Crossing the Delaware (Spot on analysis)

American Spectator ^ | 09/15/10 | W. James Antle, III

[nhwingut]

Win, lose or draw, Mike Castle was always heading into the Delaware Republican primary as a member of an endangered species. Conservative big game hunters like to call them "RINOs."

The popular acronym for "Republican in Name Only" has emerged as one of the Tea Party movement's leading epithets of choice, alongside "liberal" and "progressive." The upshot is that big-government establishment Republicans are no safer from conservative wrath than the Democrats whose legislation they so often support.

At some point, millions of grassroots conservatives across the country decided there was something wrong, almost abusive, about the right's relationship with the Republican Party.

Maybe it was buyer's remorse over the Bush years, when a "compassionate conservative" president and an earmarks-addicted GOP Congress began a deficit spending binge. Maybe it was when they found themselves in the voting booth in 2008, having to hold their nose and think of Sarah Palin in order to vote for John McCain.

But conservatives have finally begun demanding that Republican candidates do more than agree to appear on the ballot with an "R" next to their names. They are looking beyond the party label.

[LibFreeUSA]

"See that young man? That's where we're headed - Washington, D.C."

[Comparative Advantage]

Money line:

“Better to an elect an honest liberal, they reasoned, than a liberal in Republican’s clothing.”

[Paladin2]

"Finally, few RINOs are as brazen as Castle or Scozzafava. They now have learned to talk like conservatives and check the right boxes on conservative litmus tests even as they expand government once in power. The George Romneys have become Mitt Romneys, the George Bushes George Ws. Will conservatives be as demanding of them?"

Definitely a problem with this behavior.

[Paladin2]

“Castle’s terms marked the full establishment of what Delaware political commentator Celia Cohen has called “the Age of Incumbency.” Following du Pont’s very successful and popular terms as Governor, Delaware politics seemed to have reached a consensus, with leaders of both parties being regularly re-elected, while working closely and quietly together...”

[Pining_4_TX]

I hope everyone remembers that Newt supported Scozzafava. He has changed his tune now, but he is no more reliable than any other RINO.

[screaminsunshine]

We do not want to be boxed in and taken for granted like the Blacks.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Paladin2]

"Newt supported Scozzafava"

Newt is apparently a savant of some sort. Occasionally brilliant, but generally retarded.

[Georgia Girl 2]

You are right about Newt. I predict a replay of Newt’s backpeddling from Rove tonight on Hannity or Greta. Rush is dissecting like the bug he is right now.

[Marie]

Best. Article. Yet.

[AFreeBird]

Thanks for the article!

[Sergio]

bookmark.

[Alberta's Child]

Rank-and-file conservatives no longer trust the Republican establishment. They don't trust big-spending incumbents. They don't even trust conservative magazines, websites, and commentators who in their view run down conservative candidates.

This says it all right here. It explains why I'd probably score a 95% or higher by any measure of conservative credentials, but have never had any political party affiliation in my life.

[longtermmemmory]

It is all about the echo chamber of the DC beltway. ALL those effete magazins are myopic in favor of pro-government control and political favortism.