Ok, Mr. Political Genius... Which comes first, the fund raising, or the hiring of experienced operatives who often just help themselves, rather than their candidate?
That one post was very tellin’
Are you talking about Bay Buchanan?
Tancredo has to give her a third of everything he raises and he has to give a third to Pat.
This is the part of party politics that I despise.
You have a party and that party has a basic philosophy. You get candidates for higher office who have side-stepped that basic philosophy throughout their careers in office for one reason or another: It was politically expedient, they needed to vote a certain way to help a buddy (or theirself), they wanted to bring home some pork. Whatever the reason, they've got a less-than-stellar voting history when compared to the party's basic philosophies.
Then you get a candidate who has stayed pretty true, good track record, and is running on a platform that happens to coincide nicely with the party's basic philosophies.
But then the party-hounds get into it, and they will look for any way they can to trash the guy who is solid because he's not the annointed child of the party.
This country is facing serious issues at home and abroad. I worry that we're in a real turning point for how much longer the United States of America continues to carry the mantle of Western Civilization.
And instead of electing folks we can count on to make strides in reducing the size and scope of the federal government and protecting our values, we're too focused on the annointed children.
What this country desperately needs is men who will lead us away from the status quo, but the candidates foisted upon us are the status quo.