All it takes to win the primary, are the votes of the Republican base.
Posted on 10/10/2010 6:49:03 PM PDT by RobinMasters
It's an ornate office in Indiana's beautifully maintained mid-19th-century Capitol, but the 49th governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels, is not dressed to match the setting. He's just returned from spending the night in Princeton, Ind., staying at a constituent's house -- as he often does around the state -- and he's dressed in a work shirt and jeans.
I've known Mitch Daniels since he was a staffer for Sen. Richard Lugar in the 1980s, and for years he struck me as one of the least likely candidates for public office. He's got strong, mostly conservative convictions; he doesn't suffer fools (and elected politicians) gladly; he doesn't care if others don't like him. All those characteristics were on display when he ran the Office of Management and Budget for George W. Bush between January 2001 and June 2003.
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Amen,, but the repub establishment doesn’t like her,,,
Not a weak kneed moderate that has already announced his surrender on a large portion of conservatism.
Conservatives can’t back Daniels for President, and they won’t, we already have a Romney.
Independent voters will gravitate towards her once they realize how enthusiastic the conservative base is for her.
You need to fire up your base first before going after the independents and moderates, and it's better to let them COME TO YOU instead of pandering to them by watering down your beliefs.
Governor Palin is electable. One of the long-lost secrets is that her term as Governor is the epitome of moderate pragmatism, of working with the other side and accomplishing things. She is not the right-wing religious wacko that the media has portrayed her to be.
This election we must fight against the repub establishment as well as the dems.
I thought the same thing about the Trace Adkins clip. We are taking our political direction from the opinions of musicians? If Ted Nugent is for Palin will that change your mind and alleviate your fears?
Good lord, can we get over the time change thing? Frankly I like the extra hour of day light in the summer.
If you want to be pissed about something let’s talk about the IHSAA doing away with the single class baseketball tourny.
Rule #1: Successful candidate must be telegenic. No more McCains or Doles.
All it takes to win the primary, are the votes of the Republican base.
I think Daniels would bring gravitas to a Palin ticket. Palin/Daniels would be a winning ticket.
I meant post 28 for you two, when did you decide to ask the New York times who to vote for, in the Republican primary?
If you are Democrats, then take their advice, if not, then try to think like conservatives.
They have DROPPED OUT of political life, and are only occasional voters.
They turned up to vote for Obama because he was black.
They just never learn. I guess they never saw these numbers from Rasmussen.
Whose views are closer to your own? Palin/Obama
Overall: 52/40
Male: 55/37
Female: 48/43
White: 58/35
Black: 5/87
GOP: 84/9
DEM: 14/81
INDY: 59/27
Conservative: 80/12
Moderate: 28/61
Liberal: 14/85
Or these:
“.....76% of Republicans and 52% of unaffiliated voters now hold a favorable opinion of Palin.”
“...Unaffiliated voters by a 41% to 36% margin see Palin as good for the GOP.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2592751/posts?q=1&;page=1
I think you have a winner there.
What do you think Governor Palin has been doing?
I'm not sure you guys understand what's happening here. You see, the entire political paradigm has completely changed. People are looking for passion, honestly, and emotion this election cycle. If you believe people are going to elect a Republican who'll robotically repeat bullet points on the issues and pledge to make liberal legislation "better," you're smoking crack.
This is why the Tea Party movement has become a force, and why Ron Paul's presidential candidacy attracted devoted followers. I'm not voting for a Republican who wants to work with Democrats and make socialist legislation slightly-less socialist. I want a bold, clear and contrasting Republican who'll give the Left the middle finger and implement a real conservative agenda.
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You sure missed that, Obama was the more telegenic, not Edwards.
I have always believed that US Senators make the worst Presidential candidates, because they have a track record that is difficult to overcome at times, whereas the Governors are far closer to the people and the real issues facing the States. US Senators answer to the two major political parties, but it wasn’t always like that.
This issue would be moot as well were it not for the 17th Amendment which gave the people direct election of Senators and dealt the individual States completely out of the game. Until then, US Senators were appointed by the State Legislatures, which gave the States a lot more skin in the Federal game, made Senators a lot more responsive to the real issues back home, and made the Governors of the individual States a lot more powerful than they are now. The Federal Government did not really start growing out of control until the 17th Amendment was ratified. That act laid the foundations for where we find ourselves right now, with a Congress that is completely at the beck and call of a far left, inexperienced egotistical boy-child that American voters were deluded into electing.
In some ways the Regime of Premier Hussein will be invigorating to the Republic because it demonstrates the folly of straying too far from the Constitution. In other ways, Premier Hussein has put the Republic itself in the worst jeopardy since the Civil War ended. The Country is deeply divided, largely along racial lines that this (P)resident is largely responsible for creating, or at least bringing to the forefront. If that wasn’t bad enough, we have the most brazen infiltration of our entire way of life by communists, socialists and other malcontents that many of us thought we had defeated when the Berlin Wall fell, or were raised to believe were so far fetched from reality as to not be even worthy of citizenship much less consideration.
Yes, I think the Presidential elections of 2012 need to be among the Governors, while we focus on cleaning the remaining career politicians out of the US Senate. Aslong as the John F’ing Kerry’s, John McCains, Lindsey Grahams, and many others remain in the Senate, it will be difficult for a truly Conservative Governor to clean up and significantly downsize the Federal Government in the way it needs to be done.
My problem with Daniels, is that he lacks gravitas, we don’t need to keep feeding the Romney/Rockefeller wing of the GOP, just as we are making conservative gains.
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