1 The Meeks shall inherit the earth!

2 I know it's closed primaries, but not sure about how close you can switch.  Pretty close, I think, but we're three weeks out so that makes us pretty close.

3 Wow, first. Unprecedented for me. I'm usually last.

4 Allahpundit has been in despair ever since Megaton McCain refused to blow him.

5 I didn't know that orange was the new black.

Word.

6 As near as I can tell from quick research, FL has both closed primaries AND sore loser laws.

So if Crist loses out on this one he IS out. And I do not trust these PPP polls.

7

though I didn't know that orange was the new black.

What chu talkin' about?

8 From the Florida Division of Elections website

You can apply to register to vote at any time. However, to vote in an election, you must be registered in the state by the book closing date, which is normally the 29th day before each election. The book closing dates for the 2010 election cycle are: Primary Election........ July 26, 2010 General Election........ October 4, 2010
So it's too late to change now.  Darn.

9

Flame away if you want, but can this signal the end of all the supremely overconfident talk about how much ass we're going to kick in November?  It's time to get people fired up again.

10

Wow.  Those fucking retards in Florida are going to hand that race to the Democrats.

11 Okay, it's still too late to change party affiliation.

All party changes must be made by the end of the 29th day before the election.  Thus July 29th.  Again..damn.

12 Wow. Those fucking retards in Florida are going to hand that race to the Democrats. Posted by: RickS at August 03, 2010 11:39 AM (udpRV) What do you expect, they can't even count ballots down there

13 12 Wow. Those fucking retards in Florida are going to hand that race to the Democrats.

Posted by: RickS at August 03, 2010 11:39 AM (udpRV)

What do you expect, they can't even count ballots down there

They don't call it Flori-Duh for nuthin'. 

14 But 35 percent are undecided and 54 percent of those who name a candidate say they might change their mindÂ…

See - here's the problem, right there.  Any responsible voter worth having a vote has read up on this race (or any other he's voting on), and knows the issues and candidates.  That voter has applied his values to that knowledge and come to an informed decision.  Instead, the electorate is composed of willy-nillys that can't be bothered to learn anything (they didn't need to in school, after all) - and who will vote for whoever promises the fattest chicken for his pot.

It's no wonder we're where we are.

15
Funny.. I was just thinking about this exact same thing this morning.  I'm still aregistered Dem.. (I was creating havoc and chaos long before it was cool) I guess I'll be voting for Meeks.

BTW, I saw Colonel Allen West in a townhall yesterday evening.  The guy is an excellent speaker.  Gives the red meat, but stays very factual and measured.  Gave very rational and reasonable reasons for why he believes what he does. No teleprompter.  Could ripoff Obama's Harvard Law review arm and beat him to death in debate.  Very easy going and intelligent with the audience's questions.  Definitely destined for bigger office if he so desires.

16 Damn it.  Last chance to give a coherent answer on switching party membership before the primary election. 

"Florida is a closed primary state. If you wish to vote in a partisan primary election, you must be a registered voter in the party for which the primary is being held. However, if all candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner will not have opposition in the general election, all voters, regardless of party affiliation may vote in the primary election for that office. In addition, all registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, can vote on issues and nonpartisan candidates in a primary election.

All party changes must be made by the end of the 29th day before the election."

Florida's primary election is August 24th, so anybody wanting to switch parties would have had to do so by July 29th. 

/Just to make it clear now.

17 Rubio broke all Florida statewide fund-raising records last quarter.

Rubio has been off the air, doing local gigs with supporters since Crist split the GOP ...  Building his stash of cash. Crist has had little success with fund-raising. And the Democrat's are the usual loft of crooks.

Patience my friend, Was at a tea party fundraiser last week for Rubio, it was a raucous fired up affair. Nothing can replace the foot soldiers. Don't get sucked in with the media push pools.

18 Kind of early for King Ewok to be up. Did someone slip some coffee grounds into Ace's kibble?

19

Florida's primary election is August 24th, so anybody wanting to switch parties would have had to do so by July 29th. 

/Just to make it clear now.

Yeah, just saw that.  Oh well, at least I ordered my absentee ballot for the Primary.

20 Another New Pete Stark Video

21

It's no surprise to me that Christ is popular among blacks.  He's a clean sorta light skinned guy with no black dialect. 

What's not to like.

22
But are we certain that Greene would be weaker than Meek in pulling votes from Crist?  That just doesn't seem right.

23 (sigh)

And here we coulda had a nice, safe Republican seat in the senate.  But nooooooooo, we couldn't stand Crist.  So in comes Doombaby Rubio, who's gonna lose.

