we will work to defeat them by contributing to their opponents.
The primary intent is to influence the outcome of votes on the targeted bills by intimidating the weakest democrats, especially in vulnerable districts, to vote against the bills or lose their seats. This is intended to stop the headlong rush to pass Obama’s Globalistic/Socialist agenda. Additionally, we will hope to defeat these targeted democrats in 2010 by contributing to their opponents, thereby gaining seats in the House. It is not inconceivable that we could regain control of the House.
In the plan I proposed, I would contribute $1,000. That $1,000 would be distributed among ten selected opponents, each would receive $100. If only 10,000 other individuals, from all across the country, did the same, each of those ten opponents would receive $1,000,000 in additional campaign contributions – A MILLION DOLLARS. In some districts, that could make the difference. As I said in the earlier post, my pitiful $100 won’t get anyone’s attention, but if the same democrat receives hundreds or thousands of e-mails from “We’re Watching You” members, he/she will notice. I already purchased the domain name “werewatchingyou.net,” so we have a name. We will have a website (although I haven’t yet learned to edit it properly).
And, lest you feel that there are RINOs that should lose their seats as well, I agree, they’re not safe either, but for now, let’s first concentrate on reducing the democrat’s majority in the House.
I’ve already started research on identifying those ten targeted reprobates (maybe more) and have identified sources of pertinent information about House members. The problem is, this is a big job and in order to identify the targeted representatives quickly, I need help. The sooner we can get going on this, the more opportunity there is to affect votes on upcoming important bills.
So, I’m asking for volunteers to help gather information, verify it, and summarize it into a standardized format. The information MUST BE ACCURATE. There is no quicker way for us to lose credibility than to post bad information.
And finally, we’ll be doing this thing as a group. I am not interested in self-aggrandizement, so I’m not doing this for any kind of personal recognition. While I will act as coordinator, this is intended to be a group effort in which we will all share any benefits. We’ll be a group of patriots working towards a common goal – to defeat the anti-American bills yet to come from Obama/Pelosi/Reid and retake the House in 2010.
Following are a few of the sources of information that I’ve already located (and I’m still looking). Obviously, additional reliable sources will be welcomed.
- Likelihood of retaining seat in next election (seat retention is: likely, leaning, toss up) or effectively not contested, by state and districts.
- Ratings by interest groups (e.g., NRA, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, NEA, unions, etc.).
- How often representative votes with his/her party (party line votes).
- A source to identify representative’s vote(s) on any specific bill (HR 1, HR 2454, etc.).
- The political environment of the rep’s district – whether district tends to vote D or R and extent of lean (i.e., R+20 is strongly Republican district, D+1 is weakly Democrat). Vote in the district that put the rep in office and how that district voted in last two Presidential elections.
- Project Vote Smart issues a “Political Courage Test.” Not all candidates take it. But if one does, it captures the selected representative’s positions on a large number of issues. Includes whether the rep would support an increase/decrease/no change to individual budgetary groups.
- 2010 campaign contributions to date for incumbent and opponents.
- Rep’s approximate net worth, assets, liabilities
- Percentage of missed votes by rep.
- Leadership: number of sponsored bills supported by other reps.
- Committees served on.
- And lots of other miscellaneous information.
If you’re interested and have some time available to do some Google-type research, leave a comment and I’ll contact you. I am also interested in any ideas anyone may have regarding “the plan,” pro or con.
We'll soon be able to say to many democrat members of the House ... better be careful ... We’re Watching You!