Some Election Follow-up
FYI: The not-so-charming Ron McNeil, who was running in the Republican primary for the Second Congressional seat came in third with 10.7% of the vote.
In reading things around the ‘Net I noticed that the talking heads are now saying that there are no trends this year. Excuse me, but just because the trends can only be applied to the Republicans, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. The tea-partiers have scored some primary successes against incumbent Republicans who were deemed not conservative enough, and wealthy people can buy the major spots on the ballot in those same primaries.
I realize that the accepted narrative is to find trends for the Democrats to lose, and discovering reasons why the Republicans may not win doesn’t advance that media goal, but facts are facts. The tea-partiers are Republicans and they are having a major effect on the GOP. That why John McCain emptied his campaign coffers in the primary – he understood. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska didn’t, and she is hoping for a miracle among the absentee ballots to survive the primary.
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Rick Scott? Really? I guess it’s foolish to think these southern crackers will ever change. Nothing they admire more than a wealthy crook/plantation boss. I should know, my sister’s one of them.
It is rather amazing that voters don’t seem to understand that the corporation he headed ripped off taxpayers. Columbia/HCA was fined $1.5 BILLION, the largest fine ever, for Medicare fraud, and the Republican voters want him in charge of the state treasury – it defies logic.