I need this type of representation.
Posted on 04/21/2012 7:17:59 PM PDT by ak267
According to recent Twitters from Utah, Mia Love has won the GOP Utah convention with 70% of the delegates. She avoids a primary and goes straight to the November election against Jim Matheson. This is for the newly created 4th Congressional district.
Looks like the first Black Republican Congresswoman will be coming from... Utah. With the next Congress, we could have at least 6 Black GOP House members (joining Col. West & Tim Scott, with 2 coming from NC & 1 from TX, if they win their primaries).
Wasn’t there a gent from TX who was once part of the TX Railroad Commission? He thinking of the Senate then decided against it.
twitter feeds? really? moderator please pull
I trust twitter feeds more than msnbc.
twitter feeds? really? moderator please pull
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Tweets are often the first to report. Ain’t the internet grand!!!
from the local paper....
http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile/53961620-78/love-jim-matheson-republican.html.csp
And....
http://nrcc.org/default.asp?id=274&newsid=3614
Yes, that guy might run for the other seat or something though, in two years or so, right?
She’s not related to Reggie Love though, right?
could be....what I read a while back was interesting. He’s a self-made man and accomplished.
Buy a clue.
And she is quite easy on the eyes on top of everything else. Countdown to me being accused of sexism: 3...2...1
Hit the road, Hatch...
(You know the rest).
Michael Williams. He’s now running for Congress from TX-25. Frankly, he ought to be the Governor of Texas.
Post #14.
I would vote for Williams! I think I got his FB feed on my Facebook, not even my district.
Yes. His name is Michael Williams, and he’s running for Congress instead, in the newly redrawn TX-25 (which will definitely elect a Republican). He’s the potential black Congressman from Texas that DJ mentioned. Michael Williams first has to win a tough primary, though, with former TX Secretary of State Roger Williams (no relation) being his main competitor. Michael Williams is the real deal, and I hope he wins his primary and joins the U.S. House of Representatives, where he’ll be a superstar; he can then run for the Senate in a few years (maybe in 2015 after incoming Senator Ted Cruz is named to the U.S. Supreme Court).
Found his wiki. Looks like he’s running for the TX-25 district (which has been modified due to the Census). If victorious in the primary he’ll likely face Lloyd Doggett who won his 2010 election by only 15,000 votes. The newly redistricted seat might give Doggett more of a challenge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_25th_congressional_district
http://www.williamsfortexas.com/about
Doubtful. Love is her married name.
I need this type of representation.
Whenever I think of Mia Love, the song Come and Get Your Love gets into my head and just won’t leave. She should use it in campaign ads.
It won’t be an easy general election for Love, given that RAT Congressman Matheson has survived everything they’ve thrown at him, but the fact that most of the voters are new to Matheson and that Mitt Romney will carry the district in a landslide over Obama makes me bullish on her chances.
As for the number of black Republicans in the House next year, if it ends up being 6, it won’t be because two black Republicans will win in NC. Vernon Robinson has a good chance of winning the GOP nomination in NC-08 and then defeating RAT Larry Kissell in the general (although Robinson has pulled defeat from the jaws of victory before), but I don’t think that Bill Randall stands any chance of winning the NC-13 primary over George Holding or Paul Coble (who have each raised hundreds of thousands of dollars while Randall has raised less than $10,000). There’s Michael Wiliams in TX (with a tough primary but a slam dunk general if he wins the primary), incumbents Tim Scott of SC (shoo-in) and Allen West of FL (ight favorite in a marginal district), which would only get us to 5. But then there’s Paradise City, AZ Mayor Vernon Parker, who’s running in the new, open, marginal AZ-09. I would say that Parker is a slight favorite in the primary and a slight underdog in the general, but if the RATs nominate a moombatl (and I think they will) he could pull off the upset.
If Michael Williams wins the TX-25 primary, he’ll face a Democrat sacrificial lamb. Doggett is running in a new Austin-to-San Antonio Hispanic-majority district ( numbered the TX-35 IIRC).
Mia Love’s parents are Haitian, so her maiden name is probably French.
It is as bad as a vanity, but your lack of understanding is noted.
Kittys crap in you cherioos this morning ?
Doggett is running in a new Austin-to-San Antonio Hispanic-majority district.
So, he’ll become a pander-bear???
Michael Williams. He is running from Arlington, Tx now.
Apparently the moderator doesn’t agree with you either, having ignored your command to pull the thread.
If you care the name of the group that performed that song was called redbone back in the day.
She’s gonna be harassed by the Klan with the Tan in their hoodies. She will be named a “race traitor” for joining up with the uppity whiteys unwilling to surrender the Republic for the Left’s racist socialist paradise of misery and poverty for all (except the party “rulers”).
Thanks very much.