Brilliant move, guys.  Chalk up another Democrat in the senate.  Probably lose another Supreme Court slot, too. 

All because of this insane urge to purge "RINOs."

Way ta go, slick!

24 Orange is the new blackk--just axe Gubanor "Mike Meyers" Crist!

25 If only Ricardo Montalban were still alive to narrate Rubio's commercials....

26 Crist numbers would stay up during the oil spill "crisis" - they can't holdup thru November - esp. w/o oil covered beaches and teary eyed college students hugging oil smeared turtles.

27 #17 That'd be good if it were the case. Rubio does seem to be quiet, maybe he is just raking it in for the big time push in September-October. It still stands that we need to start waking up again. Things seem to have died off a bit of the last month or two but it's already August 3. We need to get our butts in gear again.

28

I wonder if there might be something foul afoot in all these polls. Before Crist showed us he was unfit for office by changing parties sold out, Rubio was kicking his ass in every poll. Now, he's way behind? This just doesn't make sense.

Anyone who would vote for Crist after the party switch should be beaten severly about the head and shoulder area with a stick. It just might whup some sense into them.

29 BTW - who is Greene; and is Florida politics come down to how black voters break - for the orange guy or the green guy?

30 Way ta go, slick!

Posted by: sanssoucy at August 03, 2010 11:56 AM (IN14y)

Of course, you're right.

Hey everyone!  Switch your vote to Crist.

31 I just held my nose and voted a straight democrat ticket at the polling place. I wanted to vote against Sander Levin, my "representative" and that was the only way to do it. I hope it works, I was only number 61 at my preceinct at 11:30.

32
I agree with these polls being too early.  Rubio has yet to launch his major ad push.  I haven't see or heard any ads at all, in fact.  He doesn't seem like the type to go down without fighting either.

There are a lot of juicy Crist flipflops and quotes which will make great ads.

33

Ya'll are just a little too nervous. 

1.  Don't trust PPP - a Dem polling operation that totally screwed up NY-23

2.  Rubio is siting on a huge pile of cash and a crapload of advertising material, courtesy of Guv Orange-Glow, that he shouldn't unleash until after the primaries/Labor Day when the uninformed will be paying some attention

3.  Floridians are focused on and sick of the mud-slinging spots in the FL GOP governor's primary between McCollum and Scott.  If Rubio were to advertise now, his $ would be wasted, as he would be lost in the shuffle.

4.  Debates - Rubio will clean up the floor with Crist and anyone else. 

Rubio is playing it right.  Patience and strategery will pay off.   

34

Posted by: newser at August 03, 2010 11:51 AM (0MrVN)

35 27 If only Ricardo Montalban were still alive to narrate Rubio's commercials....

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 03, 2010 11:57 AM (3iMgs)

"Vote for Rubio instead of that guy that looks like rich Corinthian leather!"

36 #25 And what about Crist would've been nice and safe? If this guy was so willing to become a Dem it would been fucking pointless. Just because they have a little letter next to their name doesn't mean they act like they should.

37

Posted by: newser at August 03, 2010 11:51 AM (0MrVN)

 

(Sorry about the premature posting!)

Pete Stark is a tool.  He needs to be taken to a dark woodshed and retired, permanently.  Yeesh! 

38

"Vote for Rubio instead of that guy that looks like rich Corinthian leather!"

 

Ha! Ha!  Funneh!

39

You'd think Democratic primary voters would think twice about voting for a candidate named Greene. 

But I bet SC Greene gets a larger share of the vote than FLA Greene would get. 

40 OT. Favre finally retires. Maybe.

41 38 #25 And what about Crist would've been nice and safe? If this guy was so willing to become a Dem it would been fucking pointless. Just because they have a little letter next to their name doesn't mean they act like they should.

+1 million. 

#40  Runningrn has succumbed to her own disease again.

42 Yep too early to get worried. Its Summer in FL and nobody is paying a lot of attention to politics right now.

43

Gotta send da dough.  http://tinyurl.com/d7dtgo

IMO

44 Isn't Greene  the one who's yacht did some major damage to some coral reef in the Caribbean? He dragged his anchor up over it or something. He has a pending million dollar judgment against him because of it. If it is the same Greene.

45 If I were Rubio, I'd continue to hammer home how Crist shifts positions to whatever is politically expedient.  He should keep planting the seed of doubt in Democrats--that Crist cannot be trusted; how he could start voting with the Republicans if Democrat fortunes change (as it appears they might after the mid-term elections).  Every day, Rubio should emphasize what a total whore Crist is and how easily he is bought off, especially if it means saving his political hide.

