http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/primary/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:31:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283398/posts A congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs will challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary. In an interview with The Wayne Independent Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa.,confirmed his intention to run against Specter, a long-time Republican who switched to the Democratic party earlier this year. “I am going to get into the race against Arlen Specter ... for senator,” said Sestak in his first media interview as part of a three-week tour through all of the Commonwealth’s 67 counties. Wayne County was his first stop where he met with local Democrats prior to his interview with... Wayne Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283398/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:31:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2276764/posts The fundraiser set to be hosted Wednesday by elected officials and business leaders at the posh Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables sounds like countless other receptions benefiting Florida's political establishment. But the invitation topped with bold-faced names is for Marco Rubio, the upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate daring to challenge the popular Gov. Charlie Crist for the GOP nomination. Rubio has been mostly raising money over the Internet. Crist has been attending swanky events almost nightly this month. Their lopsided fundraising battle and poll ratings suggest Rubio's campaign will not end well, but the former Miami lawmaker posted a... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2276764/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:33:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273182/posts I mentioned this a while back, but it's now official: a state lawmaker in Pennsylvaia is trying to open up the state's primaries. According to the Pocono Record: HB 16472 was introduced June 11. The next day, it was referred to the state government committee which may consider the bill through a hearing, or vote on it. If it passes the committee, it will go to a full house vote.Such an approach could feasibly help Specter (D-Pa.) win the Democratic primary, too, as he prepares for a challenge from the left from Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.). The timing could be... The Hill - Briefing Room Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273182/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:52:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2270228/posts The ultra-conservative wing of the GOP wants to make Florida’s Republican Senate primary a test case of its power. The race pits Gov. Charlie Crist, a moderate who had the audacity to endorse President Obama’s stimulus plan, against hard-core conservative Marco Rubio, a former speaker of the state House. Crist also just signed a new state budget raising the cigarette tax and various fees by $2 billion, an act that further fueled conservative anger. Even worse, the moderate governor has drawn strong support from current Republican senators. He has been endorsed by Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate,... AJC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2270228/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268592/posts On the surface, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appears to be the rising star in the Sunshine State. Mr. Crist won a landslide election, maintains high approval ratings and was considered as a potential vice presidential choice by Republican nominee John McCain. In addition, he was even ranked the most "fiscally conservative governor in the country" by the Cato Institute - beating out even South Carolina's budget hawk Gov. Mark Sanford. Many Florida conservatives, however, have a very different hero - Marco Rubio. washingtontimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268592/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:11:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268762/posts This is what we need to be talking about. Conservative Values and Standing for Something instead of Standing for Everything. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rigML-twftY YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268762/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268598/posts This is a video from The Daly Buzz that attempts to shed light on Crist's sexual preference. What are your thoughts? The Daly Buzz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268598/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:31:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267982/posts Team, I heard before that Moran was the weakest but now I am hearing from well-placed sources that we should vote for Terry McAuliffe. Yes, he can raise money BUT he has extremely high negatives and many, many skeletons in the closet. So, please, hold your nose and vote for Terry in the RAT primary. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267982/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:28:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266634/posts On Tuesday June 9th, 2009, the Democratic Primary will be held in the great Commonwealth of Virginia. The Democratic candidates vying for their party’s nomination to run for governor are former Democratic National Committee chairman and Clinton insider Terry McAuliffe, State Delegate Brian Moran and State Senator Creigh (pronounced CREE) Deeds. Because of the significant gun rights issues raised by these particular candidates, OpenCarry.org has taken the unprecedented step of endorsing Delegate Moran in the Democratic primary and encouraging Republicans, Libertarians and Independents to cross the aisle and vote in the Democratic primary. Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266634/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266018/posts According to some authors, in 1940 when Prime Minister Winston Churchill learned through radio intercepts that the Germans planned to bomb the city of Coventry, Churchill is believed to have disallowed advanced scrambling British fighters because it might tip off the Germans that the Allies had broken their codes. Churchill's alleged behavior in this instance was strategic - more concerned about winning the war than winning any immediate battle. . . . Ask yourself: How would Churchill vote on Tuesday? The Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266018/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:55:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265889/posts Virginia's Democratic Primary is five days away, and the three-way race for the party's governor nomination is tight. Gun rights advocates don't typically engage in democratic politics. However, Northern Virginia-based "opencarry.org" is encouraging its members, republican, independent, and libertarian, to go vote in the Democratic primary and cast their vote for Brian Moran. During his time in the House of Delegates, the website says Moran had what they call a pro-gun record. That includes votes to allow concealed handguns in school parking lots and to preempt all local gun control laws. They say that "pretty good" record is far superior... WCAV TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265889/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:30:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2265323/posts You have to see this picture. Don't have time to embed it, but click the link. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2loqh_dRGgc/Sij2FsVwsQI/AAAAAAAAAAw/Ea9jywq_dXI/s1600-h/rhinocrist.jpg RhinosBeGone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2265323/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 10:45:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263360/posts Lets go lonegan only 0% reporting so far http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Page_0602.