1 The only thing I like to mull is cider.

2
No matter.

3 You're really kicking ass today Ace.  Thanks.

4 In the end he will still lose and Florida will still have a Republican Gov.

5 By the way this post is fucked up, all red and underlined.

6 These fuckers give me a headache. I sure hope it's not a tumor.

7 Crist bails and runs as an indy and conservatives will have locked up the idea that "conservatives endorse moderates, but moderates never endorse conservatives" in this party.

He bails and your "elect moderates who can win" mantra is dead. It's complete bullshit that every "moderate" (lately, Dede and Crist) either support the democrat in the end, or seemingly attempt to get that democrat elected.

8 GAHH!! Blood red.... everywhere...

9 Can I pick 'em or can I pick 'em?

BTW- I want to run the NRSC again! Yeah, I'm that good.

10
Crist as an Indepedent on the ballot will have no significant impact on the election. In Massachusetts, however, it's a different story.

If we have a three-way race for governor, Deval Patrick will be reelected.

11 Do you want to listen to me, Charlie? I'm not from FL but I'll give you my advice anyway. It starts with an F....

12

The only thing I like to mull is cider.

If it's clear and yella, you've got juice there, fella; if itÂ’s tangy and brown, youÂ’re in cider town

13 I hope he listens to the Florida residents who are all telling every pollster in earshot how much he sucks.

14

Take one orange Governor Huggy.

Add enormous ego.

Shake well with fawning, but insincere press monkeys.

And you get:  I told you so yesterday on this very same Dolphin-sex themed blog.

15 I don't recall the press wiping away all these tears of admiration when Joe Lieberman ignored DC pressure and mulled pursued an independent run.

16

Can I pick 'em or can I pick 'em?

BTW- I want to run the NRSC again! Yeah, I'm that good.

who else has he "picked" in the primaries, because god forbid the republican voters get to pick a candidate?

17 All Crist has ever done is slip-stream the Republican surge led by Connie Mack and Jeb Bush ( and a good state organization ).  People in Florida didn't really know the guy--or care, because he mouthed the right 'moderate conservative' phrases and kept a low profile

On his own, without cover, he's a RINO with minimum principles

18 C'mon admit it.  If you had spent the money he has on tanning, you'd run too.

19 "I keep hearing this claim that if only we'd jettison the social cons, our party would no longer be racist and icky. The establishment media -- our country's self-appointed arbiters of permissible political thought -- have assured us that it's not fiscal conservatism they find extreme, just that awful Bible-humping social type.

Apparently not, because the AP sets up a distinction between the fiscally-animated Tea Partiers and "more moderate" Republicans.

You'd almost think they despise us -- all of us -- and are simply attempting to create wedges between us or something."

Thanks, Ace, well said.

And well red, also, all of a sudden.

20 I hope you racist, tea baggers are proud of yourselves.

Look at what you did! You drove a decent and honorable man who will work across party lines out of our party!

What do we have left but a true conservative?

How are we supposed to impliment conservative policies if we don't compromise them with Democrats?

Explain that to me you wingnuts.

21 Semi O/T: Doug Hoffman may decide to fuck over the NY-23 race.

22 I AM SHOCKED!! O !!!

Eh, well.. maybe not so much.

23

Crist bails and runs as an indy and conservatives will have locked up the idea that "conservatives endorse moderates, but moderates never endorse conservatives" in this party.

He bails and your "elect moderates who can win" mantra is dead. It's complete bullshit that every "moderate" (lately, Dede and Crist) either support the democrat in the end, or seemingly attempt to get that democrat elected.

I concur. I remember in 2004 Pat Toomey was running against specter in the primaries and almost beat him, i think he was within 30 thousand votes. Anyway, when it looked like Specter might lose all the RNC establishment came out for specter. Bush, Santorum, etc etc. And look what happened.

I don't hate david frum and the others. our ideas on ecomic policies are similar, but i am sick of being told conservatives have to buck up and back the moderate for the good of the party, but they NEVER say the same when a conservative is the candidate.

