Politico, please define "influential"
November 12, 2009 4:37 pm ET by Eric Boehlert
As in [emphasis added]:
Erick Erickson, editor of the influential conservative blog RedState, called on NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) to step down for his role in the contest.
You mean, the Erick Erickson who recently championed Doug Hoffman in NY-23 and inadvertently helped elect the first Democrat to Congress from there in over 100 years? That Erickson?
Instaputz isn't so sure the "influential" description fits:
Doug Hoffman was a major loser. Olympia Snowe last time I checked is still Senator, so apparently she finds the threat of rock salt unpersuasive. Last year, Erickson begged his minions to send rubber balls to still-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell "to remind him he needed to grow a pair and fight the Democrats." Observed Wonkette, "And no one ever heard from Mitch McConnell again." Operation Silly Putty -- RedState sent Kent Williams a message via an inorganic polymer! -- was also a huge failure.
On the plus side of the ledger, sending fake dog feces to Rep. Pomeroy may ultimately reap benefits, but it's just too soon to tell.
First, I think they are confusing center right with their brand of right-wing extremism
Second, I have not met all that many Republicans/conservatives in my life, but the few that I have are not loony right, they were almost all moderate!
If the likes of Cluster Fox and the many mini-them's keep assuming that the majority of this country think that morons like Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh equate to enough votes for some kind of a retaking of our government...
They are in serious trouble electorally for the next several election cycles!
To which I say, BRING IT ON!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124226/Republicans-Edge-Ahead-Democrats-2010-Vote.aspx
Considering the outright disdain for Republicans right now, it doesn't say much to claim this nation isn't center-right when gallup is showing Americans inch away from "center-left". It means the Independents will take Republicans (currently marketed as the scum of the earth) or fiscal conservatives of all political leanings over their current options.
Most Americans don't ascribe to a party. They ascribe to a way of life and are willing to support any candidate that attempts to make it happen.
Democrats have never been monolithic in opinion.
If some democrats continue to trading medical money for poison pilling medical reform, I'd hope to see them replaced. A Republican replacement make no sense when another democrat is easier to find and put into contention against the incumbent.
Contention between the Repulicans and the Tea Baggers promises to be the more interesting battle.