libertybrewcity
07-31-2010, 09:16 PM
Looks like there are three main candidates, Cox, Synder, and Hoekstra with Synder in the lead as of this week's poll.
Any of the Amash people know if anyone of these candidates or the others are liberty candidates?
Just read this and it surprised me(maybe not):
Move Left and Win...A Republican Primary?
In the many Republican primaries we've had so far this year, it's reasonably safe to say that the word "conservative"--often modified by "true" or "most"--has been used by candidates almost universally as a personal and policy identifier. That's not surprising, given the relatively high level of ideological conformity among self-identified Republican voters, and the impetus to self-conscious conservatism provided by the Tea Party movement and an energized Republican base.
So it's interesting to take a look at next Tuesday's Michigan gubernatorial primary, and find a very competitive Republican candidate, Rick Snyder, who doesn't much use the C-word, and in fact, is appealing for Democratic and independent votes on the apparent ground that like Mike Dukakis in 1988, he's about competence, not ideology.
According to a new poll from the Michigan-based firm EPIC-MRA, Snyder is in the lead in a very close three-way race for the gubernatorial nomination against two candidates, Attorney General Mike Cox and congressman Peter Hoekstra, who are competing heatedly with each other for the Tea Party/True Conservative mantle. Yet in the Year of the Conservative, you search high and low on Snyder's web page to find the word "conservative." There are plenty of things Snyder talks about--notably his business experience as an executive with Gateway, and his determination to make Michigan government operate efficiently--that appeal to conservatives. But he mainly identifies himself as "one tough nerd"--the sort of thing you'd normally associate with elitist liberals--and in the stretch run of the primary, seems to be branding himself as a moderate with special crossover appeal to Democrats and independents.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/07/move-left-and-wina-republican-primary.html
Any of the Amash people know if anyone of these candidates or the others are liberty candidates?
Just read this and it surprised me(maybe not):
Move Left and Win...A Republican Primary?
In the many Republican primaries we've had so far this year, it's reasonably safe to say that the word "conservative"--often modified by "true" or "most"--has been used by candidates almost universally as a personal and policy identifier. That's not surprising, given the relatively high level of ideological conformity among self-identified Republican voters, and the impetus to self-conscious conservatism provided by the Tea Party movement and an energized Republican base.
So it's interesting to take a look at next Tuesday's Michigan gubernatorial primary, and find a very competitive Republican candidate, Rick Snyder, who doesn't much use the C-word, and in fact, is appealing for Democratic and independent votes on the apparent ground that like Mike Dukakis in 1988, he's about competence, not ideology.
According to a new poll from the Michigan-based firm EPIC-MRA, Snyder is in the lead in a very close three-way race for the gubernatorial nomination against two candidates, Attorney General Mike Cox and congressman Peter Hoekstra, who are competing heatedly with each other for the Tea Party/True Conservative mantle. Yet in the Year of the Conservative, you search high and low on Snyder's web page to find the word "conservative." There are plenty of things Snyder talks about--notably his business experience as an executive with Gateway, and his determination to make Michigan government operate efficiently--that appeal to conservatives. But he mainly identifies himself as "one tough nerd"--the sort of thing you'd normally associate with elitist liberals--and in the stretch run of the primary, seems to be branding himself as a moderate with special crossover appeal to Democrats and independents.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/07/move-left-and-wina-republican-primary.html