[freespirited]

I don’t fully understand it but it sounds like Dede’s one of these confused home-team tribalists who felt she deserves to be a Republican because she always was and worked really hard for the party (without ever really understanding it’s principles).

I suspect she has a decent grasp of party principles and that the only reason she joined the GOP is that she knew a RAT would have trouble getting elected in her district.

All the hoohah about Owens showing that conservatism cant cut it cracks me up. No one seems to notice that he did not get a majority of the vote, just a plurality (49%) due to a three-way race. When he has a purely two person race (as is likely in Nov 2010), he could easily lose.

[rhombus]

I suspect she has a decent grasp of party principles and that the only reason she joined the GOP is that she knew a RAT would have trouble getting elected in her district.

Could be. I don't know her personally or the history of the very large district. I just know there's a lot of people who don't think any deeper about party than "good guys" versus "bad guys". And then there's people who could care less about being in a party and just want a cushy political job so they rent themselves out to the highest bidder.

[Eva]

What the Scuzz doesn’t understand is that this was an endorsement in opposition to her candidacy and her principles.