Last night I finished strong in a one hour debate with Tom Campbell and Carly Fiorina (to be broadcast Sunday morning — we’ll send you the media analysis when it comes in).
But I wanted to take a moment to type out some of my thoughts on the day’s news and provide you with an update on my campaign.
If you didn’t hear, Sarah Palin posted a Facebook message earlier yesterday about the California Republican primary.
She bashed Tom Campbell.
She tried to ignore me.
And she announced her support of Carly Fiorina.
She called Fiorina a “commonsense conservative” and said Fiorina is “the only conservative in the race who can beat Barbara Boxer.”
I like Sarah Palin. I think highly of her. But she got this dead wrong.
Carly Fiornia is NOT a conservative.
And she is certainly NOT the only candidate in the race who can beat Barbara Boxer.
Let me address each of those issues with some cold, hard facts.
Is Carly Fiorina a conservative?
- She supported the Wall Street bailouts.
- She supported Cap and Trade.
- She supported the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayer.
- She has criticized the new Arizona immigration law.
- Before she was fired as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, she allowed the company to sell technology to Iran.
- And last year when liberal Democrats and moderate Republicans were trying to push through a massive tax increase in a California referendum, Carly Fiorina had “no comment.”
- I call her a “John McCain Republican” – she talks the talk from time to time and says she’s a conservative but she has a “never with us when it counts” record just like McCain.
Don’t get me wrong, if a liberal Republican like Tom Campbell or a moderate Republican like Carly Fiorina win the primary instead of me, I will support them against Barbara Boxer.
But there’s no need to make a compromise like that.
This is not a primary election where electability needs to be a factor.
Again, let me offer the cold hard facts.
Here’s the most recent polling numbers from the independent Rasmussen poll.
- Fiorina 38% – Boxer 42%
- DeVore 39% – Boxer 42%
- Campbell 41% – Boxer 43%
The margin of error in the poll was 4.5%.
That means Fiornia is statistically tied with Boxer.
So am I (actually one point better than Fiorina).
And so is Tom Campbell.
There is literally no difference at all in how we are performing against Boxer.
The fact is Boxer has been mired in the mid-to-low 40s for more than a year.
Whether it’s her abrasive politics, her leading role in Cap and Trade, the way California Democrats have run the state into the ground, the way Washington Democrats are running the country into the ground, the “Can you call me Senator?” episode, or something else, the fact is Barbara Boxer is going to have a very difficult time winning re-election this year.
So the choice before the California primary voters isn’t who can beat Boxer…
…it’s which Republican candidate best represents your values.
- Is it Tom Campbell, the “Nelson Rockefeller Republican” who supported the largest tax increase in history at the state level, a 32-cent gas tax increase, and is liberal on social issues?
- Is it Carly Fiorina, the “John McCain Republican” who claims she is a conservative but has a never with us when it counts record of support for the bailouts, for cap and trade, and for the confirmation of liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor?
- Or is it me, Chuck DeVore, a “Ronald Reagan Republican” who has a proven, conservative record on taxes, on spending, on social issues, and on defense?
I believe it’s vitally important to California and America’s future that we get Barbara Boxer out of the Senate…
…but I also believe it’s just as important we replace her with a true conservative who will faithfully hold strong to the Founding Father’s vision of a limited government
My record is clear.
I have a proven voting record in the California State Assembly that has earned me several “Legislator of the Year” awards from conservative organizations.
I was a Reagan White House appointee in the Pentagon and I’m a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army Reserve.
And I was against the bailouts, against cap and trade, and against the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayer. I support the Arizona immigration law. And when California Republican moderates tried to raise taxes I resigned my leadership position in protest.
My record has earned me support from conservatives like:
*** Senator Jim DeMint’s “Senate Conservative Fund”
*** Governor Mike Huckabee’s “HuckPAC”
*** Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA)
*** Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
*** Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
*** The Tea Party Express
*** Citizens United PAC
*** Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC
*** And more than 60% of California’s Republican elected officials.
Media commentators Glenn Beck, George Will, Andrew Breitbart, and Mark Levin have all identified me as the true conservative candidate in this race.
I’m not going to lie to you, I would have liked Sarah Palin’s endorsement, too (and I look forward to getting it after I win the primary).
But the support I most need and want is yours.
If you live in California, I need your vote on June 8th.
And no matter where you live, I urgently need your immediate financial support.
Based on the Facebook and Twitter comments, it seems a lot of Sarah’s supporters weren’t very happy about her decision to support Carly.
To those of you who are looking for a strong, tried-and-true conservative who can win in November, I invite you to join my team right now.
I need your help.
Click this link right now to make a donation and help me win this primary. Any amount you can give, even if it’s just $5, will make an immediate difference.
I am the REAL conservative who can win this primary and defeat Barbara Boxer.
But I can’t do it by myself.
I need the help of conservatives like you. And I need it right now.
So please don’t delay. Click this link right now and help me, the “Ronald Reagan Conservative,” win the Republican primary.
All the best,
Chuck DeVore
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Well said, Chuck!
davidabippus Friday, May 7th at 10:39AM EST (link)Don’t give in and don’t let Palin’s endorsement deter you. Keep working hard and keep fighting. We need genuine Conservatives in DC and not another crop of RINOs and people without any convictions. I believe that you can win and I think that the time is right.
