YOU Are Making the Difference

Volume 45 -- December 21, 2011 Welcome to this week's Victory Insider, your weekly round-up of news, views, and information for staying up to speed on recent developments in Washington, the unfolding 2012 elections, and GOP efforts to stop the Obama Agenda and return commonsense and responsibility to American government. On behalf of everyone here at the Republican National Committee, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May we all have a blessed holiday season -- and a victorious 2012 Presidential Election year! RNC Chairman Reince Priebus 2012 ELECTION COUNTDOWN Iowa Caucuses: 13 Days New Hampshire Primary: 20 Days Election Day 2012: 323 Days In this week's installment: Job One How different things might be if Barack Obama worried about creating new jobs for struggling Americans as much as he does about hanging on to his own. (Reince Priebus, "GOP Fights for Jobs; Obama Fights for His," Townhall, 12/14/2011) YOU Are Making the Difference Heading into the 2012 presidential election year, for the second month in a row, the RNC has outraised the Democrat National Committee. (Associated Press, "Republicans Outpace Democrats in Party Fundraising," Google, 12/20/2011) Setting Things Straight "The head of the Republican National Committee claims Democrats are hurling voter fraud allegations against Republicans because President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee 'benefit from fraud and cheating.'" (Lexi Stemple, "RNC Chair Responds to Jim Crow Comparison," Fox News, 12/18/2011) One More Time Justice Elena Kagan has properly recused herself from hearing the Arizona immigration law case -- she should do the same when the Supreme Court considers ObamaCare. (Editorial, "J'recuse, Elena?" New York Post, 12/18/2011) Sorry Record on Israel "Upon taking office, President Obama embarked on a lengthy global 'apology tour,' traveling the world to confess America's supposed sins. It was as naive as it was bizarre. But today, after three years in office, he really does owe at least one country an apology. And that's Israel." (Reince Priebus, "Obama's Israel Problem," Human Events, 12/16/2011) Obama's Watergate? "Agent (Brian) Terry was killed by weapons that were part of an illegal Obama administration operation to smuggle arms to the dangerous drug cartels. He was a victim of his own government. This is not only a major scandal; it is a high crime that potentially reaches all the way to the White House, implicating senior officials. It is President Obama's Watergate." (Jeffrey T. Kuhner, "Obama's Watergate: Officials Cover Up Culpability for Gun Smuggling and Murder," Washington Times, 12/15/2011) More Big Government Obama's Environmental Protection Agency is using "sustainable development" as the excuse to seek more government bureaucracy and more power over our lives. (George Russell, "EPA Ponders Expanded Regulatory Power In Name of 'Sustainable Development,'" Fox News, 12/19/2011) Must Be Nice Obama and his family won't let a little thing like a $4 million taxpayer bill dampen their holiday fun. (Mike O'Brien and Mark Duell, "A $4 Million Vacation: Separate Flights, Luxury Hotels and Plenty of Golf... the Price of Obama's Annual Hawaiian Holiday Soars," Daily Mail, 12/19/2011) "The Right to Rise" "Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: 'The right to rise.' Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assembly. The right to rise doesn't seem like something we should have to protect. But we do." (Jeb Bush, "Capitalism and the Right to Rise: In Freedom Lies the Risk of Failure. But in Statism Lies the Certainty of Stagnation," Wall Street Journal, 12/19/2011) Join the RNC Mobile Army! When you become a member of the new GOP Mobile Army, you'll be the first to see the GOP's newest TV ads and receive exclusive interviews, messages and contests designed only for our mobile audience. Text UNITE to 91919 to join the GOP Mobile Army today! Message and data rates may apply. RNC on the Go: If you haven't already, please take a moment to sign up to follow us on Facebook. You can also follow Chairman Priebus's Twitter feed @ReincePriebus or check out his fan page on Facebook! Weekly Republican Video Address View this week's message from Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming as he discusses the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline. Republican National Committee | 310 First Street, SE | Washington, D.C. 20003 p: 202.863.8500 | f: 202.863.8820 | e: info@gop.com Paid for by the Republican National Committee. 310 First Street, SE - Washington, D.C. 20003 - (202) 863-8500 www.gop.com Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Unsubscribe Copyright 2011 Republican National Committee