MA Senate winner could be delayed by dems; Dems Voter auto registration plan; BONO wants YOU to pay taxes

1) Seating Mass. Senate winner could be delayed BOSTON – Massachusetts' top election official says it could take weeks to certify the results of the upcoming U.S. Senate special election. That delay could let President Barack Obama preserve a key 60th vote for his health care overhaul even if the Republican who has vowed to kill it wins Democrat Edward M. Kennedy's former seat. Secretary of State William F. Galvin, citing state law, says city and town clerks must wait at least 10 days for absentee ballots to arrive before they certify the results of the Jan. 19 election. They then have five more days to file the returns with his office. Galvin bypassed the provision in 2007 so his fellow Democrats could gain a House vote they needed to override a veto of then-Republican President George W. Bush, but the secretary says U.S. Senate rules would preclude a similar rush today. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_el_se/us_kennedy_successor_delay Baawney Fwank has a meltdown: "That is the stupidest thing I've been asked in a long time. That is insane, the suggestion could only come from a demented right wing source," erupted Representative Barney Frank (D - MA), when asked by The Washington Times about what he thought of assertions that Massachusetts Democrats would stall the certification process should Mr. Brown win. "There isn't the slightest possibility of it happening---a way of doing it. That is conspiracy theory at its most contemptible." See: http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/jan/12/rep-frank-lashes-out-over-accusations-mass-dems-wo/ 2) Video: Pelosi’s a horrible woman, says … Jack Cafferty Via Breitbart. I know, I know, there are a million different reasons he could have given — why, here’s a new one now — but I won’t spoil the surprise by telling you which one drove him to this. Suffice it to say, you’re already familiar with it if you read the site. This is twice now in less than a week that he’s gone off on Madam Speaker for government waste and corruption. I ask this with some trepidation, but … is Cafferty turning into a tea partier? See: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/12/video-pelosis-a-horrible-woman-says-jack-cafferty/ 3) Democrats Weigh New Tax on Investment Income WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators are considering applying for the first time the Medicare payroll tax to investment income as part of a compromise to pay for a health overhaul. The extra Medicare tax would apply only to the wealthy and could allow congressional Democrats to reduce the sting of a tax on high-cost insurance plans, said Democratic aides and others briefed on the negotiations. Wow, that’s fantastic! I’m sure that will do wonders for the economy! See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126325868807825625.html?mod=loomia&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r5:c0.0656503:b29745944 4) STIMULUS WATCH: Unemployment unchanged by projects WASHINGTON – A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Barack Obama's first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates, raising questions about his argument for billions more to address an "urgent need to accelerate job growth." An Associated Press analysis of stimulus spending found that it didn't matter if a lot of money was spent on highways or none at all: Local unemployment rates rose and fell regardless. And the stimulus spending only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, the analysis showed. With the nation's unemployment rate at 10 percent and expected to rise, Obama wants a second stimulus bill from Congress including billions of additional dollars for roads and bridges — projects the president says are "at the heart of our effort to accelerate job growth." See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100111/ap_on_bi_ge/us_stimulus_unemployment 5) 9 Vt. State Office Candidates Favor Secession SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) -- Several Vermont political candidates want their state to call it quits with America. In what organizers call the first statewide slate of pro-secession candidates, nine people under the Vermont Independence Day banner are planning to run for governor, lieutenant governor and seven seats in the state Senate. They say they want a fresh start with a real democracy. Their cause is the latest incarnation of a movement that's bubbled in Vermont and elsewhere for years. Few observers give them much hope of winning even in a left-leaning state where the popular Republican governor's decision not to seek re-election has touched off a scramble among would-be successors. Five Democrats and a Republican are in a wide-open race for the seat headed to the November election. See: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/13/us/AP-US-Vermont-Secession-Candidates.html?_r=2 6) New Democrat scheme: 'Vote early, vote often' If you thought health-care bill was scary, check out automatic-registration plan … A political correspondent is making waves with his stern warning that Democrats are scheming to manipulate the electoral process this election year by implementing a federal mandate to involuntarily register millions of people to vote – making the system ripe for unprecedented fraud and abuse. "Democrats were very rattled by the Nov. 3 election results," Wall Street Journal reporter and political commentator John Fund told a crowd in November 2009, at a David Horowitz Freedom Center forum. "What do liberals do when they lose elections? They change the rules." Fund is warning that Sen. Charles Schumer, D.-N.Y., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., plan to propose universal voter registration legislation – possibly within weeks. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=121878 7) Obama Leaps into Action on Haiti RUSH: Here's President Obama speaking about Haiti this morning in Washington at the White House. He held a press conference. Now, I want you to remember, it took him three days to respond to the Christmas Day Fruit of Kaboom Bomber, three days. And when he came out after those three days, he was clearly irritated that he had to do it. He didn't want to do it. He comes out here in less than 24 hours to speak about Haiti. …OBAMA: Despite the fact that we are experiencing tough times here at home, I would encourage those Americans who want to support the urgent humanitarian efforts to go to WhiteHouse.gov where you can learn how to contribute. We'll be resolute in our response, and I pledge to the people of Haiti that you will have a friend and partner in the United States of America today and going forward. May God bless the people of Haiti and those working on their behalf. RUSH: So the country that he runs around the world apologizing for, the country that he has chip on his shoulder about, he now turns to as its president and asks people who have lost their jobs because of his policies to donate to WhiteHouse.gov to the people of Haiti, and we will do it. We are the most charitable and the most generous people on the face of the earth. Each and every time a natural disaster like this happens, we step up. We are there (emphasis mine). See: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011310/content/01125106.guest.html 8) Bono wants YOU to pay taxes Bono writes passionately in the New York Times that the American energy hoarder needs to pay a Carbon tax, while the poor starving person in Africa gets a credit. Here's an idea, how about we just cut a check? It's a little easier. But that's not good enough for Bono and company, they want to mandate that everyone gets taxed. The funny thing is, when Ireland repealed the tax-exempt status for artists, guess who packed up shop and moved operations out of the country? Glenn explains in the latest Beck Talks video blog. See: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/?uri=channels/338017/749189