Saturday, February 28, 2009

FALLIN Announces: WILL seek Governors Chair!


Congresswoman Mary Fallin made it official this Saturday morning. She will seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2010.She made her public announcement about 9:45am at the Oklahoma County Republican Convention being held at Christian Heritage Academy in Del City.

CCRP County Convention February ~ 2009

In attendance (above) l-r : Bill Edmonson - State Committee Man; State Chairman Gary Jones, Mary Edmonson - State Committee Woman; Ed Petersen - CCRP Chairman; State Vice-Chair Cheryl Williams.
Also in attendance, candidate for State Labor Commissioner in 2010, Jason Reese of OKC.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

US Sen. James Inhofe responds to Presidents' Joint Address to Congress.



WASHINGTON, D.C. ~ U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) made the following statement in response to President Obama's Joint Address to Congress tonight:

"There are three things that were in President Obama's address that should not have come as a huge surprise to me.

First, President Obama committed to the largest annual tax increase in the history of America, through the implementation of a cap-and-trade system. The range of the tax increase that would be brought on by this cap-and-trade legislation is somewhere between $300-$330 billion per year. As bad as the stimulus spending bill was, this would be much worse because instead of being one-time spending, the cap-and-trade tax increase would keep occurring year after year. During times of economic turmoil it is folly to impose more pain on families by intentionally raising their energy costs through cap and trade. The American people will be outraged when they realize that any so-called global warming solutions? will not have a detectable impact on temperatures but will have very painful and real impacts on their budgets. Climate proposals should not be concealed under the guise of a deficit reduction tool.

I was sitting near Sen. Barbara Boxer during the inauguration, who was stunned that the President didn't address Global Warming in his speech. Unfortunately, it seems that the President is finally folding to the pressure from his liberal constituency. Thankfully, I believe we can still defeat these misguided climate efforts here in Congress.

Second, the President reiterated his plans to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. I believe this is another direct response to pressure from his left-wing base. We cannot afford to close GITMO, and Obama will risk the release of terrorists in the continental United States by following through with this action. I recently visited GITMO and have been the most outspoken U.S. Senator in opposition to closing the facility. I introduced legislation to prevent GITMO prisoner transfers to the U.S. and will continue working to show that this facility is a great asset and it would be irresponsible to close.

Third, and probably most frustrating, while President Obama and Congressional Democrats continue to throw open the flood gates of federal spending, he again insisted that he is going to halve the deficit by the end of his first term. There was no doubt Congressional Democrats were big spenders, but President Obama has proved to be the same by drastically increasing the deficit with the $800 billion so-called stimulus bill. Americans must understand that even if Obama were to halve the deficit by the end of his term, it would still be more than double the average deficit from the last eight years.

The current deficit currently stands six times that average, and President Obama has begun his term by sending an already high deficit into the stratosphere. The average deficit for the 8 years of the Bush Administration was $245 billion. Currently, Obama has a $1.2 Trillion deficit, not including his $800 billion stimulus bill, more funding from the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, a $400 billion-plus spending bill Congressional Democrats are now pushing through, on top of this country?s mushrooming budget problems. This all threatens to push the deficit to at least $1.8 trillion. So even halved, the deficit will still remain nearly three times as much as the average deficit during the last eight years.

I have gone out of my way to try to recognize publically to give President Obama's initiatives the benefit of a doubt, but it appears that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and other left-wing liberals have succeeded in pushing him too far to the left. The solutions he announced tonight in his Congressional address will only succeed in furthering the problem."

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

ANGIE LaPLANTE Makes it Official! JONES~LaPLANTE Ticket for State Party!

Veteran Republican activist Angie LaPlante of Edmond will run for vice-chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party as part of a ticket with Chairman Gary Jones, who is seeking reelection.

LaPlante is the current First Vice-President of the Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women (OFRW). She served as President of the Edmond Republican Women's Club (ERW) from 2004-2006.
During that time membership increased over 400%. She helped set up and run the Edmond Republican headquarters and their 72-Hour "Elephant Stampede" Program in 2004, where they distributed over 40,000 pieces of campaign literature.
Her efforts paid off with every Edmond legislator winning their elections.

Current State V-Chair Cheryl Williams has also announced a run for Chair position.

Delegates to the State Convention April 17-18 will vote for state officers.

Read 4th District and Stephens County GOP Chairman Steve Fairs' endorsement of the Jones-LaPlante ticket at:

http://www.stevefair.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Gov. HALEY BARBOUR to keynote OK State GOP Convention.


It has been confirmed that Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour will key note the Friday night dinner April 17 prior to the Oklahoma State Republican Convention on April 18.

In two historic, successful campaigns for Governor, Yazoo City native Haley Reeves Barbour offered a new path for Mississippi in job creation, education, health care, energy, safer communities and stronger families. His message resonated with voters: His election in 2003 marked the largest voter turnout in Mississippi gubernatorial history, and he was reelected in 2007 with 58.2 percent of the vote. He is only the second governor since Reconstruction to be elected to a second consecutive term as Mississippi's chief executive.

Prior to being elected Governor, Barbour worked as a lawyer and lobbyist, and also served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997, during which the Republicans captured both the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives for the first time since 1954.


This years State Convention will be held at the Clarion in Oklahoma City.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Jones Makes it Official!


OKLAHOMA CITY (February 5, 2009)– Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones today officially announced his intention to run for re-election as the leader of the state party. "It has been an honor to serve as chairman of our great party," said Jones.
"We've accomplished a lot, but we have more to do and that's why I am seeking re-election to finish the job."

Dubbed the "hardest working man in Oklahoma politics" by local newspaper editor Frosty Troy, Jones has successfully steered the Oklahoma Republican Party to unprecedented gains in the state, despite some of the toughest national political environments for Republicans in recent memory.

In 2008, Oklahoma was the only state in the nation where every county went red for the McCain-Palin presidential ticket, helping Oklahoma down ballot candidates tremendously. McCain's 65.4% share of the vote in Oklahoma was the highest in the nation.

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. applauded the announcement by Jones. "Chairman Jones has put together a good team at the Oklahoma Republican Party that is proven and ready to lead us in the critical 2010 elections. Our statewide wins in 2008 helped take the majority in the Oklahoma Senate for the first time in state history, and we will need this type of leadership going into the 2010 election cycle. I wholeheartedly support Chairman Jones in his re-election," Coburn said.
If Senator Coburn seeks re-election in 2010, his U.S. Senate race will be the top of the ticket in Oklahoma.

Jones added: "We will not rest on our laurels. As chairman, I will continue to launch new ideas and initiatives that will keep Oklahoma a shining star among state party organizations." In the coming weeks, Jones plans to release a detailed Oklahoma Republican Party plan of action for the 2010 election cycle.

Gary Jones can be contacted at
garyjones4chairman@gmail.com or
(405)-245-6379.