This staterd in 1964 with Barry Goldwater when the Rockafeller republicans abandoned ship and gave LBJ a landslide victory that resulted in the Great Society and escalation without purpose in Vietnam.

I am so sick of this.

24 As my grandfather often put it so eloquently,

"Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out".

25

Crist will not run as an independent. He's going to run as a heterosexual.

26 Semi O/T: Doug Hoffman may decide to fuck over the NY-23 race.

Is appointing candidates instead of holding primaries a statewide thing in NY?

27 I support Marco Rubio. Enter Tattoo de Plane to accuse me of racism against people of orange extraction in 3...2...1...

28

The deuce you say!

The deuce, you flush.

Enjoy your trip to the Atlantic, Crist.

29

Oh, he's going to try to invent some "draft Charlie!" populist-driven reason for running, but his credibility is in the toilet. I really don't know who he thinks he's fooling at this point. If he runs as an independent, he's not only going to get flogged like a rented mule, but his political career will be over. (No one loves a traitor, Charlie, not even the people who paid him.)

 

30

This staterd in 1964 with Barry Goldwater when the Rockafeller republicans abandoned ship and gave LBJ a landslide victory that resulted in the Great Society and escalation without purpose in Vietnam.

And eventually into George McGovern being taken seriously.

31

No, don't tell me - let me guess; he didn't leave the party, the party left him.

Or maybe, he's decided that he wants to spend less time with his family.

32 For a long time, liberals have insisted that it is conservatives' social positions that make them extreme and unpalatable. And I include David Frum and Kathleen Parker types as "liberals" there -- I keep hearing this claim that if only we'd jettison the social cons, our party would no longer be racist and icky.

Hey "socially moderate" folks, why don't you reach into this big bucket of liberalitarian popcorn in my lap and see what pops up?

33 As a member of the educated class it's my job, nay, responsibility to tell you unfortunates what to think and do. I take that responsibility very seriously and so I must weigh all the evidence before pronouncing your selection.

Alas, I have not reached a conclusion yet as I have not seen the crease in the trousers of any of the candidates. Once I have this vital information, rest assured I will let you know what you think.

You're welcome.

34 Oompa-Loompa for Senate!

35

I keep hearing this claim that if only we'd jettison the social cons, our party would no longer be racist and icky.

To be fair, those folks also don't like the "able to do math" thing.

36 By the way, what is "repated"?

37 Oompa-Loompa for Senate! Lookee what I got here, boys! One 'a them dirty Loompa-lovers!

38
I think repated means he wears a wig.

39 I actually want him to do it and lose anyways. Then we can all tell parker, frum, brooks, etc. to FOAD.

40 McCain:  "I support Republicans."

Geez.  Nobody tells me nothin'.  When did that start?

41 Is appointing candidates instead of holding primaries a statewide thing in NY?

They're not doing that this time; they seem to have learned their lesson from Scozzafava. The local GOP organizations make endorsements but the candidates are going to run a primary race. What's happening here is Hoffman is threatening to spoil the race if another, apparently perfectly acceptable conservative wins the Republican primary.

42

I do hope this joker leaves the party.  One less RINO.  And it would serve as a good lesson in what to expect from said RINOs.

 

43

To be fair, those folks also don't like the "able to do math" thing.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 20, 2010 04:18 PM (B+qrE)

Dude, I have, like, a constitutional right to you buying my pot for me.

44 "The race is being closely watched nationally as a test of the strength of the tea party movement vs. more moderate Republicans."

Who, exactly, is trying to make this some kind of make it or break it scenario for those who oppose the Obama regime?

Are we really supposed to believe that the tea party movement will somehow be granted strange new respect if Christie runs Independent and gets his butt handed to him?

45 @41 - Hoffman is certainly being portrayed as someone who feels "entitled" to the GOP endorsements.  He comes off as a whiner that complains wayyy too much.

On the other hand, I take anything from that site with a grain of salt.  I don't trust that the primary opponent is really conservative, and I also don't trust how Hoffman is being portrayed, yet.  Too many people in this state with agendas, and Syracuse is a hotbed of bullshit.

