Month: September 2011

Smells like desperation

On: By: admin

David Weprin tries raising the gun issue.  The Queens Chronicle reports:

“…. The democratic candidate also highlighted his stances on gun control and abortion rights.  “I’ve been a strong advocate on gun control,” Weprin said. “There’s a lot of national bills that would really prevent illegal weapons.” …”

With a Sienna poll showing a close race between Weprin and Republican Bob Turner despite the 3-1 Democrat enrollment advantage, why he feels the need to bring up is unclear especially given his past history of antigun advocacy.  The campaign must be worried that he could lose.  A new GOP poll shows both candidates tied at 42% apiece.  I would guess the Democrats have done internal polling and gotten similar results.

 

Identifying the problem

On: By: admin

The title of this National Journal op-ed sums up much of what is wrong with the Republican party, “Insiders: GOP Would Be Better Off With Romney for 2012“:

“Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be surging in polls of Republican primary voters, but his party’s Insiders aren’t convinced he’d be the best general election candidate. More than two-thirds of Republican Insiders say Mitt Romney has a better chance than Perry of defeating President Obama in 2012, according to this week’s National Journal Political Insiders Poll …”

You mean those same insider who have been giving the NY GOP the same bad advice for years, that what the public really wants is a milktoast, leftist/progressive RINO?  These insiders are what is wrong with both parties.  It’s high time the GOP bosses started listening to the base.

“… Democratic Insiders echoed that assessment by an even larger majority …”

Well that settles it then.  Given that these Democrat functionaries have a vested interest in keeping their guy in power doesn’t it seem just a wee bit plausible that they’re going to trash the candidate they are most afraid of?