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTIO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263360/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2262141/posts The state GOP may be officially neutral in the Republican U.S. senate primary, but as an e-mailer points out to Buzz, you would be hard-pressed to know that Charlie Crist even faces a challenger if you went to the RPOF site. It contains plenty of news about Crist's campaign and endorsements but nada that we can see about Marco Rubio. http://www.rpof.org/index.php The Buzz, Florida Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2262141/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:31:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259718/posts Did you know Virginia is an open primary state? Yup, it is - you can vote in anybody's primary you want. That means that since the Republican party is handling their state office party candidate nominations this year by convention, every registered voter in Virginia might as well crash the Democratic party primary on June 9th! Right now polls generally show former National Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who happens to live in Fairfax County, in the lead, followed by Alexandria's Brian Moran, and then Bath County's Creigh Deeds. But here's the deal - these polls are highly unreliable and... DC Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259718/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 11:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255009/posts .... Christie's main primary opponent is an unabashed conservative, Steve Lonegan, a former mayor of the small town of Bogota. Lonegon's main campaign proposal is a 2.9 percent flat tax, and he has the support of some national conservative groups. .... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255009/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 21:55:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251216/posts Democrat Joe Torsella is exiting the race for Pennsylvania’s Senate seat, stepping aside for newly Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) and clearing the primary field -- for the moment, at least. Torsella, a former deputy mayor of Philadelphia and head of the National Constitution Center, was the only major Democrat in the race until Specter switched parties last month. He raised a very respectable $600,000 in the first quarter and vowed to stay in the race after Specter switched. On Thursday, though, Torsella said in a video that he will no longer be a candidate. “Now that the dust has... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251216/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 00:26:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238619/posts We've been preparing for weeks to announce the "Big News"... IT'S HERE!!! Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has just announced his resignation from the presidency of MCDC in order to launch a full-scale campaign for U.S. Senate against John McCain! World Net Daily (Minueman PAC ad) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238619/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:39:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234391/posts Social conservatives tolerated John McCain as the party's nominee, but never trusted him, and he now appears to be facing a serious primary from the right in Arizona next year. Chris Simcox, the founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and a prominent figure in the anti-immigration movement, is announcing today he's resigned from the group to run in the 2010 Senate primary. From a forthcoming release: "John McCain has failed miserably in his duty to secure this nation's borders and protect the people of Arizona from the escalating violence and lawlessness," Simcox said. "He has fought real efforts over... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234391/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:25:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2198730/posts 568 of 578 Precincts Reporting - 98% Name Party Votes Vote % Pulido, Rosanna GOP 975 25% Hanson, Tom GOP 842 22% Anderson, David GOP 702 18% Bedell, Gregory GOP 645 17% Kay, Daniel GOP 369 9% Stewart, Jon GOP 365 9% http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/IL_Page_0303.html?SITE=ILCHTELN&SECTION=POLITICS America's Independent Party, AP, Illinois Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2198730/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 04:39:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197868/posts This primary is to fill the Rostenkowski/Blagojevich/Emmanuel seat in Congress. Let's get a true conservative to the final. If you know anyone who lives in the district or make an online donation @ http://www.rosannapulido2009.com/ Here is a map of the district that you can zoom http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=IL&district=5 Rosanna Pulido for Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197868/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 04:14:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2192888/posts It is said, philosophically, that there are no new thoughts, no unexplored concepts – just new ways of expressing what has been previously thought. That is the historical equivalent of saying that History repeats itself only in different detail. You see, for nearly as long as there has been representative government, people have gravitated toward factions or parties. We know England once had Whigs and Tories and is now dominated by a Labour Party and a Conservative Party. For the pre-Renaissance Florentines, there were the Guelfs and the Ghibellines. In time, the Ghibellines were driven out and the city was... politicalvanguard.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2192888/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696003/posts For all you loony couch conservatives, the General Election is not the time to sit home and cry over not having a choice. If you sit home and the Rats gain the majority in either House, blame yourself. I know I will. A Republican Rino is still better than a Rat. It gives the Republicans majority status. With that status, we control committees and keep the Rats from starting multitudes of witch-hunting investigations and impeachment procedures. Nothing may get done with or without the RINOs, but its better than having the Rats in control. If you don't like the RINOs... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1696003/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183788/posts Petition challenges shrink field in race for Emanuel's seat by Alex Keefe Feb 05, 2009 Two candidates hung on to their spots on the 5th Congressional District primary ballot on Thursday, but one was bumped off when Cook County election officials issued rulings on several ballot petition challenges in the race to fill Rahm Emanuel’s vacant seat. A county election board found that Democrat Roger Thompson III has only 494 valid petition signatures—far short of the 927 he needed to run in the March 3 primary. “It’s not easy for anybody to break into politics,” said Thompson, who struggled through... Medill Reports - Chicago, Northwestern University http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183788/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:05:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2172405/posts Why would the Republican party weed out it's primary candidates in states that are going to vote Democrat? Iowa (Obama +15%) New Hampshire (Obama +10%) Shouldn't the Republican candidates be competing in Florida, Ohio, Indiana...as the primaries that will show us who should be the candidate? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2172405/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:13:00 GMT