Don't be like Obama who blames everyone else for his problems. Own up and admit that she didn't have what it takes to be a Senator.
Posted on 11/07/2010 5:30:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the conservative kingmaker who backed a number of tea party candidates heading into Tuesday's elections, said that it's "a very silly thing to say" that tea party candidates cost the GOP control of the Senate. Delaware Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell (R) "was so maligned from Republicans that she didn't really have a chance," DeMint added. On health-care overhaul, DeMint said that de-funding the law must come first - something that he said is possible with Republicans controlling the House. "We can slow the implementation of it or delay it and then replace it in 2012 with a real plan," DeMint said. He added that the next Republican running for president "needs to run on complete repeal" of health care reform.
Asked whether there may be a showdown with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) over earmarks, DeMint said that "We're not gonna have earmarks, so it's silly for some senior Republicans in the Senate to try to block it." DeMint also said he won't vote to increase the debt ceiling unless it's combined with some path to balancing the budget and repealing health care reform.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) also appeared on the program. Christie said that it's time to "put up or shut up" for the GOP and that "the public's going to be able to smell real quickly" whether Republicans are credible in their call for reforming government spending. Christie, who endorsed Rep. Mike Castle (R) in the Delaware Senate primary, also said that Delaware "was a missed opportunity" for the GOP. Christie said that he's not running for president in 2012, and joked about the possibility of being selected as the eventual presidential nominee's running mate. "Can you see me as somebody's vice president?" Christie asked....
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
It was setting up for anti-Palin RINO’s to say, “Palin can’t win in the general election.”
They wanted to check the surge of the true conservatives who are going to take over the Republican Party over the next few years.
I agree; just like they sunk some others. They don’t want to give up their gravy train.
Go Jim DeMint...
I hope he runs for President.
We need to target those rinos for defeat in the next election and ignore the balding oaf rove.Demint is the man of the hour and Palin is the woman.
Yes, they threw Christine under the bus big-time. Now I don’t care what anyone says about Christine, that she ran twice before and lost or was too conservative - the fact of the matter is that she won the primary election fair and square - that means you either get behind her regardless or you don’t run your mouth off about her behind her back to the liberal news media.
No prisoners. A conservative GOP or a dead one.
Back to the top.
Good for jim!
Still, considering how extremely well conservatives and Republicans both did this election, a week of recriminations is ridiculous!
I think that since Delaware is such a blue state , the voters just ignored her extensive resume.
So you think I wrote this WaPo article or that I’m Senator Jim DeMint? Seriously?
Just what does it take to be a Sinator like Box a rocks and Murray? Oh yeah, be a liberal in a liberal state. I would rather lose w/a Conservative than win w/a Lib.
Pray for America
He has already bowed out.
Heck, a few years ago, that Carnahan woman from Missouri was elected senator just because her husband died during the campaign.
DeMint sees the way the party is moving and has decided that the party elite are going the way of the Whigs.
“Own up and admit that she didn’t have what it takes to be a Senator.”
By whose standards?
The 75 percent that pass legislation they haven’t read and don’t understand? The ones that have never held a job outside of public office, the ones that cheat on their wives, taxes or just plain act like they are royalty? Which?
yes.
karl rove, dana perino, and their ilk.
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