Support Conservatives – Not Republicans

Former New York Gov. George Pataki has endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over GOP candidate Dierdre Scozzafava in the race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District.  Principle over party is now the cry!

As Hoffman narrowly moves into first place in a three way race, we are fast seeing who is willing to take a stand:

• George Pataki
• Sarah Palin
• Tim Pawlenty
• Sen. Jim DeMint
• Fred Thompson
• Steve Forbes
• Dick Armey
• Tom Cole (former RNCC chair)
• Ed Meese
• David Keene
• Al Regnery
• David McIntosh
• Brent Bozell
• Jim Miller
• Richard Viguerie
• Tony Perkins
• Tom Winter
• Ken Blackwell
• Craig Shirley

Who is supporting Scozzafava?

• Michael Steele
• Newt Gingrich
• The RNCC

Gingrich has ceded all ties to the conservative movement with this move.  Steele never had any.  Their support of liberal Wayne Gilchrest merely made them look foolish.  However, this race has the potential to be as meaningful to conservatives as the 1976 GOP presidential primaries.  Assuming Hoffman pulls off a victory, Steele’s resignation should be demanded immediately.  Those on the RNC who voted for Steele over Ken Blackwell should be ashamed!  As for the RNCC, no conservative should donate a dime as long as the House GOP caucus is led by the likes of Boehner and Cantor (see below).

Worst of all – Who is standing on the sidelines?

• John Boehner
• Eric Cantor
• Mike Huckabee
• Mitt Romney

This is merely a warm-up for next year.  We are witnessing the GOP elite support statist candidates over true conservatives.  We need to support people like Marco Rubio in Florida and Chuck DeVore in California.  As Neil Stevens recently reminded us, there are two kinds of Republicans.  We know which kind our country needs.

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Get Out and Vote!

Don’t forget to vote today, particularly if you live in Maryland’s First District. Your candidate of choice needs your vote and if you haven’t made firm choice, vote for Andy Harris.

My friend and Red Maryland colleague Michael Swartz (of MonoBlogue fame) has gone out on a limb with some pretty detailed predictions. While I will agree that McCain should handily win the Maryland primary and I substantially agree that the First District GOP congressional primary is awful close, I think that Michael is overlooking one thing that will put Andy Harris over the top. I expect Mike Huckabee to garner far more than 26%, both statewide and in the First District.

A Huckabee voter should be a Harris voter. I know of few, if any, Huckabee supporters who are not adamant social conservatives. I cannot understand any social conservative voting for either Gilchrest or Pipken when they have a choice like Harris. I can’t imagine a social conservative pulling the lever for Pipken under any circumstances. His record on abortion and same-sex unions effectively knock him out of contention with these voters.

Given strong support (not an official endorsement, but through issues advocacy) through the Association of Maryland Families, and the endorsement of strong values based conservatives such as James Dobson, Phyllis Schlafly and Maryland Sen. Lowell Stoltzfus, Harris should receive the bump necessary to win today.

cross posted at Salisbury News

Technorati Tags: Maryland, politics, Maryland politics, John McCain, MonoBlogue, Mike Huckabee, Andy Harris, E J Pipken, Wayne Gilchrest, conservatism, values, social conservatives, James Dobson, Phyllis Schlafly, Lowell Stoltzfus

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McCain, Clinton Win Florida Primaries

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pulled out a five point victory over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Florida GOP primary. While there is still no clear victor for the GOP nomination, this win was particularly important victory for McCain. After McCains victory in the South Carolina primary, pundits repeatedly made the point that McCain had yet to win a closed GOP primary. The New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries are open primaries allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot. Closed primaries, like Florida’s, only allow registered Republicans to vote.

Florida GOP Primary Results
John McCain	36%
Mitt Romney	31%
Rudy Giuliani	15%
Mike Huckabee	13%
Ron Paul	3%

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) managed to beat Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) with 50% of the Democrat vote compared to Obama’s 33%, with 14% going to former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. This should not be viewed as a particular victory for Clinton. Given that the DNC forced candidates to pledge not to campaign in Florida after Clinton had already built an organization in the state gave her a huge advantage. Despite this huge advantage, Obama still pulled within 17 points, far less than his victory over Clinton in South Carolina.

cross posted at the Campaign Edge

Technorati Tags: 2008, GOP, Democrat, primary, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, politics, Florida, Florida politics

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The False Apostles

I love to hear radio pundits like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity wail about John McCain and pontificate as to their bona fides in securing the legacy of Ronald Reagan. Limbaugh sits back, puffs on his cigar and hints that he may not support the GOP nominee in 2008 because preserving conservative ideals are what’s at stake.

