Representative Vicky Hartzler, who serves the 4th Congressional District in Missouri, discussed with LaDonna Hale Curzon, Host and Executive Producer, Sarah Palin Radio, her reelection strategy to counter an onslaught from high-profile Democrats including Nancy Pelosi. "Democrats have their knives out for Rep. Hartzler because in 2010, with the help of an endorsement from Gov. Palin, she defeated Ike Skelton, a Democrat who had been in office for 34 years," Curzon said.

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Reelection Run Going Well, Tea Party Still Strong

Rep. Hartzler said her first term has gone very well so far and it has been an "honor to fight for the good people of Missouri and the conservative agenda," however, she expressed frustration with the Senate and the White House who have been blocking our attempt to create jobs and who continue to circumvent the Constitution, but we're fighting and I'm glad I can be there and do it."

Curzon asked Rep. Hartzler if she thought the Tea Party successes of 2010 would carry over into this election cycle.

"I really do. I don't think the message that we need to live within our means and we need less government and more freedom to abide by the Constitution - I don't think that has waned at all, and I think people still know that's what we've got to do in this country. They're still energized and will be out there just as strong this year taking out different Senators and people running who don't believe in those things. and want to continue taking us down the path of more big government. So, I feel like they do have an impact and I'm very encouraged by all the good work they've been doing," Rep. Hartzler said.

Curzon asked Rep. Hartzler if she has had any polling done on her race for reelection. The Congresswoman did have polling conducted and was very encouraged by the results.

"As you know, after taking out a 34-year incumbent Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, who had been in office since I was a sophomore in high school, and the Democrats had controlled this area my entire life - if you can imagine, they're not very happy with our victory and want to defeat me this fall and are coming after me with a well-funded candidate from trial attorneys and labor unions, and Emily's List people. But, I feel good about where we are right now. We're working very hard and believe we will prevail as a group again in November," Rep. Hartzler said.

Stark Differences Between Rep. Hartzler and Opponent

"How would you say you differ from your Democrat opponent," Curzon asked.

"About every aspect," Rep. Hartzler said. She continued, "[Skelton] for instance, last week said that she thinks it's ridiculous that we're still trying to repeal ObamaCare. Well, I can tell you that needs to be repealed. It's bad for job creation, it's bad for every family, it's bad for our freedom, and it needs to go. But, she's a supporter of Nancy Pelosi's and received campaign donations from her, and I'm sure would love to vote with her."

Rep. Hartzler continued delineating the stark differences between the incumbent and herself.

"...she believes in big government, and I believe in individual freedom, and less government, and family values. I'm pro-life....She's pro-choice. There's going to be a big difference for the voters this November, but the Missouri Fourth District is conservative, it's pro-life, it's pro-gun, and it believes in living within its means, and I believe if we had the funds to get out our message of the good work we've been doing - we have a good grassroots organization, that's working hard already, I feel like we will prevail, but it is going to be a battle and unfortunately, they are coming after me," she said.

Jobs and Economy Most Critical Issues

Rep. Hartzler said the most critical issue in her district is jobs and the economy, "even though there are a lot of other issues that are very important to us." She said unemployment is very high in her district, her constituents are hurting, and frustrated that the government keeps wasting precious tax dollars. She said her constituents are also concerned that we are becoming increasingly dependent on foreign countries such as China, because of our ever-increasing debt and deficit. "The main issues that come up over and over again are that we've got to get government out of the way and let the private sector create jobs." She said the government has got to start living within its means and spend less.

Gay Marriage is "Bad Public Policy"

Curzon asked Rep. Hartzler about her position on gay marriage. "I think it's bad public policy," she said. "I really think marriage between a man and a woman is the best for society and for families and has prevailed for thousands of years, and that's what we should stick with." Obama up till a few months ago had been against gay marriage. He "evolved" his position in advance of a major fund-raiser attended by prominent LGBT activists.

On Potential Running Mates for Romney

Curzon asked Rep. Hartzler who she'd like to see as Mitt Romney's running mate. "There are a lot of excellent candidates out there that I think would do a great job, and so I'm not coming out for any particular one, but I'm encouraged at several of the people I hear being talked about. I don't know personally very many of them," she said, but spoke about her House colleague Paul Ryan, who she does know. "He's a very, very great guy, very smart, and would certainly be a worthy person to have on there with you." Rep. Hartzler had met Marco Rubio only once, but liked what she heard him say. "The others sound good too," she said.

More information about Rep. Hartzler's campaign can be found at http://www.vickyhartzler.com/.

