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It’s something we’ve been mulling over for days… We’ve been wondering why Sarah Palin endorsed Carly Fiorina over Chuck DeVore in the battle to unseat California’s Leftist Queen Imbecile “Don’t call me ma’am” Barbara Boxer.
We interviewed DeVore on our program a couple of weeks ago. We liked him. He’s got military cred. He has a strongly conservative voting record as a California State Assemblyman. He’s been vetted and endorsed by Melanie Morgan’s newly formed organization “Warriors for Congress”, and he passed muster with flying colors.
I admit we’re as disappointed as we are puzzled at why Palin would endorse Fiorina — someone we don’t believe is a true conservative. We question her record to fight hard to bring the Golden State back from the precipice of disaster (assuming it’s not already too late to pull off that gigundo feat).
We want the Senate occupied with common sense conservatives who already have an established track record proving they’re who they claim to be. We don’t see that in Carly Fiorina. who said she would have voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. So we we’re wondering what Sarah sees in her that we don’t.
Now we know. It’s about winnability. That’s it?
During her remarks last week in Illinois, the Hillboyz reported that Palin said she believes Fiorina and DeVore are splitting the conservative vote, and that if she didn’t step in, Tom Campbell would win the nomination… and Campbell is a RINO who would lose to Barbara Boxer. Because Palin believes Fiorina has the best chance of beating Boxer, she sided with Fiorina (who was an economic advisor to McCain during his presidential campaign. That really worked out well, didn’t it?) So Palin has thrown in with Fiorina so that Campbell wouldn’t be a spoiler who would force a loss to Boxer in what could be a winnable race.
That’s IT???
Arrrrgh…. Sorry, I can’t buy it. If Palin truly believed in backing the bonafide conservative, she’d have delivered it to DeVore and her endorsement would have carried tremendous firepower for him, bringing him even more endorsements and most importantly, CASH — the lifeblood of any campaign. Instead of lending DeVore a hand up, she landed him a potentially fatal blow.
Yet, conservatives are rallying behind DeVore. The resulting blowback Palin’s received from conservatives across the country has been stunning (just read the thousands of comments at her Facebook page), and DeVore’s poll numbers have been climbing in the wake of Palin’s controversial endorsement.
Melanie writes:
Palin fans, who gave her a pass when she endorsed her former running-mate Sen. John McCain, went ballistic when she gave Fiorina the nod.
The story has been covered, but the underlying turmoil caused by Palin’s endorsement is still roiling. It has HELPED DeVore as Palin’s followers tossed her under the bus to stand with DeVore. DeVore had one of his top fund-raising days ever after the endorsement. His Facebook Fan numbers have skyrocketed.
He’s a Tea Party favorite. More importantly, he’s a conservative whose star is rising in the S.F. Bay Area – of all places!! This says he CAN win one for the conservative movement.
In fact, conservative voters ARE deserting Carly Fiorina in droves – and there is data to prove it.
The base is coming home to DeVore:
DeVore Grabs 54% of State Tea Party Poll
http://www.uncoverage.net/2010/05/devore-has-54-in-california-tea-party-poll/
Pleasanton Tea party poll final:
54% DeVore
21% Fiorina
12% Campbell
And this:
Sarah Palin astroturfing in California didn’t work out so well for Carly…..Chuck DeVore is up 5 points after the Moose Madam endorsement, Fiorina is tanking… Are California conservatives getting ready to roar?
After studying the latest Rasmussen polling results showing DeVore gaining, Erick Erickson at RedState observed:
“… because Chuck DeVore outperforms Carly Fiorina against Barbara Boxer.
The logic we are supposed to pursue in this matter is this: Carly is outperforming Chuck in the primary and she is better than Tom Campbell, so go with Carly.
The logic we ought to pursue is this: Chuck outperforms Carly against Boxer and Campbell does better than them both against Boxer, so maybe we should be supporting Chuck instead of Carly to beat both Campbell and Boxer.
After all, say what you will about the primary, but please tell me how running a woman who has laid off half of California, sending their jobs to China, is really going to be competitive against Barbara Boxer.
If she makes it through the primary and general election, will Carly Fiorina be the clear-thinking conservative who’ll make the right decisions in the Senate?
Here’s the clip of Sarah explaining her rationale for blessing Fiorina with holy endorsement water. You buying it???
I agree with you. I don’t understand Palin’s reasoning here at all. I was not happy when she endorsed McCain but I tried to understand that there would be a double standard if she didn’t since she ran as his VP. However, Carly is another thing. I just don’t think she is the BEST choice. DeVore strikes me as the better candidate.
However, Palin is NOT the Tea Party. She is an American citizen making her own choices. This is why we have not create a ‘figure head’ for the party. Each of decides who we feel is best.
While I agree with Sarah’s basic stances concerning America, her choices in politics leaves me confused. Be that as it may, I still like her.