“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.” – Samuel Adams
This is why we need Chuck Devore...
swanie Friday, May 7th at 10:53AM EST (link)Keep up the good work Chuck…we’re behind you all the way! Like the previous comment, the TIME IS NOW! RINOs have cost the Republican party dearly! Not only do we have to fight liberal progressives, but also our own party progressives! No more RINOs.
We The People…NEED CHUCK DEVORE!
More proof that DeVore is the man!
Tom Anderson (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 11:16AM EST (link)Sometimes, even the best people make mistakes and, for whatever reason, Sarah Palin has made a huge mistake with her endorsement of Carly Fiorina.
That being said, we need to do whatever we can to help Chuck win the primary. With less than a month left, what can you do?
1. Donate to the campaign to keep Chuck’s name in the public eye with radio and TV ad buys.
2. Encourage everyone we know who lives in California to support Chuck…and ask them to tell their friends to do so as well.
3. Sign up to make calls for Chuck. NO matter where you live, you can do this even if you can’t afford to make a donation.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke
Sarah=best people?
satchmo Friday, May 7th at 3:17PM EST (link)Hardly, and this wasn’t a mistake. Palin has a lot of people fooled based purely on emotion rather than reason or ideas. She’s empty headed, establishment, and party loyalist.
Thanks for the link for making calls for DeVore
zollistar (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:23PM EST (link)Let’s all make calls. Even busy people can call twice a week for an hour or so.
I am a California voter
joecollins (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 11:27AM EST (link)and I will vote for Chuck DeVore. I’ll vote for C. Mason Weaver too, another good conservative.
Look at it this way Chuck
Scope (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 11:27AM EST (link)Palin may have alot of supporters, but she has been pealing them away with some of her endorsements. After endorsing McCain, she lost many supporters, but, retained some because of her supposed pay-back to him. With the Fiorina endorsement she has solidified her role as an opportunist, and her principles depend on where she is standing. When she called Fiorina a Common Sense Conservative, she has proven that her definition of conservatism is subject to change. Who will she endorse next? From reading the hundreds of comments around the web, about the Fiorina endorsement, her endorsements now hold no weight, and, I can’t tell you how many are now seeing her as being as big a RINO as some that she endorsed. Her own poll numbers over the past few months are in the tank. She never had any support by the libs obviously, and even some Republicans/conservatives didn’t have much faith in her. Now she is digging a deep hole with her base of supporters. This can’t bode well for her in any future race. One day you will be thankful that she didn’t endorse you.
Good Luck Chuck and keep up the fight.
Now you know why Art, AKSteveB,
TNJim (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 12:53PM EST (link)and others have been so critical of her. I didn’t understand the criticism at first either but never jumped on Art for it because I knew he’s in AK, seen things we down here in the lower 48 haven’t. I figured he had an inside Alaska viewpoint we didn’t and respected that. This endorsement of Carly has driven all those points Art was making home for me.
Palin's Fiorina endorsement told everyone who she really is intellectually and emotionally. Let's be guided accordingly. [nt]
zollistar (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:27PM EST (link)Wish you could win.
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 11:50AM EST (link)I just don’t see it happening. Unless your poll numbers jump up, please consider dropping out and endorsing Fiorina. We do not need Tom Campbell as our nominee!!!
If you really wished he could win...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 11:58AM EST (link)you wouldn’t be crapping on his article with defeatism.
Plus you already came out as an moderate in prior threads.
Be clear, it isn’t your moderate beliefs that upset me, it’s your lies about what you are.
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Devore should withdraw if...
A_Texan (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:18PM EST (link)Well, this conservative thinks Devore should withdraw once it becomes clear he lacks a reasonable chance of winning. Perhaps that time has already come–and if so, Palin’s endorsement was the right thing. If there is a significant gap between my positions (which are very close to Devore’s) and Fiorina’s, there is a chasm between Fiorina and Campbell a Jim Jeffords/Lincoln Chafee “Republican.” As such, I would fear a Senator Campbell much more than I hope for a Senator Devore. So Palin’s endorsement is reasonable and honorable. Or even as Devore characterizes the candidates, I would much prefer a Senator McCain to a Senator Rockefeller.
Of course, if you think the difference between Fiorina and Campbell is relatively insignificant, they are both RINOs, etc., it is natural that you will assess the relative fears and hopes differently.
So as a conservative, based on my understanding of the relevant I hope Devore withdraws and endorses Fiorina if it becomes clear he cannot win in the primary.
Barack Obama: The most inexperienced, far-left candidate the Democratic Party has ever dared to nominate to be our President.
A_Texan, what do you consider relevant?
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:27PM EST (link)I thinks it’s relevant that the last round of polling available in a scarcely polled race has DeVore trending up while Campbell and Fiorina are either stagnate of falling with 25% still undecided..
Throwing in the towel isn’t the brightest move IMHO.
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Aaron, hard to say precisely when to throw in the towel
A_Texan (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:32PM EST (link)Roughly a month to the primary–Devore is still trailing very badly. If he’s still in this shape 10-days out, then I think he should withdraw, but maybe earlier.
Barack Obama: The most inexperienced, far-left candidate the Democratic Party has ever dared to nominate to be our President.
A_Texan, you say still trailing...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:40PM EST (link)But you don’t know that to be true at all, no polling has come out for weeks … and Rasmussen, the most trusted pollster, hasn’t polled the race in months.