Complete Audio Transcript of Interview with Rep. Hartzler, MO-4

Mr. L in his latest video broadcast delineated how Gov. Palin benefits regardless if the GOP establishment invites her to speak at the RNC Convention or not. He believes that the party establishment will probably not invite her for fear of Romney and other "establishment darlings" being upstaged. He noted that most people voting "for" Romney are voting against Obama. "It's not about Mitt," he said, but Romney's advisers and supporters are "too arrogant" and "too stupid" to see it.

The RNC certainly would not welcome the type of speeches that Gov. Palin has given in venues such as Indianola, CPAC, and Michigan. Mr. L said the RNC could either invite her and put her in a slot of low importance - which would be utterly disrespectful; or "write her speech for her - which would be a "rah, rah Mitt Romney speech" - and load it into a teleprompter." Under either circumstance, Mr. L said Gov. Palin would be better off not being invited at all and handling things from her rented space in nearby Channelside Bay Plaza.

He said that the RNC and the Romney campaign are alienating both Gov. Palin and her supporters - who they need to help get Romney elected. Many Palinistas are disaffected over her not running and Romney becoming the nominee to begin with. The onus of unifying the party's base does not lie with its various constituents - Palinistas among them - but with the Romney campaign.

Mr. L provided some history on conflicts the Romney family has had with conservatives within the Republican Party going all the way back to 1964. "Barry Goldwater and George Romney (Mitt's father) never got along." Mr. L spoke about hate letters back and forth between the two men. Mr. L's sees the motivation of Romney running as being related to keeping a family legacy. Now, with him as the nominee, we have to put all that aside to get Obama out of office. "Romney is a means to an end," Mr. L said, but he also said the reason we have a dead heat in polling between Obama and Romney is that "you have two hypocritical phonies running for office at the same time."

If Gov. Palin speaks in a key spot and is permitted to speak in her own words, it's a major win for her, Mr. L said, because she would top her 2008 speech (which was written by RNC operatives). "She's a new, improved Sarah Palin; a totally different woman from 2008. Version 2.0," he said. If the RNC does not invite her or gives her a bad slot, it solidifies her as an anti-establishment underdog, ginning up more support for her.

Mr. L said that the RNC chose as its next-in-liner, a loser who could have won against McCain, but was feckless.

Gov. Palin he said "galvanizes conservatives; helped the Tea Party; helped the resurgence in 2010; she speaks not to people or down on people but for people - the middle class, the people in small business-land, the average, ordinary, hard-working world that I believe both parties have abandoned. She even appealed to Latinos. That's right. If you look, there's an article out there - WikiLeaks of all places put out - that there are documents and emails that the McCain campaign staffers were talking about how Florida Latinos loved her....many of these guys on campaigns, these strategists don't think with common sense."

Gov. Palin has been vetted, and had all 25,000 of her gubernatorial - and many personal - emails exposed to the world, Mr. L said. Romney flushed his emails and had some 17 hard drives from his gubernatorial offices wiped. Gov. Palin may have made mistakes on the 2088 campaign trail, such was with Couric and Gibson, but Romney had a near meltdown with Fox's Bret Baer - in friendly territory, so Gov. Palin certainly does not have a monopoly on campaign trail mistakes. Couric's ratings have tanked and Gibson is in retirement and long forgotten about.

In his own synopsis of the video, Mr. L, wrote:

Is Mitt Romney and the RNC so stupid to make the mistake to not invite Sarah Palin to speak at this year's convention? Judging from who Romney has in his campaign, is anyone surprised? An invite will allow her to top the RNC speech she gave four years ago. No invite will solidify her outsider, anti establishment status. It looks like Mitt Romney is following in his father's footsteps in alienating the conservative wing of the GOP if this is true. Either way it goes, I'm fine with it. This and more!

Bristol Palin today posted on Bristol's Blog:

Earlier this week, I took offense when President Obama said, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” So, I asked small business owners to send in photos of what they built, without help from the government. You guys responded with amazing photos, which were made into this very [...]

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Bristol Palin today posted on Bristol's Blog:

I asked you for pictures of the businesses you built, and you came through! I was so touched by many of your pictures that we put together a video with some of the best. Try to watch this without being inspired.

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Bristol Palin today posted on Bristol's Blog:

I’m not even sure what to say this morning, except to join in the national sadness over the shooting in Colorado.

Let’s all pray for the families of the victims and hold our loved ones a little bit more tightly today.

Also, I just heard on Fox that there are military “casualties,” so please join me in prayer that all of our military survived this tragedy.

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