Posted on 10/29/2010 8:56:03 AM PDT by Brices Crossroads
Ping!
Ping, too.
GO O’Donnell!!!!!!!
First. I want ODonnell to win. Second. I agree with 90% of Palinn's politics. But this notion above is just ridiculous an the ease of which we give people such credit, such traits is how people like Obama were considered more than ready to be POTUS/CinC.
Mrs. Palin has been a one term Governor (which she didn't even finish) and part of a losing Presidential bid. The notion that she is a "master" political tactician is just hyperbole. And not needed on our side.
And while I don't agree with plenty of Rove's comments of late, the notion that many on our side would consider Palin a better tactician or strategist than Rove shows me how emotion filled our side is....just like the left.
Thanks for the insight!
BTW, Mark Levin's show Tuesday night will be 4 hours. He'll be using the ABC electoral map on his website for his ongoing comments. I'll have the show and map along with FR on my PC, and the LSM on the TV in the background. Doesn't get any better for a political junkie!
Good luck to Christine and all the Tea Party patriots running.
You might be able to add another factor:
VII: THE WEATHER
It’s generally thought that crummy weather depresses turnout on the part of democrat voters, particularly in years when they are not committed to voting. For several days it has been apparent that the weather along the Atlantic seaboard on November 2 will be cold, rainy and drizzly: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/40666/midterm-election-day-forecast.asp
He also said Coons has canceled the last 2 debates and the latest poll shows O'Donnell leading among independents 47-42. It really is about turnout, as you said. Go Christine!
“Rush just said the Dems always telegraph their fears and said Obama is going back to Delaware tomorrow. Hehehe.”
It’s on, Al. Palin versus Obama. Mondale and Dukakis both got smoked in Delaware as did McGovern in 1972.
Kerry and Gore won it fairly narrowly against a fairly lackluster GOP candidate (Bush 43).
Obama is misreading the electorate as usual. 2008 was a big Dem year against a very hapless GOP candidate. He had a favorite son on the ticket with him. It is a completely different electorate he faces now. Completely different candidates (Coons and O’Donnell) and it is Palin as his opposite, not McCain.
It is like trying to re-fight the Battle of Gettysburg on completely different terrain with completely different armies and completely different commanders. Only idiots (like Obama and the illiterate leftist press) would expect the same outcome.
O’Donnell is going to win this one. I am about as certain of it as I can be.
A good Republican tactician or strategist doesn't trash a Republican candidate after the Republican candidate wins the primary.
A good Republican tactician or strategist does rally support around that candidate.
Just like the left and Carl Rove, your emotions are effecting your point-of-view.
She’s as qualified as any who have held the position the last 20 years and would be a better president than any of them. She is a true conservative. That’s good enough for me!!!
Why stop with the Delaware electorate of 1984 and 1988 in making your argument. Heck, take it back to the 1800s, or even the 1700s. Once upon a time, a conservative won in Delaware; therefore, Christine of the Immaculate Conception will win in 2010. Nevermind that she actually began an ad by saying “I am not a witch.”
Oh, I forgot. “I am not a crook” kept Nixon from having to resign, so “I am not a witch” and a pinch of dried spider leg will no doubt be just the brew to cast a spell in Delaware.
Another one, ironically lecturing folks about their so called emotions.
Everyone here needs to work full out till the polls close on Tuesday.
Hmmmm, perhaps Rove is a better tactician or strategist but I have yet to see any congressional race where these talents are visibly helping a conservative candidate. Rove is resting on his laurels and protecting the establishment.
Something else to consider which many Palin critics seem to overlook, which tells me how shallow their knowledge of political dynamics is. Governor Palin can motivate and if anyone that has any political or just life experience knows, it is that motivation will trump tactics and strategies every time!!!
Is there a license required for “master political tactician”? A degree? An official appointment?
Sarah doesn't need a “title”. She is upsetting the “status quo” of politics as we knew it. The old “rules” don't apply anymore. They sure don't apply to Sarah Palin. Don't tell me what she can or can't do, what she is or isn't, just because she doesn't fit the political template of the past.
It's a new day in America, a Conservative day. We are taking our country back. Get on board or get out of the way.
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