[ConservativeDude]

I like Hayworth; I sure did like Largent and David Macintosh.

When will talented, conservative US House members learn that they are not going to become Governor?

This jump almost never works. Sorry to see it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The circumstantial evidence would prove that to be true, although under the right conditions, it can happen. McIntosh took a kamikaze run at a popular Governor in Indiana (well, he was still popular in 2000); Largent was more of a mixed bag (nevermind the fact that he started to go bad when he voiced his opinion on Elian Gonzalez, seriously calling into question his good judgment) and he got way too overconfident in his campaign (some that weren't thrilled with him went to the 3rd party independent in the race) and failed to realize he was trailing; Matt Salmon in Arizona also similarly didn't campaign as vigorously as needed outside of Phoenix (especially in the Tucson area), even as we swept practically all other statewide offices (save Attorney-General). In my state, Van Hilleary had to suffer through a brutal primary and was seriously undermined by Gov. Sundquist, RINO supremo, and then couldn't match the funds of Pharoah Phil Bredesen who was allowed to spend obscene amounts of money (via loaning himself money to his own campaign) in direct violation of state law (the 'Rat hack Atty Gen refused to enforce the law).

In any event, we're forgetting three success stories this cycle, that of Mark Sanford in SC, Bob Riley in AL and Bob Ehrlich in MD, and that's nothing to sneeze at. With Ernie Fletcher in KY this year, hopefully we'll get another GOP Conservative into a Governor's Mansion.

[DownWithGreenspan]

Both Largent and Matt Salmon were torpedoed by 3rd party candidates who ran for the express reason of taking votes away from the Republican candidate.

In the case of Dave McIntosh, Indiana is generally thought of as being a Republican state (only because it votes that way for President), but the voters are easily fooled by slimy liberal types (Bayh Jr,. Bayh Sr., O'Bannon, etc.) who fake to the right at election time and govern to the left. A real conservative who doesn't pull his punches makes the brain-dead soccer mommies and other idiot voters uncomfortable.

DWG