Posted on 05/17/2010 2:50:56 PM PDT by TitansAFC
Chuck DeVore is a solid conservative, very well-qualified to be senator or to hold other important offices or positions, but he doesn’t seem to have a prayer of both overtaking Carly Fiorina and defeating Tom Campbell in the June 8 Republican senate primary. He should drop out and, following Sarah Palin’s lead, endorse Fiorina for the good of the conservative movement, the state, and the nation.
I’m not going to attempt to compare Fiorina to DeVore: That would have been a more worthwhile undertaking if Campbell, supposedly at the behest of gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, hadn’t switched to the senate race at the beginning of the year. The real comparison should be between any-conservative and Campbell, who, in addition to being just the kind of bland establishment politician that Tea Party conservatives were invented to bring down, has an extremely dubious history of support for radical Islamist and anti-Israeli groups, ideologues, and activists that may give Barbara Boxer an opening she doesn’t deserve, and that in any event many conservatives will find difficult to forgive and forget.
California conservatives, who, to say the least, used to be a major positive factor in state and national politics, have a reputation gained since after Ronald Reagan’s time, and especially since the ’90s, of preferring ideological purity and self-defeating gestures over success and influence. Chuck DeVore has a chance to show that they’re now capable of mature calculation and team play. The chance of running against and defeating Barbara Boxer with a candidate pursuing an authentically conservative agenda is too important to sacrifice to anyone’s personal feelings or ambitions, or understandable desire to prove to himself and his dedicated supporters that he’s a fighter to the end.
Currently, Campbell appears to have a solid but not insurmountable plurality lead over Fiorina, with DeVore’s third-place vote more than making up the potential difference. That’s been the pattern in all or almost all polls since Cambell’s entry into the race. Often, the #3 candidacy in a struggle like this one collapses, as voters decide not to waste their votes. If that happens, there’s not a bad chance that DeVore and his ardent supporters will get the worst outcome: An embarrassing showing just strong enough to hand the race to the candidate with whom they have the least in common, while leaving division and recrimination behind among conservatives, reinforcing the perception that they’re too self-destructive to matter, at just the time that the state and the country need them.
Unless DeVore and his supporters can make a convincing case – based on real world numbers, including campaign cash on hand and credible polling – that he can win the primary, he should drop out, the sooner the better, offering an unqualified endorsement of Carly Fiorina, and looking forward to a bright future in state and national politics as a respected and significant player in a grown-up conservative movement – coming back, on the rise, unified, and ready to make a real difference in the Golden State and beyond.
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P.S. Looks like Hot Air has begun it's move from "warning" Chuck DeVore to full-blown wobbling. Freepers need to be prepared that they will likely switch endorsements to Fiorina soon, and might not be alone in doing so.
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I think the RINO Fiorina should drop out and endorse DeVore, how about that?
I would agree with the point of the article if Carly were that much better than Campbell.
I realize that she has positioned herself to his right, but that strikes me as more pose than conviction. And if thats the case, then I’d rather vote my convictions, DeVore, and let the chips fall.
I agree with you two.
I tend to agree with you. In addition, Ms Fiorina is fighting breast cancer. I have a friend who has been on a regimen of chemo etc for the last year and a half for breast cancer. This takes a lot of time and creates a lot of worry and tends to make the patient tired a lot of the time.
It’s California and Olympia Snowe is getting tired of bunking with Collins
Correct-A-Mundo.
The true conservative candidate appears to be and is DeVore. I am not from California and really would not want to live there ... but I hope the voters, or a majority of them, see him as the real deal.
She IS much better than Campbell.
Campbell is a snake without principle. He'll say, or do, anything to get elected. Once elected, he'll do whatever he pleases...and he's no where near conservative.
Fiorina on the other hand has been consistent since this race began. Yes, she has some issues in her past the mostly exposed her political ignorance.
However, she has convinced me that she'll tow the party line.
Ditto.
Well, I’m backing Devore. He has been coming up in the polls.
10-4, DeVore IS the real deal, and it is the official position of FR and our Founder JimRob to support DeVore, regardless of whatever celebrity is endorsing and promoting Fiorina.
I don’t argue with that.
I just wonder why she goes there. It seems to be not in line with her philosophy.
I don’t support DeVore because anyone tells me too or because FR does or anyone else does.
I look to his stated stance on the issues and based my support by that. I do that in all elections and for all candidates.
I concur!
Yup. I still love the National Right to Life, the California Pro-Life Council, the Susan B. Anthony List, and the NRA, even though they all endorsed Carly Fiorina; and I still love Palin, too, even though she did.
They all have great faith that she will be an effectively Conservative Senator; as is obvious here at FR, not everyone agrees. Or perhaps, we've just found a better candidate whose history requires less of a leap of faith from Freepers.
But I'm not dumping the NRA, the NRTL, the Susan Bs, or Sarah Palin. Not a one of them.
That is a Really, Really, BAD thing.
McCain, Romney, and Graham are the party line these days.
America needs conservatives, not party hacks.
They have it wrong. Campbell is ahead because he is the not-Carly. People don’t want her. Campbell is well known and has run and lost the Senate race twice before. If conservatives stand and back DeVore he can win. If Carly wins the primary, she will lose in November. Too many people in CA have worked for HP or know someone who has.
Chuck’s next ad should say, “I’m Chuck DeVore. I’m not Carly and I’m certainly not Tom Campbell who supports gay marriage and doesn’t support Israel.” People don’t personally dislike Campbell like many do Carly and most have forgotten his liberal positions and need to be reminded.
You have applied the hammer directly to the head of the nail. Fiorina has merely “positioned” herself. There is absolutely no evidence that she has sincerely held conservative conviction. Carly is just bored and wants to be “important”. That is all this candidacy is.
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