he’s just highlighting these four this time…. but I think Erick’s right on in that we need to support our Conservative Candidates (the Diary) directly (and in that Diary I mention the fight against McCain in Primary) as well as contributing to Conservative PACs that will take the Fight in the direction we’d prefer it to go rather than ANY of the affiliated Official Republican fundraising mechanisms. (see too: creating an NRSC: Daily Dimes Dichotomy and RNC called, I hung up!)…. We have to send them the message WE DO NOT APPROVE of the way they have been handling things and until we see them doing better we intend to bypass them!!!!

however, from everything I’ve read here, and elsewhere, no one will touch the stodgy old compromiser. The Joe Wilson reaction is only one of many disgusting displays he has done, and will continue to do in the future. When the camera pnned on him, in Obama’s glorious hour, the smile could not have been wider or more authentic, and he sure threw that thumb up in support of Obama real quick. But, getting rid of him would have been like trying to vote Ted Kennedy out of his seat. He’s just one of those sorry facts that we are stuck with. Not even the utter disgust that so many felt with him as our sorry a$$ candidate can touch him. Sad, very sad.

explaining what and why we are doing it will get their attention better: creating an NRSC: Daily Dimes Dichotomy – for those that hadn’t seen that elsewhere or above.

not sure how that happened, but please delete the duplicate for me. Is there a way I can delete these myself in the future?

http://www.dewhurst.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6141

Michael Williams is an excellent choice for Texas Senate. Right now, I think the only thing that could stop him is KBH deciding her chances in the Gov race are not good and staying put in the Senate.

By the way, I’m in one of those house districts that will switch from D to R this year (Texas 17). When the House version of this rolls around, keep us in mind . It’s in my signature …

than Buck, the only other announced candidate.

Not only that, then the ‘racist’ party can have 2 African-American candidates and we can watch the MSM’s collective heads explode.

Better yet – I have a dream…..to see Senator Byrd at a Senate luncheon flanked on both sides by Senators Williams & Frazier.

Heh. Heh.

Apparently, the NRSC is going to backdoor their endorsement of Jane Norton. We simply cannot allow Washington insiders to dictate our candidate to us. The grassroots backlash against Norton will be significant, and if this doesn’t stop it will guarantee another 6 years of Democrat control of both Colorado Senate seats.

Esp. under this administration. If you think that you’ll get anything but a tool that populist/statist economic illiterates can use to bash monetary policy as a whole and conservatism with, you’ve got another thing coming. On abortion, the cases where a pol has to vote on an abortion bill are exceedingly rare, and the big legislative one (Partial Birth act) has already gone through. Essentially, it comes down to judges, and even though Toomey’s less than stellar on that issue, his fiscal and foreign policy stances (which will come up for debate far more often than a SC nomination) are fantastic.

I hear you on your basic point but I’m still struggling to put Toomey in the same camp as folks like Charlie Crist. I’ve been using ACU’s ratings a lot since I haven’t followed individual pols that closely in the past. Based on the numbers I see, it does look like I will have to do some more thorough research. At first glance, Toomey looks like a solid conservative: he has a lifetime ACU score of 92 (out of 100). At the same time they also gave Santorum a lifetime rating of 87, which I think is high.

http://www.acuratings.org/ratingsarchive/2003/2003House.htm

He isn’t the “electable” candidate, he is the conservative candidate. He’s the one who twice went up against Specter in the primary. And once again this cycle the NRSC was set to endorse his opponent, Snarlen Arlen, except that after looking at his internal polling numbers, Snarlen decided to jump ship. After the first fight, in which the Republican leadership told Santorum to knife Toomey in the back, Toomey went off and founded a PAC that has supported and helped conservative candidates win elections. Which is more than I can say for Snarlen.

Yeah, I would have voted differently on Cuba and Medicare prescription drug benefit, but I don’t consider Cuba essential. While I feel more strongly about Medicare, I also know PA is a graying commonwealth and no elected politician for it is going to vote against that constituency. We can’t let the perfect become the obstacle to significant improvement. Toomey is a heck of a lot better than half a loaf, or voting right once a term. And the comparison to McCain is simply beyond the pale.