So much for Tea Party candidate in AZ

[bodecea]

McCain defeats conservative primary challenger - Yahoo! News

McCain, that guy that Republicans wanted for President in 2008 then suddenly didn't want in 2010....beats his crazy tea party challenger in AZ Republican primary.

 

[jillian]

McCain defeats conservative primary challenger - Yahoo! News

McCain, that guy that Republicans wanted for President in 2008 then suddenly didn't want in 2010....beats his crazy tea party challenger in AZ Republican primary.

went the same way as NY-23 PA-12 and now probably NV Senate along with McCain's victory in AZ and it looks more and more likely that Rubio will get beat by Crist in FL.

So there ya go.

 

[Missourian]

Just the competition itself is good...keeps them honest.

No seat should be safe.

 

[Dr.House]

McCain defeats conservative primary challenger - Yahoo! News

McCain, that guy that Republicans wanted for President in 2008 then suddenly didn't want in 2010....beats his crazy tea party challenger in AZ Republican primary.

went the same way as NY-23 PA-12 and now probably NV Senate along with McCain's victory in AZ and it looks more and more likely that Rubio will get beat by Crist in FL.

So there ya go.

Can you tell me how you come to that conclusion? Race looks pretty tight to me...

Well, except for the democratic...lol

RealClearPolitics - Election 2010 - Florida Senate - Rubio vs. Meek vs. Crist

 

[jillian]

McCain defeats conservative primary challenger - Yahoo! News

McCain, that guy that Republicans wanted for President in 2008 then suddenly didn't want in 2010....beats his crazy tea party challenger in AZ Republican primary.

went the same way as NY-23 PA-12 and now probably NV Senate along with McCain's victory in AZ and it looks more and more likely that Rubio will get beat by Crist in FL.

So there ya go.

Can you tell me how you come to that conclusion? Race looks pretty tight to me...

Well, except for the democratic...lol

RealClearPolitics - Election 2010 - Florida Senate - Rubio vs. Meek vs. Crist

because in florida it isn't going to be the democrat. so given a choice between rubio and crist, it's going to be crist. people keep forgetting he has a 60% approval rating as governor.

 

[jillian]

Just the competition itself is good...keeps them honest.

No seat should be safe.

i like my senator and congressman. i would hope that some overfunded outsider doesn't come in and trash them.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dems don't have these issues because their candidates are all Gus Hall cookie cuts

 

[johnrocks]

Don't know the details but maybe it was the candidate, maybe he was a worse prospect than McCain, I mean, if I'm looking for another car, I'm not going to trade my old yet reliable 96 Escort in on a Dodge Dart just because it has a few thousand less miles on it.

 

[jillian]

Dems don't have these issues because their candidates are all Gus Hall cookie cuts

stop lying, honey. it's unbecoming.

 

[Dr.House]

went the same way as NY-23 PA-12 and now probably NV Senate along with McCain's victory in AZ and it looks more and more likely that Rubio will get beat by Crist in FL.

So there ya go.

Can you tell me how you come to that conclusion? Race looks pretty tight to me...

Well, except for the democratic...lol

RealClearPolitics - Election 2010 - Florida Senate - Rubio vs. Meek vs. Crist

because in florida it isn't going to be the democrat. so given a choice between rubio and crist, it's going to be crist. people keep forgetting he has a 60% approval rating as governor.

Sounds like wishfull thinking on your part that the polls just don't support...

 

[jillian]

Don't know the details but maybe it was the candidate, maybe he was a worse prospect than McCain, I mean, if I'm looking for another car, I'm not going to trade my old yet reliable 96 Escort in on a Dodge Dart just because it has a few thousand less miles on it.

JD Hayworth is an extremist tea party person like the other tea party people... except in AZ, the only people who endorsed him were a few of the loonier groups and Sherriff Joe Arpaio....

anyone who had any issues other than illegals was going to vote for McCain, imo. Now, that's a guess, but I like to think it's an educated guess.

The question then becomes did McCain selling his soul and denying even that he was a 'maverick' kill his chance at the general election? I'd still put my money on the old dude.

 

[strollingbones]

is the tea paty gonna mess up the gop just enough to let democrats back in?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Our Founding Fathers were extremist Tea Party people too

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dems don't have these issues because their candidates are all Gus Hall cookie cuts

stop lying, honey. it's unbecoming.

Have you seen who Obama's appointed to SCOTUS? You can't fit a sheet of paper between their ideology and Gus Hall's

 

[Missourian]

Just the competition itself is good...keeps them honest.

No seat should be safe.

i like my senator and congressman. i would hope that some overfunded outsider doesn't come in and trash them.

Why?



It's not like some overfunded outsider from the opposition party isn't going to trash them anyway.

If they are that great, it shouldn't be a problem.

It's only when they are out of touch with their constituency that they get in trouble.

A little reality check never hurt anyone.

A good primary challenge is a young boy whispering in the incumbents ear "all glory is fleeting".

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dems don't have these issues because their candidates are all Gus Hall cookie cuts

stop lying, honey. it's unbecoming.

Oh, speaking of lies, when are you going to show me when the New Deal ended the Great Depression or name a single person who was ruined by Joe McCarthy

I'm going to revisit the "Imaginary Greatness of FDR" thread after Labor Day and you guys another few weeks to make up something

 

[Dr.House]

is the tea paty gonna mess up the gop just enough to let democrats back in?

No...

I don't think the democratics have much of a chance come November...

 

[Quantum Windbag]

went the same way as NY-23 PA-12 and now probably NV Senate along with McCain's victory in AZ and it looks more and more likely that Rubio will get beat by Crist in FL.

So there ya go.

Can you tell me how you come to that conclusion? Race looks pretty tight to me...

Well, except for the democratic...lol

RealClearPolitics - Election 2010 - Florida Senate - Rubio vs. Meek vs. Crist

because in florida it isn't going to be the democrat. so given a choice between rubio and crist, it's going to be crist. people keep forgetting he has a 60% approval rating as governor.

Except it was Rubio.

 

[johnrocks]

Don't know the details but maybe it was the candidate, maybe he was a worse prospect than McCain, I mean, if I'm looking for another car, I'm not going to trade my old yet reliable 96 Escort in on a Dodge Dart just because it has a few thousand less miles on it.

JD Hayworth is an extremist tea party person like the other tea party people... except in AZ, the only people who endorsed him were a few of the loonier groups and Sherriff Joe Arpaio....

anyone who had any issues other than illegals was going to vote for McCain, imo. Now, that's a guess, but I like to think it's an educated guess.

The question then becomes did McCain selling his soul and denying even that he was a 'maverick' kill his chance at the general election? I'd still put my money on the old dude.

The word "extreme" is in the eye of the beholder jillian;imho. I mean; for some; Obamacare or Universal Healthcare is extreme, I think it is anyway, others think cutting government is extreme; I don't. I looked at Hayworth once and truly was not impressed, he seemed to be John McCain on steroids, about the only difference being immigration, going from memory though and could be wrong on that one

 

[xotoxi]

is the tea paty gonna mess up the gop just enough to let democrats back in?

They will if the Tea Baggers decide to hold their ground and not vote for either candidate.