Category: 2008 Election

Hillary, going up against… nobody… was only able to garner about 60% of the vote.  That means 35% of the votes would rather have anybody but Hillary.  I don’t think this speaks well for her.  If I were her campaign, I wouldn’t be too happy about this, and wouldn’t get too cocky.

Michigan had a grand opportunity to end Mitt Romney’s campaign tonight, but it appears they were not in the mood to do the rest of the country a favor and sink this ship.

UPDATE: Bitter notes some disrespect Mitt paid to John McCain.

Via Instapundit, Fred talks about Christian Charity:

Mixing theology and social issues on the campaign trail is rare for Fred Thompson, but he discussed it today answering a question from a member of the audience.

A woman asked him if he would “as a Christian, as a conservative” continue President Bush’s programs to combat global AIDS.

“Christ didn’t tell us to go to the government and pass a bill to get some of these social problems dealt with. He told us to do it,” Thompson said.

“The government has its role, but we need to keep firmly in mind the role of the government, and the role of us as individuals and as Christians on the other.”

He received a round of applause for his answer, and went on to expand on the role of government in fighting AIDS and other diseases.

This guy gets it.  Hopefully this message will resonate with religious voters.

Bitter is arguing we should rally around John McCain in Michigan, where Fred isn’t polling well, in hopes of knocking Mitt the Shit out of the race.

If Mitt doesn’t win Michigan, even though he has more delegates than anyone else right now, he’s lost the momentum he needs to go into Super Tuesday as a truly viable candidate. Don’t get me wrong, he’d still spend his money like crazy, but politically, the GOP mainstreamers are going to be more open to shopping for a new candidate – and that could be Fred since McCain seems to have a few more enemies.

Read the whole thing. I agree with Bitter’s analysis. Michigan is Mitt’s other home state. Mitt should have won New Hampshire, hands down, but he didn’t. He should, if his candidacy is remotely viable, be able to win his real home state of Michigan, a state that elected his father Governor. I think if Mitt can’t win Michigan, it casts some very serious doubt on his viability as a candidate, and the GOP machine just might get behind another candidate. We can only hope.

If you will notice on the right side of this blog, I have added a sidebar item in support of Fred Thompson’s candidacy for President. I decided that it was time to put my money where my mouth is, so I have made a donation to the Fred’s campaign as well.

I will keep the banner there as long as Fred remains a candidate. I’ll admit, I was disappointed by Fred’s showing in New Hampshire, but I sincerely hope that Fred can pull out a win in South Carolina, and do well in the South. I’m tired of supporting compromise candidates, so here’s hoping Fred gets it together and sweeps the South and Super Tuesday.

In case you haven’t been able to tell yet, Snowflakes in Hell will have more emphasis on the elections in 2008 than have previously.  There is nothing of greater consequence to gun owners than elections.  They decide what can and can’t be accomplished, and ultimately decide whether we have our rights protected, or spat upon.

Via Dr. Helen I found an excellent article by Jonah Goldberg I think you all should read.

Huckabee, who once promised to “take back this nation for Christ,” has masterfully blended right-wing identity politics with feel-your-pain populism. “There’s a great need in this country,” Huckabee explained, “to elect someone who reminds them of the guy they work with, not the guy who laid them off.”

He’s largely right — and shame on us for it. I’ve never met an employer who likes cutting jobs. Yet the assumption behind Hucka-Edwardsism is that if we only had a president who understands — feels! — the pain of losing a job, people wouldn’t lose their jobs.

Huckabee is the Jesus loving version of Bill Clinton, which is part of why I find the viability of his candidacy more than a little creepy.  He’s striking chords with a very influential part of the Republican base, who I am beginning to conclude cares far less about the principles of limited government than they do about electing themselves a former preacher.

The Republican coalition was beginning to show strain when we nominated George W. Bush.  The events of 9/11 temporarily clouded our differences, but with America being eight years removed from the events of that day, and with Iraq looking like it’s settling down, I think the fissures within the Republican coalition are starting to appear again.

I believe 2008 may end up deciding whether that coalition is salvageable, or is irrevocably broken.  I fear the consequences of a broken coalition will be progressive Democratic rule for another couple of decades, and I don’t think our country, as we know it, and as our aspirations wish it to be, will survive that.

Classical Values also has some excellent commentary on Jonah’s article as well.  Go check out it out.

Some might find this useful for the 2008 election year.

TD notices that polling shows Hillary’s tears yesterday seems to have really helped her among women, and opines “Why are you people allowed to vote, again?”  I think he means Democrats rather than women, but I have to tell you, I have no faith in the future of this country if this is what we base our voting decisions on.

What have we become?

From Countertop:

There are lots of reasons for the Republican’s defeat. Some real (they lost their way, they renegged on term limit pledges, Schiavo, runaway earmarks) Some false (Iraq) but one thing which really did drive them to lose, and I have no doubt, is the shit thats peddled on Fox News. If you don’t listen to anything else I ever write, just remember this – Fox News (or at least their prime time “political debate” programs) are about the least intellectual thing on TV. I can’t think of a worst example of folks without a clue of how D.C. works or whats actually going on around here actually fooling people into paying attention to their contrived talking points.

Interesting theory, but I’m curious as to how exactly this has hurt the Republicans? I agree completely with his statement here, but don’t quite make the connection to electoral failure. My first choice for where to lay blame would be evangelical voters who think as long as a guy loves Jesus, he’s OK by them.

The great thing about the Democratic Primary, no matter who wins, change won.  Both Hillary and Obama are now touting themselves as the candidates of change.   I’m just wondering how long it takes for people to take a serious look and realize that both candidates are peddling the same socialist gift basket the Democrats have been trying to push on us since the 1960s.