If another poll comes out in the next 2 weeks showing no movement for DeVore then I would entertain a reassessment. To do so while the latest poll has 25% undecided is ludicrous.
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I agree with you.
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 3:43PM EST (link)If his poll numbers have moved in the next polling, I’m in. If not, it is time to drop out and get behind the “most conservative with a chance to win” candidate.
Yet you spread lies about DeVore's campaign having not already achieved movement in the polls...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:50PM EST (link)Maybe you are just misinformed.
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"spread lies"
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 3:54PM EST (link)Aaron. Please. There is no need to use such harsh rhetoric. We need to be civil.
Civil, like telling a candidate pleading for help to drop out of the race?
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:01PM EST (link)That type of civil?
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Let's start making calls and volunteering for DeVore before we do something stupid.
zollistar (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:51PM EST (link)It’s better to have DeVore.
Quit mewling and complaining.
Time to send money to DeVore.
Time to volunteer to call for him.
Folks who do both (my hand is raised) get a ZolliStar to wear on their foreheads! Below is the link:
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Really Tex...Conservative? I Think Not!
swanie Saturday, May 8th at 2:33AM EST (link)Clearly you define conservative differently then most of the folks posting here. Very simply, CHUCK DEVORE is the conservative. The other two have “R”s next to their name to represent RINO. There’s a difference. You either want a conservative or you don’t. Calif. is suffering BADLY the effects from years and years of RINOs. It’s not bad enough that we are dominated by liberals, but even most Republicans in this state behave like liberals. Chuck is one of only a few TRUE CONSERVATIVES that had the strength and courage to battle liberals and RINO in the assembly. The other two have either caved or flip-flopped consistently in their positions and/or careers. If we do not seat Chuck…we are left with Boxer or Boxer-lite. At least with Boxer we can hold the Dem’s accountable. We don’t need any more Collins, Snows or Specters, thank you very much.
MODERATE???
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 3:36PM EST (link)You obviously don’t know me. I’m as right-wing as they come. How have I come out as a moderate in previous posts????
As a native Floridian living in Alabama, I was for Marco Rubio long before Redstate even mentioned him. I’m no moderate…. Those are fighting words! lol
Just because I don’t subscribe to every single thing redstate commands doesn’t make me a moderate. I love Chuck Devore. Let’s face it, though. The primary is around the corner and his poll numbers have not moved. I agree with Sarah Palin on this one. She’s right.
Except his poll numbers have moved.
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:45PM EST (link)And there were still 25% polling undecided. Check RCP.
Unless you can point to a poll that’s come out in the last three weeks that shows different, you are wrong.
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If he moves, he's viable
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 3:52PM EST (link)His poll numbers would have to move, Aaron. It would take almost all of the undecideds to break his way for him to have a shot. I still say that if the next polls don’t show any movement towards Devore, he needs to drop out.
I’m glad you decided to drop the “moderate” garbage, lol. If you’re still mad about our fight over criticizing Coats, I hope we can move on.
Not mad, I just think you are a defeatist...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:00PM EST (link)A conservative candidate comes to RedState with a plea for support and highlights the very real policy and principle differences between the candidates.
Instead of charging hard to help the candidate pull off the type of upset that Rubio is going to pull off in FL, you tell the candidate to throw in the towel.
Then you try to justify it by making assertions about stagnate polls numbers that are demonstrably false, while assuring us all of you great lamentations for DeVore just not being quite up to snuff.
I for one think it is the mealy mouthed speech of cowards, quitters and losers.
No offense intended.
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I don't see it as defeatist
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:04PM EST (link)I just see the primary around the corner, and the thought of Campbell as the nominee SCARES me. I want to win by beating him and then by beating Boxer.
Then be informed.
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:06PM EST (link)Don’t just spout off with unsupported meme’s from the Carly campaign.
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I'm not that important
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:11PM EST (link)I have no connection to the Fiorina campaign.
First correct thing I have seen from you today. nt
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Be respectful, Aaron
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:28PM EST (link)Be respectful, Aaron, or be banned.
RINKER
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:29PM EST (link)Complaints about our editors go to the contact page. Go there if you don’t like how Aaron is commenting.
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Ban him.
randy streu (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:31PM EST (link)Go ‘head. We’ll wait.
Fact is, the primaries are just around the corner. If you’re so afraid that Chuck will lose, why bother begging him to quit?
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I've been respectful
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:40PM EST (link)I’ve been respectful in my posts.
It's not respectful to spread misinformed garbage about polls...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:52PM EST (link)while simultaneously asking a candidate to drop out even though you really, really support them.
It’s disingenuous and disrespectful at it’s core.
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I didn't say I supported him.
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:59PM EST (link)I said I would support him, but I don’t think he is viable.
I have not spread lies about polls. I even posted a link to the polls I was aware of. It is rude to accuse someone of lying. I have been civil in my discussions.
Can’t we disagree without my honesty, integrity, and personal importance being attacked?
When in hole...stop digging....you dig? (nt)
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
I haven't called anyone a liar.
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 5:06PM EST (link)I’m just trying to have a discussion.
I think you should be able to disagree with someone (especially a fellow conservative) without getting personal and attacking them.
Rinker, one last time
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I did, Neil.
