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Shamus| 11.4.09 @ 7:46AM

Lindsey Graham and Dede Scozzafava have a lot in common.

Richard Baker| 11.4.09 @ 8:36AM

Remember, last year Conservatism was supposedly dead. Not a bad showing for a dead man.

R Martin| 11.4.09 @ 9:26AM

Ms. Fabrizio's metaphore fell one example short, the player coach. Indeed this may be our most important teammate as we head into the league championship series.

I'm referring to the person who can teach as well as do, someone who can effectively rebut the leftist evils being advanced by Obama and the Congress and promote the alternatives which are more consistent with the historical principles of the country. As a model, The Gipper comes to mind. I'm not sure any of Ms. Fabrizio's examples have the right stuff, at least not yet.

Unfortunately the coach part of this position requires some considerable time to establish bona fides and develop a following. Whoever wants this job better step up now and swing for the fences.

Susie Q| 11.4.09 @ 9:41AM

We need a few Ty Cobbs... fierce competitors who will sharpen their spikes and slide into home plate with their steel showing.

Matt Morehouse| 11.4.09 @ 10:01AM

The wins yesterday equate to getting three runs in the ninth when you are down by 18.
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Alan Brooks| 11.4.09 @ 10:04AM

"Remember, last year Conservatism was supposedly dead. Not a bad showing for a dead man."

but victors are by victory undone; these GOP heavyweights are about 99.9 percent likely to facilitate economic growth, gaining Obama his re-election 3 years from now.
Plus, the blue states will do better than they would if Dems were in 'charge' of economic policy.

Louis Jenkins| 11.4.09 @ 10:13AM

Comparing the political scene to a baseball game is cute, but what we need in the line up are a few Hulk Hogans who can body slam Andre the Giant leftists or Undertakers who can throw libertards out of the ring in an "Over the Top Battle Royal." The only potential silver bullet out there is Palin. All the others need to stay in the weight room and refine their technique.

Bo Darville| 11.4.09 @ 11:05AM

I'm still leery of this line-up. How about batting John Thune at clean-up?

Adam Smith| 11.4.09 @ 12:10PM

This list is pretty sad.

Haley Barbour and Lindsey Graham would both be disastrous. Both professional pols with no real soul.

Palin would ensure a Dem victory and frankly has had a cult of personality develop around her that reminds me of O and bothers some who have done the research on her. Not a Palin basher, but she is not the answer. Frankly, her endorsement of Hoffman smacked of opportunism and her desire to stay relevant and in the spotlight.

Ron Paul still has the answers, but will his own party destroy him again for the sake of it's own pork oriented agenda? Fox smears him too and actively worked against his canidacy last time. Funny Rudy said he won evey debate hands down after he dropped out. He was the only one of the stage giving some unvarnished truth & honesty.

Fred T? He may be the best compromise of the bunch listed, and if properly energized, would be a serious problem for O in 2012.

Maybe the answer is for Paul to run as VP with Thompson & provide some much needed adult advice & policy guidance....

The fiscal insanity has to stop in 2012 or we are in very, very serious trouble with the house of cards Bush, Newt, Obama, Harry & Nancy built.

Majito Querido| 11.4.09 @ 2:13PM

Are u the same Adam Smith, the democrat congressman from Washington? Ron Paul? you must be jesting...if not, then you are as nuts as he is...listening to him brings memories of listening to Nader...don't like Sarah? that's too bad...the only figure that stands tall and actually excites folks...RP only brings out a handful of wingnuts

Texas Male| 11.5.09 @ 1:29PM

[[[Maybe the answer is for Paul to run as VP with Thompson & provide some much needed adult advice & policy guidance]]]]

I would actually vote for that ticket in a heartbeat. We NEED something drastic to save this country and I think enough people would be intrigued by these two together that they could win a general election.

JonH| 11.4.09 @ 12:38PM

Of Mitt Romney
... but many are unsure if he possesses the heart and soul of a true champion and fear that he represents a classic case of warning-track power.
You must have missed the (against ALL odds) SLC Olympic rescue..it and the turn around of 160 companies by Mitt is curriculum at Harvard MBA school. After studying that read about what his co-workers have to say about the man. Fasten your seat belts!

JohnD| 11.4.09 @ 12:42PM

SusieQ:

Beautiful post!

