The weekly update from Heritage Action [Mondays @ 5:30 e.d.t.

; Dial-in number: 1-800-757-3718] suggests Boehner/Cantor/McCarthy are stymiedand its 11:59:59! Previously detailed have been multiple arguments/strategies, and some are being recycled because they carry ongoing impact. Congruent with what is happening on a macro [national] level, the TEA [Taxed Enough Already] Party Movement is tightly mobilized throughout Bucks County on a micro [regional] level. Consider the spate of on-point articles on the RedState.com website, generated today: Texas Rep. John Culbersons Staff Hate Sen. Ted Cruz For Holding Events in Texas; Pew and USA Today find no tipping point for PPACA; Leaders, Followers, Fence-Sitters, and ObamaCare; Concern Troll Watch: David Brooks is terrified that Ted Cruz (and Heritage) will succeed; and The Void Filled, the Polling Goes Up. So #DefundIt. It is anticipated that the Intelligencer/Courier-Post will be exploring issues raised by our Press Release; an article is slated for publication tomorrow, and at least one columnist appears poised to weigh-in. Furthermore, it is also anticipated that there is increased recognition that Not only in Bucks County does the Tea Party abandon reflex support for the GOP Establishment; in the process, accepted narratives are being appropriately revised noting, for example, an essay by Catos Dan Mitchell demonstrates that the blow-back from the 1995 Government shut-down benefitted Republicans. This is why Guzzardi has incessantly praised the TEA Party Movement for consistently updating its subscribers/membersvia myriad networking mechanismsregarding major forces-at-play; such efforts are trusted, so suggestions that Mike Fitzpatrick has abandoned the base would be promptly disseminated to the major activists in Bucks. Therefore, if he inexplicably deviates on defunding ObamaCare and/or Raising the Debt and/or feeding taxpayers to Big Governments Big Spending bills, everyone will know. He feels Primaries are the way to change the party. Establishment organizations like BucksCo Republicans are in business to support Republican incumbents. Primaries! Some argue the ObamaCare-exemption-is a-gop-landmine; others claim ObamaCares-desperatedefenders are more politically attuned. Yet, the Health Law Faces Skepticism, for Even Those Without Insurance Aren't Keen on the upoming Exchanges. Thats why Club for Growth, Madison Project, Heritage Action for America. RedState, Senate Conservatives, and FreedomWorks oppose funding ObamaCare and, thus, would depend upon the CR vote to starve the [admittedly unchained] beast. This is also why leaders of the Bucks County TPM {TEA Party Movement} initially felt deeply conflicted regarding the need to generate any type of Press Release; indeed, Mikes closest childhood/lifelong friend was reflexly invited to attend the initial conjoint meeting for just this reason [during a conversation held hours prior to the meeting]. Also, the Press Release [#1] was not released until rejections of multiple entreaties to hold a prompt meeting with Mike had been received; this past Friday [the 13th], multiple advance-warnings [oral/written] were not heeded [indeed STILL have been ignored]. We know Mike is not an opportunist, but he is a product of the BucksCo Republican network of Establishment-Insiders; he has often voted for Big Government Spending and even for the Violence Against Women Act [which greatly empowers D.C.].

Everyone knows [or should know] HOW the HOUSE CAN DEFUND OBAMACARE, particularly after the Boehner Cantor McCarthy trick rule was so quickly jettisoned [sunshine is the best disinfectant]. Compounding the tough-love campaign, here, is that Heritage Action for America determined that the scoring for Mike Fitzpatrick has been only 32%. Therefore, the challenge faced by the TPM is daunting, notwithstanding Mikes Fitzpatrick having won his last election by 13.2% [after 352,238 votes were cast]; it may be highly-likely that Mike will be re-elected in 2014 [given this margin and the fact that he has not done anything that has yet prompted a sizable portion of the electorate motivated to work against him. To organize a primary is probably beyond the abilities and resources of the TPM; required would be ~100K, an organization, and a candidate. Guzzardi wonders-aloud Who will bell the cat? for such an effort would not be feasible unless someone promptly generated a realistic plan to raise money, to deliver a conservative message to likely voters, and to recruit a viable, informed and articulate candidate. Yet, because a primary is probably not feasible, Guzzardi fears Mike may keep supporting leadership because, even if they try to conjure another trick vote, he would jettison the TPMs verve/vitality due to the fact that he and his union supporters are simply not scared. In conclusion, that the House delayed voting last week suggests that the TPM is having an impactand may well win. "If Mike Fitzpatrick votes to fund ObamaCare, then Mike Fitzpatrick is for ObamaCare," has been our mantra; he must pledge to vote against any Continuing Resolution that funds ObamaCare and he should certainly support the Graves JR because it concomitantly defunds ObamaCare and funds the rest of governmental functions. [Looming are votes on the debt-ceiling and amnesty.] Although ObamaCare intrudes into the patient-physician relationship, the real danger is ideological; indeed, there is no risk of a governmental shutdown caused by the GOP, for only the Ds could do it.