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 5:08PM EST (link).
not fair rinker
tngal (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:12PM EST (link)The same could be asked of Fiorina. Why does she not bow out and endorse Devore?
What are the goals in this race?
A) to defeat boxer. Well all three look to have a fairly good chance based on Ras.
B) to put the most conservative candidate in who is capable of winning, That would not be Fiorina. However were she to drop, Devore might get more notice If we wanted more squish we’d all have McCain tattooed on our a…rms . Yeah, our arms.
Fiorina is ahead of Devore
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 3:39PM EST (link)Devore is my preferred candidate, but he is stuck in the polls. That is why he should drop out. You said our goal is to “put the most conservative candidate who is CAPABLE OF WINNING”. His poll numbers have not moved one bit. He’s stuck. If we continue splitting the conservative vote, we’ll be stuck with a LIBERAL nominee, and NONE of us want that.
A 5 point jump in the last poll is movement. nt
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I'll be honest and say
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 3:52PM EST (link)I haven’t seen that poll.
The last two polls gave DeVore a big jump
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:54PM EST (link)If that trend continues in the next polls, DeVore could absolutely win this. Especially if he takes votes from Campbell.
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What polls?
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:00PM EST (link)The only ones I have found are here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_2010
The last poll listed there was from March and has Campbell and Fiorina in the mid-20′s and Devore at 9%.
I’m honestly asking – what are the latest numbers?
I already linked to them RINKER and you ignored then.
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:03PM EST (link)You should have looked before you lept.
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*leapt nt
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:05PM EST (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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I'M SORRY
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:06PM EST (link)I didn’t see your link. I didn’t “IGNORE” it.
I clicked your link, and those are still pretty weak numbers.
So your whole premise was wrong, but your still right?
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:13PM EST (link)Nice goal post shift, buddy.
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No.
RINKER Friday, May 7th at 4:21PM EST (link)I think if newer polls show movement for him that shows he is competitive, I’m wrong. If he is still way behind Fiorina and Campbell, he needs to drop out so we can stop Campbell. There would have to be major movement towards him, though. These polls don’t make him look competitive, and the primary is almost here.
Polls are now out of date
SteveLA (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:25PM EST (link)Rinker
All the polling in this race are now pretty mealiness now after the Palin endorsement and the last one was done in early April.
Because of the endorsement, I expect Rasmussen and Field to poll again shortly and then the effect will be measured. Check back in a week and see what the polls say. Somehow I doubt that poll results will effect what DeVore does one way or the other. He’s probably going to stay in all the way to the primary.
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NeoKong (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 11:58AM EST (link)Carly is better than Boxer but you are better than Carly.
I’ll send you some more money.
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Palin is no conservative
philbo Friday, May 7th at 1:02PM EST (link)She promised to only support true conservatives yet her first endorsement out of the gate was the very architect of what ails the GOP: John McCain.
Yesterday, the RINO media spun Palin’s decision to endorse the weakest CA candidate as an shining example of how she is not a slave to her base (translation: she is not bound by principles but by party tempered by her own as-of-yet declared agenda). In other words, she is a squish. Where is the fight for conservative principles?
We don’t need anymore squishes. If Palin hasn’t gotten the message that we Tea Party people are about principle over party, she is dumber than the libs portray her to be.
I wish she would go away.
Pasadena Phil
Trying to Stop Campbell
bc3 Friday, May 7th at 3:14PM EST (link)I think Sarah Palin’s primary goal is to stop Tom Campbell before it;s too late rather than support Fiorina. As she says, Fiornia can win. It doesn’t appear DeVore can take the GOP primary.
bc3
Before maybe...now no.
SteveLA (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:30PM EST (link)bc3
Before the Palin endorsement, maybe DeVore could have taken the nomination, all depended on how fired up the R base got over his campaign. Palin’s endorsement does tend to dilute the base vote for DeVore and the tea party vote, which are not the same folks in CA by the way by any stretch of the imagination. Lots of RP RP RP noise coming from the Tea Party folks out here with the R base being pretty socially conservative.
Your assertion that Palin might have thrown her support to Fiorina as a way to derail Campbell, probably not far off the mark at all. Campbell can probably been seen as the “guy” for the very moderate to liberal wing of the R party out here and Fiorina the new upstart who has tons of baggage from HP, but is not as tainted by the growing Anti Sacramento feeling in the state. It’s not clear at all who the non-base wing of the R. party is backing.
I’m watching to see who the real old line R’s in the state do, the Pete Wilson’s and George Dukmajians. Once they jump in, probably later this month, things will be much clearer. I expect Wilson to back Fiorina by the way.
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So we all agree
philbo Friday, May 7th at 3:35PM EST (link)Palin is a squish. “Competency”? Another weasel word that got the RINO GOP into the “big tent” “stand for nothing” mentality.
Pasadena Phil
I'm gonna skip the bus-throwing-under party, thanks
mustango (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:25PM EST (link)Make no mistake, Palin’s backing of Carly is NOT GOOD. But I’m not ready to throw out over a year and a half of much-needed spirit on the conservative side over one bad endorsemet decision.
If Palin had, say, endorsed KBH over Perry and then followed that up with this, then there’d be more of a problem in my book.
Similarly, if this becomes the start of a trend of questionable calls by Palin, then I may be forced to admit the honeymoon is over.
