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Former Sen. Bennett: GOP should be 'careful' before nominating Tea Partier
The Hill ^
| February 26, 2011
| Michael O'Brien
Posted on 02/26/2011 3:12:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Did anyone think to ask former Congressman Alan Grayson his opinion, while they were at it?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Maybe they should be asking Witch Murky.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:14:10 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The people with "national appeal" aren't very appealing.
John McCain? Bob Dole? really, should we go that way again?
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:15:03 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Thanks for the advice, loser.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:15:10 PM PST
by
Dr. Thorne
(Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Bennett is entirely correct.
Before one may govern, he/she must be elected.
We will not decide who will be the next President, nor will the far-left. Rs and Ds wil always each get about 38 to 42% of the vote.
It's the middle of the roaders, the independents, who decide national elections. We will need a candidate who can attract them, not a Sharon Angle or Christine O'Donnell.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:17:23 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The same guy who said the Constitution is not at risk?
The same guy my friend saw reading girly magazines in the DC airport some years back?
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:19:38 PM PST
by
Suz in AZ
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Pushing RINO Romney off ont6o us ...
Romney is not a TEA Partier so that is who bennett has to mean...
“national appeal” ???
Slippery as a banana peel but hardly our cuppa TEA...
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“cost the party a shot at the majority in the upper chamber. “
yes it cost the RINO’s a shot at continuing to milk us dry for the communist takeover we see happening...
They are scared as hell, anyone on the left, they can see We the People will Not crawl into the graves they dug for us.
We Shall Not Be Overcome!!!
EL
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:21:11 PM PST
by
Eureka_Lead
(No political party has ever become a dictatorship when the citizens have firearms - Stay Vigilant)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“If you’re going to nominate a national candidate, don’t make the mistake of assuming that those who attend the early caucuses and the early primaries speak for the nation as a whole...”
Bill, BOOBY, with scant few exceptions, you mean like the candidates typically nominated by the go along to get along, establishment country club Pubbies in the past?
That’s most likely why the nation has become a fiscal BLACK hole.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“If you’re going to nominate a national candidate, don’t make the mistake of assuming that those who attend the early caucuses and the early primaries speak for the nation as a whole...”
Bill, BOOBY, with scant few exceptions, you mean like the candidates typically nominated by the go along to get along, establishment country club Pubbies in the past?
That’s most likely why the nation has become a fiscal BLACK hole.
To: Dr. Thorne
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:27:40 PM PST
by
demkicker
(Helping Democrats Become Extinct - Politically Not Literally!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s not like he’s biased or anything./s
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:28:36 PM PST
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Dr. Thorne
We cant rock the GOP RINO boat, can we?
To: Tanniker Smith
This kind of thinking is exactly why Bennent lost his primary. You really get to see how these guys view governing, leadership,and conservatism after they no longer have to pretend. The problem is what we are hearing from him is the idea that we should strategize so that our candidate is a milquetoast one. Even the Tea Party candidates who lost did better than McCain. We didnt win this last election by acting like spineless tapioca filled bags of mush.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:34:14 PM PST
by
Maelstorm
(Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
To: Tanniker Smith
This kind of thinking is exactly why Bennent lost his primary. You really get to see how these guys view governing, leadership,and conservatism after they no longer have to pretend. The problem is what we are hearing from him is the idea that we should strategize so that our candidate is a milquetoast one. Even the Tea Party candidates who lost did better than McCain. We didnt win this last election by acting like spineless tapioca filled bags of mush.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:34:28 PM PST
by
Maelstorm
(Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Regardless who we run for president, one fact will be clear in 2012 Bennett”
More RINO’s like yourself along with a lot more democrats will be voted out in 2012.
To: Paladin2
Bennett is a jerk. He couldn’t have picked a worse time to move to the left, as the election clearly showed.
You lost, Bennett. Now get a real job.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:37:04 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: MindBender26
It's the middle of the roaders, the independents, who decide national elections.
I disagree with the assumption that those who do not identify with the base of either party are necessarily moderates who like to split the difference.
A large portion of these people are in fact comparatively indifferent on specific stances, and evaluate the candidate as a package. Ross Perot really appealed to these kinds of people. A lot of the folks who supported him had no interested in a 50 cent gas tax increase. They did see his presentation as consistent and coherent. They embraced his demeanor and personality at least as much as his platform.
Some voters who do not ientify with a base also have a key issue that can get them to run counter, and it does not have to do with right or left per se. One issue that cost the Republicans a lot more than it was worth was the ban on Internet gambling. A lot of soft libertarian types who had been trending Republican saw that as a reason to go the other way. I would see Barack Obama as more likely to regulate Internet gambling than Sarah Palin.
Talented base candidates whip up the base, often sweeping up others in the moment. They also are more likely to force an opponent into making mistakes than a mushy-middle candidate who focus-groups his entire campaign.
Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, John McCain are mushy middle.
George H.W. Bush ran in '88 as Reagan II, winning big.
In '92, that was implausible, and he lost bigger.
Bennett didn't even see his own doom in his own state until it was way too late. This man's contact with the regular folks who decide elections comes only through proxies and white papers. He is unqualified to make the judgment.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:37:17 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Former Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah)
That's all you need to know. Former Senator. What a whining baby. You are an out of touch RINO Bob. That's why you got thrown out.
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posted on
02/26/2011 3:40:10 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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