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Energy issue re-invigorates Republicans

Indiana Republican candidates are really working hard on the Energy issue and it should pay dividends.  Several are making great use of new media for their efforts.

Luke Puckett in the 2nd District
Luke Puckett set the gold standard by organizing a trip to ANWR to show 2nd district voters why they should support a candidate who will drill here in the US vs. US Rep Donnelly who has opposed such measures.  Check out his YouTube channel where he published videos from Alaska.  He also scheduled several blogger conference calls while on his trip.

US Rep Dan Burton
Dan Burton has introduced his own comprehensive Energy plan in Congress and has been promoting it via his new Twitter account (www.twitter.com/danburton) and with new pages on his official and campaign website.  He unveiled a new splash page on his campaign site to collect email addresses of supporters.  He's also got a new video on Energy posted on YouTube.

(Full Disclosure:  Burton is a client)

US Rep Steve Buyer
Buyer has also introduced his own Energy plan.  We don't find any promotion of this online.

Mike Sodrel, Greg Goode
Sodrel and Goode also tagged along with Puckett on the trip.  Although both published press releases on their websites, neither seems to have posted any online video.  Sodrel lacks a YouTube channel and Greg Goode's hasn't been updated since he posted his announcement speech.

House Republicans unveil new anti-earmark website

Red State is reporting that the US House Republicans have unveiled a new website supporting Earmark Reform.

Last week at CPAC, Republicans like Jeff Flake (who have long supported Earmark Reform) and John McCain talked about how the excesses of earmarks have hurt the GOP.  These excesses were part of the cause of the 2006 debacle.

Democrats used it against Republicans to great fanfare.  However, once they got elected they did nothing.  In fact, they've opposed Republican efforts to put a moratorium on earmarks while the process is fundamentally reformed.

Politicians are all the same.  Our party ran in 1994 on changing Washington.  Instead, after fighting hard for a few years, we went native.  What's so amazing is how quickly the Democrats did the same.