Ronald Reagan said 80-85% of the time.
I don’t think a 50 percenter is on my side. In fact, I consider him wishy-washy and absolutely unreliable, “blown about by every wind” that comes his way.
If you go to war with a 50% chance that the left wing of your Army is going to join the enemy shooting at you, then you’ve got real problems.
I agree we have real problems if the 50 percenters advance, and that is why they have to be challenged in primaries. However, I don’t think the military comparisons are entirely appropriate in politics. Democrats, for example, seem to vote in lock step. From a practical standpoint, how is 0% better than 50%? I’d rather have control of the senate with senator 50% than no control at all.
Again...primary them all. I’m simply trying to convince people to not get frustrated or vengeful if we lose those primaries. I understand the anger at the GOPe. It makes me furious when a fallen RINO endorses a Democrat. Believe me. I want those 50% RINOs gone, but I really need to beat my 100% enemies—Democrats!
Funny, that's about where Atlantic Seaboard "conservative" Jennifer Rubin scores against issues important to the Tea Party, to Midwestern conservatives, and to Southern social conservatives. She's there for you -- 53% of the time.
In fact, she's emblematic of, and completely down with, neocons, Jewish intellectual conservatives, and big-city "conservatives" in general ..... the kind who like to call themselves "economic conservatives". Which is a euphemism for "liberals with bank balances who know how to count".
Any wonder, then, that Rubin's the newest "conservative" correspondent at the Washington Post, replacing the fraudulent Dave Weigel?