46 Liberals@32:
"Hey "socially moderate" folks, why don't you reach into this big bucket of liberalitarian popcorn in my lap and see what pops up?"

What the...?

It's a limp dick!

47

McCain: "I Support Republicans".

I support them, too.

48 I dare you to knock this dick off my shoulder.

Hey, it fell off.

49

seriously how Republican can Parker, or Frum be, when they espouse nothing in conservatism? like fiscal sanity, they actually espouse SOCIAL construtction as Mild to no opinions to do with , family, constitution , and patritotism. they have nothing to do with conservs, or gop ideals.

reallu have they stood up for anything but DEM LEFT talking points in 2 years?

50 Is appointing candidates instead of holding primaries a statewide thing in NY?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 20, 2010 04:15 PM (mR7mk)

pretty much yeah

51

McCain: I Won't Support Crist If He Jumps Independent: I support Republicans.

Sheeesh...what about me John, I thought we were buds! WTF!!

 

52 Are we really supposed to believe that the tea party movement will somehow be granted strange new respect if Christie runs Independent and gets his butt handed to him?

Of course not, silly billy.  It'll be a clear (racist) signal that the Republican Party has been hijacked by fringe extremists like Timothy McVeigh and Apocalypse.

53 Hey "socially moderate" folks, why don't you reach into this big bucket of liberalitarian popcorn in my lap and see what pops up?

We have mandated that "liberalitarian popcorn" contain less than 35.4 mg of sodium per serving.

54 ...also, when I eat Beans they repate on me.

55 These fuckers give me a headache. I sure hope it's not a tumor.

It's not a tumuh!

56
I'm going to side with Hoffman on this. Here's a guy who stuck his neck out for conservative principles when no one else would in NY-23, and while the Republican establishment offered a fucking moonbat for the ticket.

Hoffman's a good guy and deserves the nomination as much or more than anyone in NY-23.

57

By the way, what is "repated"?

It's cob logger speak for "double posted".

But seriously, I'm just not getting what good he thinks this will do. I guess he thinks some Democrats will vote for him...or something?

58 Increasingly, the "social" issues have definite fiscal impacts.

59 56
I'm going to side with Hoffman on this. Here's a guy who stuck his neck out for conservative principles when no one else would in NY-23, and while the Republican establishment offered a fucking moonbat for the ticket.

Hoffman's a good guy and deserves the nomination as much or more than anyone in NY-23.

Posted by: The Great Gazoo at April 20, 2010 04:37 PM (bcRFr)

Would be the way I'd lean too, bonus points for stickin it in the eye of the idiots that gave Scuzzyflavanoids the fucking endorsement.

60 If Mav supports this jerk now, after we committed to not go third party, then Hayworth ought to run third party against him [ducks] I know, lost seat, but some things cannot stand.

61

Dude, I have, like, a constitutional right to you buying my pot for me.

Hey, no hating on this holy day!

^j/k

62 The only thing worse than a RINO is a democrat.

63
Doug Hoffman may decide to fuck over the NY-23 race.

Shit, after the crap they pulled with Scozzafugly?  The hell with them, I don't believe a f*cking word they say.

64

The only thing worse than a RINO is a democrat.

Two halves of a democrat are better than a RINO.

65
Hey "socially moderate" folks, why don't you reach into this big bucket of liberalitarian popcorn in my lap and see what pops up?

There better not be any salt on that! JEA won't like that!

66
The main reason Crist won't run as an (I): he won't raise any cash.

Who's gonna finance his campaign, the small percentage of dildo indies in the middle?
hahaha what a fucking joke. If we know one thing about the dildos 'in the political middle' it's that they're not all politically active or principled. These are the douchebags who show up on election day and pull a lever. They don't get involved in campaigns in any other way.

67 But seriously, I'm just not getting what good he thinks this will do. I guess he thinks some Democrats will vote for him...or something?

I think, at least in part, the threat is an attempt to force the national party to support him.  The threat is "if I don't win the nomination I'll be a spoiler and throw it to the Democrats".

