Posted on 06/09/2010 10:16:20 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Yes I know Chuck is a turd!!!
Seriously, I never met a person who could be swayed in any way by a Romney endorsement for anything.
The guy stands for nothing and he can barely commit to that agenda with any visible enthusiasm.
The McQueeg endorsement was done out of loyalty. Read her book for more details.
The Fiorina endorsement, was done in order to have a chance at actually unseating Boxer. Chuck DeVore, arguably the more conservative candidate, would not have won the election head to head against Boxer. Fiorina has national stage name recognition, as does Boxer. Fiorina, whether we like it or not, came up through the business world and has run businesses. This imparts critical skills. We need more business people in Congress as opposed to career politicians. The fewer lawyers the better.
I find these lesser of two evils scenarios distasteful myself, but we have to nominate and elect people who can actually win against the incumbent opposition. No candidate is perfect, nobody is perfect, politics is a complex game of compromise. Our challenge is to field the best overall candidate who can actually win the election.
The Tea Party movement is not going to find it can simply anoint a candidate and then relax through the election cycle. Its still going to take work and funds to get these candidates elected. If we stay home because the winners of these races aren't perfect measured against our paradigm of perfection, we WILL cause no change in the election outcomes and the opposition will prevail, this means an extension of the current pattern into the future indefinitely. I for one will not sit idly by and allow that to happen.
The only thing required for Evil to flourish is for good men and women to do nothing.
Governor Willard “Mitt” Myth Romney is their dream candidate for 2012: Between RomneyCare, Homosexual Marriage, the Big Dig, his LDS beliefs and his bags of money, they’ll make him into Nixon meets “W” meets McCain without the military record. He’s really Barry’s only chance of reelection, unless we lose our minds and nominate that kook from Texas with the blimp.
That’s how I’d like to think I’d operate, so I can hardly fault her for doing the same.
Christie was considered the “RINO” when he ran against the conservative Steve Lonegan, who like DeVore could never get enough support to beat Corzine. Palin was smart enough to realize what the goal was, getting rid of Boxer,and used the best means to get there by following the same playbook. Christie is working out fine, for a RINO. Fiorina might too. Regardless, she is better than Boxer.
Thank you Governor Palin!
It’s yet something else she’s just been incredibly effective at. Lots of GOP presidential aspirants have said the 2010 elections are critical and they will work to get conservatives and Republicans elected. Palin’s no different—except she’s 10x better at it than anyone else.
I hope Palin runs. She’ll kick ass in my state SC. Go Nikki Haley!!
I was wise enough to know that, too.
Doesn’t mean I endorsed Firoina.
Many of us were wise enough to get over it.
Yep, and you could call it unprecedented (if the word hadn't already been trashed by Obama's pretensions).
I'd say that the MSM can't really get their heads around her impact via her endorsements. Like many things Palin there is no historical reference, and of course they don't want to - because every GOP candidate and their poltical operatives realize this is (primary) electoral gold and will be singing Palin's praises in the next two years simply to get her support. Bodes very very well for 2012.
The polls indicate it was all Palin. Also, did I somehow miss Romney speaking out after after the affair accusations?
I wonder how those Romney-camp GOP operatives who trashed her 18 months ago are being seen by other candidates and will-be candidates now.
She has very very good political instincts. She is a pragmatic conservative—very much like Reagan in that way.
As Obama’s endorsement is the kiss of death, so is the Palin endorsement the kiss of success.
She is the antidote to Obama and his ilk.
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