I happen to not hate Lamar Alexander.
I can’t remember anything at all about him. But I know that he’s old, but not as old as McCain, and that he ran for President at least twice before. I think that he’s been a Governor, a Senator, and has been a Cabinet Secretary.
Gingrich, Romney and Huckabee all have major flaws. They’re not Conservative. And they don’t have the wide experience of Lamar.
I’ll be supporting a Conservative candidate in 2012. I don’t think Gingrich, Romney or Huckabee are Conservative. I don’t recall anything about Lamar, except that 20 odd years ago I don’t remember hating him. I don’t assume that he’s conservative, but he’s more acceptable to me than Mitt Gingabee.
We all do know that Republicans have a tendency to support old dudes who have been around a long time, with a wide body of experience. Lamar Alexander, as much as anybody, fits that classic Republican nominee template.
And thanks to Lamar for helping Christine. It’s support from the “reassuring” wing, the “normal” wing of the Republican Party.
Lamar is a typical Howard Baker style TN GOP guy who would have been a John Stennis-Sonny Montgomery style Democrat in the 50s before southerners followed social conservatism to the GOP.
His ACU is 79....not very good. Jim DeMint has a 98 lifetime and 100 in recent years as a perspective.
I campaigned for Lamar's opponent in the primaries twice now to no avail.
But Lamar does have sensible and centrist gravitas which can help in Delaware.
Tennessee has open primary and so historically without guidance from a firm state hack system, several right wing candidates split vote and the moderate ...often well funded with Democrat money too...wins the primary. It has given us Corker and the new soon to be governor Haslam too.
But the state has gotten more right wing and now basically Memphis and Nashville proper is all the left still owns so we will have our day soon.