The article predicts that Krauthammer will be vilified as a RINO-lover because he points out what a bad candidate O’Donnell is and says endorsing her creates a destructive civil war and, lo and behold, we have a thread vilifying Krauthammer as a RINO-lover. This whole O’Donnell / Castle primary has been very poisonous on —wait for it — both sides and it has been so poisonous that it won’t end with the primary, sadly.
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The arguments on this thread are interesting and somewhat predictable, but frustating as all get out to me.
First, just to get it on the table, I am a huge Palin fan, I love CK, I reluctantly voted for McCain for Prez, and I supported his run in AZ, from afar, aganst JD...largely because JD was “unelectable”.
And that’s just the point. I would hope our candidates are electable! And, frankly, being a “conservative” just isn’t enough, in spite of the canard that “conservatives win every time”. They don’t. Otherwise California would have Senator Herschensohn, instead of Boxer.
Castle may be a RINO but he didn’t vote for Pelosi for Speaker (at least I’m pretty sure he didn’t). And he wouldn’t vote for Harry Reid in the Senate.
And that’s my second point. As a Californian, I would hope that those who were DeVore supporters don’t sit on their hands and not vote for Carly because some may feel she’s not “conservative” enough for them. That simply means we get more Boxer.
And in Nevada, where the die is cast, if Angle doesn’t beat Harry Reid, then I am going to put the blame squarely where it belongs...on the tea partiers who just can’t compromise their precious principles and cut their nose off to spite their face.
The objective is to win where and when we can. If we allow winnable seats to be lost then we will continue to see more of the last two years...and if in anyway the Dems see that they can survive this predicted tsunami, their arrogance will be insufferabe, their assault on our freedoms unstoppable.
I love Krauthammer. I love DeMint and Palin.
I’ll give him a pass on this one.
Krauthammer liked Obama too before he was elected.
Excellent observation. I have great respect for Krauthammer, but no one, no conservative is perfect. They all make mistakes. In general, I tend to believe Krauthammer's observation about the most electable conservative. The fault in that is electing someone who pays lip service to the voters and turns into a RINO or worse when elected. What's the point of electing someone who is more liberal than conservative? We'll see.
Rasmussen happens to be the pollster who conducted the one poll the NRC drones all love to cite showing “0’Donnell cannot win”.
Rasmussen was on Fox news this weekend. He said predicting General Election outcomes on the bases of pre-primary polling is useless. The electorate is too volatile pre primary to give accurate readings on outcomes for the General. He said it usual takes 10 days to 2 weeks after the primary before the electorate settles enough for him to get a useful poll done
He, and other make-believe "fiscal conservative" wordsmiths, convince too many real conservatives that we have something in common with the northeast liberal RINOs who mask their communism and corruption with an (R) label.
Another such communist propaganda tool is Michael Medved (must be so they can ensure both coasts are covered).
Why does anyone care what this guy says anymore? He’s a relic and cannot comprehend how politics has changed since 2008. He is old and in the way, part of the problem not the solution.
Now the voters will decide. It's worth a chance. Using their theory the GOP should not have nominated Goldwater in 1964, but today most historians feel that his nomination was the start of the wave that brought us Reagan in 1980.
She who dares, wins.