Four Candidates Worth Backing
With the federal election less than a week away the time for
conservatives to make an impact is drawing near. It’s not too late to lend a hand by phone
banking from home, writing a check or
donating on-line in a number of important elections across the country.
There are a few Republican senate candidates who
conservatives residing in either solidly red states or hopelessly blue states
should consider supporting.
George Allen- The
former Virginia governor is in
the midst of a political comeback this November and is running for the very
seat he lost six years ago. Admittedly
it was a tough year for Republicans though Allen made even more difficult for
himself by taunting a Democratic field operative at a campaign rally. Had Allen survived that race, he would have
sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and probably won it as
conservatives were lining up behind his nascent candidacy. And then the “macaca” hit the fan.
Allen is locked in a tight race with Tim Kaine, a former Virginia
governor and President Obama’s chosen chairman of Democratic National
Committee. Kaine was reportedly on
Obama’s shortlist for running mate in 2008 and he is harboring ambitions for
even higher office later. As the
presidential race is very close in the Old Dominion, helping Allen would help
out Mitt Romney’s chances there.
Tommy Thompson-
Another former governor, Thompson served as Secretary of Health and
Human Services under President George W. Bush.
Thompson is seeking the seat held by retiring Democrat Senator Herb
Kohl. Thompson was elected governor of
the swing state of Wisconsin on
four occasions and is credited with creating “workfare” while in office.
Despite his political success in a state is figuring to be
important in this year’s presidential election and his conservative credentials
as governor, Thompson endured abruising primary en route to winning the party
nomination by only three points in a four-candidate field.
Thompson’s opponent in the general election is Democratic US
Representative Tammy Baldwin, one of the most liberal members in all of
Congress. Baldwin
has been a vociferous advocate for same-sex marriage since her days in the Wisconsin
legislature in the mid-nineties and co-authored a measure to impeach
Vice-President Dick Cheney.
Wisconsin voters should be worried that Baldwin’s focus as a
US Senator will be on advancing her radical “progressive” agenda on the
national stage and not the interests of her state. While Tommy Thompson might not be the flashiest
Republican running for office in America,
“Senator” Baldwin will prove herself to be a constant
source of excitement for conservatives of all stripes, social, defense and
fiscal.
The only way to stop Baldwin is to
elect Thompson, who has a slight lead in the most recent polls though the
presidential race in Wisconsin
might carry the Democrat over the line if Obama wins the Badger
State.
Josh Mandel-
Admittedly Mandel is a longshot.
His Democratic opponent, incumbent US
Senator Sherrod Brown, has led in every poll I’ve seen though Mandel has closed
the once large gulf between them. But
Mandel matters for a bunch of reasons.
First, he’s running in Ohio-
the state that the media has been saying that will choose the winner of the presidential
election. Well up until Romney took a
slight lead. The point is the stronger
Mandel performs, the better for the top of the GOP ticket in the Buckeye
State.
Secondly, Mandel served in the Marine Corps Reserve and was
deployed to Iraq
in 2004 and 2008.
Thirdly Mandel, who is Jewish, is not your typical
Republican candidate for US Senator or for that matter any office higher than
councilman. He’s only 35 years old,
which is exactly what the party needs for America
to see- that the GOP doesn’t stand for Grumpy Old Politicians.
Mandel is not a good bet to win but he is a great candidate running
in an important state.
Scott Brown- The Massachusetts
senate race is the second most important election in America. While he’s not the most conservative
Republican in Washington, Brown
is the most conservative politician that can win in Massachusetts.
And he’s running for re-election against what is perhaps the worst Democrat on
the November ballot not named Barack Obama: Elizabeth Warren.
If you think the media’s in the tank for the president, get
familiar with their fawning coverage of the leftist Harvard professor. And the liberal establishment has big plans
for her after Warren dispenses with
the formality of her victory over Senator Brown.
Though burdened with sharing space on a presidential ballot
in a state so blue its resident presidential candidate will be lucky if he
breaks 40%, Brown has fought hard to keep the race within the statistical
margin of error.
In their first debate, Brown challenged the Warren, a
Caucasian, on her “Cherokee” status and whether she exploited her ludicrous
racial minority claim for personal advancement.
While in some cases physical appearances can be deceiving related to
ancestry, Professor Warren has as much chance of being taken for a Native
American as Joe Biden does as a Mongolian.
Professor Warren represents the worst in liberal hypocrisy:
a class baiting elitist who falsely masqueraded as a member of an ethnic
minority to get ahead.
That a Brown victory helps advance the GOP’s prospects of
taking the senate is almost secondary to Warren’s
defeat.
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