46

I know this comment is going to bring a ton of scorn down upon my head, but I think a whole lot of people saw this coming when Marco Rubio decided to enter the primary.  So now we are on the brink of a Charlie Crist winning in FL. and probably caucusing with the Democrats to save his political career instead of being elected as a Republican and voting with the Republican Party probably 75-80% of the time. 

So now the likely score come November is:

Democratic Party: 2 (NV, FL at least)

Tea Party: 0

I hate to sound Frummian, but I would rather have people in the Senate that are conservative 75% of the time(hell, 40% would be better than nothing)rather than the 0% we are going to get in NV, for certain, and probably FL.

47 25 (sigh)

And here we coulda had a nice, safe Republican seat in the senate.  But nooooooooo, we couldn't stand Crist.  So in comes Doombaby Rubio, who's gonna lose.

Brilliant move, guys.  Chalk up another Democrat in the senate.  Probably lose another Supreme Court slot, too. 

All because of this insane urge to purge "RINOs."

Way ta go, slick!

Posted by: sanssoucy at August 03, 2010 11:56 AM (IN14y)

I bet you think Lindsey Graham is fuckin' dreamy don't you.

48 D'oh!  Dumb sock!

49

See - here's the problem, right there.  Any responsible voter worth having a vote has read up on this race (or any other he's voting on),

 

hahahahaha gasp hahahahahah

50

MISSOURI MORONS

if i am not mistaken, the obama care referendum is on the ballot today. be sure to vote

51

#40  Runningrn has succumbed to her own disease again.

 

Ha! Ha!  Sad thing Kratos, you noticed before I did!  Heh!

52 You guys are starting to sound like Allahpundit. No, the sky is not falling. Keep the faith...

53 I know relatives of Jeff Greene and I can confirm, without a shadow of a doubt, that he is an arrogant asshole. Case in point - his yacht destroyed a 100 year old coral reef off the coast of Belize and has yet to pay a million dollar fine more than 5 years after the incident. And he campaigns as an environmentalist. Total hypocritical lib douchebag.

54

bob @48.

don't count our Angle in Nevada yet, it is neck and neck and i think it is likely she will pull out in the end.

 

However i am still in disbelief that anyone in florida would vote for charlie crist.  just another white man trying to keep a latino man out of a job. (the left does it daily, can't i?)

55 OT: BREAKING NEWS: Sources say 8 are dead including shooter in Manchester, CT shooting http://bit.ly/c9FctH

56 #47    He should keep planting the seed of doubt in Democrats--that Crist cannot be trusted; how he could start voting with the Republicans if Democrat fortunes change (as it appears they might after the mid-term elections).  Every day, Rubio should emphasize what a total whore Crist is and how easily he is bought off, especially if it means saving his political hide.

Nice idea, but the trend is for Repubs to go wobbily and join the Dems, not vice versa.

57 Allah is a bed wetter of the first proportion...over reacts to everything...up down and sideways

58 Oh forgot to put Allahpundits favorite word    GULP...

59 Who is going to promise me more free stuff?

60 Rubio needs Jeb Bush to come out in full force in florida. The republicans need to go all out to beat Crist. I think that is one of the most important senate races there is in 2010.

61

Ohforgot to put Allahpundits favorite word    GULP...

you mean swallow, right?

62 Up? GULP...Down? GULP...Sideways? GULP

63

And he campaigns as an environmentalist. Total hypocritical lib douchebag.

 

 

I didn't know there were any other kind!  Even "the little people" libs I know are total hypocrites.  They don't donate anything to charity, they take all kinds of vacations where they fly all over the world, they bitch about rich people not paying enough taxes, but they never opt to pay more (you can).  One woman in particular is particularly galling.  She, a card carrying lover of Gaia takes long, hot baths every day. 

64

I hate to sound Frummian, but I would rather have people in the Senate that are conservative 75% of the time(hell, 40% would be better than nothing)rather than the 0% we are going to get in NV, for certain, and probably FL.

I suppose it's too much to ask, but shouldn't we have a clear idea of how the people we send to Washington will vote? Why should we have to guess which way a representative will vote? It's clear that they don't think the people have enough sense to make an educated decision. I'm tired of the old switcheroo, saying one thing on the campaign trail and quite another in Washington. I don't want my reps compromising with progressives on anything.

I'm willing to wager I'm not alone.

65 The shooting in Connecticut appears to have been racially motivated (black on white).  Waiting to hear from the Just-us Brothers....

