Posted on 02/15/2006 5:17:27 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
A self-described "ultra-conservative," Kathleen Meade of Cheyenne didn't vote for Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal in 2002. But if the 2006 election were held today, he would get her vote.
"I really do not fault a majority of what he has done," said Meade, 74, a retired teacher. "I think he's sincere. I don't have negative thoughts against him."
When it comes to Republican U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin, however, Meade speaks more critically.
"There are some things I've been disappointed with," the longtime Cheyenne resident said. "At this point, it seems that she mostly does what the Republicans in Washington want her to do."
According to a new Casper Star-Tribune poll, Meade isn't the only registered Republican who feels that way. Eighty-one percent of Wyoming voters surveyed -- including 78 percent of Republicans -- rated Freudenthal's performance as "excellent" or "good." Cubin's performance was described as "fair" or "poor" by 53 percent of those polled -- including 38 percent of the Republicans surveyed.
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I am not paniced about Wyoming, just that liberal Sheila Sorenson trying to win the 1st district in Idaho.
Is she as liberal as Orval Hansen was ? I know he was the last bonafide liberal RINO Congressman from Idaho (1969-75).
Probably more so. He was related to me kinda.
I talk about him like he's dead, he turns 80 this year. That would be amazing if she were to the left of him, since his lifetime ACU rating was a paltry 42, only slightly more Conservative than Democrat Richard Stallings's 38 (or Larry LaRocco's 29).
This sort of data suggests that we conservatives still have a big job to do if all who think they're conservatives are to be educated about the Rats.
There are many, many non-liberal, but stupid and ill-informed, people out there. Talk radio can do only so much. Fox has marginal impact on public opinion. The blogs are negligible except among political junkies. WE must take on some of the job, person to person.
And we can count on Rat candidates in places like Wyoming trying to pull this kind of krap. Some people fall for it, so we need to counter it.
Barbara Cubin is the favorite to win the general election. However, if she draws a strong primary challenger, that could be a different story.
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