Don't forget 1890s Baltimore Orioles 3rd baseman John McGraw (later manager of the NY Giants) who used to sit in the dugout as the lineup cards were being exchanged on the field, sharpening his spikes in full view of the opposing team.

Clearly you understand how the game is played, both baseball, and politics.

Susie Q| 11.4.09 @ 7:50PM

From the lips of the Georgia Peach: "Baseball (politics) is no pink tea and mollycoddles need to stay out."

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.4.09 @ 12:44PM

Adam
Ron Paul couldn't win......(goodness, I am a loss for a properly meaningless metaphor.)
A little League game? Nah. Little leaguers play pretty well at their age.
No "team" sport will do....at any level.

Ok, for no better..."a peanut rolling contest".

Ladies and gentlemen, our Presidency, done well, is the toughest most thankless job in the world.
Please pray for whoever we replace the communist with in 2012.

Adam Smith| 11.4.09 @ 12:52PM

Reread my post friend.

I do not think Paul can win either and basically said as much.

For you to denigrate the guy like Carl Cameron is pretty much consistent with what was in my post with regard to how party faithful feel about him.

That is sad. He should be looked at as one of the few voices of sanity in both parties. The real problem is that he would attempt to put a stop to all the goodies & that has both parties terrified.

Lay off the patronizing please Ken.

Patrick| 11.5.09 @ 12:20AM

Ron Paul...I like some of his ideas, he has more than a few good ones. Unfortunately, he's got a few deal-breakers mixed into his message. It's like he hits them out of the park when up against a fast ball, but he can't hit a curve to save his life, and the pitchers all know it.

Sarah, well, I like her. She's a fan favorite. Unfortunately, she'll never fully recover from that kneecapping that team McCain gave her, right after limping through what some thought as a season ending injury from the MSM. (Hint: always do interviews LIVE against creeps like that.)

I like next year, and Barack doesn't have the head for the game like Bill, or the guts to do the unthinkable to win.

Even so, the Elephants have one hell of a schedule to play though, and their worst problem will be from within. If they aren't negotiating their contracts mid-season, they are sandbagging to get traded to the RINOs.

Oldefarte| 11.4.09 @ 1:17PM

Hey, let's don't forget Glenn Beck, okay? The guy exposed Acorn and brought down Van Jones-------he's at the top of the batting order, for sure!!!!!!!

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.4.09 @ 1:38PM

Hey Adam, I was not patronizing you...promise.
Domestic policy? OK. I can respect his powerful ideas.
International policy? He terrifies me. "Pax Americana" has stood us in good stead for a long long time.
Fortress America is not any answer in the real world to the best of my knowledge and belief.
I CEOd (smile) 2 fortune sized companies in the larger world. Under Carter it was a nightmare. Under Reagan, it was OK.

Adam Smith| 11.4.09 @ 2:07PM

Ken,

Just wanted to give you a quick poke in the ribs.

I have been reading long enough that your comment seemed out of character given what both of us are concerned about. I watched from inside the banking/finance industry (commercial lending, securities & mort/retail lending) while the gov & special interests manufactured the current mess. All of this could have been avoided.

We are in agreement on Paul. I didn't get into enough detail maybe on the reasons why I don't think he is electable in the top slot. Him being a feisty little fellow Texan & me being a fellow outraged liberatarian leaning conservative made the poke mandatory :)

In a utopia we could get a guy like Paul and it would work, but that is as big a fantasy as Huckabee, Graham, McCain, Newt & Scozzafava being conservatives.

I have no interest in cutting off my nose to spite my face, but I will support doable change more aggressively than the squishes are comfortable with.

The situation in this country is pretty fragile economically and a disaster is eminent unless aggressive action is needed to avoid it.

We will not get that from the current "leadership" of the GOP and can expect catastrophe much sooner is the Dems remain in power (at all levels).

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.4.09 @ 5:11PM

Adam
Right now we need to focus on 2010. There are some pretty darned good conservative candidates for congress in my neck of the woods, hopefully in yours too.
Our Tea Parties, (boots on the ground), can identify them and vet them, and then we at Team America and those like us at heritage, and here at spectator and the Thinker can give them some recognition and become "outside agitators" and funding funnels for their campaigns.