Wimmer, who lost, was endorsed by Senator Mike Lee.
Love was endorsed by Romney and his son Josh.
Thanks very much.
Wimmer, who lost, was endorsed by Senator Mike Lee.
Love was endorsed by Romney and his son Josh.
throw Oreos as well? Democrats who are the real racists? The party of the KLAN?
Love is the mayor of Saratoga Springs.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsoutofcontext/53962059-64/love-jim-matheson-republican.html.csp
Democrats who are the real racists? The party of the KLAN?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpezudbbZMA&feature=related
If you ever want to study about Dems and race, past and present, read Dr. Thomas Sowell’s books. Start with “The Vision of the Annointed.” You can google on the subject and find pieces written by conservatives on the subject.
He already is one: in 2004, Lloyd Doggett ran and won in a Hispanic-majority CD stretching from black and Hispanic parts of Austin to 95% Hispanic McAllen on the Mexican border. My joke was that he campaigned in Mexican-American areas under a new name, Lorenzo Canino. : )
You’re right, I’ve seen them on TV commercials for ‘70s compilation albums. Redbone’s band members were Native American, right? I don’t know what else they recorded, but Come and Get Your Love is very catchy and has a great bassline.
Color me surprised. Wimmer had piled up endorsements from the Club for Growth, GOA, Mike Lee, Ken Blackwell. I was expecting a primary.
Love must have good charisma.
In a recent poll she was just 3 points behind Matheson. This is one race where Romney is actually helpful. Time to put Matheson away.
Meanwhile Liljenquist forces old man Hatch into a primary.
There was a hilarious article I think it WA Post “How Hatch Beat Back a Tea Party Challenge” then it was changed to “How Hatch (Almost) Beat Back a Tea Party Challenge” after it was clear Hatch was in fact just short of 60%.
Liljenquist has been saying though that we won’t win the Senate, this in order to counter Hatch crowing about how he’d be a committee chair. He’s needs to lose that lousy tactic, that’s loser talk. Hatch is a lot tougher than the hapless Bennett.
Also the open 2nd district seat which featured a huge number of hopefuls saw Author and Air Force vet Chris Stewart win the nomination outright over a former State House Speaker.
There was some talk of hanky panky that sounds bogus to me.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsoutofcontext/53961776-64/stewart-hanks-clark-wallack.html.csp
Just heard that Barry and Reggie Love broke up, sooooo sad. :(
;)
Also meant to ping you to #38
Love was endorsed by Josh Romney, Mitt Romney didn’t endorse anyone.
She has lots of Tea Party support too. Nothing to fret about, Love and Wimmer were both excellent candidates.
Found her name: Ludmya Bourdeau Love. I don’t know if “Bourdeau” is her middle name or maiden name.
I endorsed her in the primary, if only because she seemed capable enough as a Mayor and would instantly become a national figure (nothing against Wimmer). Apparently the convention-goers agreed, as that was a pretty spectacular win. Also, it didn’t help that Attorney-General Shurtleff made some comments in his speech supporting Wimmer not to vote for a “novelty” (Love). That alone outraged the crowd.
Anyway, Matheson will have his hands full in the general, and if she pulls it off, Allen West will have his first solid reinforcement. Building a solid and respectable Black GOP caucus will go a long way in beginning to break through the psychological barrier that remains with Black voters. I’m not expecting us to get to a majority anytime soon, but if seeing more and more Blacks holding office as Republicans causes minds and hearts to be changed, getting to 25% or 30% of their vote will have enormous ramifications.
This is excellent news and I think that Mia Love has great potential. As much as I dislike Romney, he will help her candidacy. In fact, if she wins and Republicans make gains in the House (not impossible), she could become a real leader.
I had the 45 when I was a kid.Now I have a different 45.
Heh.
bump
Just 25% of the black vote would give the GOP a permanent lock on the presidency, House and Senate, plus most governorships and state legislators.
Thanks for the ping. Mia Love will be great in Congress. I have friends and family in Saratoga Springs and they rave about her. I think Matheson is in for the fight of his political life.
What do you think about Orrin Hatch’s primary with Dan Liljenquist?
Woo hoo. It is time for Hatch to step down. I like Dan Liljenquist. He has a business background with a lot of experience on pension reform. He is also 38 years old, he was 2 years old when Hatch won his first election in 1976.
Hatch blew it when he said that we all should vote for him because he was next in line for the head of the Senate Financial Committee. Well, Mike Crapo, senator from Idaho is next in line if Hatch loses. Crapo is very conservative and would be a great leader of the finance committee.
I think Hatch has been a great mover of getting judges in, but I think on many issues, he has reached across the aisle too many times. It is time for him to retire and/or get voted out in the primary. That said, I will vote for Hatch in the general election if he survives the primary. I am working and voting for Liljenquist.
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