Posted on 11/04/2013 11:33:11 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
"......I said this to the RNC last summer, Christie said aboard his bus later that day, referring to the Republican National Committee, Im in this to win, because if you dont win, you cant govern. If you cant govern, you cant move the country, the state, the city whatever youre running for in the direction it needs to be moved in. I think weve had too many people [in the Republican Party] whove become less interested in winning an election and more interested in winning an argument.
Tuesdays gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia will highlight both strains of Republican conservatism, with Christie representing one approach and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II a tea party favorite and underdog in his race against Democratic businessman and fundraiser Terry McAuliffe representing the other.
A loss by a tea party favorite in a swing state and a victory by Christie in a Democratic stronghold would probably set the terms for the next phase of the debate within the Republican Party about the way forward. If Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) has become the symbol of the GOPs tea party wing, Christie is poised to become the anti-Cruz........"
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Rush says Tea Party wants to win but the Establishment wants them discredited as a force in the Republican Party.
Memo to Christie: what gets fat and liberal in New Jersey stays in New Jersey.
It probably is just that larger businesses, wall street, and large corporations want main street to do as they are told. If they succeed the Pubs will be a minority party for a long time. After all, why vote for someone who won't fight for you.
Ted Cruz and the Tea Party will fight for me!
The equality enshrined in the Declaration is incompatible with the equality that progressives support. The equality in the Declaration is not an equality of abilities or deserts. It is an equality of importance in the eyes of Natures God, and therefore in the eyes of the law equality not as men and women or whites and blacks but as individuals, and individuals alone.
The equality proposed by progressives and Democrats is a declaration of war on individual freedom, and therefore on the American constitutional framework. The steady erosion of that freedom is the consequence of progressives political successes. This is the war that divides Left and Right. Conservatives must recognize that it is a war, and prosecute it as a war to defend individual freedom. That should be the unifying idea of the conservative cause......."
“move the country, the state, the city in the direction it needs to be moved in”
Well, Christie, does that mean moving your state of New Jersey into the direction of becoming a depraved, fag-marriage state? You stood by like a coward, last month. Damn you to hell, Christie.
CC: Does this helicopter make my butt look big?
BO: I'll get back to ya on that Chrissie. And don't get any closer dude.
Chris and Michelle have something in common besides being liberal.
I have a ‘Ted Cruz for President’ sticker on my car and I will never, never vote for Christie, I don’t care if he is the nominee. I will never forget how Romney was leading Obama by 8 points one week before election day, and that fat blowhard from New Jersey went on TV, praised Obama over the hurricane, and threw the election to President Bystander.
What’s the message — Fat Rinos Are Unbelievably Dynamic (AKA FRAUD)?
He never led by 8 and Willard the Ringer was never going to win. He was there to make sure a Conservative/Tea Partier didn't get anywhere near the nomination. A role that the fat Jersey slob will try to play in 2016 to hand the election to Hillary.
Any feelings on tomorrow?
He would have to demonstrate a complete rebirth as a Constitutional Conservative before I would ever consider voting for him.
I don’t vote for Johnny-come lately’s and I still do not buy Romney’s conversion to conservatism either.
I think weve had too many people [in the Republican Party] whove become less interested in winning an election and more interested in winning an argument.
...........................................................TThe mans quote tells the whole story
Winning, no matter what.
Principles and arguments do not matter, it’s winning that counts.
If the GOP chooses Christie as its chosen schmuck then the conservative wing will pass as the did with mitt and Juan McLame.
Hey Christie ya rino puke.
You’re delusional is you think you will get conservatives backing.
Well.. I talked to a member with the Peninsula Patriots Tea Party group this a.m... she spoke yesterday to a rep with the state GOP who told her Cuccinelli's chances "looked good," but it's tough to reconcile that with polling data that came out this a.m. (McAuliffe +6 Quinnipiac; +7 PPP), but the enthusiasm level for Cucc is higher. It's going to come down to turnout and the resolve of the Sarvis supporters, i.e., if those erstwhile GOP backers are truly willing to throw the election to McAuliffe. In all reality, I think Cuccinelli's chances are slim at best, but if those who DON'T want Virginia to be Maryland-ized coalesce and show up to vote, who knows? I've been distributing flyers like mad, so at least those in my area will have a chance to know the difference. As for the downticket races, it's looking like Bishop Jackson is toast. He hasn't been within double-digits of Northam (D) in weeks. Right now Northam leads by anywhere from 13-19%. The closest race, and the one we have the greatest chance of pulling off a win is the AG's race. Mark Obenshain (brother of FNC's Kate Obenshain, BTW) is running neck and neck with Herring (D). The takeaway from all this is the election indicates the population of conservatives in Virginia simply isn't as high as we'd all hoped... For years, the theory was that if the GOP ticket would run conservatives with conservative ideals, they'd draw out the GOP base and win. This ticket is the most conservative I've ever seen here in VA and it's simply not drawing the hoped-for support. Virginia is turning out to be a microcosm for the rest of the country -- formerly somewhat conservative, but sliding now into the center-left territory.
I don’t know why I’m not seeing paragraph breaks.... let’s try this again.
Well.. I talked to a member with the Peninsula Patriots Tea Party group this a.m... she spoke yesterday to a rep with the state GOP who told her Cuccinelli’s chances “looked good,” but it’s tough to reconcile that with polling data that came out this a.m. (McAuliffe +6 Quinnipiac; +7 PPP), but the enthusiasm level for Cucc is higher.
It’s going to come down to turnout and the resolve of the Sarvis supporters, i.e., if those erstwhile GOP backers are truly willing to throw the election to McAuliffe. In all reality, I think Cuccinelli’s chances are slim at best, but if those who DON’T want Virginia to be Maryland-ized coalesce and show up to vote, who knows? I’ve been distributing flyers like mad, so at least those in my area will have a chance to know the difference.
As for the downticket races, it’s looking like Bishop Jackson is toast. He hasn’t been within double-digits of Northam (D) in weeks. Right now Northam leads by anywhere from 13-19%. The closest race, and the one we have the greatest chance of pulling off a win is the AG’s race. Mark Obenshain (brother of FNC’s Kate Obenshain, BTW) is running neck and neck with Herring (D).
The takeaway from all this is the election indicates the population of conservatives in Virginia simply isn’t as high as we’d all hoped... For years, the theory was that if the GOP ticket would run conservatives with conservative ideals, they’d draw out the GOP base and win. This ticket is the most conservative I’ve ever seen here in VA and it’s simply not drawing the hoped-for support.
Virginia is turning out to be a microcosm for the rest of the country — formerly somewhat conservative, but sliding now into the center-left territory.
A conservative America sends a message to Christie. You will not win an election for President on a Republican ticket..
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