They are probably both good candidates?
Posted on 09/13/2010 7:21:38 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in New Hampshire will pit two Tea Party icons against each other: Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint. The former Alaska governor is backing former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who has solid Tea Party support, while the South Carolina senator has just endorsed Ovide Lamontagne, a lawyer with strong connections to state conservatives.
Palin and DeMint have played key roles in multiple primaries so far, their endorsements often accompanying insurgent victories over Republican incumbents or establishment picks. Palin's backing helped Joe Miller eke out a win over Lisa Murkowski in Alaska, DeMint's endorsement nudged Ken Buck toward victory in Colorado, and both figures lent support to Nevada's Sharron Angle and Kentucky's Rand Paul.
But while DeMint has hewed close to the Tea Party line, Palin's picks have been less consistent. Her Facebook fans rioted after she endorsed Carly Fiorina for Senate over Tea Party favorite Chuck DeVore in California, and again when she backed former Iowa governor Terry Branstad for re-election. She also supported John McCain over Tea Party candidate J.D. Hayworth in Arizona -- though that was, of course, to be expected.
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That was a mega mistake.
Jim DeMint is a sitting Senator and has been for a while, he is GOP, not part of a Tea Party.
Working hard to discredit Palin. The Atlantic has become one of the worst leftist rags in the country.
Palin and DeMint are both good people. And maybe they differ because we are fortunate to have two good candidates in New Hampshire?
Real conservatives think for themselves.
It is a good thing to have several good candidates competing for a position than to have no good candidates at all.
“Palin and DeMint are both good people. And maybe they differ because we are fortunate to have two good candidates in New Hampshire?”
Bingo!
Good point. I notice no mention of DeMint endorsing RINO Dino Rossi over Clint Didier in WA. I doubt this was an accidental omission.
They are probably both good candidates?
Ayotte has polled very well re the general election while Ovide got crushed in his last statewide run.
This year Ayotte has had to fight off millions of dollars of attacks from liberal Republicans, Democrats, and even the Union-Leader newspaper, while Ovide has skated by with a free ride.
I think Kelly is more of a fighter, while Ovide has never been tested.
But some conservatives think the opposite, which is fine, too.
And maybe they differ because we are fortunate to have two good candidates in New Hampshire?
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My thoughts exactly. I’ll be happy as well with whoever wins in Delaware. If O’Donnell, we’ve let the establishment know they have to be more conservative or they die politically. If Castle wins we have a better chance of keeping a Dem out of Congress in the fall and the same message to the establishment (almost) has been sent.
Working hard to discredit Palin. The Atlantic has become one of the worst leftist rags in the country.
Palin and DeMint are both good people. And maybe they differ because we are fortunate to have two good candidates in New Hampshire?
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Precisely.
In fact, Senator DeMint was Mark Levin’s guest on his radio show this evening and Senator DeMint has nothing but PRAISE for Sarah Palin.
We have to be mindful of the media looking to divide and conquer. DeMint and Palin are on the same side, both working to elect conservatives, with DeMint’s focus on the US Senate. DeMint praised Sarah for her extraordinary efforts that jettisoned Nikki Haley in his state, South Carolina.
This will be one of the more interesting to watch.
Tea Party “split”... HA!
More postings from the “Anybody but Sarah” crowd.
Whatever to that designation. Rossi was perfectly acceptable to this board before this year. I wonder what changed...oh, right, Palin endorsed someone else.
I’m backing Ovide here. I don’t mind Palin’s pick but since Ovide has surged in support I’m going to switch to the more conservative of the two.
One question. I don’t recall either DeMint or Palin backing Angle before her win as credited in this article. DeMint chose Tarkanian I know that. I remember some wishful thinking from Norton that palin was going to back her. Did Palin ever make an endorsement before that primary?
Partiers can follow one or the other and after the primary coalesce behind the winner. Those with ego issues tied up in the election need not apply to begin with.
The whorehouse Left has never faced this kind of challenge to their criminal hegemony, and they are perplexed that the old reliable BS isn't working.
Huh?? I thought they supported her.
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