66 Heh!  Rush playing clip of Wolf Blitzer trumpeting Bush low poll number of 36% in USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll.  Obama currently at 41% in USA/Gallup poll. 

67

"Wow. Those fucking retards in Florida are going to hand that race to the Democrats."

 

If by "fucking retards" you mean Tea Partiers, yes, you are accurate.   They need to be a wee bit more pragmatic at the ballot box.   Instead we are looking at an almost certain loss in NV when it should have been a landslide victory, a loss in FL, and potential losses in KY and DE(if O'Donnell is nominated).  You don't stop the Obama agenda by nominating people who can't win just to make a "this is what you get" point, Erick Erickson style, by refusing to back a more moderate Republican that can actually win.  Delaware is not going to elect Republicans more conservative than Mike Castle.  And don't even get me started on the shit that pops up every six years regarding Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.  It seems some would rather have two Democrats who would always  vote with Obama in Maine rather than two that vote with Obama only 20-30% of the time.  And one only need to look at the health care vote to see that the "they are just Democrats" stuff is pure bullshit. 

 

And yeah, you can talk shit about me all you want, and bring up lame Lindsey Graham references,  but at least  I am fucking smart enough to realize that having a Senator that votes Republican 60% of the time is better than having a Senator that rubber stamps the Obama agenda. 

 You don't stop the left-wing agenda by insisting on ideological purity in states that haven't voted Republican in a presidential election since 1984.

68 The concern in here is stifling.  Crist is toast.

69

The shooting in Connecticut appears to have been racially motivated (black on white).  Waiting to hear from the Just-us Brothers....

Nah!  It is impossible for Blacks to be racist since they are oppressed and downtrodden.  Even though this shooting may have been racially motivated, the brother was just having a bad day, or perhaps experiencing Post Traumatic Slave Disorder.  Nothing to see here, just keep moving along!

70 The shooting in Connecticut appears to have been racially motivated (black on white). Waiting to hear from the Just-us Brothers.... Nah! It is impossible for Blacks to be racist since they are oppressed and downtrodden. Even though this shooting may have been racially motivated, the brother was just having a bad day, or perhaps experiencing Post Traumatic Slave Disorder. Nothing to see here, just keep moving along! Posted by: runningrn at August 03, 2010 12:21 PM (CfmlF) Didn't hear that but I do know the "brothers" name is Omar?

71 Even if you nominate a mainstream/non TP-aligned Republican, there are no guaranteed victories when you're fighting a well-heeled, experienced Democrat.  I can assure you that if Tarkanian or Lowden had won in Nevada, the race would be closing.  The Nevada Republican PUMAs should come home in time for the election. 

72

And yeah, you can talk shit about me all you want,

 

It's early still, yer fullohshit

73 closed primaries  -- too late to switch  --- game over, man

74 And here we coulda had a nice, safe Republican seat in the senate.

YEA, that would have voted Republican 60% of the time ... maybe...pretty sure...more than likely.  Well not every syllable.

75

If by "fucking retards" you mean Tea Partiers, yes, you are accurate.   They need to be a wee bit more pragmatic at the ballot box.   Instead we are looking at an almost certain loss in NV when it should have been a landslide victory, a loss in FL, and potential losses in KY and DE(if O'Donnell is nominated). 

almost certain loss in NV? Based on what?

In Kentucky too? are you high?

Did the Tea Party elect Ran Paul, Marco Rubio, or Sharon Angle? or did the voters of the states do that?

What do you want us to do? Have the RNC override the state's choice and pick a candidate?

 

 

76 And here we coulda had a nice, safe Republican seat in the senate.

With safety like that, you don't need danger.

77 Listen, there's no reason to panic about this race. Yet.

The fact is that Greene, a billionaire, has shown that he's nuts enough to spend unlimited sums on negative ads attacking one and all. If he gets out of the primary, he'll continue to try to blitz his way past Crist, spending tens of millions more on TV ads that will closely resemble the ones Republicans would have run (i.e. hypocrisy, political chameleonism, liberal-but-not-liberal-enough-for-Dems, etc.). This will destroy Crists favorables with Independents and the few Republicans who still support him. Rubio, as the heir apparent, will then be able to sneak by with a small plurality victory.

78 Unclefacts - is your first name Melf?

79 Three months, people.  That's an epoch in politics.

80 So early to agrue, oh well I call bullshit! How would republicans feel if the democrats did this (McCain anyone) Get good candidates running and let the people decide Maybe the tea party can make it's own acorn next?

