Duffy chops way to front-runner status [Palin endorsed]

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | May 9, 2010 | Dave Umhoefer

[bjorn14]

Blessed with a TV-star smile, an athlete's body and lawyerly gifts of gab and jab, Ashland County District Attorney Sean Duffy seems born for the role of small-town guy bucking the odds to win a seat in Congress on his first try.

After U.S. Rep. David Obey's stunning retirement announcement last week, pundits and friends declared the father of six the new front-runner in the 7th Congressional District race.

But Duffy, a world-champion lumberjack and speed-climber of 90-foot cedar poles, knows that winning means surviving the nerve-racking plunge to the finish.

"Whether it's Dave Obey or someone else, this is still going to be tough," Duffy said hours after the powerful Democrat announced the end of his 41-year reign. "This is my first time to the prom. I don't know how it works."

The rough stuff is already coming from Duffy's Republican primary opponent, who calls him a pretty boy and party lapdog. And Democratic Party operatives say he's a made-for-TV empty suit groomed from early adulthood for this moment.

[JimWayne]

With Palin endorsing the wrong people, I am unsure about this choice. Someone please let me know if this candidate is a Tea Party type or not.

[Bigtigermike]

Is that sarcasm? HAHA!

[MediaMole]

He’s the more conservative Republican in a district that has elected the same rat since 1969.

[jimfree]

Yes, scorekeepers please tell us if Palin has another strike.

[jimfree]

Actually I’ve heard Duffy’s wife interviewed on national radio. If her lumberjack shares her views we are in good shape.

[Balding_Eagle]

He’s the more conservative Republican in a district that has elected the same rat since 1969.

What you are saying is that he is clearly the lessor of two evils.

Just come on out an call him what he is, a RINO endorsed by a quitter.

Because the above is so close to the truth for many that they can't see it, let me add, it was sarcasm.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

He’s leasing evil? Is there an option to buy?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Someone please let me know if this candidate is a Tea Party type or not.

Do your own homework. There's a search engine called "Google." Use it.

[Balding_Eagle]

Oh man, I’ve been caught!

[Maelstorm]

Sarah is right on Duffy. I still am stung by her endorsement of Carly “the immigration debate has a racist tone” Fiorina.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

With Palin endorsing the wrong people, I am unsure about this choice. Someone please let me know if this candidate is a Tea Party type or not.

I don't know about that... I know James Inhofe and Tom Coburn from my state and I know their conservatism is genuine and they have no problem with Palin's endorsement of Carly Fiorina. In fact, they've endorsed Carly Fiorina themselves ... :-)

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Conservative Leaders For
CARLY FIORINA
U.S. Senate 2010

March 5, 2010

Fellow Conservatives:

This November, California will have an opportunity to call Barbara Boxer home and send a new conservative leader to the United States Senate. That new leader is Carly Fiorina. We are proud to endorse her as a fellow conservative who has real-¬‐world business experience and the guts and moxie to take on Barbara Boxer and win.

Carly is not a Washington insider. She is a proven business leader who understands the economy and advocates a strong national defense. And, she is a tough fiscal and social conservative who:

• Signed Americans for Tax Reform’s “No New Taxes” Taxpayer Protection Pledge;
• Will fight to lower taxes, reduce the deficit, and cut wasteful Washington spending;
• Is Pro-¬life, unlike her liberal opponents, Barbara Boxer and Tom Campbell;
• Opposes Barbara Boxer’s Cap-and-Trade legislation;
• Opposes the radical “government takeover” policies that President Obama and Barbara Boxer support for health care and other sectors of the economy; and
• Supports a tough national security policy that prosecutes terrorists as unlawful enemy combatants before military commissions, not as civilians in our federal courts.

Democrats fear Carly more than any other candidate in the Republican primary. That’s why Barbara Boxer has been using Carly’s name in fundraising letters for nearly two years, while the California Democratic Party employs two full-time staffers to follow Carly around the state, and why numerous union-funded groups have launched independent expenditure efforts attacking her.

Carly Fiorina worked her way through undergraduate and graduate school, majoring in medieval history at Stanford University and earning two graduate business degrees from the University of Maryland and MIT. A self-made woman, Carly started her business career as a secretary and went on to become the first and, to date, the only woman to lead a Fortune 20 company, serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Hewlett-Packard Company. Most recently, Carly served on the Defense Business Board advising the U.S. Secretary of Defense on overall management of the department and as Director of Business Executives for National Security.

As conservative leaders in the United States Senate, we know you can count on the principled leadership of Carly Fiorina. We are confident that she will stand with us and stand up for you against the liberal special interests that have kept Barbara Boxer in Washington for almost 28 years.

This is a golden opportunity for the people of the Golden State to come together to elect Carly to represent them in the United States Senate. Please join us in supporting Carly’s campaign.

