Should Conservatives forgive, forget and fight for Anh Cao?

Let's be honest.

All we need this November is to win 39 currently Democratic controlled seats in order to install John Boehner as the new Speaker of the House, as well as to hold on to what few vulnerable Republican seats are out there.

Among those we need to retain in order to reach the magic number of 218 is Anh Cao's seat in New Orleans, which he barely captured in 2008 when he was running against Representative William "cold cash" Jefferson, who is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence over those same corruption charges that Cao beat him over.

Anh "Joseph" Cao - 33,132 - 49.58%.
Rep. Bill Jefferson - 31,318 - 46.83%.
Other Candidates - 02,432 - 03.64%.

Since his amazing upset victory in a district that supported Barack Obama with 73% of it's inner-city vote just a few weeks before the runoff election, Congressman Cao has voted with Party leaders 82% of the time. Though he did cause much anguish when he initially voted for Obama's health care package last November, basing his vote solely on abortion coverage within the legislation, which led him to later oppose* the legislation in it's second trip through the House.

So do we bury the hatchet with Mr.Cao, or do we focus on gaining 40 Democratic seats instead of 39? Here's a sample of Cao's voting record on some of the more well known legislative items that have come before the House over the past 20 months (keep in mind his district voted for Obama with 73% of the vote):

Stimulus Package - Nay.
Lilly Ledbetter Act - Nay.
Obama-GIVE Act - Aye.
2010 Fiscal Budget - Nay.
Cap & Trade/Tax - Nay.
Obamacare (Nov.) - Aye.
Wall Street (Dec.) - Nay.
Hawaii Tribal Act - Aye.
2010 Patriot Act - Aye.
Obamacare (Mar.) - Nay.
DISCLOSE Act - Aye.
Wall Street (Jun.) - Aye.

Here's what we know about Mr.Cao: He supports the Military and our War on Terror, he's very pro-life, his record on economic issues is mixed, and he'll be a definite vote for John Boehner for House Speaker. Not the record of Eric Cantor, but still acceptable for a man from a district that is almost as Democratic as Nancy Pelosi's.

I forgive Mr.Cao for his initial support of ObamaCare, I've forgotten some of his liberal stances, and I will fight for Anh Cao to win reelection against his just nominated Liberal Democrat opponent this October. What about you?

* - Cao is extremely pro-life, the reason why he's a Republican.





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5 Republicans support the repeal of DADT.

It pains me to write this, but 5 Republican Representatives voted for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" last night; against the will of the United States Military, the Chiefs of all four Military branches, and common sense. It's not just the fact that our Military's opinion was thrown right out the window, but that this repeal will go into effect, even if the Department of Defense rules the change "hostile" to troop morale and cohesion.

While 26 Congressional Democrats sided with the overwhelming Republican opposition, the measure still passed with general ease; once again over the objections of the United States Military. Those 26 Congressional Democrats deserve some recognition for standing with our Military, but those 5 Republicans who sided against our United States Military for either political or personal reasons, should be ashamed of themselves:

Congressman Cao (LA 02).

Congressman Djou (HA 01).

Congresswoman Biggert (IL 13).

Congressman Paul (TX 14).

Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen (FL 18)

Representatives Cao, Djou, and Biggert do reside in "blue districts", and their vote (atleast Cao and Djou) would probably be different if their congressional district was located in Southern Kansas or Northern Oklahoma, but Congressman Paul just doesn't care about troop morale or cohesion, and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, even though she is a fierce Conservative legislator, favors the "gay agenda", regardless of political or realistic circumstance.

Than again opposing the United States Military for political reason is worse than supporting legislation that provides personal wealth. Look at Congressman Castle of Delaware; he's running for United States Senate in one of the deepest blue states in America, and even though a vote like this could be used against him in November, he still stood with the Military; that's real courage.

I hope Senate Republicans (40 of whom oppose repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell) with the help of Senator Webb (D-Virginia), can filibuster Democratic attempts to "social engineer" our United States Military, and to hopefully force our Congress, and the President, to await the much anticipated Department of Defense survey of over 350,000 American soldiers (due out in December), and their valued opinions on what such change of policy would have on them.

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