Thank Goodness For Bachmann, Kline, Paulsen, Davis/Day, MN House
Posted by Andy on January 30th, 2008
Huh? What is AAA talking about now? Has he officially gone nutter?
No, for a lot of you out there sending emails and sharing the pondering of just what the heck we are to do this election season, we need to remember all is not lost just because a Democrat in elephant’s clothing (that’s McCain) appears to be the presumptive nominee. (No the fat lady isn’t singing, but if Rudy does endorse McCain, she is warming up (regarding Romney there))
Reps. Bachmann and Kline are solid principled conservatives who do have tough reelections ahead of them. They will get little to zero national or state party help so we the grassroots will have to pick up that slack to carry them over the line.
With Rep. Ramstad hanging it up, we have a chance to get a real conservative there in the 3rd.
Democratic Rep. Walz, is beatable in the 1st, he got lucky in 06. There are 2 guys taking a run at him, Sen. Dick Day (meh), and Brian Davis who reminds me A LOT of Bachmann.
The MN House is a target rich environment for Republicans. Well, there are so few Republicans, you couldn’t help but say that. Especially when the DFL admittedly overreached last session. There are 134 races across the state, and I know that each and every local Republican party BPOU and candidate would love your help.
So don’t take off your sneakers. Don’t pack up your bat and ball to go home. Get local. The House of Representatives both in Minnesota and in Washington are where you can really send a conservative message. They are called the People’s House because the are elected in smaller districts so they have to be better representative to the electorate.
That’s you my fellow conservatives. You are the electorate and have to bust your butt in order to get good conservatives elected so the agenda can be reflective of our common views. If you can’t live with the POTUS nominee, (and neither can I if it is McCain) then we will all have to find another great conservative to help get elected. Maybe our grassroots effort is focused on Congressional seats and MN House races. You don’t have to help McCain, not matter how badly some people say you do. It is still America, and you can allow your principles to guide your decisions.
But you do have to help out the candidates who do represent the principles and values you hold dear. You can’t sit it out on them too. We did that in 2006, and look at the mess it created. What’s great is that there are a lot of good candidates out there. They don’t even have to be in your District for you to help them.
So let’s all take a deep breathe. McCain may get the nod, but that doesn’t mean principled conservatives can take the election off. Oh, and if you aren’t one of the dozen or few people who listen to Sean hannity, don’t bother tuning in, he was on his knees today talking about he has been wrong and McCain has been right all along. The voters spokeHannity said, we all have to shut up and support McCain. I couldn’t take anymore, so i flipped over to Medved….. I had to double check to see if my radio actually responded because he too was attacking Rush for not shutting up and selling his soul to support McCain. That one lasted about 12.5 seconds before I just turned the radio off and listened to the whoosh of hot air blowing out of the vents in my truck.
In conclusion, you do not have to sell your soul and support McCain should he get the nod. Frankly, it isn’t over yet. 36% of the people who “SAY” they are Republicans for the Primary in the state that has one hell of a hard figuring out how to vote picked McCain by 5%. That ain’t a mandate, and it sure as hell ain’t enough for me to fawn all over McCain as some sort of gOD.
So what if I won’t be invited on those conference calls, or to the fancy parties. At least I still have my principles. And, I’ll make a far larger difference with my time, money, and effort in a more local race in the first place, and so can you. So no one can take their ball and go home. You don’t have to drink the McCain koolaid.
Get local. Go to Caucus. Get elected a Delegate. bust your arse for a good MN House candidate who is as conservative as can be. If that doesn’t work, no, you can’t go sit on the couch. Find a good conservative and help them.
(Yes, I purposely left Sen. Coleman off this list. More on that later, possibly)
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January 30th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Finally a post that actually has a good message. I think that there really are too many people who think that all we need is a conservative president and the fact that we let progressives be elected will not be an issue. Or on a state level we just need a conservative governor and it doesn’t matter if the DFL controls the house and senate.
Well, it does matter. The president and governor are just the last link in a long chain of elected officials that make a difference in our lives. There are thousands of elected officials, from the city level all the way to the federal. Any of those have a huge influence on how we live our lives, yet it seems like conservatives only pay attention to who a few of them are.
If you need help, there are plenty of groups that support an issue you feel is important. For instance, if you are a fiscal conservative, you should be paying attention to the Club for Growth. They endorse lots of fiscally conservative candidates that need your help.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
So this explains the extra cold weather in MN the last few days. You like something I wrote.
The main point is the Prez or Guv define the party for everyone else. It trickles down when it is something one portion of the base disagrees with.
A pro-choice Guv or Prez would upset the base and they would take it out on their locals.
And also just look at 06. The fiscal and limited gov base was upset. Sure, look what we got, but the party didn’t help deflect the angst and motivate people to make the diference locally. Nope it was all about Pawlenty at the expense of the MN house and other statewide and CD races. (give or take here and there)
Yes, we can move on if we have a dud at the top of the ticket, but the party needs to aknowledge that there is a dud. they need to remember about the platform/ core differences between us (as a whole) and the Dems. When those lines blur or cross paths, it hurts the local races.
I hope people can ignore the POTUS and focus locally. It is the key to Gov. I thought I had made pretty good cases in the past. I hope the Party is going to do more than they have planned. a lot of people only follow the msm and don’t really understand real grassroots. The party needs to make sure that the local races get some of the spotlight. If they don’t people won’t even know to look.
Not everyone is plugged in the way we are.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
You talk about the “party” as if there is some guy behind the curtain pulling the strings, and if we want the party to go a certain direction, all we have to do is give the word. Needless to say, that doesn’t ever work out very well. Politics is the sum of those who participate.
If people take the choice that other people make (their fellow Americans, keep in mind), and take it out on candidates that they agree with, they only hurt themselves, oddly, not the people they want to hurt. If the answer to moderates in the party is to hurt conservatives so that more moderates get elected, how does this hurt moderates?
In the end, Presidents and Governors can only define the party people choose to allow them to define the party. Same goes for the MSM. The MSM can only define the party if people decide that is how they want to party defined. See, in my view, the party isn’t in people, or platforms, or the MSM, it is what is in me. I can choose to make the party what I want, and do a little or as much as I want to make a difference in the party.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
You’re the third person I’ve heard who was unable to recognize Hannity in prolonged sarcasm mode. I suggest people quit listening to the media and form an opinion of their own on whether McCain should be trusted with your vote.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:02 am
I tuned into Hannity for a few minutes today and discovered the whole “I have seen the light and now I support McCain” thing was just a joke.
February 4th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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