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Kidd, regarding your questions here and in the other post, I think we'd do a lot better to ping some sane folks. :)

To all those pinged, I'm wondering about your opinions regarding the Connecticut primary.

I know that DJ is down on Rand Paul, and given that that race is in KY, I can generally see his point, but I'd wonder if he has the same reservations about Schiff when the alternative is McMahon or Simmons.

In what regard is Schiff an isolationist?

Check out the debate between Schiff, McMahon and Simmons from the other week; it's posted on YouTube by Schiff. In it Schiff says that we shouldn't allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, which to me pretty much destroys this idea that he's an "isolationist."

Schiff invests overseas...at present, that is just better investment of his own money. I don’t think that is a reflection of his patriotism (or lack of)

I don't see anything unpatriotic about this either. He isn't insulting American business, he's just being realistic, as he sees it, about how completely screwed over the US economy is by the federal government, and the fact that as of right now things aren't on track to get any better.

The CT Senate race is one that I just can't get very worked up over. You have a socially liberal, economically moderate ex-Congressman (and ex-intelligence officer) who is very strong on national defense in Rob Simmons, a socially liberal wrestling executive with question marks for economic and foreign issues in Linda McMahon, and a socially liberal but economically conservative financial guru who is a question mark on foreign issues in Peter Schiff. Even before realizing that the company that Schiff keeps points to his positions on foreign affairs (including, and most importantly, national security) being not only largely unknown, but potentially harmful to America and our allies in the war against Islamofascism, I was concerned that Schiff didn't appear able to win a plurality in the primary, and thus a vote for Schiff could allow McMahon---who has no redeeming qualities as far as I can tell and would have no chance in the general (and may well be a Democrat plant), to slip past the flawed but qualified (and electable) Simmons.

If Rob Simmons was a bit more conservative, he'd be an ideal candidate for us in the CT Senate race, but unfortunately in CT we do not have any conservatives with the profile and experience needed to be elected to the U.S. Senate, particularly against a generally popular state AG. So until we start electing conservatives to lower offices (such as the U.S. House, governor, Lt. Gov. and AG) we can't expect to be able to elect a conservative Senator not because conservatives can't win in CT (that is a liberal canard), but because candidates without the type of profile that CT voters look for in Senate candidates can't win. That's my two cents.

Those points aside, I have trouble with Schiff’s attitude towards Iraq. And I’m unsure about his position on abortion (has he stated one?)

Despite the domestic mess that Obama has created (which Schiff would be a great fighter to correct), the greatest threat is still radical Islamic terrorism. And Schiff has shown great ignorance in this regard.

All this is a moot point. Any GOP candidate is behind in the polls against Blumenthal. Schiff, McMahon and Simmons are all flawed candidates, but the health care fight has shown that any republican is better than any democrat. Unless Forras can gain some ground quickly, I’ll have to support whoever can beat Blumenthal.