Three states — Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida — three swing states voted for the trio of governors Scott Walker, John Kasich, and Rick Scott. These are three Republican Governors, not just Republican Governors but solid TEA Party Governors — tell me, is there anything not to like in these three people from the Republican/Conservative/Libertarian/Right Blogosphere perspective?
Each was elected in reaction to President Obama, but the whole TEA Party movement is in reaction to the President’s leadership. Each of these governors has been controversial in varying degrees, but where these three governors stand on the issues is unmistakable?
One of these governors was brought to a recall election, not for any misconduct in office but for unwavering pursuit of a governing agenda. That governor was the first governor in U.S. history to beat back a recall, and beat back that recall handily with a strong margin that even surprised backers.
As far as Candidate Romney is concerned, and the concern that the TEA Party faction doesn’t know where he stands, I think the selection of Paul Ryan sends a very clear message as does the unfortunate remark about the “47%” — bad national politics but something the TEA Party movement believes in one form or another, that large portions of the electorate are being bought off by government support rather than fixing the economy that people can support themselves.
Three states. Forget about the gotchas and the political ads and what Mr. Romney is doing or not doing. Forget the coal vs high gas prices. People are either with the TEA Party way of seeing things or they are not. The TEA Party is either a grass roots political force to get-out-the-vote as they did early this summer in Wisconsin or they are not. And don’t tell me the Democrats and labor weren’t all-in on that election.
It doesn’t matter at this point whether Mr. Obama or Mr. Romney gets elected. Three states. If Mr. Obama wins there, the TEA Party has had its 15 minutes of fame and the people out there are buying what the TEA Party is selling. If he loses there, even if he wins the election, it is Game On.
The Tea Party is going to get Romney into the White House. But once they do so, they’ll pressure him a lot more than they did George Bush. They’re not going away.
If we won 2010 but lost 2012 over the seniors mad at Obama over Obamacare but now mad at Mitt over Ryancare, this won’t be a “losing the war” failure, but it will be an epic failure of strategic misjudgement and overreach, a Market-Garden level of failure.
Take a gander at powerlineblog — Paul Mirengoff seems to think that Mediscare is working its magic, something I expressed as a concern with the Paul Ryan selection.
The TEA Party is either a grass roots political force to get-out-the-vote as they did early this summer in Wisconsin or they are not.
The voters who rejected the Walker recall also told exit pollsters that they wanted Obama re-elected. They weren’t anti-Obama, or pro-Tea Party, they were anti-recall.
That’s what I had heard. But why would people make an effort to turn out at a June election to register the point of view “This Walker guy is terrible, but I am against recall elections!”
I mean if you are an Obama voter, you know, one of the “47 percent”, wouldn’t you consider Mr. Walker to be hard Right, and why would you make a special point to go vote for him because you thought the concept of a recall was wrong?
Three states — Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida — three swing states voted for the trio of governors Scott Walker, John Kasich, and Rick Scott. These are three Republican Governors, not just Republican Governors but solid TEA Party Governors — tell me, is there anything not to like in these three people from the Republican/Conservative/Libertarian/Right Blogosphere perspective?
Each was elected in reaction to President Obama, but the whole TEA Party movement is in reaction to the President’s leadership. Each of these governors has been controversial in varying degrees, but where these three governors stand on the issues is unmistakable?
One of these governors was brought to a recall election, not for any misconduct in office but for unwavering pursuit of a governing agenda. That governor was the first governor in U.S. history to beat back a recall, and beat back that recall handily with a strong margin that even surprised backers.
As far as Candidate Romney is concerned, and the concern that the TEA Party faction doesn’t know where he stands, I think the selection of Paul Ryan sends a very clear message as does the unfortunate remark about the “47%” — bad national politics but something the TEA Party movement believes in one form or another, that large portions of the electorate are being bought off by government support rather than fixing the economy that people can support themselves.
Three states. Forget about the gotchas and the political ads and what Mr. Romney is doing or not doing. Forget the coal vs high gas prices. People are either with the TEA Party way of seeing things or they are not. The TEA Party is either a grass roots political force to get-out-the-vote as they did early this summer in Wisconsin or they are not. And don’t tell me the Democrats and labor weren’t all-in on that election.
It doesn’t matter at this point whether Mr. Obama or Mr. Romney gets elected. Three states. If Mr. Obama wins there, the TEA Party has had its 15 minutes of fame and the people out there are buying what the TEA Party is selling. If he loses there, even if he wins the election, it is Game On.
The Tea Party is going to get Romney into the White House. But once they do so, they’ll pressure him a lot more than they did George Bush. They’re not going away.
If we won 2010 but lost 2012 over the seniors mad at Obama over Obamacare but now mad at Mitt over Ryancare, this won’t be a “losing the war” failure, but it will be an epic failure of strategic misjudgement and overreach, a Market-Garden level of failure.
Take a gander at powerlineblog — Paul Mirengoff seems to think that Mediscare is working its magic, something I expressed as a concern with the Paul Ryan selection.
The TEA Party is either a grass roots political force to get-out-the-vote as they did early this summer in Wisconsin or they are not.
The voters who rejected the Walker recall also told exit pollsters that they wanted Obama re-elected. They weren’t anti-Obama, or pro-Tea Party, they were anti-recall.
That’s what I had heard. But why would people make an effort to turn out at a June election to register the point of view “This Walker guy is terrible, but I am against recall elections!”
I mean if you are an Obama voter, you know, one of the “47 percent”, wouldn’t you consider Mr. Walker to be hard Right, and why would you make a special point to go vote for him because you thought the concept of a recall was wrong?