Posted on 07/18/2007 7:48:13 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
RedState endorsed Jim Whitehead went down in flames in Georgia last night. His opponent, Dr. Paul Broun, will head to Washington. Whitehead was heavily backed by the establishment Republicans and Dr. Paul Broun, to put it mildly, is the Kossacks' worst nightmare - military pro-gun, fundamentalist evangelical, hard core states rights, and anti-budget. He said he'd carry a pocket Constitution with him and use the Bible to measure matters on which he'd vote.
Going into the runoff, Whitehead had such a strong lead, in historic Georgia terms, he had over an 88% chance of winning the runoff. The congressional district pitted heavily liberal and large Athens-Clarke County in the west (home of the University of Georgia) with Richmond and Columbia Counties in the east - the real population center of the district. Broun was from the Athens-Clarke area and Whitehead from the Richmond-Columbia area, an area he represented in the State Senate.
That Whitehead imploded is just another amazing spectacle in how Beltway Republicans have lost their ability to run campaigns. Here's what happened.
Read on . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
So Braun is a Democrat? Context please?
My early impression is that the election was not so much about idealogy as it was an insider vs. outsider race. The outsider won.
I’m completely confused by this story.
RINOs across the country should listen up.
This was a run off for Charlie Norwood's old seat in Congress. The top two candidates Broun and Whitehead are both Republicans.
Special primary runoff, I do believe. They’re both Republicans.
The election is to fill Charlie Norwood’s seat.
I think both GOP-ers.
However, this was more about RedState picking the wrong guy than about the guy who won (Check the lede).
More journalistic masterbation
Dang - 9s.
;-)
broun is a republican. this was the run off. the 2 top vote getters in the original vote were republicans, but neither had 50% so the run off happened.
Whitehead is obviously a republican, what is Broun?
He who hesitates is lost........
‘military pro-gun, fundamentalist evangelical, hard core states rights, and anti-budget. He said he’d carry a pocket Constitution with him and use the Bible to measure matters on which he’d vote.’
Both were Repubs.
I'm guessing Dr. Broun is not, repeat...not a Democrat.
:-)
A Conservative....
This race is about much more than the election itself, the balance of power in Congress, or the personalities of the participants.
This is about the entrenched political establishment in Washington D.C. (both parties) not supporting the best interests of the nation and its citizens. The attempt to give amnesty and automatic citizenship to some 20 million illegal aliens, including many career criminals, was the catalyst. Dr. Paul Broun took the more forthright stand against both amnesty and the political establishment, and he defeated the establishment candidate against all odds.
I think that this could be the beginning of an anti-establishment trend, that politics as usual is no longer acceptable. The question is, what will conservatives do about it?
I’m smiling, too. This could be the beginning of something.
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