68
and pick up the pace on the comments or I'll start posting parentheses boobies to entertain myself..

69
(. )( . )

Shannon Doherty's boobs.

70

the only question here is,

 is he or is he not a prototypical poitical whore?

 

We'll soon find out won't we.

71 Charlie Crist starring as Agent Orange in the thriller: An Independent Run

72 The "I'm going to listen to Florida residents" is a dead giveaway--if nothing else is.

He's going to run.

The language is almost Specterish in the way it's an immediate slap to everyone who previously supported you through party affiliation. And the other thing that makes it certain is the language shows he's not thinking national office.

73 70
(. )( . )

Shannon Doherty's boobs.

Posted by: The Great Gazoo at April 20, 2010 04:50 PM (bcRFr)

I'd like to introduce her boobs to my mouth...

74 You italicized those boobs?

75 That Charlie Crist looks like a cocksucker, to me.

76 On the other hand, I take anything from that site with a grain of salt.  I don't trust that the primary opponent is really conservative, and I also don't trust how Hoffman is being portrayed, yet.  Too many people in this state with agendas, and Syracuse is a hotbed of bullshit.

You could be right. And Hoffman himself has been silent; this could be a case of the Conservative Party driving this forward and telling their favored candidate to hush up and watch. But if this story is correctly characterizing the state CP chair as having no substantive problem with Doheny as a conservative candidate -- and with the Republican nominee to be decided in a primary rather than by appointment, as was the case with Scozzafava -- the rationale that existed for Hoffman's third-party candidacy during the special election disappears.

Of course the Conservative Party is totally independent of the GOP and can do whatever it wants, but I thought the main rationale for its existence was to put up alternative candidates when the GOP nominee was unacceptably liberal -- otherwise they routinely endorse the Republican candidate in the general election. But if they start cutting the legs out from under conservative Republican nominees, then they're no better than any other spoiler third party that ensures Democrats get elected. I'd hate for this seat to be lost to Bill Owens for a generation just to satisfy some leftover snit-fit over who "earned" what.

77 You italicized those boobs?

She's leaning sideways, apparently.

78 You italicized those boobs?

She's leaning over.

79 So, you have to be both a social and fiscal liberal to be a true conservative?

80 If it is true and that he wasn't going to run and NRSC pulled him into this race, then they need to find a way for him to save face. If Crist runs in 2012 I think he will unseat Sen. Nelson, so NRSC find a way to convince Crist to do so, you guys f*D it up enough.

81
Two halves of a democrat are better than a RINO.

Do you cut them lengthwise and butter-fly them, or mid-torso and make sausage?

82 Crist said he intends to listen to Florida residents as he decides his political future.

Yep.
If you combine his supporters along with all the libbies who will never vote for him but know his independent run means a win for their candidate, I'm sure he'll find enough loud voices that say RUN to suit his ego.

83 Crist is going to go indy because of one poll, what an idiot.  He will soon find out that it will be a major mistake.


Oh yeah, AP is racist for not supporting Rubio.

84 "80 So, you have to be both a social and fiscal liberal to be a true conservative?

Posted by: ed at April 20, 2010 05:00 PM (Urhve) " And a snappy dresser, to boot.

85
She's leaning sideways, apparently.

She on a Tilt-A-Whirl?

86
I vow to be Super Republican until the day after you vote for me. _{That's as long as I rented the costume.}

87 You know what squishy moderates are good for?

Squishing!

88 Wonder if it's ever gonna come out that he is a cross dresser?

89 I have McCain fatigue. Again.

90

Italic boobs?

Only here...

91 He'll run as an independent, lose, and then accept a position in the Obama administration to complete the cycle.

92

Italic boobs?

Only here...

And Italy.

93 Oh, wait ... now I understand how it works.

The Tea Party isn't supposed to field a third-party candidate, because see then that would result in a Democrat victory.

But if any of the Republicans feels like maybe they aren't going to keep their precious seat, well then it's all fine and good for them to eviscerate the Republican Party and run as an independent third-party candidate.

