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Texas, Ted Cruz, the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and arguably Chic fil A, all had a very big day yesterday.
For anyone who has doubted that the movement elections of 2010 were anything but a fundamental shift in conservative politics, I give you the Marco Rubio of 2012, Ted Cruz of Texas. Who would have thought that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the odds-on favorite, would lose to this first-time candidate for office.
I didn’t realize until I read it this morning that Ted’s father emigrated from Cuba, making the Rubio comparison even more appropriate.
Glenn Beck rallied over 65000 in Dallas a few days ago, but the media ignored it. I imagine more than a few of those attendees voted for Ted.
Sarah Palin’s support for Ted solidifies her standing with the small-government-social conservative crowd (as if her cred needed any support). Given VP Cheney’s “mistake” remark of a few days ago, I would say that the mistake was NOT the selection of Sarah Palin, but the nomination of John McCain. Perhaps the GOP-e will learn the lesson of yesterday’s Cruz victory: conservatives will no longer be silent and watch the establishment destroy the country we love.
Oh BTW, today is Chic fil a Appreciation Day. Go enjoy a chicken sandwich.
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latest from the loyal opposition …
not bad at all!
h/t rayra
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In Dayton, OH, Sen John McCain introduced his VP selection, Gov Sarah Palin of Alaska.
Here’s the vid…
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But will he have time to overtake Establishment candidate Charlie Ross?
from the Clarion Ledger …
Jim Nix hadn’t heard of Republican candidate Gregg Harper before the race for the 3rd Congressional District cranked up in January.
But in a small Mississippi town such as Meadville, where the honor system is still used to pay for a weekly newspaper, word of mouth is a powerful way to score votes.
“Here it’s about who you can trust and who you can’t trust,” said Nix, 73, a resident of the town of about 500. “I’ve been knowing some people a long time who know Gregg. They told me what a great guy he is.”
Despite what some called a weakness in initial name recognition, Harper’s “Faith Campaign,” as supporters have nicknamed it, seems to be appealing to folks like Nix.
And among Mississippi’s Republican elite – such as Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, former Sen. Trent Lott and others – Harper has built up credit he can cash in on by working on many of their campaigns.
Still, it is unclear whether Harper, 51, has persuaded enough voters to overtake former state Sen. Charlie Ross.
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Age: 51
Education: Graduate from
Mississippi College and University of Mississippi School of Law
Occupation: Prosecuting attorney for the cities of Brandon and Richland and private attorney
Family: Married to the former Sidney Hancock of Jackson; two children, Livingston, 18, and Maggie, 16
Hobbies-interests: Spending time with family, participating in church activities.
Previously — MS 3rd: Gregg Harper for Congress
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“I would also suggest that one needs to look very carefully at exactly what the business record is,” Huckabee said.”If it’s taking companies that are in serious trouble, buying them when they are in pain, selling off their assets, then making huge profit off of it then that’s not something a lot of Americans can relate to, except those that have lost their jobs because of those kind of transactions.If that’s the turnaround then there are a lot of Americans who do not want to see their lives turned around like that.” source
Before taking a morning jog in Ft. Lauderdale, Mike Huckabee’s remarks regarding Mitt Romney’s business record drew a very sharp distinction between the vision of conservatism espoused by Wall Street Republicans and Main Street Republicans. It is a distinction drawn previously by both Huckabee and Duncan Hunter, and one that has come into increasing focus as the economy emerges as the top issue in the campaign.
Ironically, it is the success of the Bush national security policy, and the counter-insurgency strategy in Iraq that has diminished the war and national security as the primary focus of the campaign. But, if the economy is Romney’s supposed strong suit, a closer look at his record in the private equity business is warranted.
…as the leader of private equity firm Bain Capital from 1984 to 1999, Romney’s record shows that while some of the firm’s investments helped companies grow, others ended in thousands of layoffs, and in some cases, bankruptcy.
Layoffs are a common result of private equity takeovers, with Bain Capital no exception….
Companies such as office supplier Staples Inc. and pizza company Domino’s were successful Bain investments under Romney.
But medical test maker Dade Behring, circuit board maker DDi, American Pad & Paper and auto parts company Cambridge Industries are among the companies that went bankrupt after Bain invested in them with Romney at the helm….
The private equity model is built on loading companies up with debt — which can ultimately prove too heavy a load for the business, as was the case with DDi.
Bain invested $46 million in DDi in October 1997 and later sold shares worth at least $93 million, according to a report by the Orange County Register newspaper. The Anaheim, California, company ultimately went bankrupt, laying off 2,100 employees. source
“It always makes sense to fight for every single good job.”
This was Mitt’s campaign rhetoric in Michigan and SC. It makes perfect sense for a candidate for President to say this.
But, if this had been his attitude as a businessman, this is certain: He would not have amassed the personal fortune that is financing his run for the Presidency, and thousands of “good jobs” at DDI, American Pad and Paper, Cambridge Industries, and others might still be around.
It does help to explain, however the club for growth’s enthusiastic support for Romney, despite his less than sterling fiscal record as governor of Massachusetts — he’s one of their own.
“his support for broad-based tax cuts in liberal Massachusetts together with his enthusiastic embrace of the Bush tax cuts on the campaign trail offers hope that Governor Romney’s previous ambivalence on tax policy is more a function of Massachusetts politics than his core beliefs.”
Ah yes. hope!
The fiscal record of Romney is somewhat similar to Huckabee. They both governed Democrat majority states as pragmatic conservatives. But Romney comports himself as a fiscon, so establishment Republicans give him a pass, and praise his record as offering hope.
He’s one of their own. More “identity politics?”
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