I do hope you will go to http://judgeroy.wordpress.com and follow through to the home site from there. Some excellent thought there. I wrote some of it. (smile)

I have spoken of it before, and many folks here have joined the team. Perhaps our most powerful impact will be simply contacting the many Republican committees across the country, by direct phone call.
It is truly remarkable, that when we introduce ourselves as with TEAM AMERICA...they pay serious attention as well they should. I now have the personal private numbers of several State Republican Chairmen, and a LOT of county chairmen. They are now calling me to bounce something off me.
Adam
Together, we are having our voices heard...and listened to....seriously. I take it as a great honor, and a serious responsibility.

Writing here is an honor I cherish.

I could make a pretty good President.
But I won't run. I don't have the patience with fools needeed in that role.
Evidently, I am one of those "forward lookers". I seem to see the outlines of the possible futures out ahead of us and have a gift of articulating them...then guiding the march.

OK, 2012
I believe we are going to be a whole different kind of country then, especially if we cannot get the right people in the majority of congress in 2010.

Our moniker in that case MIGHT have to be "REPEALERS" or perhaps "CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORERS" or maybe even "Dead Patriots". It may well have gone that far...but I think we can reverse things before that.
By 20 11, Mrs. Palin will have found her place in the whole scheme. I am excited to see her thought spun out in her forthcoming book.
You know, the ironic thing is that no other national politician...ever... has had their churchhouse burned down by the opposition. To my knowledge, no other national nominee has had their minor child molested on national television.

The sociopaths and psychopaths hate her and fear her more than any other political figure we have seen in our lifetime. That alone is more than enough reason for me to say: "Go Girl".
Thoughts?

Adam Smith| 11.4.09 @ 5:26PM

Agreed on Palin.

Her treatment in the media has been criminal and disgusting. I still think she makes a better voice than canidate for pres, but I differ with many on this and recognize that. I do not want to see the woman & her family drug through the mud any more. It bothers me personally a great deal.

There is no civility or decency in the opposition whatsoever.

mujalan| 11.4.09 @ 2:49PM

I agree that there are some good people in the GOP bull pen. The biggest problem for the Republican team is its management. The people who cut political deals in advance like Cornyn and Crist, as well as others, have to go.

A few other thoughts:

I note that the people who keep screaming that "Palin can't win" are almost entirely within the Rino/Democrat spectrum. Makes me wonder. I suspect she would do far better than some who hate her so much would like to admit.

Romney is impressive from a business and management viewpoint. My questions on him arise when we get beyond that into cultural values and such. To me it is also of some concern that he seems to lack the courage to state his stand until he sees which way the wind is blowing. I note the way he and some other "leaders" like Huckabee held back about the Scozzafava/Hoffman matter while others such as Palin, Pawlenty, Thompson, and others had the guts to come out swinging.

Newt is now a throw away so far as I'm concerned.

Pawlenty is an intriguing possibility but I'm not sure how real his conservativism is. Granted, now that he has more or less thrown his hat in the ring he is talking more conservative.

I like Ron Paul and he speaks a lot of good sense, but I'm not at all sure that he is electable.

Of course other good people exist as well.

Patrick| 11.5.09 @ 12:36AM

Sarah's been unfairly attacked, slandered, and libeled, true. She would do well as president, also true. Even so, she's been sufficiently poisoned by both the MSM and the McCain folks. Is it fair, hell no! But, that's how it goes for us small market teams.

Romney is milquetoast.

Huckabee thinks that saying "Jesus" over and over makes his commie Liberation Theology tolerable...it doesn't. I personally consider it a step away from blaspheming His Name.

Thompson....he was the guy that could have been last year. He had all his ducks lined up, then choked on the campaign trail.

ken (Old Texican)| 11.4.09 @ 5:15PM

Adam,
see above. You may contact me privately at
kbjudgeroybean06@gmail.com

Adam| 11.4.09 @ 5:21PM

Happy to Ken.

We all need to be willing to help if we are going to be able to halt the slide.

Margie| 11.4.09 @ 8:43PM

Haley Barbour is awesome. When he speaks, I listen! He is a great conservative Republican with one great personality IMHO. I'd love to hear a lot more from him and can definately see a Barbour/Palin ticket!!

Richard Baker| 11.5.09 @ 8:11AM

Remember, the liberals will tell us who they fear and are concerned about, as Rush has said. Use their yammering as a barometer of their angst. Keep onward!

Margie| 11.5.09 @ 4:42PM

Yep. Ain't it great? They are their own worst enemy. :^)

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