But honestly, this mad rush to kick Palin clean out of the party given the slightest excuse to do so, leaves me just a bit dizzy, and wondering if those who chastise us for being too exclusionary don’t have half a point.
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DeVore - Fiorina Feud = Campbell win
kuksool (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 5:05PM EST (link)DeVore and Fiorina have been sniping at each other over who’s the True Conservative. Campbell has got to love it. A split conservative vote will probably lead to a Campbell win and a Boxer win. I just don’t see a Republican getting elected as Senator of CA even in this poltical climate.
It's called a primary
SteveLA (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 5:19PM EST (link)kuksool
Maybe it’s a bad thing, but that’s why we have Primaries, to figure out who stands the best chance of winning the general election. It’s not about sending messages, making statements and other sentiments I have read on this thread, it’s about selecting the best person to BEAT BABS.
That’s based on: Ability to raise money, ability to secure endorsements, ability to connect with voters.
So far, Cambell and Fiorina are raising lots of money and securing endorsements. Palin’s endorsement is a big deal for Fiorina no matter what you think of that endorsement in a good or bad way about Palin, it changes the dynamics of the race. Next time a poll comes out, we’ll see how much it changes the race.
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
Kevin McCarthy for Carly
kuksool (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 5:46PM EST (link)Kevin McCarthy endorsed Carly today. Jeb Bush & Mitt Romney held a fundraiser for Meg Whitamn earlier. Will they also come out for Carly? It seems the GOP establishment wants a sister hood ticket of Meg / Carly for November.
Really
SteveLA (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 5:59PM EST (link)Interesting move then and an even more interesting development.
McCarthy is from Kern County, Bakersfield and part of the NE side of the Mojave desert. That’s the south end of the San Joaquin Valley and has been pretty conservative in a more traditional sense forever. I’ll be very interested to see if the George Runner faction which is the more socially conservative faction in the Assembly does anything soon one way or the other.
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
Ditto
satchmo Friday, May 7th at 3:21PM EST (link)x2
"Sheepdog" - really?
tdpwells Friday, May 7th at 1:26PM EST (link)My estimation of you went way down after that. It was tactless and unnecessary.
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I do not believe that the power and duty of the General
Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual
suffering which is in no manner properly related to the
public service or benefit…to the end that the lesson should
be constantly enforced that though the people support the
Government, the Government should not support the people.
Grover Cleveland (16 February 1887)
If that was all it took to get under your thin skin
mbecker908 (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:33PM EST (link)you really need to spend more time watering your lawn. Or washing your car. Or doing anything but being involved in political debate.
Wimp.
Did I say it got under my skin?
tdpwells Friday, May 7th at 1:42PM EST (link)I merely said it was tactless. I’m rather sick of all the name calling of conservatives on the liberal side, do we really need it on our own just because someone didn’t get an endorsement? Do we not have bigger things to worry about?
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I do not believe that the power and duty of the General
Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual
suffering which is in no manner properly related to the
public service or benefit…to the end that the lesson should
be constantly enforced that though the people support the
Government, the Government should not support the people.
Grover Cleveland (16 February 1887)
tdpwells, you need this for your birthday...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:46PM EST (link)Metaphors … look it up.
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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Yes I'm well aware
tdpwells Friday, May 7th at 1:49PM EST (link)of what it means when a group of people are referred to as sheep. I’m pretty sure everyone right of center is aware of it, considering it’s a favorite talking point of the left.
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I do not believe that the power and duty of the General
Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual
suffering which is in no manner properly related to the
public service or benefit…to the end that the lesson should
be constantly enforced that though the people support the
Government, the Government should not support the people.
Grover Cleveland (16 February 1887)
I was actually talking about the "under your thin skin" one, but thanks for proving my point. nt
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:54PM EST (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat
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Then perhaps
tdpwells Friday, May 7th at 1:56PM EST (link)you should have been more specific.
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I do not believe that the power and duty of the General
Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual
suffering which is in no manner properly related to the
public service or benefit…to the end that the lesson should
be constantly enforced that though the people support the
Government, the Government should not support the people.
Grover Cleveland (16 February 1887)
Comments are threaded for a reason.
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 2:02PM EST (link)Don’t blame me for your inability to keep up.
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat
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Wow
tdpwells Friday, May 7th at 2:30PM EST (link)I am a DeVore supporter – have contributed financially to his campaign. My mom supports Fiorina because she thinks she has a better chance to win considering the constituency, and wants Boxer out more than she wants a 100% conservative…80% is just fine with her. I bristled at her – and others like her – being called sheep. I was unaware that it was uncouth to say so. My apologies.
I’ll leave you to your debate with the other sheep above.
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I do not believe that the power and duty of the General
Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual
suffering which is in no manner properly related to the
public service or benefit…to the end that the lesson should
be constantly enforced that though the people support the
Government, the Government should not support the people.
Grover Cleveland (16 February 1887)
You get offended easily. nt
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 2:34PM EST (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat
Follow @Aaron_RS
And I stand on my original comment.
mbecker908 (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 10:34PM EST (link)Find a hobby, tiddly winks or jigsaw puzzles maybe. Politics is bloodsport and needs to be played for keeps. Your tender sensibilities are precisely what kept Bob Michel in the Minority Leader’s job in the House for years.
I perfer Mr. Demon Sheepdog personally
Darin_H (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 1:39PM EST (link)Lighten up, Francis.
