I want you to remain your high degree of esteem and respect with the “respectful dismissals”

Regards, wish I could be coming to the get-together in GA.

And do I think Martinez actually cares? Probably not . But the fact that he is on his way out might actually play in our favor. He isn’t running for re-elect so he might be less worried about upsetting an important constituency in Florida.

All of this is in play:
SCOTUS Empathy – SCOTUS Empathy
+2001 Redistributive Justice video Obama’s 2001 Redistributive Justice video
+Identity Politics – Identity Politics
+Hispanic SCOTUS nominee – first Hispanic on SCOTUS?
+SoSo NOT the first (Benjamin Cardozo) – Yahoo: Is Sotomayor the First (or Second) Hispanic Pick for the Supreme Court? A:second (First was a Republican appointment)
+Obama Legislation list – the 14 Legislative agenda items (and other things) Obama wants to distract from
+O failure – How Obama’s FAILURES are the country’s SUCCESSES – since we have to spell it out

And since this is related, seems to have to be an hourly rather than daily thing now lol….. Crist/Rubio SINGLE LINK Crist/Rubio discussion [multiple sub-links]

Though I THANK YOU for the “tone” of this Diary… it is IMO much improved (allows us to set forth the ability to still work together on common goals (standing up about working together) of/in the GOP (still Conservative) Platform. Keep the pressure on Cornyn/NRSC as a whole, Erick, I’m with you… with some occasional exceptions (tone especially). CONSERVATISM is the right direction/cause!!!!

Lastly, a bit of an aside yet related…. repeal the 17th? YES please (old BigGator Diary). Let’s have the debate on going back to picking Senators the old way, or at least each State determining for themselves if we shouldn’t (at least debate) change how we pick our U.S.Senators.

nobody outside of Florida (South Florida to be specific) could care less what Marco Rubio thinks of Judge Sotomayer.

No one outside Florida cares what Mel Martinez thinks unless the GOP puts him up to reflect their views.

And do you really think Martinez cares? He’s on his way out. Exactly what pressure can be brought to bear, especially when he’s been whining in the press about conservatives for the past year?

I do believe though that the outreach has to be to candidates that are the embodiment of the conservative movement and both of these candidates, Rubio and Cruz, are just that. Cornyn was way off base by getting involved with someone like Crist (he saw the expedient way to keep the seat as the prevailing motivation over choosing a solid conservative).

The Republican party, and conservatives, are in a very precarious situation right now due to core issues that are at odds with hispanic interests right now, and the only way to show that we are taking a balanced view of the issues is to include more qualified hispanics in both the debate, and backing them as candidates. In this we will demonstrate that we are acting out of, and by our principles, and not based on any perceived differences.

Once again, by sticking their finger in the air, and buying into the “Beltway” mentality, the GOP has, for the countless time, toasted a golden opportunity.

When oh when will we (actually ‘they’) ever learn?

Other’s can DIGG here.