Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on November 4, 2009 by Allahpundit
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“‘I think time was the biggest factor, and if [Hoffman had] had a bit more time, he would have won,’ said Everett Wilkinson, a South Florida-based tea party organizer who was watching the contest closely. ‘I wouldn’t consider it a loss. I think we were successful.’
“‘He just got there late, that’s all,’ Armey said. ‘We think small-government conservatives had a big victory last night.’”
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“What was learned Tuesday is that the American voter is absolutely, totally, unremittingly disgusted with both political parties. More than anything, the American voter is desperate for political leadership…
“Add another American metaphor to the political landscape: the cattle stampede. Independent voters across the U.S. have become like the massive cattle herd John Wayne drove from Texas to Kansas in ‘Red River.’ These voters are spooked and on the run, a political stampede that veered left in November 2008 and now right a mere year later. They will keep running—crushing incumbents, candidates and political models of the left and right—through November 2010 and onto 2012 until they find a person or party capable of leadership appropriate to our unsettled times. And yes, Virginia, the possibility of a man on a white horse in 2012 is not out of the question.”
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“‘I think the conservative movement and the Republican leadership can pretty rapidly come to an agreement that defeating Pelosi in 2010 and Obama in 2012 is worth sorting things out for,’ Mr. Gingrich said.
“Mr. Gingrich said that throughout history, political leaders had emerged to steer parties to power by reconciling competing factions. Asked which Republicans had the stature to do so now, he replied: ‘That will happen. Or it will not.’”
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“What happened to the change we can believe in?”
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Jeff from WI on November 5, 2009 at 7:57 AM
The MSM has always been prepared to devour a conservative at birth (failing at the prior to birth opportunity). The MSM never could accept a conservative woman, hell bent on personal and political assassination. Executing their manipulation over life, the MSM still can’t tolerate the existence of a conservative woman.
maverick muse on November 5, 2009 at 8:45 AM
works for me!
james23 on November 5, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Gibbs smirked at the reality, America does not want Goldman Sachs running our nation.
Reminds one of the GWB smirk, suggesting people take their gripes out in a blog.
They think they have us sewn up in sackcloth and ashes. In effect, we currently are.
maverick muse on November 5, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Obama Mantra
I ME MINE
maverick muse on November 5, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Especially in NJ, I think that it proves that Obama won 2008 because of his rockstar status. Sure they came to the Corzine rallys to see Obama, as if it were Bon Jovi or some rap star appearing for free. But they sure didn’t come out and vote. Very humiliating for Obama and an embarrassment for the dems.
ctmom on November 5, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Mr. Wilkinson is correct in his analysis. If Mr. Hoffman had another week or two and had the benefit of $900,000 given to Ms. Scozzafava, he could have overtaken and passed Mr. Owens. How’s that for civility? Now, next time GOP support a more conservative candidate so he or she can beat the crap out of the lib.
Kissmygrits on November 5, 2009 at 9:54 AM
First impressions matter more. Thats why people still harp on Palin’s Couric interview and not much else.
Speedwagon82 on November 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM
If Scozzafava’s name had been removed from the ballot Hoffman would probably have received most of the lazy and/or brain-damaged vote that was recorded for Scozzafava, giving Hoffman the victory.
Instead history will either record Hoffman’s forcing Scozzafava out of the race, as the massive electrical shock that restored a healthy beat to the Republican heart, or as the beginning of the Republican parties death throws.
darktood on November 5, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Political parties do make a difference in the number of voters who turn out on election day, especially in an area as big as a congressional district. Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) programs have an impact. In a close race, a good GOTV program can easily make a few points of difference. Those who go to the polls as a result of a reminder call, can put a candidate over the top. While the calls are annoying to many, they have an impact overall.
In New Jersey, the Republican Party has learned the hard way (by losing) that the Democrats pour enormous resources into GOTV, even including one union this year conducting what they boasted was a “knock and drag” operation!
This year, the GOP had a very good program, which included electronically removing potential voters from “to call” lists if they had already mailed in their ballots. Saving resources by not wasting them on those who had already voted.
In upstate New York Hoffman was a late-comer to the race, and was running against the local party’s apparatus. He likely got little or no support at all in the last several days, and on election day itself. Keep in mind that there were several counties in the District, and that each one had some level of organization helping out his opponent.
So, Hoffman did extremely well in spite of the fact that the deck was stacked against him. If he becomes the party’s candidate the next time, he would be likely to win handily.
Conservatives up there should look very closely at the main county Republican leaders up there and try to figure out why they selected a Trojan horse candidate like Dede. The rank and file would usually go along with the Chair on who he or she is backing. But at least so far, it just seems that there is something very counterintuitive about how she got the nod.
Trochilus on November 5, 2009 at 8:00 PM
I agree. We’re going to read more about this.
Her base, the 122nd Assembly District in NY, was located in four counties — St. Lawrence, Lewis and Jefferson Counties, and a small portion of Oswego County. She resides in Gouverneur, a small town in St. Lawrence County, 35 – 40 miles up the road from Watertown (Jefferson Cty.) and about 22 – 24 miles from the St. Lawrence River. Ft. Drum lies in between Gouverneur and Watertown.
You have to wonder what the Obama Administration may have been dangling in front of one or more of the party leadership up there, or possibly even what someone “had” on some key player, that prompted the Republican leadership to get behind a person who is as far left as Dede is on so many issues, to fill that vacated Congressional seat. I think the WH expected a Republican would likely win before she got the nomination, back when they had made the former Congressman the Army Sec’y.
This story is not over. Here is a map of the Congressional District.
The Congressional District is the most sprawling in New York. It is in all or portions of eleven different New York counties, Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Oswego, Lewis, Hamilton (pt), Madison, Oneida (pt), Fulton (pt), and Essex (pt).
Trochilus on November 5, 2009 at 11:58 PM
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