That sounds great. I’ve always been a Limbaugh fan (though I haven’t had much use for Hannity). I just wonder … where were Rush and Sean in 1976? How about 1980? When Limbaugh went national in 1988 he had nothing but love for then Vice President George H. W. Bush, a man worthy of great respect but never a leader of the movement. He dived right in with Bob Dole in 1996, and his criticism of George W. Bush has been pretty rare, until enough listeners pointed out that President Bush is no more a movement conservative than is Rudy Giuliani. Where was the grave concern over a GOP Congressional majority that simply sold our principles down a muddy river? Do we want a Speaker Pelosi? Of course not, but a Speaker Boehner would only be marginally better. Read more

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Huck!

This is another video that my son J. B. put me on to:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA4kr5-pU5k]

It’s my understanding that these two young men are students at SU. They were recently down in South Carolina campaigning for Mike Huckabee.

I might not be a Huckabee supporter, but these guys are great! You can see all of their videos on Matt Robins’ YouTube channel.

cross posted at Salisbury News and Red Maryland

Technorati Tags: 2008, politics, campaign, GOP, Mike Huckabee, video

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GOP Hopefuls Agree on One Thing – Hillary Clinton is Unworthy of the White House

The GOP Presidential candidates put aside their differences long enough at Thursday’s debate to agree that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is unworthy of being President. The candidates agreed that Clinton is “weak on Iraq” and that she is sure to raise taxes.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) went so far as to state that Clinton would “waive the white flag of surrender” if elected.

cross posted at the Campaign Edge

Technorati Tags: 2008, GOP, campaign, debate, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, taxation

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‘New York Times’ Endorses Clinton, McCain

Perpetuating the stereotype that Florida is a sunnier, kinder and gentler colony of the “Big Apple”, the New York Times has chosen to endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for the nominations of their respective parties on the eve of the Florida primary. As usual, the opinions of America’s paper of liberal record are well written, clear, and persuasive to the casual reader. It is unfortunate that the assumptions upon which their logic is based have so few facts to back them up.

The Times’ endorsement of Sen. Clinton was to be expected. The last true ’70’s liberal in the race is the one that is most in tune with the views of the Times’ publishers and editorial board. The Times’ is quite adamant in their reasoning, which will also be used in their endorsement of the Democrat nominee in the general election: Read more

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Duncan Hunter Endorses Mike Huckabee for President

Michelle Malkin states that “heads explode” over the endorsement of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA). I’d venture to say that it’s just one more disappointment for the fans of Mitt.

I’m not a fan of Mike Huckabee, despite Chuck Norris’ endorsement. However, I’m a little disappointed by pundits who report to only be concerned about Conservatism moving forward, yet don’t hesitate to distort the record of those that they disagree with.

We need to remember that Huckabee was attacked on his fiscal record, but he was able to prove that it wasn’t has bad as people like Robert Novak claimed. We now have Ms. Malkin (who I am a fan of) proclaiming Huckabee as an “ethno-panderer”. Read more

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Huckabee Caught on Tape – “Constitution is a Living Document”

According former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s campaign website:

I firmly believe that the Constitution must be interpreted according to its original meaning, and flatly reject the notion of a “living Constitution.” The meaning of the Constitution cannot be changed by judicial fiat.

But it seems that Huckabee is a bit of a flip-flopper on one of the most sacred of conservative (and GOP) issues. During an interview with CNN, Huckabee states that “the constitution is a living, breathing document.”

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Pv97p41Wo]

Huckabee tries to couch his statement in terms of amending the constitution. Unfortunately, that is not the same thing. Does the Constitution (as amended) mean what it says, or not?

Thanks to Virginia Virtucon for pointing us to this video.

Technorati Tags: 2008, MikeHuckabee, conservatism, originalism, courts, video

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McCain Wins in South Carolina

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) led the pack in today’s South Carolina GOP primary. Six months ago McCain’s campaign was considered dead. He now leads in every national poll in the RealClearPolitics average.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson finished a distant third, giving him his best finish yet. The future of the campaign is uncertain, but the conventional wisdom was that Thompson needed to finish at least with a strong third place finish in order to remain viable.

SC GOP Primary Results
McCain	33%
Huckabee	30%
Thompson	16%
Romney	15
Paul	4%
Giuliani	2%
Hunter	< 1%

cross posted at the Campaign Edge 

Technorati Tags: 2008, GOP, JohnMcCain, MikeHuckabee, FredThompson, MittRomney, RonPaul, RudyGiuliani, DuncanHunter, campaign 

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