Calling him a RINO is a huge stretch.

– voted for TARP

– originally supported McCain’s amnesty before changing his mind after being inundated with phone calls

- was a member of Gang of 14

- started the bailout ball rolling with his proposal with the original $300B mortgage bailout last summer

This man is the definition of RINO.

technopeasant on December 4, 2008 at 10:30 PM

Your point about Palin power also has merrit as it again points out that conservativism is continuing to show its power in American politics.

IMHO, McCain doomed the RNC when he dissed conservatives and they coddled up to him after the fact.

CHAMBLISS: Well, I think we’ve obviously got to take away from this that there are lessons out there that we needed to learn in 2006. Maybe we didn’t, but in 2008, we’ve gotta look back and make sure that we build up towards 2010 on a foundation that Ronald Reagan told us about years ago –

RUSH: Uh-oh.

CHAMBLISS: — and that is Republicans stand for.

RUSH: Uh-oh.

CHAMBLISS: — smaller government, fiscal responsibility.

RUSH: Uh-oh.

CHAMBLISS: — more individual rights and freedoms, and lower taxes. And we’ve gotta get back to those fundamentals. That’s what we talked about on the campaign trail, and obviously it resonated with our constituents here.

RUSH: Well, hallelujah! The only damn problem, and I’m sorry for yelling here, the only damn problem is that the people in his own party think he’s nuts! People in his own party think Ronald Reagan, the era of Reagan is over.

IMHO, Rush is right again.

I am south of Atlanta… here they feel they have already “won” and quite frankly I don’t believe they knew,cared or understand the fillibuster…

Fillibuster? Isn’t that something like a Dust Buster?

Saying Palin had anything to do with anything is ridiculous.

angryed on December 4, 2008 at 7:26 PM

We don’t believe you. To say that Sarah had no effect is absurd and childish. Everyone knows she made a HUGE difference.

All that happened was Chambliss won his orginal share of the vote, won the Libertarian votes and a couple of % points from Martin. That can be attributed to the fact fewer Obama voters even bothered to vote.

In other words, not much of anything happened that didn’t happen before. Saying Palin had anything to do with anything is ridiculous.

angryed on December 4, 2008 at 7:26 PM

If Chambliss had won by only a couple of percentage points, Sarah Palin would’ve been condemned. Why did fewer Obama voters bother to vote this time around?

Chambliss 49.9
Martin 47
Buckley (Libertairan) 3

This week the votes went as follows:

Chambliss 57
Martin 42

All that happened was Chambliss won his orginal share of the vote, won the Libertarian votes and a couple of % points from Martin. That can be attributed to the fact fewer Obama voters even bothered to vote.

In other words, not much of anything happened that didn’t happen before. Saying Palin had anything to do with anything is ridiculous.

That was yesterday……………………

………… tomorrow when Mr. Obama can sign the legislation passed in the dark of night that perminately funds ACORN and La Raza to the tune of Billions per year, we won’t see another Republican elected for at least two generations…………………..

Just like the Community Reinvestment Act, as everyone was going about their daily lives for the past twenty years, did anyone really realize that Democratic Government policies and regulations were working in the background, forcing banks to loan money to people that could not pay it back, even to illegal aliens, putting the ever increasing burden on the American Tax Payer until it exploded?

I didn’t……….. even though auditors tried to warn everyone what was coming, the Democrats blocked that, and where was the Press? Where was Hollywood? Where were the Educational Elite? Where were the late night jokes? Where were the politically charged speeches during award ceremonies? Where was the cool punk band turned mainstream singing the song with the video?

All of these people that you see, hear, and read about today, hand wringing over the current crisis……… the pias Dodd and Frank, Pelosi and Reid, throwing our children’s finances at a problem they created, changing the very fabric of our society right in front of our eyes………… and the silence is deafening!

All of these “experts” who second guessed every move President Bush did in the War on Terror to try to keep us safe, leaking one piece of intelligence after another, giving one defeatist sound byte after another, only giving aide and comfort to our enemies………. ALL for just political gain.

Where are they now?

As Trillions are being spent………… with no Audit……….. no Accountability……….. no Oversight.

Where are they now?

This should be the message screamed at the American people for the next two to four years until they finally get it!Seven Percent Solution on December 4, 2008 at 4:36 PM

Now THAT was the comment of the day….

If Sarah Palin is still in the news by 2010, and doesn’t have too much competition for re-election in Alaska, maybe she could come down “south” and campaign for Republican challengers for competitive House and Senate seats. Some more national exposure would help her if she wants to run for President in 2012.

Signed
Allah

/Sarc

On the other hand, I would think there were more Republicans who supported Chambliss and McCain was secondary and those voters came back out again.

I expect black turnout to fall in 2012.

When all the hype is over, when the realization comes that a black president does not translate into better lives for black people, when the newness of a black president wears off, expect a drop in voter turnout and an uptick in AA Apathy.

Just look at polls for Deval Patrick in Massachusetts. First black governor, but way down in polls even among African Americans who helped get him elected.

Norwegian on December 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM

Rather than apathy, what I’d like to see in the African-American community is the realization that the Democrats have been using them for quite a long while now.

“The geniuses who run the Republican Party, as always, had it wrong.” – Dick Morris

Dick Morris runs the Republican Party? Who knew?