Posted on 08/25/2010 8:26:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It was an amazing night -- and morning -- as the final primary day of the summer delivered a series of upsets in Senate, gubernatorial and House races.
The Fix is still a little groggy from our live-blogging of the proceedings but we are never too tired to sift through election results to find some of the less obvious winners and losers from the primary night that was.
Our take is below. Have winners and losers of your own? The comments section awaits.
WINNERS
Sarah Palin: Just when it looked like her influence in Republican primary fights was fading, Palin came back with a vengeance last night -- as all five of her endorsed candidates appeared headed to victories including Alaska attorney Joe Miller who led Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski with 98 percent of precincts reporting. Both Murkowski and Miller blamed/credited Palin with the result, which is rightly seen as the biggest upset of the 2010 cycle to date. The message? In Republican primaries -- particularly small turnout affairs -- the energy and enthusiasm that Palin can help create is invaluable.
Kendrick Meek: Meek's wide victory over billionaire Jeff Greene in last night's Senate Democratic primary in Florida should convince (at least some) of the doubters who don't think he has a chance to be competitive against former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) and Gov. Charlie Crist (I) this fall. And, given the wildly unpredictable nature of the Florida political landscape, anyone who tells you what is going to happen next in the Senate race (or any race) in the state is just not telling the truth.
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Ditto that.
Look, I understand loyalty and all but dang! Don’t go out there, claiming that you will support conservatives, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, then lead the charge to reelect one of the biggest backstabbers to conservatives that there is! It makes you look insincere to the conservative cause.
Well, I guess we can expect that Palin supporters will no longer take credit when one of her other endorsees wins, right?
ROFL...
I hardly call her drive-by endorsement of McCain, back when there was still snow on the ground in my part of the country "leading the charge".
Do me the courtesy of answering the question, and I will return the courtesy.
Chris Cillizza acknowledges the obvious. On Morning Joe this AM, supposed experts Chuck Todd, Ron Brownstein and Charlie Cook talked about the results from yesterday, including Alaska, and did not even mention Palin’s name.
The MSM is dead from the neck up. She is sweeping the field, and they are deliberately clueless.
Next stop for Sarah Palin should be the Delaware Senate Primary (set for September 14) to boost conservative Christine O’Donnell and to take out uber RINO Mike Castle.
yeah that makes sense /s
...and by God hold on to your seat bub because this crazy old coot is going out in style, believe that. His crazy is going to overtake him after he wins again and revenge against those ‘conservative tea bagger types’ will be swift and painful. Look for him at every turn possible to stick it to the GOP and Conservatives alike.
Maybe not. McCain just might want some kind of positive legacy, and he has been made acutely aware that his previous few years are coming down on the wrong side of history.
If he goes back to the far left now, his TOTAL legacy will be 100% that of a treasonous, backstabbing, anti-American, communist scumbag. We'll have to see if he's praying for any redemption on his political deathbed (which starts today).
First comment so far that I can fully agree with.
Hey, we’re trying to avoid another 4 years of 0bama by warning peeps like you that your faith is misplaced in the pied-piper McPalin. She’s the one person who will lose to 0bama.
She couldn’t even beat Bite-me in a debate. No way she could hold her own against the oily 0bama.
Tom, you made a very salient point here. The control of the GOP by McCain. Sarah Palin is a Republican. IF she has aspirations for running in 2012 (I believe she does), then she is wise to be pragmatic in achieving that goal. She knows the power that Mac holds in Wash. She was caught between keeping him obligated to her or making him a very powerful enemy.
Now, if I saw my country going down the tubes and felt that I could rescue it, I would do whatever I legally needed to do to win. That is common sense. She did not lose honor in campaigning for Mac. She would have lost honor if she had dissed him. She has been clear from her first appearance in the spotlight that she considers Mac and family friends.
Faced with the same situation, I would have done exactly what she did. It assures her (hopefully) of Mac's influence in the GOP to help her. Politics is a lot like killing a moose. There can be a lot of blood, but the eating is good. I am sure that she knew already that Mac could not be defeated in AZ. I think she was a winner in this, regardless of what we think of Mac the Manic.
It was mostly a good night.
I was looking forward to Meeks being Rubio’s opponent, and Murkowski losing.
The only real dark cloud was McPalin’s mentor winning in AZ.
Interesting watching these Irrelevant kooks get all twisted up.
Like I’ve said before, it will come down to Palin, a conservative or Mittens and Establishment RINO.
If conservatives don’t get behind Palin, Mitt is It. Then we’ll really hear the gnashing of teeth...except that they can look to the mirror to see why we get Mittens.
Politics over principle. Always looks good in the short run, and always leads to destruction over time.
One other thing: If she thinks she can gain control over the formerly grand Old party that way, she’s delusional. It’s controlled lock, stock and barrel by McCain/Romney unprincipled hacks. They’re bought, and will stay bought. Romney and his friends have unlimited amounts of money at their disposal to make sure of it.
Remember, you heard it here first.
I don't know.
You next.
I have a suggestion. Why don’t you go find pissant and the two of you cry in your beer together. Or maybe you just need a nap. In the meantime - enuf already.
So, you cannot or will not say who you like/endorse, but you can sure say who you don’t like. Yeah, that is a bit transparent.
Sorry. FR isn’t a ladies sycophant society for Palin/McCain Republican drones. Go over some site who does that stuff if you don’t like conservative opposition to those who support traitors. Otherwise, maybe it is you who needs a nap.
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