MOONBAT SAYS: Charlie Crist, the GOP and the curious refusal to compromise

[The Village Idiot]

Apparently she doesn't understand what primaries are for or something.

http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/04/28/charlie-crist-the-gop-and-the-curious-refusal-to-compromise/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker

The Republican Party’s civil war is about to get really interesting. Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist — a Republican who would be trounced in a GOP primary by tea party favorite Marco Rubio — is reportedly leaving his party to seek a post in the U.S. Senate as an independent. According to a Quinnipiac poll from last week, Crist could win a three-way race:

The newest Quinnipiac University poll shows Republican Marco Rubio with a 56-to-33 percent lead over Gov. Charlie Crist in the Republican U.S. Senate primary.

If Crist were to leave the GOP and run as a no-party candidate, the poll found him with a lead within the poll’s margin of error: 32 percent for Crist, 30 percent for Rubio and 24 percent for Kendrick Meek. That poll of 1,250 Florida voters had a 2.8 percent margin of error. The GOP poll of 497 voters had a 4.4 percent margin of error.

Crist has been, in effect, drummed out of his party for the sin of being a moderate. He endorsed John McCain. He accepted, with gratitude, funds from Obama’s stimulus package. He compromised with Democrats in the Florida legislature. In the new rules seemingly in effect in the Republican Party, the notion of moderation is anathema.

The hyperpartisan Jim DeMint, GOP Sen. from South Carolina, embodies the new view. Embracing far-right GOP candidates, DeMint has repeatedly declared that he’d rather have 30 pure conservatives in the Senate than a majority of squishy Republicans.

[The Village Idiot]

thats an excerpt from the Moonbat Mothership that parks next to the US flag the astronauts planted on Mars.

[thundley4]

Crist was also the pick of the NRSC to win in Florida. He isn't going to give back the campaign funds they gave him. He's already spent the money buying air time for the election.

[ColonialMarine0431]

Apparently she doesn't understand what primaries are for or something.

Nor does she seem to know that Florida is a closed primary election state, meaning you can only vote along party lines that your candidate of choice belongs to. Ergo, a registered (D) cannot by law vote for an (I) like Crist in the primary, but they can in the General Election.

Primary  Election........ August 24, 2010
General Election........ November 2, 2010

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Apparently she doesn't understand what primaries are for or something.

I'll hazard a guess she knows perfectly well but is counting on an ignorant readership to try and marginalize the Tea Party.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Crist has been, in effect, drummed out of his party for the sin of being a moderate. He endorsed John McCain. He accepted, with gratitude, funds from Obama’s stimulus package. He compromised with Democrats in the Florida legislature. In the new rules seemingly in effect in the Republican Party, the notion of moderation is anathema.

It's not a matter of compromise, you stupid twit, it's an issue of whether the GOP is going to be DemLite or actually stand for something on its own.

[Godot showed up]

Rasmussen already has Crist losing in the 3-way (threesome?), and Rubio still winning. Crists's just going to sink further the closer they get to November.


Rasmussen: Florida Senate: Rubio 37%, Crist 30%, Meek 22%

This is the year RINOs go extinct, or at least end up on the highly-endangered species list.

[The Village Idiot]

and if I uunderstand correctly...

no run-off!!

[Godot showed up]

Apparently she doesn't understand what primaries are for or something.

http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/04/28/charlie-crist-the-gop-and-the-curious-refusal-to-compromise/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker

The Republican Party’s civil war is about to get really interesting. Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist — a Republican who would be trounced in a GOP primary by tea party favorite Marco Rubio — is reportedly leaving his party to seek a post in the U.S. Senate as an independent. According to a Quinnipiac poll from last week, Crist could win a three-way race:
Crist has been, in effect, drummed out of his party for the sin of being a moderate. He endorsed John McCain. He accepted, with gratitude, funds from Obama’s stimulus package. He compromised with Democrats in the Florida legislature. In the new rules seemingly in effect in the Republican Party, the notion of moderation is anathema.

The hyperpartisan Jim DeMint, GOP Sen. from South Carolina, embodies the new view. Embracing far-right GOP candidates, DeMint has repeatedly declared that he’d rather have 30 pure conservatives in the Senate than a majority of squishy Republicans.

OMG. How stupid can you get? I mean this Cynthia Tucker. Crist was going to be "drummed out" by registered Republican voters! As you say, in the primary. What's there to compromise about?

I guess her nutty point is that the voters should "compromise" and vote, in the primary, for the candidate they don't want.

I'm not sure if I need a cup of Maalox or a double bourbon after reading moonbattery this devoid of any relationship to consensus reality. Maybe I'll see how they mix.