However, I agree with you … unless Sarah knows something we don’t … Carly is NOT the best choice for CA.
I share your observation, Dominique. Her choices in politics leave me confused. Is she more of a pragmatist than idealist? Seem so.
Palin is both an idealist and a pragmatist. Obviously Palin understands California politics better than most would give her credit for. Her calculation was simply this; is it better to have Boxer win the statewide election which she would if running agains DeVore or is better to have Fiorina in the Senate. DeVore cannot win a statewide election, that’s a fact. Idealism is fine when an idealist candidate can win but idealism is political suicide when that candidate cannot win. In places like California, Mass, NY etc…etc…, strategic political thought is what is most likely to win. This idealistic fanatsy world in which some of you live is just that, a fantasy world. Palin is a strategic thinker and a natural leader, if DeVore were running in a place like Wyoming or NCarolina I am quite certain she would have endorsed him, but not in California at this time.
I find it interesting that you state with conviction that you are absolutely certain DeVore could NOT win in a statewide election. Would you have predicted the same thing about Scott Brown in Massachusetts? Or Chris Christie in New Jersey? Or that Bob Bennett of Utah would have been eliminated in the first go around? Or that Charlie Crist would lose his Republican support and turn Independent? We are seeing political surprises at every turn. It ain’t gonna be business as usual anymore.
In any other election year I might agree with you. But you are forgetting something — the growing movement of activist citizens who have awoken (and more each day who are awakening), and are determined that this time, things are going to change. If DeVore — a conservative — ever had a chance at taking back the seat held by liberal/socialist Boxer, it is NOW. At the very least, he stands a better chance in 2010 than not. If he wins this despite Palin’s endorsement of the one “most likely to win” in the primary, it will make my point. If he even comes close, it will make my point. In this instance, Palin should have stayed out of the race. Period. Her relationship with McCain/Fiorini influenced her judgment. Bad move.
What is Sarah going to do if Fiorina is indicted and arrested for being involved in the Russian bribery scandal. Three former HP executives have already been arrested. He has very question business practices, including sales to Iran under her watch by skirting the embargo going through a foreign subsidiary. She says, “it’ legal.” REALLY? Well, tell me Carly is it patriotic or moral. Iran gives supplies to Iraq to kill our soldiers. Yes, Sarah has a son in the military and DeVore has retired after 24 yrs of service to his country in the Army Reserves. He knows moral, and he know patriotic. Selling electronics to IRAN is neither. When she says “I’ll fight for every job.” REALLY In China and India where you shipped HP jobs and disseminated at less 18,000 jobs for CA families. YA SARAH, you picked a good one. WE in CA know Carly that’s why the latest Rasmussen poll has her VERY UNFAVORABLES at 21%. That’s the highest very unfavorables I’ve ever seen. I know think of Sarah as I use to. I think she sold out. She sold out to the “insiders” in D.C. She’s not the woman she says she is.
I have no problem with Palin’s endorsement of Fiorina. I think she is being practical and has chosen the candidate she thinks has the best chance of winning/beating Campbell. As a California voter, I may support DeVore, but will do so knowing that I could be taking a huge risk that Campbell could win. Not only is Campbell a RINO but he is DANGEROUSLY anti-Israel. And as a Christian, support for Israel is a huge issue for me. And it is huge for Palin as well.
Chuck knows the CA issues, he is a fighter for common sense solutions, he is a proven tax cutter, a patriot with 27 years military reserve exp., he is a strong constitutionalist and he has worked in the DC snake pit and lived another day to tell about it. The grassroots are behind Chuck. Don’t sell us short. We want our mighty state to thrive again. We need Chuck DeVore in the US Senate and the country needs him now. Barbara Boxer will not know how to take Chuck DeVore down. His intelligence will bury her if they have any kind of meaningful debate. What has she accomplished in her time in the Senate? Hard to come up with much in the way of significant legislation where she showed leadership.
PS: Ms.Boxer will tear Tom Campbell and Carly Fiorina to bits or have some of her hacks do it. The Dems are saliving to get one of them as the candidate. DeVore doesn’t have the baggage.
Sarah Palin’s mind is clouded.All the great things she listed in her choice of a candidate does no good to stand for, when her candidates wish is to give the Country away to another form of geoverment.Pro choice,gun rights are all gone with Amnesty and North American Union,we will no longer be America.
Palin needs to understand it the people’s choice of candidates,not her.Palin works for the GOP not the people. The more people follow Sarah Palin they will be led right back into the policy of the GOP which will produce voters sitting elections out.This time America will pay beyond repair.
I did agree with her when she said the Consitution is for the people not the politician.It’s time she reads the Consitution because she has viol;ated it with her immigration policy.
We already warned you guys not to listen to palin…. She is dumber than a flat rock and easily manipulated, I am sure. Palin doesn’t know anything more than we do. I know you want to think there is some sort of genius motive behind this, but trust me, there ain’t!
Hate to say it, but we told ya so!