Posted on 12/01/2010 7:35:07 AM PST by Second Amendment First
That is true up to a point—damaged incumbents Reid, Bennet, Murray and Boxer managed ro get reelected by painting their Republican opponent as too conservative fior the state.
Sestak nearly won, coming closer than I imagined he would. A big part of the problem was that Toomey is a Free Trader and one shouldn’t nominate Free Traders in that part of the country. Sestak won western Pennsylvania, which he lost in the DemocRAT primary. One can point out that Toomey still won, but I won’t be surprised if he became a one-term Senator.
Well Buck and Angle didn’t lose cause they were too conservative. Gaffe and problem free conservatives would have won.
Sestak carried Allegheny and Erie counties by about 10 points each, trade helped him there and in Lackawanna too (60-40 Sestak).
But Toomey took the rest of the Western PA counties.
Especially if they had the full support of the establishment Republicans and the NRSC -- who chose to throw money at Carly Fiorina rather than Sharon Angle and Ken Buck.
You’re right, because conservatives who were good campaigners and devoid of baggage would not have allowed the Democrats to define them as “too conservative.”
At the end of the day, it would have ben easier for the GOP to have beaten a non-incumbent than the incumbent in WA and CA, and maybe in NV and CO as well. Specter and Dodd weren’t easier targets because they were incumbents, they were easier targets because most of their constituents thought that they had overstayed their welcome.
Will McCaskill get a primary opponent, and, if so, would such challenger be tougher to beat than she is? I don’t know on either count; for the second question, it would obviously depend on the challenger (if its Congressman Cleaver, he’d be far easier to beat; if it’s Governor Nixon, probably not). I think that Republicans should vote in the GOP primary and nominate the best candidate possible for the Senate and governorship, and let the Democrats decide who they want to run.
Tell the truth. You just like criticizing, period.
You learned it from your Mommy.
Actually, I think I learned it from yours. ;p ROLF
Look I know it’s not pleasant admitting you were wrong but there’s no shame in it, everyone makes mistakes, I’ve casted votes I regret. There is no denying that it was a mistake helping McK defeat Holden. Holden was dead politically, McK nearly won and her profile in the state was raised enabling her to beat Talent in 2006.
Before you vote against McK in a rat primary (if there is one, far from a guarantee there will be a serious challenger) you would do well to first determine whether the challenger is more or less likely to win the general election. Replacing one rat with another wouldn’t do us any good.
Mmm, It’s hard to fathom but maybe an open seat would have been better in Nevada, Reid is unpopular yes, but flush with cash, a viscous campaigner, powerful in the state, and supported big time by the casinos and RINO elements. Shelley Berkely or the one of the statewide rats seem much less intimidating.
In some open seats we would undoubtedly have rather have faced the incumbent, WV-1 for sure, Dodd in CT, and probably MA-10.
My friends in LV told me months ago, even though he is unpopular, no way Reid would lose: the “greasy thumbs” wouldn't allow it to happen and it didn't.
Speaking of Reid, he's the Dick Smothers character in the DeNiro film “Casino”, in case folks didn't know it. DeNiro’s lawyer in the film is the real life former Mob lawyer and current mayor of LV, Oscar Goodman. With a mayor like that, how was Reid going to lose?
Dodd in CT was another Torch-NJ/preemptive move.
MA-10: Both potential GOP candidates, Joe Malone and Jeff Perry were very flawed. Malone is an old Weld-era hack with many skeletons and Perry had an alleged cover-up of a sex scandal while he was a cop hanging over him.
Sean Bielat should have run for the MA-10 seat, he would have won.
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