From Lightner:
Happy Labor Day Weekend! I hope all of you enjoy the restful and long holiday weekend with friends and family.

It has been an honor to meet those of you who could make it to my first two gatherings or at the many other events I’ve been to in the last week, including the Zenith Boosters meeting and the informative health care forum at the library. It is great to see so much interest in what’s going on in our nation today.

I am writing to invite you to my next two “Ask Patricia” Meet & Greets, which are now scheduled. We’re starting to move around the district now, so see the details below!
Wednesday, September 9 — Eastern Overland Park

Ask Patricia: Meet & Greet with Patricia Lightner #3
Bring Your Questions!

Wednesday, September 9
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Johnson County Republican Headquarters
12651 Metcalf
NE Corner — 127th and Metcalf.

Stop by after work for some light refreshments and learn more about my beliefs and my strategy to reclaim the 3rd District.
Wednesday, September 16 — Olathe/Lenexa

Ask Patricia: Meet & Greet with Patricia Lightner #4
Bring your questions!

Wednesday, September 16
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Johnny’s Tavern
Just off K-10 and Ridgeview

Olathe and Lenexa residents — I’m headed in your direction! Join me at Johnny’s, order some great food and drinks and bring your questions!

My staff is in the process of setting up future Meet & Greets at various locations throughout the 3rd District. Once they are established, I will let you know!

The campaign is off the great start. To learn more, visit my website at www.patricialightner.com and be sure to view my introductory video.

Have a wonderful Labor Day and see you Wednesday!

Sincerely,

Patricia Lightner
Lightner for Congress

P.S. — Please add patricia@patricialightner.com to your address book to ensure my messages go to your inbox and not your bulk mail folder.

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“We must not be afraid of our principles — principles such as limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty.”

Patricia Lightner

PRINCETON, NJ – Gallup finds organized labor taking a significant image hit in the past year. While 66% of Americans continue to believe unions are beneficial to their own members, a slight majority now say unions hurt the nation’s economy. More broadly, fewer than half of Americans — 48%, an all-time low — approve of labor unions, down from 59% a year ago.

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Kraske:

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” K-State political scientist Joe Aistrup burst out at one point in 2005. “He’s like the runaway groom. He gets close. But he just can’t say, ‘I do.’^”

“Moran Undecided About Where to Eat Lunch: Will Consult His Advisers, Family Before Making Final Decision, Which Is Expected Shortly,” read one cyberspace entry.

Running for governor is a big deal. But what made Moran’s struggle so maddening was the widespread belief that he could’ve sleep-walked into the office in 2002. Though not well-known on this side of the state, Moran regularly wins re-election out West with 80 percent support.

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President Obama’s speech to students next week may be a “teachable moment,” as some educators see it, but it will not be a command performance. A combination of scheduling, academic priorities and sheer bandwidth will keep the president out of many Southern California classrooms when he goes on the air Tuesday.

While college football teams prepared for the fall season, another competitive game has been taking place behind the scenes on Capitol Hill, as lobbyists try to influence a bill that would change or replace the Bowl Championship Series to determine the top team in the nation.

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I’ve made a decent living as a speechwriter over the past decade and even realized my dream of becoming one of the few to have crafted the words of an American president. Deserved or not, my name can at least be placed in the same sentence with those notable presidential scribes whose talents have enlivened our national story: Sorensen, Safire, Shrum, Dolan, Noonan.

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama called Afghanistan a “war of necessity.” Now we’ll see if he means it.

Congress returns this week, and here’s hoping that its members, Democrats in particular, learned a little something from this summer’s town hall meetings. The lesson to be drawn from these occasionally raucous events is that America is on the verge of–or already knee-deep in–one of those moments that periodically roil the country and rearrange our preconceived notions about public life. And not a moment too soon.

As President Obama’s senior advisers gathered at Blair House at the end of July for a two-day review of their first six months in office, what was meant to be a breath-catching moment of reflection was colored by a sense of unease.

Twenty percent (20%) of U.S. voters say all American troops should be brought home from Afghanistan immediately, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 29% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11 (see trends).

The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis was up a point on Sunday to 76.8. Today’s index is up two points from a week ago and also up two points compared to one month ago. Consumer confidence is up 17 points from the beginning of the year.