A visionary coward says that anger can be power, as long as there’s a victim on TV – Flat Top, Goo Goo Dolls
Obviously...
satchmo Friday, May 7th at 3:22PM EST (link)you are unaware of Carly’s sheep ad.
Real American
realamerican78 Friday, May 7th at 1:39PM EST (link)Don’t get me wrong, I really like Palin, but it seems that she is showing a bit more loyalty to the McCain campaign folks than to real conservatives. Maybe that changes over time, but so far, some of her endorsements have missed the mark.
Seems?
satchmo Friday, May 7th at 3:24PM EST (link)She’s loyal to party, not principle. Remember that she scolded tea partiers to “choose a side”.
Thanks for stopping by
Sean (SIConservative) (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 2:28PM EST (link)Chuck, thanks for taking the time to engage us here. It’s pretty clear that nobody here, well, none of the regulars anyway, want Tom Campbell to be the nominee. Your campaign is trending upwards, and you just might be able to pull off a minor miracle by becoming competitive by primary day. If, however, come the final weekend it is evident that you aren’t going to make it, will you endorse Fiorina to stop Tom Campbell?
Is support you brother and people already know you are the conservative
Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 2:57PM EST (link)but some of this is reaching and inside baseball. Iran? HP was cleared by the SEC and besides that people glaze over when you try to personally link Fiorina. Nobody believes she supports the dictator midget: perhaps she supports the people printing anti-government rally fliers, but definitely not him. Don’t play on her field.
I have no doubt that Carly “McCain” is a pretender. But your vision vs. Boxer and the Obamanation is what sells people my friend. Push that in the next couple of days and don’t get distracted by endorsements.
Oh and take comfort. The next post after this will probably be your communications director yelling at me again.
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
The SEC
satchmo Friday, May 7th at 3:54PM EST (link)Who the hell cares if she were cleared by the SEC???
The bus to Stupidville is coming in 5 minutes
Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 8:50PM EST (link)Be on it.
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
We Don't Want Campbell
bc3 Friday, May 7th at 3:10PM EST (link)Let’s forget the general for now. First you must win the GOP Primary.
The latest GOP Primary poll (Survey USA) poll has:
Campbell: 34%
Fiorina: 27%
DeVore: 14%
Undecided: 25%
To win a three-way race a candidate will likely need at least 40% of the vote. If DeVore were to get 100% of the undecided vote, it would put him at 39%. Barring a miracle, he can’t catch Cmapbell, but Fiorina can.
DeVore is my preferred candidate, but I don’t want to see another Indiana where the worst candidate wins because the others split the vote.
bc3
Your assuming that Fiorina doesn't continue to slide...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:29PM EST (link)That poll is over two weeks old and it actually showed a small surge beginning for DeVore.
It will be interesting to see a new poll if one comes out.
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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Fiorina is not "continuing to slide"
Josh Painter (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:56PM EST (link)In fact, she’s not sliding at all. She is the only candidate of the three in the GOP CA Senate race whose polling average, across all the polls, show an upward trend:
http://www.pollster.com/polls/ca/10-ca-sen-ge-fvb.php
http://www.pollster.com/polls/ca/10-ca-sen-ge-dvb.php
http://www.pollster.com/polls/ca/10-ca-sen-ge-cvb.php
Sarah Palin made a decision, based on the best evidence, of which Republican has the best chance to dethrone Boxer in the general. Given the strong anti-Palin sentiment at RS, I’m not surprised by the reaction of some of the commenters. But many of these comments are neither well-reasoned nor fair.
- JP
“An armed society is a polite society” – Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)
Josh, I was talking about in the primary polls...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:36PM EST (link)Nice try though.
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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Aaron, don't let your eye wander off the prize.
Josh Painter (Diary) Sunday, May 9th at 2:42PM EST (link)The object of this primary is to nominate a candidate who can beat Barbara Boxer. Fiorina’s poll numbers vs., Boxer are trending upwards, while those of Campbell and DeVore are going south.
These are the important trends, and they were obviously part of the Palin political calculation. California is a blue state. there are conservative bastions around the state, but just as Scott Brown was the best conservatives could get in Mass, Fiorina may well be the best we can get out of California.
I have yet to see a compelling argument for DeVore defeating Boxer. If we don’t beat Babbling Babs, the entire effort in California has been another useless exercise.
- JP
“An armed society is a polite society” – Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)
I guess when you can make up the numbers, arguing is easy (nt)
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, May 9th at 2:52PM EST (link)RS contributing editor, technical administrator, and “a hardy variety of crabgrass.”
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I respect your opinion Josh, but...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Sunday, May 9th at 10:25PM EST (link)The simple fact is there is a primary for a reason. If you want a coronation you have disappointment in you future.
And, as noted by Neil, you don’t provide any back up for your opinions.
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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Ah yes, that famous anti-Palin sentiment
aesthete (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 6:07PM EST (link)despite the fact that most of the diaries on RS have been very supportive of Palin, that the leadership at RS has defended her on numerous occasions, and that most every time Palin was mentioned previously, most on RS have been on her side.
Unless you mean “unanimously, and mind-numbingly, sycophantic” when you think pro-Palin, in which case, I suppose your assessment of RS would be correct.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
That's why I say: "Call, baby, Call!"
zollistar (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 3:57PM EST (link)If all of us make calls — even just up to four or five hours worth before the Big Day — and some of us get a friend or two to make calls, we can help to make this happen.