Now, I get it.

It's really more about Repulicrats (i.e., Democrats who have infiltrated the Republican Party) getting to keep their seats even if it means the death of the Republican Party than it really is about keeping to a two-party system.

The next time a Tea Party candidate decides to run as a third-party candidate in the two way race, I don't want to hear a lot of Republican Party fucking moralizing about how this only ensures the election of the Democrat.

Charlie Crist is proving that the Republican establishment doesn't give a rat's fucking ass about ensuring the long-term viability of the Republican Party. They'll gladly run as third-party candidates if that's the only way they think they can keep their sinecures.

Not one more fucking lecture on this topic, Ace.

94 Not one more fucking lecture on this topic, Ace.

Posted by: someguy at April 20, 2010 05:50 PM (VRJIW)

Hey Ace, THE MAN here is telling you how it's done. Be sure to follow his orders for better Punching Up efficiency, 'kay?

95 "On his own, without cover, he's a RINO with minimum principles"

He's way worse than a mere RINO.

He's fucking vetoing Republican laws passed in the Florida legislature.

He's a Manchurian Democrat.

Somebody get to this mother fucker and explain things to him. Explain to every campaign worker who agrees to serve on his campaign that they'll never work another day for any other Republican ... ever ... if they work with Charlie Crist.

Explain it to every advertising agency. Every political pollster. Every campaign house.

If you work with Charlie Crist ... you can never work with any other Republicans in the future.

Explain it to them in a way that they will understand that Charlie Crist will not be allowed to fuck over the Republican Party and fucking get away with it.

96 Yep.  Here we go again.

Conservatives got a hard-on to purge another nasty RINO from the party, and now we're going to get another senator caucusing with Democrats.

Good move!  Way to go!  Crist wasn't right-wing enough!  Now we're gonna lose.

Say hello to Marco Rubio, has-been fucking loser.

Slick.  How's taking back the Senate comin'?

Not so good?

S

97 Crist believes he's got the teacher's union on his side as he just vetoed a tenure-killing bill last week.

98

@70: "(. )( . )

Shannon Doherty's boobs."

--------------

Oh yeah?

( : )( . )

Scaramanga's moobs.

99 Posted by: someguy at April 20, 2010 05:56 PM (VRJIW)
Posted by: sanssoucy at April 20, 2010 06:05 PM (Iq+yI)

Here we have another popular pair of boobs!

100

Scaramanga's moobs

I actually got that. Is there a Bond marathon on somewhere?

101 Dick Morris (to paraphrase) said it best:

"The worst RINO you Republicans elect to the House is going to walk into that chamber and vote for John Boehner as Speaker and put Nancy Pelosi out of business."

Parties matter.

102 If Charlie thinks he's going to get an endorsement from the teachers' union, he's pissing into the wind.

103 Conservatives got a hard-on to purge another nasty RINO from the party ...

Not yeah, but FUCK YEAH!

By cock fucking bursts every time I see another fucking Democrat kicked right the fuck out of our big mother fucking tent.

You got a problem with that, bitch?

Charlie Crist is proving he's not a Republican, or he'd get with the fucking program and do the right fucking thing. If the guy insists on pissing all over the rest of us, fuck him right up his  ass. He's gonna get one in the proverbial political hat.

We need Florida to be Republican and Charlie Fucking Crist is trying to fucking make that more difficult for his own venal reasons.

He should be strung out to fucking dry.

Got it?

104 Parties matter.

Posted by: sanssoucy at April 20, 2010 06:35 PM (Iq+yI)


Tell Crist that, douchebag.

105 I am muthafuckin' tired... of these muthafuckin' RINOs... in the muthafuckin' GOP!

106 Chris Matthews explains why Matthews is against "purging" his friend Charlie Crist:


MATTHEWS: "Chris it seems to me we're getting into something here that I do think is particularly nasty. Chuck says there's precedence, and there may well be, but here you see a party basically pruning itself. Going around and saying, "Well we really don't like Arlen Specter. You go find something else to do. Go be a Democrat." We see this with Charlie Crist perhaps being given the boot. Bob Bennett, a real conservative, getting perhaps the boot out in Utah at some point in this process this year. And then of course John McCain who was the Republican nominee for president last time around. All being treated like, well, you know, like tissue rejection, like "You don't belong here."

