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Daniel Weintraub: Schwarzenegger landslide is a win for centrism
Sacramento Bee ^
| 11/9/6
| Daniel Weintraub
Posted on 11/09/2006 8:02:20 AM PST by SmithL
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:02:23 AM PST
by
SmithL
Angelides managed to eke out a victory only among high school dropouts. Put that on your Resume.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:02:57 AM PST
by
SmithL
(Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
To: SmithL
Don't blame me, i voted for a write in candidate.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:04:31 AM PST
by
SDGOP
To: SmithL
Did the Republicans win any other statewide race in CA?
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:04:42 AM PST
by
DM1
To: DM1
Did the Republicans win any other statewide race in CA? ...only the ones that were more charismatic than the Democrat, but just as liberal.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:05:40 AM PST
by
Prime Choice
(The angel has spread its wings. The time has come for bitter things.)
To: DM1
Insurance commissioner who was running against Bustamante. Not once did I see Arnold campaigning with the republican guys, but then, I have to admit, I don't watch our local news. I don't think Arnold wants to be associated with the republican party.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:07:07 AM PST
by
psjones
(u)
To: SmithL
Schwarzneggar is no centrist.
He's a fiscal liberal. He'd be welcome for lunch with the Nelson Rockefellar klan.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:07:09 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
To: SmithL
A win for centrism?? No it wasn't. It was a loss for extreme liberalism and more radical confiscatory taxation.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:07:58 AM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: SmithL
Bull.
If "Centrism" was the key, Chaffee, Kean, and DeWine would have won.
This catastrophe wasn't about political philosophy - it was about perceived corruption in Congress, incredible ineptitude by the Republicans in campaigning, and the failure of the American public to demonstrate the same kind of courage that even the Spaniards exhibited. After all, it took a train bomb on Spanish soil to sour them on the war. Here in the U.S. we were spared even that.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:08:14 AM PST
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: xzins; SDGOP
Schwarzneggar is no centrist. He's a fiscal liberal. He'd be welcome for lunch with the Nelson Rockefellar klan.Ahhrnold is basically a libertarian...that's why he won! Republicans could do well to tune out talkers Limpbull an Inshanitty and follow suit for '08
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:11:36 AM PST
by
meandog
(While Bush will never fill them, Clinton isn't fit to even lick the soles of Reagan's shoes!)
To: SmithL
It looks like more pain is in store for your state.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:11:53 AM PST
by
lormand
(0 to 10,000,000 people read my posts everyday)
To: SmithL
I voted for Arnold. Today, I wish now that I had not! In order for Conservative Republicans to ever have a chance we are going to have to go through the losses like we went through on Tuesday I guess...American Christians, we must UNITE....
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:12:00 AM PST
by
pollywog
(Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid,)
To: SmithL
A liberal Republican can win in California - if he's a celebrity.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:12:48 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
It seems to me that the "Center" has moved pretty far "Left" these days.
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:14:59 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: SmithL
Centrism works in liberal states provided the candidate is superficially appealing and doesn't do something overwhelmingly stupid. Angelides has negative charisma, he never had a chance. Also, you have to bribe all of the special interests, but not so much that people notice (see Gray Davis).
To: SmithL
How do that "real conservative" McClintock do?
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:16:10 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: pollywog
I did not vote for Arnold. I would never vote for a liberal. But if that's what the Drive Bys/MSM call "centrists" these days, the center has already shifted far Left. Thanks but no thanks. I'll take the certainty of defeat over the meaninglessness of an empty victory.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:17:38 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: dfwgator
Tom McClintock lost. But I believe he got more votes than the RINOs on the downticket. RINO McPherson lost.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:19:17 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
"I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air."
-Margaret Thatcher
Centrism never would have gotten rid of slavery in America. They tried compromises, and they didn't work.
Centrism would not have won World War Two.
Centrism would not have extended the franchise to all adult Americans.
Centrism would not have founded Christianity.
Centrism would not have built America.
Centrism is an inability to lead and inspire.
Phew. Feel better now.
-Rex
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:20:10 AM PST
by
RexBeach
("Important principles may, and must be, inflexible." Abraham Lincoln)
To: SmithL
I have the answer. Every Republican leaning toward the right needs to marry a Kennedy to balance things out. (Arnold is a Republican and pigs fly.)
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posted on
11/09/2006 8:20:52 AM PST
by
444Flyer
((My friend) HMC USN RET Mr. Sullivan used to say "Lead, follow or get the Hell out of the way!")
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