Let’s make it happen!
Link for signing up to help is below
http://www.myeleader.com/login.asp?guidFundraiser=5B5F5F&type=F
Chuck
momo Friday, May 7th at 3:42PM EST (link)you have my vote!!!!
I haven't read every comment, so forgive me if this has been answered.
randy streu (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 4:33PM EST (link)I see your strategy for beating your primary opponents — and it’s a good one. But what is your strategy against Boxer?
Blogging also at
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The Minority Report
*Rolls Eyes*
pamela1631 (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 5:09PM EST (link)Enough of the lamentations on Devore being stuck in the polls.
Or that Sarah endorsed Carly.
If you believe he is stuck, then do something to get him unstuck.
I for one would like some balanced representation in the Senate.
The Girls Club from California needs to be given a rest for the next 6 years… at least.
The only way for that to happen is to elect Chuck Devore.
I’d like to see the next Senator from California have common sense, be fiscally prudent and ethical in their morals and practices.
This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis
I am stone forged from the fires of creation into flesh ~~Pamela1631
The greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.~~Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret.)
5 nt
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 5:48PM EST (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat
Follow @Aaron_RS
Great piece and points…
swamphermit (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 5:29PM EST (link)I don’t live in California, but would probably vote for you if I did, even though I am a very strong supporter of Sarah Palin. My dream is to see Boxer thrown out of office. Sarah has made it clear to her supporters, that she will sometimes make decisions that they can’t support, e.g. John McCain. I suspect the reason she is supporting Fiorina is the same one that she went with to support McCain, i.e. she can be a tad too faithful at times, but that is Sarah.
Reagan won in California (!?!), and it looks like you can too…Good Luck in the primary!
Sad but true...
wayneepalmer Friday, May 7th at 5:36PM EST (link)I am saddened to say this, but, I am afraid Sarah has finally begun to learn the lesson that so eluded her in 2008 (and so infuriated all the cabal of slime around McSwine during his campaign).
If you want to actually be a player on the national Republican scene you have to support (read in “suck up to”) the chosen leaders selected by the Country Club elites, be polite and respectful to even bitter enemies, learn to wait your turn even if it means allowing a total loser blow a campaign for an office you would have won, and never EVER TRULY OR EVEN BY ACCIDENT intimate that you actually have ANYTHING in common – either ideologically or in your background – with average Christian Conservative Americans.
Faking that you do is okay but it has to be on a wink-wink-nudge-nudge basis.
There is a dance and Sarah is starting to learn it. That way she may have a shot in 2016 or 2020 of running for the White House…if she plays ball, gives honor and respect even to her worst enemies like Obama and follows directions like a good puppet. That is the only way you get to be the chosen of the Republicans.
It also means that we are absolutely going to have no choice but to put up with that spineless buffoon Romney running as the chosen one for 2012 as to everyone it should be clear that he has been officially selected by the folks with the wallets.
True peace between two enemies has only ever been acheived when one side has utterly defeated the other…if you doubt this truth visit Nagasaki sometime.
FORGET SARAH PALIN! She's a RINO.
moehammedd Friday, May 7th at 7:16PM EST (link)She is the epitome of a “John McCain Republican” due to her opposition to Reagan Conservative JD Hayworth and her support of John McCain.
Why do you “like Sarah Palin” and “think highly of her”?
Just wondering.
Anyway, Mark Levin’s endorsement of you is all I need to hear.
Take it all the way!
Shall I save time?
Moe Lane (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 7:28PM EST (link)I shall save time.
Ciao.
The Kim Kardashian of blogging.
Check out my blog at http://moelane.com/.
http://moelane.com/filthy-lucre-filthy-lucre/
http://twitter.com/moelane
My (combined) wish list.
No. Let him hang around.
Section9 Friday, May 7th at 8:07PM EST (link)See what he does next.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill
He broke two of the instaban rules.
Moe Lane (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 8:12PM EST (link)One being a temporary email account.
The Kim Kardashian of blogging.
Check out my blog at http://moelane.com/.
http://moelane.com/filthy-lucre-filthy-lucre/
http://twitter.com/moelane
My (combined) wish list.
*chuckling* Way to go Moe
pamela1631 (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 11:08PM EST (link)I admin a poetry site and unfortunately have to deal with spammers and trolls.
Ban the name, ban the email addy, ban the IP.
Then DELETE. I love the Delete key.
This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis
I am stone forged from the fires of creation into flesh ~~Pamela1631
The greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.~~Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret.)
DeVore, strangely enough, may get a bump.
Section9 Friday, May 7th at 8:05PM EST (link)I’m sorry, True Believers, but I have a hard time not believing that Chuck isn’t the Second Coming of Tom McClintock. And we know how that worked out.
Palin made a judgement call. And a good one, at that. Boxer has never had to run against a woman. Now she may have to. Just as important is the need to stop Tom Campbell. As of the last polling, with a month to go in a Republican Primary, DeVore has yet to crack 15%. Sorry, Aaron, but that’s just terminal in anyone’s book.
I know you people think Palin is some sort of RINO, but Chuck Heath didn’t raise an idiot.
What was also important for DeVore was to do the JD Hayworth thing and call some of his people off. Suppose he DOES win the primary. He’ll need Palin’s support.
