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Lucille
04-11-2010, 11:32 AM
Testing Influence of Tea Party in Kentucky (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/us/politics/11kentucky.html?hp)


Charlie Cook, a nonpartisan political forecaster, and some of Mr. Grayson’s backers here say that if Dr. Paul wins the primary, Republicans could lose the seat in November — proving that Tea Party energy, generally thought to benefit Republicans, can hurt them, too.

O RLY?

Via Vox, who blogs:

Anti-republican Republicans (http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/04/anti-republican-republicans.html):


[...] Given the disaster that mainstream Republicans proved themselves to be from 2000 to 2006, to say nothing of the Banking Bailout of 2008 that was orchestrated by mainstream Republicans, one would logically conclude that being outside of the Republican mainstream is exactly what is required for both Kentucky and the nation. And needless to say, "troubling views" means nothing more than a refusal to endorse the Imperial America approach to foreign policy.

There is nothing conservative about Imperial America or its self-styled conservative advocates. Nor is it possible to support the Iraqi and Afghanistan occupations while simultaneously claiming to support small and limited government.

Lucille
04-11-2010, 11:35 AM
Oops! Sorry, radiofriendly (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=239671)!

HarryBrowneLives
04-11-2010, 10:29 PM
"Charlie Cook, a nonpartisan political forecaster, and some of Mr. Grayson’s backers here say that if Dr. Paul wins the primary, Republicans could lose the seat in November — proving that Tea Party energy, generally thought to benefit Republicans, can hurt them, too."

I wrote the author of that article a nice note pointing out the fact that Charlie Cook's statement may have been discovered by him via looking at chicken entrails, the colors of wooly worms, or by reading tea leaves, but at this point EVERY poll taken in the last four months says just the opposite. In fact, that number vs any Democratic nominee has now grown to solid double digits.

This may be Charlie Cook's opinion or merely wishful thinking ... that the Great Rabble couldn't possibly take over, but his opinion has everything to with political science fiction and not fact.

libertybrewcity
04-11-2010, 10:51 PM
doubtful. i think the tea parties will stay for a while. who knows what the dems will do with their massive funding though..

Thargok
04-12-2010, 02:09 AM
If Rand wins the primary the only thing he will have to worry about is what color tie to wear on his first day as Senator.

That stated, if this guy somehow won the primary, it could get interesting...

http://www.buckmaster2010.com/issues.htm

Bman
04-12-2010, 03:00 AM
if rand wins the primary the only thing he will have to worry about is what color tie to wear on his first day as senator.


r e d!!!

Matt Collins
04-12-2010, 08:12 AM
It's a very safe Republican seat in today's climate.

Dreamofunity
04-12-2010, 10:19 AM
r e d!!!

commie!