Sincerely,

TOM COBURN, M.D.
U.S. Senator (R-OK)

JAMES INHOFE
U.S. Senator (R-OK)

JON KYL
U.S. Senator (R-AZ)

[Star Traveler]

In fact, there are two California prolife groups that have endorsed Carly Fiorina, too ...

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Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund
Endorses Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate in California

April 27, 2010

Dannenfelser: “We’ve been waiting for Carly Fiorina for a long time—in fact, since the day Barbara Boxer was elected to the U.S. Senate”

WASHINGTON – Today the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, a national pro-life political action committee, announced their endorsement of Carly Fiorina, candidate for U.S. Senate in California. Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund President Marjorie Dannenfelser commented on the endorsement:

"We’ve been waiting for Carly Fiorina for a long time—in fact, since the day Barbara Boxer was elected to the U.S. Senate. From a pro-woman, pro-life perspective, there could be no greater contrast. She embraces and advances the rights of women and unborn children, following in the footsteps of the earliest women in politics. Susan B. Anthony and the early feminists understood, as Carly Fiorina does, that undermining the rights of one never advances the rights of another.”

The California Republican primary election is June 8th where Carly Fiorina will face Chuck Devore and Tom Campbell. The winner will challenge 18 year incumbent Senator Barbara Boxer in the general election. Senator Boxer is one of the most aggressive champions of abortion rights and is endorsed by EMILY’s List.

Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund endorsements are promoted to the organization’s nationwide membership of over 280,000 Americans. The SBA List Candidate Fund endorses pro-life female candidates, as well as pro-life male candidates who run against female candidates in favor of abortion rights. During the 2008 election cycle, the Susan B. Anthony List bundled over $1 million in direct candidate contributions from its members.

The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of over 280,000 Americans, residing in all 50 states, dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics. Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process.

[Star Traveler]

CPLC (California Prolife Committee) Endorses Carly Fiorina

You have seen discussion of the California Governor's race on other places on this web site.  Today we want to discuss the candidates and campaign for the U.S. Senate nomination to replace Barbara Boxer.

Months ago we were in an enviable position, both candidates were pro-life.  Pro-life Assemblyman Chuck DeVore was running and Carly Fiorina, who had made public statements of being pro-life.  What remained was assertaining just how real those commitments were.

Fiorina is the former Chairman of Hewlett-Packard and her pro-life comments were in contrast to the typical Silicon Valley 'culture' of monied Republicans.  Her pro-life commitment meant she would be risking the alienation of some of her 'pro-choice' Rockerfeller Republican friends. It turned out that Fiorina was indeed genuine and has been endorsed by the Susan B. Anthony List which only endorses 100% pro-life candidates.

Fiorina has since met with National Right to Life Committee leadership and committed to very specific issues of pro-life public policy.  Board members of California ProLife also met with her and all have been impressed by her genuine and heartfelt commitment to the cause of Life.

All of the election's dynamic changed when pro-abortion candidate Tom Campbell moved from the Governor's race to the U.S. Senate Race.  Would this create a scenario we've seen too many times before?  The pro-life candidates split the vote between them allowing the pro-abortion candidate to become the nominee. We hope not.

The Board of California ProLife has been watching this race carefully and hoping that Campbell would not pose a threat, but now the scenario is requiring incisive action.  DeVore has been attacking Fiorina for not being conservative 'enough' because she is seen as competing for his conservative base.  And Campbell has continued to gain in the polls posing as a conservative.

Perhaps most importantly, though all of CPLC's Board knows Chuck, all were equally concerned about his actual ability to break out beyond 'our base' to reach the wider electorate (which is how elections work.) Chuck has had a very hard time demonstrating the ability to raise the funds necessary to compete in a state the size of California, and this has been frustrating to many involved.

At the last reporting DeVore had $300,000 on hand; Fiorina $2,800,000; and Campbell $800,000.  Perhpas more importantly, like other statewide candidates of note, Fiorina also has substantial, personal financial resources she has still not drawn on.

Who will have the resources to close the gap on Campbell and then turn around and do the same to Boxer?

While DeVore is indeed pro-life and familiar to us all, Fiorina is clearly better situated to fight an incredibly expensive campaign in the most costly state of the union.

Carly Fiorina has shown a genuine personal commitment to life, as well as clearly articulated policy commitments.  Her husband's mother was told to abort him, but as Carly has said, it is his presence that is 'the rock of my life.' And as a recent cancer survivor she knows the threats posed by euthanasia and rationing.  She is assertively opposed to both, in addition to opposing the Obama plan for Healthcare.  She is outspoken against the 'climate mongering' which appears to have as a goal the reduction of human population.

