Posted on 07/29/2010 3:05:28 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
The letter went on: “Our country desperately needs men and women of backbone who don’t have to consult political weather vanes to know what they stand for. Neither candidate is perfect, but Todd Tiahrt will instinctively stand up for the country’s founding principles — without regard for the political winds. Jerry Moran would be reliable — so long as the winds are blowing in a conservative direction, as they are now.”
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Many conservatives are neutral in this race. It’s understandable, but the difference between Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt is more of emphasis and dedication than voting records. Moran is OK, but Tiahrt will make the nation’s founding principles his top priority. We need that in the times we live in.
I think you got your threads mixed up.
Or you did. On one, you’re extolling the virtues of the milquetoast, and on this, you want the constitutionalist.
I have a reason- Seattle, which is not in Kansas. In fact, there is nothing in Kansas that remotely resembles Seattle.
If Clint Dieder wins the nomination in Washington, than I wish him well. I question his electability in a state that includes so many left wing voters, although I don’t doubt that he’d be a great Senator if he actually won.
Yeah, that’s why he’s polling against Murray about the same as Rossi.
The question is, will Moran remain conservative when elevated to the House of Lords, or will he be dazzled by the high and mighty that surround him and get wobbly on us. I believe that there is cause for concern. I will vote for Tiahrt next week and will support Moran in November (he is going to win the Republican nomination). I will also keep a close eye on his behavior in the Senate.
All of the momentum, in the last month, has been in favor of Tiahrt.
He has a lot of ground to make up. Johnson County will probably go strongly for Moran.
Turnout is everything.
The Moderates, in Johnson County, might not turn out as much as you think.
I’m voting fot Tiahrt. Moran has ticked me off with his negative, misleading attacks on Tiahrt. I get an attack mailer from him everyday.
Which has rocketed him from 17 points down in June to 14 points down last week. Moran's got it, might as well learn to live with it.
No, but all those older conservatives in the 1st District will. There are almost twice as many Republicans registered in the 1st District as there are in Tiahrt's 4th. And Moran is beating Tiarht in the 1st by about 60 points. So while the 3rd District may help, it'll be the 1st that wins it for him.
There's been a lot of BS slung on both sides. Tiahrt's crap has been just as misleading as you claim Moran's has been.
“I’m voting fot Tiahrt.”
Tiahrt seems to be gaining in the polls, though Moran is still leading. I also hope that Tiahrt wins.
Moran's own district will go for him 5 to 1. The 1st has, I believe, the largest number of registered Republicans of any district in the state, almost twice as many as Tiahrt's 4th District. Johnson County will probably go for Moran, but it isn't the be-all and end-all.
Tiahrt was down 17 in June and 14 in July. That's not gaining, that's the margin of error.
Good analysis, I think that you are right. Hard to see how Tiahrt prevails. Moran will at least hold even here in the northern part of the 2d District. I have no idea what is going on in SE Kansas.
Tiahrt will probably carry his own district but in the end the deck is stacked too high against him. Moran's advantage in the 1st will be far to hard to overcome. If he splits the vote in the 2nd and 3rd, and I think he'll carry at one or both, then it doesn't matter what happens in the 4th.
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