81

And don't even get me started on the shit that pops up every six years regarding Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.  It seems some would rather have two Democrats who would always  vote with Obama in Maine rather than two that vote with Obama only 20-30% of the time.  And one only need to look at the health care vote to see that the "they are just Democrats" stuff is pure bullshit. 

 

And what weight does your argument hold in states that will elect conservatives like Nevada, Florida, and Kentucky.

You argument = we need to be more pragmatic in liberal states

therefore we need to elect candidates that are moderate in conservative states, or states that do elect conservatives.

 

If you think conservatives can't win in massachusetts, fine, i will buy that, but how can you then try to claim that applies to states that don't vote like massachusetts

82 Allah is a bed wetter of the first proportion...over reacts to everything...up down and sideways

Posted by: truth at August 03, 2010 12:11 PM (XSD4n)

Yep if I cared about what that squish thinks about anything I'd check Malkin's bedpan.

83

OT -

Grapes of Wrath?

CanÂ’t be good news for Barry. 

No, not the headline.  The fact that this type story is finally running.  If it makes it to the front page, heÂ’s finished.

 

84 And don't even get me started on the shit that pops up every six years regarding Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins

The last time I looked the ME sisters had ACU ratings in the lower 40s. In fact lower than some Dems. That is DIABLO territory. That means they vote with the Dems more than they do the Repubs and they still get to sit on the committees and stab the Republicans in the back.

Nope, we don't need Repubs like that at all, no matter what damn State they are in.

85 Grapes of Wrath?

Three adult sons, and none willing to help her.  That's gotta sting.

86 And yeah, you can talk shit about me all you want, and bring up lame Lindsey Graham references,  but at least  I am fucking smart enough to realize that having a Senator that votes Republican 60% of the time is better than having a Senator that rubber stamps the Obama agenda. 
Posted by: Bob at August 03, 2010 12:20 PM (/G0pB)

One problem, you cannot guarantee that Crist will even vote with us 60% of the time, so your premise is false.

87 Okay, no one appreciated my Private Hudson take on Fla elections

Relax:  Meeks will get the Demo nod and Rubio will rally Republicans and conservatives.  Crist is a Creep who will rapidly decompose because he has no principles and can't provide any reasons for anyone to vote for him.

Republicans won't lose in Nevada or Delaware or Kentucky.  Get a grip !!!

88

The Crist/Rubio vote is an easy one. Figuring out the Gubernatorial race is the tricky one. I'm afraid it may be a race between, as South Park would say, a "turd sandwich and a douche"

 

And hey! Looky! Another teachable moment.

89 Patience my friend, Was at a tea party fundraiser last week for Rubio, it was a raucous fired up affair. Nothing can replace the foot soldiers. Don't get sucked in with the media push pools. Exactly. Wait until late September to do your panic routine, Ace. It's so unseemly to freak out in August.

90

2 I know it's closed primaries, but not sure about how close you can switch. 

If the 2008 primaries are any indication, "closed" means "closed to anyone who isn't a registered Republican, Democrat, other, unregistered person, or crimmigrant".

Or did you think McCain won among Republicans?

91 Kansas 3rd district republican unlikely Tiahrt is up for vote today.

92 91 That cop needs to sue them back to the stone age.

93

From Hussein the Plumber's link:

It is a sickening plummet, considering that she was earning $56,000 a year in her old job, enjoyed vacationing in places like Mexico and the Caribbean, and had started business school in 2008 at Iona College.

 

Honestly, I get the feeling that she was spending and not saving much money.  My husband and I make a lot more money than she did, and we have never vacationed in the Caribbean or Mexico.  I paid off my student loans before I got married, we don't have any car payments and we are almost finished paying for our house, and we give money to charity.  We also have been saving money.  We live comfortably, but we live within our means! 

She also complained of having 92,000 dollars of student loan debt for a degree she cannot use.  The article mentions that her 3 adult sons aren't in any position to help her, and at one point, she says she's going to have to save herself by getting a job--gee what a novel concept.  Yeah, I know there aren't that many jobs or that they may be "beneath her".  Call  me a cold hearted Conesrvative bitch, but I just couldn't muster up much sympathy for her. 

94 OT:  that link in the headlines thread about how Satan is using animal parts from cattle mutilations to make "Greys" that are often mistaken for aliens but are actually Satan's slaves makes more sense than anything else I read today.

95

Demographicly, how yankee is FL? 60% 70%?

96 91 That cop needs to sue them back to the stone age.

Posted by: dagny at August 03, 2010 12:49 PM (V+nSa)

If we all can't ambush community outreach police officers, none of us are free.

97
Hey Bob, you're 100% wrong about everything.

BTW, I hope McCain loses in AZ, too, if he wins the primary.

