The Lt. Governor race is crowded already on the Democrat and Republican sides. With the high profile Governor's race this next year, the candidates for Lt. Governor will in for a strong fight on raising money and securing votes.
In an article by the Wall Street Journal, the Republican Party is struggling to survive in membership.
In the Journal/NBC News survey, just 31% of those polled called themselves Republicans. That's down from 37% eight years ago. More important, a larger share of Americans now call themselves Democrats than Republicans in every region of the country, including the South, which the GOP likes to think of as its remaining bastion. Democrats also outnumber Republicans in every age group. In sum, the view of the Republican Party that emerges is the very picture of a minority party.
The real kicker is the number of those who identify themselves as either conservative or liberal.
At the same time, there are many potential Republicans out there. Of those surveyed, 35% called themselves conservatives -- as opposed to 24% who called themselves liberals -- and four in 10 of those self-identified conservatives identified themselves as something other than a Republican.
This comes on the heals of an article reviewing the GOP's effort (or lack thereof) with Latino voters.
Carol Chouinard of OKFairTax.org reports that Rep. Dan Boren announced at the Claremore Chamber luncheon that he is once again supporting the Fair Tax.
