In general I agree with this synopsis of the situation.
Don’t get angry or hate anyone including Sarah Palin for endorsing Carly Fiorina.
But on the merits, Fiorina is the insider, RNC, NRSC etc. pick for this seat.
The endorsements from National Right To Life, its California affiliate, the Susan B. Anthony List and the National Rifle Association all confirm this.
The money that pours into politics has also poured into the Pro-Life and Pro Second Amendment groups to buy their support for “electable” candidates.
In her book “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin said this on pages 2 and 3:
“A staunch advocate of every child’s right to be born, I was pro-life enough for the grassroots RTL folks to adopt Piper as their poster child, but I wasn’t politically connected enough for the state GOP machine to allow the organization to endorse me in early campaigns.”
Sarah should remember these words of hers because when she got started she was a Chuck DeVore who was pro-life, but couldn’t be endorsed by the political insiders that ran the pro-life organization because she wasn’t considered political enough.
Now Sarah has gone with the “GOP machine” in endorsing Fiorina.
“But on the merits, Fiorina is the insider, RNC, NRSC etc. pick for this seat.”
You said it. If you like Arnold the Rino, you’ll love Carly Fiorina.
“Now Sarah has gone with the “GOP machine” in endorsing Fiorina.”
She’s certainly developing a pattern with who she supports during the primaries.
So the guy that is running away with the race, Tom Campbell, is not the establishment candidate?
I’m sorry but, if you’re the “Nextrush” you better learn how to spellcheck your tagline. Your FR homepage is incomprehensible to say the least. I wish you luck in your endeavors because I really think you’re gonna need a bunch of it!!!
“Now Sarah has gone with the “GOP machine””
That about sums it up.
I don’t think it’s fair to say she’s with the machine because she happened to endorse someone who was also supported by others.
If you look at the body of her endorsements, the vast majority have been of those who are not part of the machine. Is Rand Paul in Kentucky part of the machine? He’s running against the hand-picked candidate of the GOP Senate leader and is the son of a well known loon and crank. Was Doug Hoffman? Bachmann in MN? What about Duffy in WI? She backed him long ago when no one had heard of him and Obey was still a huge favorite. She backed Rick Perry in TX when the Bush family(still big in TX) and Dick Cheney and most of the DC GOP backed KBH. A few others.
When she was Governor she endorsed the then Lt Gov Parnell against longtime incumbent Don Young. I don’t know if that’s ever happened in US politics where a sitting Gov backed someone in a primary against an incumbent. Is any sitting GOP Gov supporting a primary challenger this yr? In UT for example their Gov stayed silent. So, her record more than shows that she could care less about the establishment. She resigned her job and told the head of the AK GOP to go pound sand. That takes balls.
I doubt she endorsed Fiorina because she’s the “establishment” choice. Now, it may happen that sometimes her choice will coincide with the establishment’s choice. That happens. I think she would have endorsed her even if the “machine” hadn’t. THey’re interests just happened to connect here.
We don’t really know the whole story here. She just doesn’t endorse people out of the blue. I’d suspect they have to ask for it, or at least agree to it. Did DeVore attempt to gain her endorsement at any time over the past few months? Did any of his people contact hers? Fiorina’s probably did, I’d think. After all, she’s somewhat controversial, so if Fiorina were to have sought her out and asked for support, that shows something. A lot of people don’t want to be linked to her. See McDonnell in VA and Kirk in IL apparently.
I doubt she just decided to endorse Fiorina and did it without her knowing as a total surprise. If Fiorina contacted her and said she’d appreciate her support and DeVore sat on his hands, can you really blame her? DeVore has had months to contact her. Carpe Diem.
If both contacted her and she still chose Fiorina, that’s understandable too. They may have met during the campaign and developed a relationship. So she had more of a personal tie with her. Also, I don’t think it’s a big surprise that she’d be supportive of another woman. Especially another pro-life woman. How many pro-life women are there in the Senate?
All things being equal, I’d expect her to back a woman candidate, if possible. If she decides to run for President, it would a nice coup to have the support of the new female Jr Senator from CA who knocked off Boxer, the most pro-abortion Senator in the history of the Congress.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she were to endorse Ayotte in NH, Norton in CO, Lowden in NV, McMahon in CT. I’m sure if any of them asked her for an endorsement, she’d support them as well.
In her endorsement she didn’t say anything bad about DeVore. And I’m sure if he wins the primary she’d support him against Boxer.
But this is probably as simple as Fiorina asked her for support and she responded.
>Sarah should remember these words of hers because when she got started she was a Chuck DeVore who was pro-life, but couldn’t be endorsed by the political insiders that ran the pro-life organization because she wasn’t considered political enough.
>Now Sarah has gone with the “GOP machine” in endorsing Fiorina.
So much this. Sad to see. Even sadder to see those “conservatives” who will roll over for Sarah on this. If you love conservatism, you will hold Sarah’s feet to the fire when she endorses a RINO. DeVore got the shaft. We could win this if we had Sarah on board, but she chose to buddy up to the traitors in the RNC. Shame.