98

Posted by: jmflynny at August 03, 2010 12:47 PM (LyOUH)

 

I read that on Drudge.  Can you imagine the outrage if the cop was black and going to speak at say, a Grange meeting, and they President of The Grange would have orchestrated such an incident:  "We know that Black cops have it in for us Redneck Farmers, but no one got hurt and it was a controlled environment..."  Uh, yeah...

99
I'd rather have 41 Jim Demints in the Senate than 51 McCains & Grahams in the Senate.

100 The premise of having a RINO vote with us 90% of the time is flawed. 99% of the votes are procedural or don't matter. It is those 15 to 20 votes per session; key cloture votes, voting appointments or legislation out of committee, and caucus votes that keep a RINO on the Judiciary panel - that matter. If we could have maintained 41 rock solid conservatives and keep the RINOs off of the Judiciary panel - much of our current pain could have been avoided.

101
Because 41 Jim Demints in the Senate will yield better legislation coming out of the Senate and it will pay dividends in growing the GOP.

We suck, or rather the GOP sucks because we have too many moderates with no core values.

102

No, not the headline.  The fact that this type story is finally running.  If it makes it to the front page, heÂ’s finished.

 

BUSH'S FAULT111!!!1111  (For this poor lady's troubles--actually these poor ladies troubles--teh woman in the article and Barack Obama.)

103 I wish to take issue with your characterization of my fellows as satanic meat puppets.  We are, in fact, fungal entities, and free agents to boot (at least since the aftermath of the Third Z'naxrr Conflict).

The cattle mutilations aren't even us.  Ask those stupid Reptoids about that one, if you must.

104 If Meeks doesn't win the Democrat nomination black voters will not be terribly motivated in November.

105 88 Grapes of Wrath?

Three adult sons, and none willing to help her.  That's gotta sting.

Posted by: toby928 at August 03, 2010 12:45 PM (8/oOq)

You have to admit that it's a bit more complicated than that. 

106
speaking of panicking at the disco...

isn't it about time for the social libs in the Republican party to tell the social cons to shut up? Or will they wait until after the elections to blame the losses on us?

107

Even Rinos vote republican some of the time. Dems never do. Even collins and snow stuck with the party on health care. I hate rinos too but find them preferable to dems.

A Rino is like a pro-choice catholic: anacronistic.

108 You have to admit that it's a bit more complicated than that.

?

109 isn't it about time for the social libs in the Republican party to tell the social cons to shut up? Or will they wait until after the elections to blame the losses on us?

Posted by: your fickle friend, the summer wind at August 03, 2010 12:57 PM (uFokq)

That'll work!  Pitch half of the party under the bus.  We win!

110
If McCain wasn't nominated in 2008, dunces like Bob would be saying the exact same thing.

We tried it your way on a national level, Bob, and we got spanked.

BTW, if you need proof your way is a failure on a state level, ever heard of Lincoln Chafee? Case closed. QED.

111 Charlie Crist is jumping on trash cans, leaving behind fingerprints and t-shirts.  Hide yo husbands!!!

112 You don't stop the left-wing agenda by insisting on ideological purity in states that haven't voted Republican in a presidential election since 1984.

But apparently we can stop the left-wing agenda by electing "conservatives" that will be at the front of the Democrat buffet line whenever their votes are needed to help install a new Stalinist brick in the wall.  Because those 60% guys you're so enamored with generally build up that 60% bullshit "conservative" street cred by casting completely inconsequential votes with their party.  When "history calls", they pick up the blue phone every time.

I understand that majorities are important for setting agendas and for committee apportionment, but I'm having trouble grasping the idea that we can't expect a little bit more red meat from our candidates in such apparently hard-left outposts as Kentucky, Florida, and Nevada.

Screw the RINOs.  And screw the Maine witches and their sub-50 ACU scores.  I don't enjoy having my freedom held hostage by a couple of rudderless shrews from a freak state that allows lobsters to sit on the county commissions and where every inexplicable horror committed since Stephen King started writing has occurred.  Pennywise and pound foolish my ass.

113
Now I'm hot.

114
What a great strategy for victory!

Abandon your core values!

Compromise!

Be more like the Democrats!

115 I wonder if that women still has an Obama sticker on her car next to the business college sticker.

116 RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT everybody march to the right. And let's privatize our state beaches

117
STFU, dunce

118 111 You have to admit that it's a bit more complicated than that.

