The arguments on this thread are interesting and somewhat predictable, but frustating as all get out to me.
First, just to get it on the table, I am a huge Palin fan, I love CK, I reluctantly voted for McCain for Prez, and I supported his run in AZ, from afar, aganst JD...largely because JD was “unelectable”.
And that’s just the point. I would hope our candidates are electable! And, frankly, being a “conservative” just isn’t enough, in spite of the canard that “conservatives win every time”. They don’t. Otherwise California would have Senator Herschensohn, instead of Boxer.
Castle may be a RINO but he didn’t vote for Pelosi for Speaker (at least I’m pretty sure he didn’t). And he wouldn’t vote for Harry Reid in the Senate.
And that’s my second point. As a Californian, I would hope that those who were DeVore supporters don’t sit on their hands and not vote for Carly because some may feel she’s not “conservative” enough for them. That simply means we get more Boxer.
And in Nevada, where the die is cast, if Angle doesn’t beat Harry Reid, then I am going to put the blame squarely where it belongs...on the tea partiers who just can’t compromise their precious principles and cut their nose off to spite their face.
The objective is to win where and when we can. If we allow winnable seats to be lost then we will continue to see more of the last two years...and if in anyway the Dems see that they can survive this predicted tsunami, their arrogance will be insufferabe, their assault on our freedoms unstoppable.
The Establishment drones with their poll fixation might want to listen to Scott Rasmussen
Rasmussen happens to be the pollster who conducted the one poll the NRC drones all love to cite showing “0’Donnell cannot win”.
Rasmussen was on Fox news this weekend. He said predicting General Election outcomes on the bases of pre-primary polling is useless. The electorate is too volatile pre primary to give accurate readings on outcomes for the General. He said it usual takes 10 days to 2 weeks after the primary before the electorate settles enough for him to get a useful poll done