So, Matthews just did us a really nice favor. He's making a list of all the people MSNBC would rather not see "purged" from the Republican Party.

Almost like a list of all the moles.

107

Apparently not, because the AP sets up a distinction between the fiscally-animated Tea Partiers and "more moderate" Republicans.

The AP prescribes to the Charles Johnson view of Tea Partiers.  Where in reality that are really about fiscal conservatism being the main platform and focus and are anti-big government, they view them as being nothing but racist bible thumpers.  Its the view that always threw me before the bikerider went off the deep end because of his anti-religion views he should have been all over in full support of the Tea Parties.  Though I'm sure the reality is that someone he deemed a racist supported the Tea Parties so they became default Nazis, just like everything else.

McCain: I Won't Support Crist If He Jumps Independent: "I Support Republicans"

Of course he does.  He needs Republicans elected so he can get his positions of power.  So of course he'll support Republicans for elections.  Otherwise he won't get the opportunity to dick them over legislatively.

Posted by: someguy at April 20, 2010 05:56 PM (VRJIW)
Posted by: sanssoucy at April 20, 2010 06:05 PM (Iq+yI)

And damn we need to spray some pesticide in here to get rid of these two twats.

108

Selfish prick. He can't win iwthin his own party so he's damned sure going to make sure that nobody else can.

I hope Rubio kicks the shit out of him and the Dem because, at this point, Crist has deemed to fuck the rest of us.

109 Parties matter.

Parties only seem to matter to certain members of the Republican leadership when they're the one's getting the party cash and the green light.

Otherwise, they'll run as Independents or even Democrats. Doesn't matter. If need be, they'll join the Democrat Party like Arlen Spectre did.

If you care about the long-term future of the Republican Party then we have to go through the process of identifying those people, like Charlie Crist, who put their personal ambitions above the party, and we need to cut those fucking assholes off at the knees to send a message to everybody else who would try the same maneuver.

If you work with Charlie Crist, you're signing your own death warrant as far as continued employment in Republican political circles goes.

Don't. Work. With. Charlie. Crist.

He is disease.

If you do, just understand that we're keeping lists of the names of everyone who works with the guy. What goes around comes around. You will get yours.

Remember that.

110 105 Oso - I didn't say he's right! But the teachers' union made comments that if he did the veto he'd have "their support".....yeah right. That's the "people" he's claiming to listen to.

111 112: Same old dilemma, different targets. Is having a "purity test" detrimental to the "Big Tent" or does suborning and tolerating Mavrickyness turn us into a herd of cats that stands for nothing ? I'm willing to draw a black line at those who openly consider and play footsie about bolting the party (Crist) or those who actually do so (e.g. Scozzafava). However, I admit I'd be less draconian about shunning a hardline conservative who got jacked up by our squishy leadership and expressed a willingness to "go rogue." For staff, when do you start knee-chopping ? Should Crist's staffers resign when he first waffles about bolting or wait until he announces it ? Campaign operatives tend to be a mercenary lot anyway - I bet Carville would work for us if the price was right (hell, he married one of us). I'm with you on the candidates themselves but I'll give the staffers a little more leash before I damn them for apostasy by association.

112

You'd almost think they despise us -- all of us -- and are simply attempting to create wedges between us or something.

The writing on this entry is the reason I keep coming back to AoSHQ. Perfect balance of snark and puttin' me some f'n knowledge.

Like a fine wine, Ace, you just keep getting better with time.

113 "The worst RINO you Republicans elect to the House is going to walk into that chamber and vote for John Boehner as Speaker and put Nancy Pelosi out of business."

Parties matter.

That's the kind of thinking that facilitates the creeping socialism we're dealing with.  Well, not so much  creeping anymore.