Posted by: toby928 at August 03, 2010 12:58 PM (8/oOq)

The article said they weren't in a position to help.  There are a lot of people out there who are barely scraping by.  In the "Great Depression" there was at least California to pack up and move to.  There is no California this time.  Not in this country. 

My bet is that her sons, even if they aren't in a position to help, still will.  And that will probably hurt their families as well.  I think that the whole situation is probably pretty heartbreaking for the entire family, from the way it sounds.

 

119

speaking of panicking at the disco...

isn't it about time for the social libs in the Republican party to tell the social cons to shut up? Or will they wait until after the elections to blame the losses on us?

that's a 50-50 toss up.

Because, i would say america on the whole argees with maybe 50 percent of what the social cons believe, and vice versa with the social libs.

 

also, you can't win with half a party. I fall into both categories on many issues, as i am sure most republicans do.

 

120 A few RINO's are OK; but they have to be managed and kept off of key committees, like Judiciary.

121

I would love purity. Purity would be awesome. Purity is not available to us and therefore we have to accept something less pure. I would prefer the contaminate to be non-lethal.

122 118 I wonder if that women still has an Obama sticker on her car next to the business college sticker.     Ha!  I wondered that too!  I could just picture that one that says "Got Hope?"--heh!  Hope and Change, baby!  How's that working for her?  (You just know she is not a conservative!)

123
Maybe the Republicans can jump on this casino nonsense, too?

Hey, why not? It'll create jobs!

Casinos in every state! Spend more and build more casinos!

124 Have No sympathy for the 99 week lady.  There are plenty of ways to make money out there, first step is getting off your ass. 

125

I would love purity. Purity would be awesome. Purity is not available to us and therefore we have to accept something less pure. I would prefer the contaminate to be non-lethal.

 

I haz a Purity Ring!

126 That article doesn't mention a likely source of significant economic loss for that women - divorce.

127 Casinos in every state! Spend more and build more casinos!

It's working wonders for us.

128 Oh wait, I haz a Purty ring!  It's a really lovely tri-colored gold, the only thing is, its stones are missing but....

129 Mystery man Alvin Greene has been the subject of more media coverage this election cycle than any other political candidate, but right now he trails incumbent Republican Jim DeMint by over 40 points in South CarolinaÂ’s U.S. Senate contest.

130 118 I wonder if that women still has an Obama sticker on her car next to the business college sticker.

Posted by: Jean at August 03, 2010 01:03 PM (PBsU2)

And I wonder what she thinks when she sees it on there herself.  It would be pretty hard to know what to believe in at that point.  And there are millions of people like that out there.  Millions. 

131
I'll tell you the GOP's biggest blunder in 2010.

They didn't go after the trade union rank & file. The union bosses in the construction are screwing over their membership because they're entrenched in the Democrat party.

AND the Democrats are killing the construction industry with all their sill regulations.

132 And she goes interview at a non-profit. If 99-week lady had not voted for the cabal that's got its boot on the throat of American business, she might (we all might) have a chance at a productive life again.

133
If you happen to see that woman on the road some day, stick your head out the window and start singing...

♫ Don't stop thinking about tomorrow...

134 The premise of having a RINO vote with us 90% of the time is flawed.

I'll say its flawed. Most people don't consider them a RINO with a 90% rating unless they consistently vote with the Dems on the big socialist bills that the Party is trying to kill.

And no you don't stop the left wing agenda if you vote for left wing Republicans either.

We tried the squish route every since Newt was kicked out of the congress by the left wing version of the Republican leadership. We have lost ground steadily ever since then.

2008 was the pinnacle. If you dumb asses who keep insisting on so-called moderates haven't learned your lesson yet what you need to do is get out of the Party and form another one called the "Hot Coco Party".

Your slogan can be "no issue is so important to that compromise is not possible and no hill is ever worth dying on".

135
btw, has anyone figured out the timetable for the Democrats to offer yet another extension to unemployment benefits?

Does it happen to come in, oh I dunno, October, by any chance?

136 What a great strategy for victory!

Abandon your core values!

Compromise!

Be more like the Democrats!

Posted by: your fickle friend, the summer wind at August 03, 2010 01:03 PM (uFokq)

Because if there is one thing the American people love, it's the Democrat congress.

137

Maybe the Republicans can jump on this casino nonsense, too?

*sigh*

How I long for the days when we actually made things for each other. Before Cliton decided that we should become a "service" economy. Can there be any doubt that this worldwide economy thing just isn't working? Yeah, we have cheap prices for things like iPhones, but we don't have any jobs or money to buy them.