You people are acting as if the Republican Primary Voters are all idiot savants who know nothing about their candidates and just haven’t heard how bloody marvelous Chuck DeVore’s positions on the issues are and how California will be saved if he is the Nominee.
Here’s a clue; they’ve sized up DeVore and most primary voters would rather have Fiorina or the Squishtard. That is the California GOP that gave us Ahnuld. Deal with it. For God’s sakes, folks, if a Champion budget hawk like Tom McClintock could barely win a House seat in a district that was made for him, how is Chuck DeVore supposed to win statewide. Palin sees what people here refuse to; Chuck isn’t gaining traction after months of campaigning.
Here’s the deal; if Chuck cracks 20% in the next polling, then he’s got the Big Mojito (I expect he has a little now, thanks to Sarah-she’s golden for fundraising). I don’t expect that to happen. Of course, if Chuck cracks 20% in the next polling, Campbell will win the nomination, and we’re all toast, as in the Dolphins’ secondary.
If Chuck DeVore wins the nomination, Sarah will happily campaign for him. I just don’t expect that to happen, but she’s a good soldier.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill
DeVore is the only Conservative in this contest
avgamerican (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 9:12PM EST (link)And I will assuredly vote for him regardless of Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Fiorina.
Look, anyone who though Palin was a rock-solid conservative was deluded
crassus (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 9:18PM EST (link)The media portrayed Palin as a right-wing extremist, and many conservatives fell for the bate. The reality is that to the media, a “right-wing extremist” is really just a generic conservative. You see how they are all saying ‘Bob Bennett’s conservative credentials are impecable’. Wake up. Palin was never a right-winger. She was just the first conservative on a GOP ticket since Dan Quayle in 1992. She is basically a strong conservative on three issues (1) energy
(2) right-to-life (3) gun rights. On many others she was not so hot. Just take immigration for example. The gold standard is what Tancredo thinks about you on this one- he says she is bad, and her 2008 campaign statements indicate this. Reducing the size of government? Look, I’m sorry, but what programs, much less departments, does she want to get rid of. Foreign Policy, she really is kind of clueless, sort of like Obama, but w/ better instincts.
Who are the rock-solid conservatives?
crassus (Diary) Friday, May 7th at 9:25PM EST (link)Look, if you want to know big players who are true patriots and constitutionalists look to a few people in the senate and governors. Jim DeMint (who is absolutely priceless), Tom Coburn, Jim Inhofe, Mark Sanford (unfortunately), Butch Otter (ID-GOV), and Dave Freudenthal (the Nebraska governor who was polled him 60 Ben Nelson 30).
I'd add Chris Christie
RINKER Saturday, May 8th at 10:52PM EST (link)I’m not a Palin-basher. I actually agree with her on this one. She’s still my first choice for Prez.
Dave Freudenthal is Governor of Wyoming. A Democrat, by the way. [nt]
Martin Knight (Diary) Sunday, May 9th at 6:00AM EST (link)That was embarrasing
crassus (Diary) Monday, May 10th at 7:14AM EST (link)I got confused w/ Dave Heineman
That was embarrasing
crassus (Diary) Monday, May 10th at 7:14AM EST (link)I got confused w/ Dave Heineman
Its Ca not Texas.
boywonder Saturday, May 8th at 11:33AM EST (link)As many people here bash Palin,consider this one.This is Ca hmmm the left coast.Remember that fact when you watch what happens in the general.Campbels doing well because he has a moderate agenda.Ca has changed, the party of Reagan moved to Texas fleeing high taxes,public unions and state debt.Rasmussen is polling an upset electorate,however as fall approaches and the economy improves.What makes you think a tea party express backed candidate will beat Boxer in liberal la la land?Palin is not as stupid as many of you think.She just might be thinking what will be on the table in 5 months, not just whats in the supermarket right now.Perhaps too many people rush to judgement to fast.I like Devore.However back at the reality ranch,there is more to consider than the tea party express and their impact.Carly is right of Campbel however she is not in the rightwinger crowd.She has enough cash to get it done,and lets face it,people are forgetting Ca is not Texas.Look how the votes went in 2008.60% went for Obama,and of the 40% who did not,my guess is 50% of them are now in Texas with new jobs.I think Palins a lot smarter than people give her credit for.I would prefer Devore,however Carly is better than Campbell,and in this blue state.It will take a more moderate candidate with more center appeal to beat Boxer.Stop with the Palin bash,grow up and donate to Devore if you think he is the best choice.She has made her choice,you dont have to agree with it.However you dont have to act like children who had a candy bar taken away either.
I'll vote for you in June Chuck
eastbaylarry (Diary) Saturday, May 8th at 12:29PM EST (link)and again in November, God willing.
2+2=4 dammit!
They Said Scott Brown Couldn't Win "Ted Kennedy's Seat," Too
fuzislippers Sunday, May 9th at 3:34AM EST (link)I love Sarah Palin, but I think she got this one wrong. I live in Massachusetts, and I remember when everyone was saying that Martha Coakley was a done deal and that Scott Brown could never win the Lion of the Senate’s seat in bluer than blue Mass, where people were still mourning the loss of the last of the Kennedy boys and had been voting for him for 50 years without giving it a thought. If we can do it here, we can do it in Cali against someone as unpopular and rancid as Boxer!
Go Chuck DeVore!!