It will take much more than a couple of election cycles to root out the vermin.
Take a look at the NRSC's action in Alaska. Pushing for the establishment
candidate rather than the people's candidate.
Posted on 08/27/2010 8:14:53 AM PDT by markomalley
More good news for Republicans and bad news for Democrats keeps flooding in. Consider this morning’s polls reported in realclearpolitics.com. Mason-Dixon, polling for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, has Harry Reid up over Sherron Angle by only 45%-44%–a statistical tie. The mainstream meme has been that Angle is unelectable. This poll refutes that. She’s certainly not a sure winner, but she’s not a sure loser either. And Harry Reid, who has been on statewide ballots in Nevada going back to 1970, when he was elected lieutenant governor, is stuck under 50%.
Next is Scott Rasmussen’s poll in the Florida governor race: Republican Rick Scott 45%, Democrat Alex Sink 42%, independent Lawton Chiles 4%. Scott hasn’t been endorsed by Attorney General Bill McCollum, whom he upset in the primary, and he carries a lot of baggage. But he’s certainly competitive in a state where 58% of the two-party vote in the primaries was cast for Republicans even though there are more registered Democrats than Republicans.
In my home state of Michigan, EPIC/MRA reports that Republican Rick Snyder leads Democrat Virg Bernero 51%-29% in the race for governor. Michigan had the nation’s highest unemployment for several years until it was eclipsed recently by Nevada, and liberal conventional wisdom is that economic distress will lead to a surge of blue collar voting for Democrats. Bernero is type cast for this: he’s a UAW stalwart, who as mayor of Lansing made bombastic appearances on Fox News supporting the GM/Chrysler/UAW bailout. But he’s hugely behind Snyder, a self-funding businessman who campaigned as a tough nerd. Seems like Michigan voters don’t think big government spending and collusion with unions is the way out of the economic doldrums.
Then there’s the governor race in Wisconsin, on which Stephen Hayes has a nice article in the Weekly Standard. Here Rasmussen has Republican Scott Walker leading Democrat Tom Barrett 47%-44%. Democrats have had a good run in Wisconsin in recent years, carrying the state with the help of big margins in the western and northern rural counties—part of the biggest swath of rural territory going for Barack Obama in 2008. As Hayes (a Wisconsin native) notes, Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee and former Congressman, and a likeable guy, didn’t show up at Barack Obama’s public appearances in Wisconsin this month, and was conspicuously off camera at a fundraiser where Obama appeared for him in the evening.
Don’t underestimate the dems. They have the biggest lying slime machine in the world. They have the media on their side. They have unlimited funds. They are relentless and are not embarrassed by their lies.
I’ve heard that Sink’s internal polling has her ahead of Scott. Meanwhile, Scott’s on top in most State polls. They’re going to be neck-and-neck up to the election, but I’m guessing that since this is an off-year election, Scott wins by 5%.
...always good to see Barone in print...but I wish he’d have mentioned the dangers of GOP over confidence and complacency.
“They have unlimited funds.”
...you ain’t kidding!...I have yet to see any accounting for the $20 billion in BP shakedown money that czar Fineman is hoarding...that’s a lot of slush that can buy elections this Fall
The Bad News: Republicans Sweep House
The Obama Economy nose dives further into the tank ..... but good news for the Democrats .... now they have someone .... obstructionist Republicans .... to blame it on in 2012, just in time for Hillary's candidacy.
Sure the democRat party is in shambles, but their socialist ideology has carried the day.
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“Don’t underestimate the dems.”
Fair enough, but remember the old adage: “they can’t cheat if it isn’t close.” Stay the course, everybody. Take NOTHING for granted—that’s the only way we’ll get to January’s To-Do List:
Repeal
Investigate
Indict
Convict
It will take much more than a couple of election cycles to root out the vermin.
Take a look at the NRSC's action in Alaska. Pushing for the establishment
candidate rather than the people's candidate.
You mean “Walkin’ Lawton” is still around? LOL!!!
http://www.lawtonchiles.org/walkin7.html
You’re not kidding. You should see what they just pulled in Michigan yesterday. Mich. Supreme Ct. Justice Weaver (former Republican who subsequently has been voting with Dems) flipped balance on court when she announced her retirement so outgoing Democrat governor Jenny Grandtheft could appoint a Dem to the bench. This will put Dems in control and they have final say on any redistricting issues from 2010 Census. Weaver was up for reelection in November.
Maybe everyone is waking up to the fact that socialists are everywhere in our government. Something the news never talks about because thet are inflicted with the same cancer.
Many democratic members of congress including Pelosi are in this group: http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html
Lawton Chiles died in 1998—this is his son.
Thanks for the update...
You got it right..
AND they are no limited by their honesty or morality.
You know he's half-right...I truly believe they will turn out to vote, but given the current state of unions and employment in Michigan...they will vote Republican this time.
Thats right, no difference between Republican and Democrats, no different between right and wrong, no difference, no matter, stay home , don’t vote, don’t work, doesn’t matter just move on freepers! {We are from the Democratic Party and we paid for this message}
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