Well, looks like Aubertine is getting my endorsement. His election will put the State Senate back in play again (with the GOP a good bet to reclaim the seat), and we’ll get to watch the fun all over again in Albany. When our party decides to nominate Conservatives, I’ll endorse them. I’m done endorsing liberals in the Republican party. Speaking of Carolyn Maloney, I expect at the rate we’re going, she’ll have the Republican line for U.S. Senator next year.
I have to back you on this one. However, Aubertine might not run. ‘Rats are also aware of the state Senate situation and there’s pressure on him to stay put because of that.
If the ‘Rats were to actually nominate a pro-life, pro-gun candidate, he or she could get the endorsement of the Conservative & Right To Life Parties.
There’s been a new development in this race. Democrat state Senator Darrel Aubertine has announced that he won’t be a candidate.
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/dems-lose-top-contender-for-mchugh-seat-2009-07-23.html
Winning Aubertine’s vacant state Senate seat was the strongest case for opposing Scozzafava. I was hoping that Aubertine would defeat her so that we could get the state Senate back. But this changes everything.
Aubertine dropped out today!
Hopefully, the Conservative Party will give us a candidate or we will have to back the Libertarians.
Picture a tennis match, where your favorite player sits down on the court the entire match. He loses 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. No big surprise. Can’t blame his opponent.
The conservatives, pro-lifers, etc. sat down and boycotted this nomination process. Dede and NARAL went after it aggressively. Conservatives have nobody to blame but themselves.
I called NYS Right to Life in May about this. They had ZERO interest in hearing about it. I might as well have been calling them about the Virginia Governors race.
We cannot help but notice that NARAL specializes in special elections. And National right to life specializes in boycotting.
we never reviewed CA-32, Judy Chu
turnout 25,000 which is 7%
Chu 62%
GOP Chu 33%
Libertarian 5%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_32nd_congressional_district_special_election,_2009
If the GOP had a decent Latino candidate in that East L.A. district and put minimal money into it ... they could have made a run at 45% and made Chu work for it.