Posted on 10/29/2010 5:51:29 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said he had no doubts about supporting Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell and other Republicans in key primary races this year.
DeMint, the leader of the Senate Conservatives Fund, a political action committee that pushed through conservative, Tea Party candidates through GOP primaries earlier this year, said he was proud of his efforts.
"I'm glad I did this," DeMint said Thursday evening on CNBC. "I came into the Senate with 55 Republicans, and I'm afraid that not enough of them believed in free-market capitalism and limited government."
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Thank God for DeMint. If the Repubs win the Senate, they need to dump His Ladyship McConnell and make DeMint the Majority Leader. Right now, they need to put His Ladyship to the test by telling him, “You either get your butt out there and campaign against your buddy-boy Harry Reid, or the only thing you’re going to be leading are tours of the Capital Subway System. And don’t give us any of this Washington insider ‘senatorial courtesy’ crap. Either get out there — or you’re out of here!”
Yes. He's one of the few staunch Conservative Republicans with the guts to state his position, and he states it effectively. The same goes for Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Michelle Bachman, and Mike Pence.
Every so often there are numbers out there that make me think that “enormous tsunami” is a real possibility. “tsunami” is pretty much a given.
The key is turnout as everyone says.
Here’s something from a recent poll in Maine.
it’s 40 - 21 - 21. LePage the Republican with 40. A D and an I at 21.
But pollsters are having a tough time determining who is going to vote. It always does require some guessing.
This particular poll asked about “enthusiasm”. 70% of LePages are “more” enthusiastic. The other candidates have 40% “more” enthusiastic.
And who is the most likely to vote - more enthusiastic.
So, assuming a 70% turnout for LePage and 40% for the others, that gives 54 Lepage, 19 Mitchell, 19 Cutler
Small or big, differences in turnout can have huge implications. That 70/40 split is not reflected in the polling results either. (However, they might possibly have
oversampled Republicans - I know, a rarety - as the early voting is favoring Dems slightly, and they have more Rs than Ds) It’s very possible that they have that right on the money though, trying to make the best guess about the tsunami effect.
“He’s one of the few staunch Conservative Republicans with the guts to state his position, and he states it effectively. The same goes for Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Michelle Bachman, and Mike Pence.”
You omitted someone just as effective. Of course we know it was likely on purpose. The “syndrome” sometimes does that in its early stages.
Huh?
Those would be on my list, as well as a few others. We’ll have to wait and see what the GOP trots out.
I’m sure it will the same old RINOs. Heck, I bet there is a chance Steel will push for Lindsey Graham, ala Dole, because “its his turn” and all the conservatives are un-electable because... they are conservative.
I hope this election cycle shows the GOP that conservatives are what America wants, not liberal-lite, but I doubt that will happen, the GOP is too thick-skulled, and there is too much country club old money involved.
I might even reckon to say there is a strong shot that the GOP will not allow TEA partiers to run on the R ticket next cycle, and force them to run as independents. Quite a few establishment types are regretting this decision right now, I’m sure.
Demint-Palin 2012.
yep my wife and I are like “honey would you rather go shopping or help our side in the crunch?”
and she makes the right call
DeMint
B U M P
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