Stay where you are, Michelle. You're needed there.
And frankly, 4 years in congress isn't experience enough, IMHO.
If I knew Michelle I would ask her who she is going to support for her current seat.
No Retreads.
Stay where you are, Michelle. You're needed there.
And frankly, 4 years in congress isn't experience enough, IMHO.
It's probably a good thing. The longer they're there, the worse they get.
I would support her, work for her and donate
Funny thing about Emmer. I hear him more now (seems he's always on KTLK in the morning) then when he was runnin for governor. Emmer would have been good.
Speaking about KTLK, what happened to Chris Baker in the morning? Yes you Glenn Beck listeners the one and the same who was OUR morning guy.
...What is her experience prior to being in Congress?
Ya wanna know what I think is going on? I think she intends to:
a) Make damn sure the Tea Party has the strongest representation possible in the primaries
b) Force the other candidates to address Tea party concerns
c) Energize the Tea Party Base
d) Raise tons of dough
e) Upset the applecart in Iowa
f) Reinforce Tea Party organization & boots on the ground in MN
g) Throw her full support behind Tim Pawlenty at the right time, and bring the Tea Party to him.
My gut tells me she has no honest designs on the Presidency. I may be completely wrong, but it doesn't "feel true" to me for her to be jumping in right now. Pawlenty is a good conservative with a couple blemishes and a great track record of executive experience. They've had a good working relationship at the state level, with Pawlenty in the state House and Bachmann in the state Senate, and then with Pawlenty as Governor while Bachmann was in state Senate leadership.
That's what my gut tells me.
IDP, I respect your opinion, but disagree about Pawlenty.
I see him as just another moderate.
For me, he would be one of those I'd hold my nose for but would vote for.
Alphabet Soup. On electability, how do you come to the conclusion that Palin is unelectable but Romney is?
I believe Reagan was considered unelectable,too.
I don't really think Michelle has a serious chance.
Palin is polarizing but she gets people moving. I do have (and have said elsewhere) that I do have some issues with her but would support her.
On principles alone, I would pick Bachmann over all of the current crop. Palin would be my second
IDP, I respect your opinion, but disagree about Pawlenty.
I see him as just another moderate.
For me, he would be one of those I'd hold my nose for but would vote for....
IDP, I respect your opinion, but disagree about Pawlenty.
I see him as just another moderate.
For me, he would be one of those I'd hold my nose for but would vote for.
Alphabet Soup. On electability, how do you come to the conclusion that Palin is unelectable but Romney is?
I believe Reagan was considered unelectable,too.
I don't really think Michelle has a serious chance.
Palin is polarizing but she gets people moving. I do have (and have said elsewhere) that I do have some issues with her but would support her.
On principles alone, I would pick Bachmann over all of the current crop. Palin would be my second
...Once again I'd like to emphasize that these aren't the cards I'd like to play - these are the cards we've been dealt.
Thanks, IDP, for the assessment on Pawlenty.
Since you're on the ground there, you're better informed than me
I do know that NumbersUSA has him rated higher than anyone else with a C+ rating
His cardinal sin was embracing Global Warming and its bastard-child, Cap-n-Trade. But a lot of good people were swayed by the false scientific claims. He has full-throatedly denounced his embrace of Cap-n-Trade. One must decide whether he genuinely changed his mind, whether he rejects it now because of political opportunism, or whether he embraced it in the first place because of political opportunism. I think he believed what he was being told.
If Pawlenty gets the nomination, he won't be my first choice, and I have little confidence he can win.
...The fact that she has had as much crap thrown at her as she already has, and is still standing tells makes me conclude exactly the opposite. Any serious candidate that comes from the Republican side is not going to get the same anal exam she has, and few will come out of it as well as she has....
If she's nominated they'll be left with nothing to hit her with but recycled lies that failed the first time around.
Ya wanna know what I think is going on? I think she intends to:
a) Make damn sure the Tea Party has the strongest representation possible in the primaries
b) Force the other candidates to address Tea party concerns
c) Energize the Tea Party Base
d) Raise tons of dough
e) Upset the applecart in Iowa
f) Reinforce Tea Party organization & boots on the ground in MN
g) Throw her full support behind Tim Pawlenty at the right time, and bring the Tea Party to him.
My gut tells me she has no honest designs on the Presidency. I may be completely wrong, but it doesn't "feel true" to me for her to be jumping in right now. Pawlenty is a good conservative with a couple blemishes and a great track record of executive experience. They've had a good working relationship at the state level, with Pawlenty in the state House and Bachmann in the state Senate, and then with Pawlenty as Governor while Bachmann was in state Senate leadership.
That's what my gut tells me.
... I don't know why so many conservatives have convinced themselves that she is "unelectable," ...
... I don't know why so many conservatives have convinced themselves that she is "unelectable," ...
Someone I respect questioning her capability or intellect etc. causes me to reaccess their character. It also cause me to reflect on that person's qualifications to make such statements and his motives.
...I'm not impressed with Pawlenty, though. Or anyone else, for that matter. I hope IDP is wrong about point g).
The word "electable" is not in my vocabulary. In my opinion the concept was wholly invented by the treasonous leftist media specifically to intimidate real conservatives from running or being nominated. Electability is determined by the voters on Election Day, not by political pundits.
If I recall correctly, the conventional wisdom held that McCain was the most "electable" of the Republican candidates in 2008. How did that work out? He would have lost by 20 points if he hadn't picked Palin as his running mate.
Re:#28
Yes, it's a shock. The left hates her because she is a threat to their very existence which is quite understandable. But then comes your Pop or Charles Krauthammer or an old friend whom you know and trust, and you do a double take. Cognitive dissonance.
Maybe one of our lady contributors can offer insight to this quizzical.
Aside: It sure is nice having new folks around here.
#33 ::thumbsup::
And you can forget the 'even if she is a woman'.
Krauthammer, even his intellect has difficulty overcoming, his realpolitic, living in Washington handicap. But the visceral dislike of her by otherwise normal, and relatively conservative folks is a mystery.
So my job as a liberty-driven citizen has been made immensely easier, thanks to Ruling Class mischief. Anyone not being skewered by the Ruling Class is my enemy, period. With the chaff gone, I can now select from the best grains of wheat remaining!
You know, dammit if I didn't have to deal with that from my own father re; Michele Bachmann. We were talking politics several months back and I brought up how impressed I was with her fearlessness and love for the constitution, and he said, "I don't like her." I said, "Why not?" He said, "Because she's stupid." I said, "She's a federal tax attorney and a foster mother to 23 kids, she's not stupid. She's smart, and has a good heart." He said, "I don't like her." I said, "Gimme an example of why you think she's stupid." He said, "She just is." End of f***ing conversation.
I don't question my dad's character, but I sure question his insight and motivation.