Just like Obama avoiding Fox News...another loser's tactic.
Using another example, I never "blamed" Perotistas for Bush 41 losing to Clinton. Sure, they had an effect, but the real reason Bush lost was he ran a terrible campaign.
A more recent example are the RINOs and Dems that say Palin lost it for McCain. The only reason why I voted for McCain was because of Sarah. Her crowds outdrew McCain's by a factor of 2:1 if not more.
Same here, or at least partly. I wasn't going to vote for McCain even AFTER he named Palin as his running mate. My kids (aged 14, 13 and 10) and wife urged me to "vote for Sarah," and both my wife and I did so.
In hindsight, that was a mistake. The top of the ticket is the only position that matters, as far as a vote decision, unless the two at the top are too difficult to distinguish from each other. In the recent election, neither McCain nor Obama represented a choice that was acceptable to me.
I do not understand why the NSRC is selecting preferred candidates in primaries when there is no incumbent Republican. As a person out here away from the Beltway, that smacks of insider dealings and infuriates me, as well as a lot of conservatives.
On the other hand, I do feel we have to prioritize our efforts. Snowe and Collins are not really a problem unless there is a close vote, and their being labeled Republican kept Harry Reid from being in charge of the Senate for two years, as well as giving us committee chairmanships.
The very first priority, to my mind, is stopping Obama. That can only be done by electing Republicans to the House and Senate in enough numbers to regain the majority. That has to be the number one goal. If it takes Snowe and Collins, so be it. If it means Crist should withdraw and let Rubio have the nomination, then that's what should happen.
We are in a real domestic war with the liberals. Strategy and tactics needs to be drawn up.
I will remind you guys that the running of "conservative" democrats in close districts was a deliberate tactic Emmanuel used in order to capture the House. The RNC needs to realize that the only way those seats can be recaptured is by showing that these fake blue dogs enabled Pelosi to control the House and ram through her legislation. Voters need this explained to them, and we need candidates in those districts who will get the misguided voters inspired to vote the democrats out.
In areas that are more liberal, like the Northeast, we are going to have to settle for people like Snowe and Collins. That's just the way it is. They are marginal people whose value is in that vote for majority leader. If we get a big enough majority, we will be able to ignore them.
Bush had trouble with those two plus McCain because the majority was so close. We need greater numbers.
So, I find the points this woman makes pretty much spot on. but I find her condescension a little bit off-putting.