She has been endorsed by the national pro-life women's group, Susan B. Anthony List and pro-life Senators Kyl, Graham, Coburn, McCain, and Inhofe.

California ProLife Council PAC has added its endorsement as well.  CPLC's endorsement of Carly is not a repudiation of Chuck DeVore as much as it is an earnest desire to defeat both Tom Campbell and Barbara Boxer.  In our considered opinion, Carly Fiorina is the pro-life candidate that can do that.

[Star Traveler]

And here's what James Inhofe from my state of Oklahoma said, himself ...

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Carly Fiorina Endorsed by Oklahoma Senator James M. Inhofe

November 18, 2009

Washington, DC – Citing her strong leadership skills, tested business acumen and common-sense approach to politics, U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) today enthusiastically endorsed Carly Fiorina’s campaign for U.S. Senate.

“I am honored to receive the support of Senator Inhofe, a dedicated public servant who has spent years defending the principles of limited government, individual freedom and personal responsibility. These are beliefs I’ve held for years, and I look forward to working with Senator Inhofe to create jobs and bring fiscal accountability back to Washington,” said Fiorina. “Over the last 18 years, Barbara Boxer has failed to stand up for California’s families, businesses and communities. Especially given these difficult economic times, Californians need a true advocate representing them in the United States Senate.”

Inhofe, who was recently voted “Most Outstanding Conservative U.S. Senator” by Human Events Newspaper and the American Conservative Union, said, “Carly Fiorina is a true fiscal conservative who has made controlling our federal deficit one of her top priorities. Her common-sense approach and sharp business skills make her exactly the kind of leader we need in the U.S. Senate to help address our ballooning deficit and get our nation’s economy back on track.”

Earlier this month, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona), Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) endorsed Fiorina’s bid for U.S. Senate.

[rabidralph]

Here's some info. All of my conservative friends seem to like him.

[Star Traveler]

FREEPER POSTS ... ON ALL THINGS PALIN ...

Sarah Palin has something to say to the "nattering nabobs of negativity" ... LOL ...

Sarah Palin Endorses Carly Fiorina in California

• Palin Stands By Fiorina Endorsement Amid Backlash From Supporters [2 Strikes Against Palin?]
• PALIN RESPONDS ABOUT CARLY ENDORSEMENT ....
• When will Romney endorse someone in California’s Senate race?
• Rick Santorum supports Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Carly Fiorina
• Palin angers faithful with choice in California race
• Chuck DeVore: Carly Fiorina Can't be Trusted on Abortion Because She's Not a Politician (Update)
• Some Palin Facebook fans unhappy with endorsement [Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate]
• Message for Chuck DeVore (Do what is right for your country)
• Chuck DeVore on Palin Endorsement of Carly Fiorina (Get the FACTS, you Sybliistas)
• Top 5 Reasons why Palin endorsed Fiorina
• Did you hear Chuck DeVore on Chris Matthews?
• Sarah Palin Is A Republican Who Speaks At Tea Party Events Occasionally
• No Need to Compromise-a message from Chuck Devore.
• Sarah Palin Is A Republican Who Speaks At Tea Party Events Occasionally
• SARAH PALIN SHAKES UP CALIFORNIA (AND THE NATION) ENDORSES CARLY FIORINA
• MY VIEW OF PALIN’S FIORINA ENDORSEMENT FROM CALIFORNIA
• Facebook turns on Sarah Palin
• Facebook turns on Palin
• Why Palin Endorsed Fiorina
• Palin bucks the tea parties, endorses Carly Fiorina (DeVore spokesman responds)
• DeVore Spokesman Attacks Palin as "Sheepdog"
• News From Carlyfornia: Palin Endorses Fiorina
• Palin Endorses Pro Life, Traditional Marriage, Military, Anti-Amnesty & 100% NRA Rated Carly Fiorina
• Governor Palin is Right that Carly Fiorina is the Best Choice for California Conservatives
• Oh my: Palin endorses … Carly Fiorina
• TRENDING: Palin irks her supporters with California endorsement (RINO Carly Fiorina)
• Palin Backs Fiorina In California Senate Race
• Palin endorses Fiorina for Senate; stiffs fellow Tea Partier DeVore, disses Campbell
• Sarah Palin: Let’s shake it up in California! (Sarah endorses Carly Fiorina - Huh?)

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[ansel12]

Good strategy for a liberal, hijack a thread about the race of Sean Duffy to take a Democrat seat.

Way to step on his support here.

[dalight]

With Palin endorsing the wrong people, I am unsure about this choice. Someone please let me know if this candidate is a Tea Party type or not.

Lame

[SoCalPol]

>With Palin endorsing the wrong people>

Palin a major backer and fundraiser for Rep. Michael Bachmann

You just exposed yourself as another Conservative basher,
especially two of the best.