It wasn't always this way. We once had an economy that had far fewer fluctuations than we do now because there was always a demand for hardware somewhere. Somebody always needed a new widget, and we could make them. We once mined our own ore, created our own steel, and machined our own parts, molded our own plastic parts. Now, all we can do is watch a third world country with a communist government exploit its people in a market we used to own, but gave away.

We sure could use all those manufacturing jobs right about now, couldn't we?

*sigh*

138 I don't quite get the point of this article. We (those of us in FL) are to vote for Meeks in the primary so that the black vote remains interested in voting for someone other than Rubio in November? I say vote for Rubio. Make the papers report that he has such big numbers.

139 119 RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT everybody march to the right. And let's privatize our state beaches

Posted by: denny crane at August 03, 2010 01:04 PM (I+7Zv)

Sounds good to me. My bet is that their would be more life gaurds, less litter, less crime, etc.  I would hire super hot bikini models to serve snacks, drinks and beach supplies, offer discounted swimming lessons (I hear they could use them in LA) and live shows on the beach. And to show I'm a good sport, give out coupons for local buisnesses with paid admission to my stretch of beach.

What is your plan spanky??

    

140

What is your plan spanky??

I plan to masturbate violently while yelling CONS! CONS! CONS! at the top of my lungs.

Posted by: Not Denny Crane...but what he is thinking at August 03, 2010 01:33 PM (OWjjx)

Thx...I could use the afternoon off. 

141 Allahpundit better put the rubber sheets on his bed since he is constantly wetting his pants.

142 I want to puke every time two face charlie shows up.  he is now almost exclusively supported by democrats, as they are the ones donating to his campaign, not independents or republicans- trust me, crist has no more republican friends in this state.

So democratic party goes for orange faced two faced opportunist over "authentic" black candidate with experience and a father who was also in politics.  Dems only care about wining- principles are only necessary if you're accusing your competition about the lack of them.

143 Further proof that the average GOP pol couldn't get laid in an Olongapo whorehouse, even if they brought a suitcase full of twenties and a shoebox of blow.

144

@58: "Sources say 8 are dead including shooter in Manchester, CT shooting"

No worries, they'll still get to vote in November.

145 94 Why do I let myself speak when I know why I call myself dum blond i.e. when it comes to having the correct word come to mind i.e. saying things like senate or congress. My lips (fingers) sometimes rebel against my mind. At least I crack myself up, sometimes.

146

Wrong. Both of the Maine sisters' ACU ratings (47.88 & 49.43), while far from excellent, are better than ANY other Democrat in the Senate. The only one even CLOSE is Ben Nelson - who, aside from his dispicable HCR vote, has been in a tizzy trying to distance himself from Democrats in order to save himself in 2012.

No other Democrat in the Senate is anywhere NEAR as Conservative as they are. Further, they are both votes for Mitch McConnell as majority leader, which, you know is kind of important. It would be a hell of a lot easier for them to become Democrats but they don't because they aren't. And I say that as someone who disagrees with them quite often.

Yes, how right you are:

2009 - 48/48

2008 - 12/20 - That's Kennedy material there

2007 - 28/36

2006 - 36/48

I gave them too much credit. This is aside from their constant back stabs on the committees and breaking on major issues.

They are totally worthless as Republicans.

147 I'm confused at the logic here.  Florida Republicans should have nominated Charlie Crist so they wouldn't end up with... Charlie Crist?

148 The People in Florida know  You cannot spell LIE with out Charlie.. The only thing that flip-flops more is a fish out of water... His Quote " I will not let the Republicans and STUPID Floridians dictate to me when my Political career will end.....Besides switching Parties he is not giving back donations People gave him to run as a REPUBLICAN...A theif and a Liar.. WE have enough of those already ...

149 10 12 and 13... Kiss my ass Yankee !

150

Remember in the movie Trading Places when Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd were waiting for the right time to start selling the stock?  Eddie kept getting antsy and Aykroyd kept saying "Not yet, not yet..."  Eventually, he looked at Eddie and said "Now", and the selloff began.

Marco Rubio is Dan Aykroyd's character.  He's stashing his money, since he's running unopposed in the primary.  He doesn't want to show his hand too early.  After the 8/24 primary, he'll have a ton of money and 2.5 months to bash Crist and bring the GOP base home.  Charlie won't have the money.  The Dem nominee isn't going to win.  Rubio is patiently waiting for the "Now" time to unload.

That Green is competitive in the Dem primary is amazing to me.  Dude had lived in California and ran for Congress as a Republican, before moving to FL only two years ago.  Why the Dem base would vote for a Republican carpetbagger who had Mike Tyson as best man at his wedding is a mystery to me.