McCain Regression Syndrome: Stopping a Big Government Republican legacy
by elpresidente | 11:10 am, January 22, 2010 | 5 Comments
Michelle Malkin outlines what she sees as the potential Big Government Republican characteristics of McCain-backed Senate candidates in place like Florida and California–and pays considerable attention to Colorado’s Senate field and doesn’t mince words:
In Colorado, McCain and his meddlers infuriated the state party by anointing former lieutenant governor Jane Norton to challenge endangered Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet. She’s a milquetoast public official who has served on a lot of task forces and GOP clubs – and who happens to be the sister-in-law of big Beltway insider Charlie Black. An estimated 40 percent of her coffers are filled with out-of-state money (and much of that is flowing from the Beltway).
The mini-McCain of Colorado claims to oppose “special interests,” but has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from D.C. lobbyists at McCain’s behest – stifling the candidacy of strong conservative rivals led by grass-roots-supported Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, an amnesty opponent whose aggressive illegal immigration prosecutions have earned him the rage of the far Left and big business Right. A recent Rasmussen poll showed Buck and another GOP candidate Tom Wiens beating Bennet – despite the huge cash and crony advantage of front-runner and blank-slate Jane.
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Tea Party activists are rightly outraged by Sarah Palin’s decision to campaign for McCain, whose entrenched incumbency and progressive views are anathema to the movement. At least she has an excuse: She’s caught between a loyalty rock and a partisan hard place. The conservative base has no such obligations – and it is imperative that they get in the game (as they did in Massachusetts) before it’s too late. The movement to restore limited government in Washington has come too far, against all odds, to succumb to McCain Regression Syndrome now.
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January 22nd, 2010 @ 2:23 pm
Why is the McCain/NRSC camp so concerned about Colorado? Is the connection between McCain-Cornyn’s top fundraisers and Jane Norton a factor in all of this? I bet if we follow the special interest $$$ we’ll see some scary things. Where are the journalists on this story?
Ken Buck is the Conservative Republican candidate that can unify the GOP in Colorado. He won’t sell his vote for power or privilege.
January 22nd, 2010 @ 3:11 pm
Ms. Malkin is right, 2010 is all about restoring the GOP to it’s proper Conservative roots. I am curious to know why McCain and the NRSC are so anxious to have Norton in Colorado. My hope is that a good journalist will look into the connections between the NRSC, Norton, and her immediate family members who happen to be chief fundraisers for the NRSC. Follow the money.
January 24th, 2010 @ 7:10 pm
Why would Sarah support McCain, I think she is street-wise & would be a great poker-player. I believe she cares (Can’t forget her watery eyes at loss in Pres. election, painful). On Team Sarah, have read posts about this issue – it seems many people are afraid of “more of the same” with Sarah’s support of McCain. Sarah might be losing her base due to suport of McCain & not even realize the dissension going on. Is it really necessary for her to do this? I think she should drop McCain, it’s splitting her base & is inviting more of “politics as usual” that Sarah speaks against. Are we really worried what bias media would say if she ditched McCain or are we more worried about uniting for what is right? What reason outweighs what is right, that is so vital to support McCain – is there some inside secret we need to know? I wonder if Limbaugh is aware of any of this, I wish he’d discuss it. Thank God Michelle Malkin caught it. Should we even trust Palin’s judgement? I’m flip-flopping on wether to support Palin & wondering who can we trust, there’s so much corruption. And why are Liberal Rep.’s on Rep. side – why not just be a Dem., aahhh – perks bigger pay for positions other party doesn’t have avil., I don’t know.
January 24th, 2010 @ 7:28 pm
I just went to 2 sites and read comments about this that Michelle M. provided links to. Some Liberals think it’s a joke, too. So assuming Palin is as smart as I believe she is, then she’s aware Lib’s think this is a joke. That negates my idea that if she didn’t support McCain that bias media may exploit that.
Also, if we allow Bias media to dictate our actions & who we are, we lose.
January 24th, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
I just found out (from Lib. news) that Glen Beck doesn’t trust Brown.
Brown could of easily gone Dem., why didn’t he? I read Malkin’s “Regression” story on her site & she did in fact note red flags about Brown. Why would Brown bother to denounce HC Bill if he were a RINO? But then I heard on FNC (on Fri I think) that Reps. aren’t making much change to HC Bill. Why’s that? The plot thickens.