Comments on: Senate Republican committee: No campaign money for Crist

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:31:48 +0000

Mational Republicans do not want to send money to the party if they think Crist may get any of it!!! LOL. The new York race proves that primaries are necessary. Perhaps it was the Ghost writing of the website pulled by the RPOF that tunred the national republcians off of Crist. Whatever it was it is good news for Florida Republicans. BTW. Paual Dockery is now getting the same shaft from the ROPF as Rubio was getting early on in his race.

By: KansasGirl

KansasGirl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:54:29 +0000

If there would of been a primary in New York, Dede would never have been on the ballot. Hoffman will return.

By: Jim Bean

Jim Bean — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:15:46 +0000

>>>Yeah, sure. Put in a strict conservative instead of a moderate. Worked great for you all in New York, didn’t it? A seat Republicans had held since the 1800’s? Lost because the Republicans didn’t want a moderate. Keep up the good work!<<<

First up, it wasn’t solidly held by Republicans since the 1800’s. A Democrat held it as recently as the 1990’s.

Second of all, the Republican candidate was farther left than the Democrat! By comparison, Owen’s the better choice for conservatives, as at least he’s a Blue Dog Democrat, whereas Scozzafava is a hardcore liberal. What’s the point of voting for somebody IF THEY DON’T REPRESENT YOUR VALUES IN THE SLIGHTEST?!? Why, just because they have an (R) next to their name? That’d be like expecting Republicans to have been willing to vote for Obama if he labelled himself a Republican.

Labels don’t matter. What matters is what you say and what you stand for, and Scozzafava was diametrically opposed to the conservative base. It says something when the extreme left-wing Daily Kos endorsed the Republican candidate (Scozzafava) over the Democrat! And you really think Republicans shot themselves in the foot by not helping her win office? Give me a break.

Last but not least, Hoffman had only recently jumped into the race and was running dead last up til recently as a third-party candidate. And despite all of that, and the Republican endorsing the Democrat in the race after she dropped out (Yep, the Republican endorsed the Democrat. One can only imagine how often she would’ve sided with Democrats in Congress had she been elected), he still came within 5 points of winning.

Had the Republicans supported the conservative candidate from the start, then Hoffman would’ve won. Hell, two more weeks of campaigning and he would’ve won despite their self-defeating tactics and feckless behavior.

It was a massive uphill climb from the get-go, but it’ll be worth it if the GOP gets the message and stops supporting Democrats-in-Republican clothing for public office, and actually *GASP* supports candidates which represent the values and beliefs of their constituency.

As for Hoffman, no worries. This was a special election, so he’ll be running again next year. And next year he’ll win it.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:15:33 +0000

Yeah, sure. Put in a strict conservative instead of a moderate. Worked great for you all in New York, didn’t it? A seat Republicans had held since the 1800’s? Lost because the Republicans didn’t want a moderate. Keep up the good work!

By: John

John — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:00:33 +0000

Who cares where Rubio stands on social issues. They are largely unimportant at a time when when the Florida economy, like the national economy, is failing miserably. At this time, as before, “it’s the economy, stupid!” Furthermore, social conservatives offend many independents who would otherwise support a GOP candidate on fiscal grounds. If Rubio acts like Pat Robertson, I won’t vote for him. If he sounds like Jack Kemp, I’ll give him a second look.

By: ted

ted — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:54:18 +0000

Nobody can trust Crist on either side of the aisle, he is the consumate politician, slippery, slimy, talks out of both sides of his mouth. Vote him…GONE!

By: James Padgett

James Padgett — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:35:45 +0000

This is good news - as conservatives much prefer Mr. Rubio - for his anti-abortion and anti-same sex marriage stands as well as for his fiscal conservatism.
This means conservative Republicans will be more likely to support their state party - as opposed to the case if monies were going to be given to Christ as opposed to the more conservative Rubio. It might be mentioned that one fairly significant Republican endorses Mr. Rubio ….Jeb Bush. Try that on for size.