Parties matter a lot less than votes on bills.  It really doesn't matter to me who the speaker is if they're going to pass travesties like Medicare part D.  The problem with making too big a tent is you no longer stand for anything.  For a party to be anything other than a faction you need to stand for something.

The voters are relatively fiscally conservative, and yet the Republicans got creamed in 2006 and 2008.  Why?  Because they don't own the issue anymore.  We had Republican majorities in Congress and a Republican president and we still ended up with the biggest expansion of domestic spending in history.

To hell with that.  I don't expect politicians to vote my way on every single bill, but I don't think it's too much to ask that you don't sell my descendants into debt slavery.  And I rather see people like Specter and Crist change parties than give Democrats another opportunity to say "well, sure, we increased the size of government, but so did the Republicans when they were in charge, so what's the point of voting for them?"

114 Crist will go Indie, his ego is too big not to.
He will lose, Rubio will win.
Crist's wife beard will file for divorce within 30 days.

115 " Explain to every campaign worker who agrees to serve on his campaign that they'll never work another day for any other Republican ... ever ... if they work with Charlie Crist."

The main reason he hasn't already announced an independent run is because he knows most of his campaign staff AND most of his gubernatorial staff will quit the instant it happens.  And as Rich Lowry rightly noted, his poll numbers will only go down from the roughly three-way tie with him leading within the margin of error where they are now.  Jeb Bush will step of retirement--unlike his brother, he's still very popular down here--and not merely endorse Rubio, but do everything he can to annihilate Crist.

If Jeff Kottkamp has any sense (and I worked for him, so I know he did at some point), wants a chance in his AG race and a political future, he'll resign as Lt. Governor the moment Crist announces an indy run, and endorse Rubio.  I give him credit for essentially staying neutral up until now: he's no RINO, and I suspect hasn't backed Rubio out of loyalty to Crist for giving him his job.  But ditch the party and that's out the window.

116 "The worst RINO you Republicans elect to the House is going to walk into that chamber and vote for John Boehner as Speaker and put Nancy Pelosi out of business."

Parties matter.

"That's the kind of thinking that facilitates the creeping socialism we're dealing with.  Well, not so much  creeping anymore."

"Parties matter a lot less than votes on bills."

Bullshit.  The House is majoritarian, unlike the Senate.  Party control of the House determines the Speakership.  Who the Speaker is determines the composition of the Rules Committee.  And it the Rules Committee, as the Speaker's agenda-setting mechanism, that really runs the House. 

Party control in the House determines not just what the votes are on bills, but, more importantly, which bills ever come to the floor for a vote, and what amendments are in order on those bills.  That is why, in the House (and not in the Senate), the parties DO matter more than votes on individual bills.

117

I Don't mean to sound racist or anything,

but this is EXACTLY why you should NEVER EVER EVER vote for an Oompah Loompah.

Them Cheesy poofs with legs ain't never been good for much....

118 So, is Cornyn feeling like a tool now?

119

123 So, is Cornyn feeling like a tool now?

No, but it IS after hours in Florida, so Gov Crist probably has a hankerin' for one right about now....

120 26

Look at Ed Cox, who runs the NY State GOP. Even Rudy wasn't good enough for him. He actually started a pissing match with him, and Rudy got pissed and dropped off the radar. Cox is backing a Democrat who recently switched to Republican, Steve Levy, to run against Kirsten Gilibrand. Last year, Cox backed a Republican who switched to Democrat during the election. So, yes, the party is fucked in NY state. If NJ can do it, we should be able to get a real Republican elected.

Part of it has to do with this:

Doheny, in addition to picking up the early endorsements, made a good case last week that he has the resources to outlast Hoffman. Doheny reported to the Federal Election Commission on Thursday that he raised more than $363,000 in the first quarter ending April 1, leaving him with more than $813,000 in his campaign account.

There must be a decent lesbian bondage strip club around those parts. Also, do they deliberately yellow Hoffman's teeth in photographs? They're not so bad when I've seen him on television.

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