Posted on 08/31/2006 11:46:13 AM PDT by .cnI redruM
So why have Ohio voters decided to punish blackwell more than dewine in statewide polls ?
They aren't running against each other! It's all about Taft
But what about in Rhode Island? The other demo senator is a big pro abort (I can't remember his name - I think his first name is "Jack").
The bottom line, dewine is in a dead heat and blackwell is double digits down. dewine is "the rino", blackwell is the conservative.
as current Ohio secretary of state and his role in the 2004 election similar to Katherine Harris, Blackwell could very well have higher name recognition than DeWine.
I support rinos, I support conservatives, I support anyone who will beat the democrat.
Blackwell and Dewine both got an equal and substantial contribution from me.
"What we need are principled conservative career politicians"
"Career politicians" are exactly what this Country DOESN"T need. Our side loses because they back off their principles to appease the rats, not because they are not as devious and corrupt as the rats.
"Hugh is right about the need to get to 51, he just totally misses how to do it. He thinks we need to continually bend over for the RINO contingent.
Hugh is wrong - dead wrong"
He is not alone...I have been listening to Hannity on this issue for weeks. He is spending his time trying to scare out the base with tales of "Speaker Pelosi".
That is the problem..the republican establishment cannot understand that the problem this year is NOT bad republicans staying home, but the Republican establishment force feeding us crap candidates.
Imagine the enthusiasm if we had real republicans running in RI and Ohio. If our republican leadership supported real republicans in primary challenges instead of sucking up to the likes of Specter we would be ahead in the polls and at least a few senate seats in red states would not be in play.
Put another way, the 'hold your nose and vote' strategy is a loser. Our leadership, and I use that word very loosely, has to stop sucking up to our RINO moneyed interests, supporters of Amnesty and Cheap Labor, etc and start listening to the folk who brought them to the dance.
If they will not, they will lose and they only have themselves to blame.
A poll a month ago showed him getting cremed by Whitehouse but since then Laffey has picked up momentum from independents, per this primary poll, so I'd say Laffey has gone from an astronomical longshot to just an average longshot. I'll reevaluate once we see some new polls pre-primary.
I am pulling for Laffee. John Fund thinks he has a shot at it.
I am praying for rick and for Talent to hang in there and win.
If Lincoln Chafee were to lose the primary and run as an Independent, he would be doing conservatives a HUGE favor, even if that weren't his intention. Laffey would have a good shot against two liberals in a three way race.
Would Chafee be legally able to run as an Independent if he lost the primary? Any input from Rhode Island Freepers (if such people exist) would be most welcome!
Sorry, but I can't help busting a gut over a reference which refers to regions in Rhode Island. The county I live in takes longer to drive through. There are ranches in Texas which cover more real estate.
Considering the pissant size of the six New England states and the pissant quality of the politicians they elect and the fascination of the majority of their inhabitants with big government, they ought to be merged into one or two states (NH + ME and the other four), thereby reducing their 12 senators to four.
The filing deadline in Rhode Island was June 28.
"The filing deadline in Rhode Island was June 28."
Bummer. I like Stephen Laffey, but don't see him winning a general election this year.
Great post Jim...
Equating DeWine with Chafee is silly. DeWine might not be Tom Coburn, but he's with us FAR more then he is against us. That cannot be said of Chafee, which is right on essentially nothing. Chafee makes Arlen Specter look like a flaming right-wing nutjob, and Specter is to the left of DeWine easily.
FYI, there is twice the enthusiasm for the rino dewine than the real conservative blackwell in ohio.
Tell me why you think that is or why you think blackwell is not a real republican.
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