Strange Dynamics
Many of you know that I left my job with the IowaGOP in September, among other reasons we won't get into (due to a non-disclosure agreement I had to sign), to help a friend of mine run for the ND State House in Dickinson as a Democrat.
It is a very strange race.
On the Republican side there is a 2 term representative Nancy Johnson (R) who is pro-abortion and who has voted several times to raise taxes. Then there is Representative Frank Wald (R) who has fairly solid conservative 26 year record.
On the Democrats side is a candidate, Connie Kooren, who has received huge amounts of funding from Conrad, ND Dem-NPL, NDEA and others. Basicly bought and paid for by the Democratic Party. He is pro-life but hardly a conservative.
Finally there is a Stuart Savelkoul, who could best be described as a JFK Democrat. Fiscally conservative and pretty much abandoned by his own party (just like Mechtel and Grotberg were abandoned by the GOP).
The jist of this race comes down to the “re-education” campaign that I have launched targeting Republicans to educate them on the fact that the so-called Republican, Nancy Johnson, has no business calling herself a conservative.
Based on this re-education, my friend the Democrat’s success hinges on Republicans not voting for the pro-abortion/tax-hiking/fake-Republican.
Tomorrow we will see if the Republicans in this part of the country truely care if their representative stands for the conservative policies they do - or if all that matters is the R.
Brenarlo notes that the Republican Political Parties are, by Defintion, Non-ideological.
The results of this election will determine whether that is true or not.
If it is true, we have a problem because if it is true, it means that Republicans are not beholden to those that elect them.
It is a very strange race.
On the Republican side there is a 2 term representative Nancy Johnson (R) who is pro-abortion and who has voted several times to raise taxes. Then there is Representative Frank Wald (R) who has fairly solid conservative 26 year record.
On the Democrats side is a candidate, Connie Kooren, who has received huge amounts of funding from Conrad, ND Dem-NPL, NDEA and others. Basicly bought and paid for by the Democratic Party. He is pro-life but hardly a conservative.
Finally there is a Stuart Savelkoul, who could best be described as a JFK Democrat. Fiscally conservative and pretty much abandoned by his own party (just like Mechtel and Grotberg were abandoned by the GOP).
The jist of this race comes down to the “re-education” campaign that I have launched targeting Republicans to educate them on the fact that the so-called Republican, Nancy Johnson, has no business calling herself a conservative.
Based on this re-education, my friend the Democrat’s success hinges on Republicans not voting for the pro-abortion/tax-hiking/fake-Republican.
Tomorrow we will see if the Republicans in this part of the country truely care if their representative stands for the conservative policies they do - or if all that matters is the R.
Brenarlo notes that the Republican Political Parties are, by Defintion, Non-ideological.
The results of this election will determine whether that is true or not.
If it is true, we have a problem because if it is true, it means that Republicans are not beholden to those that elect them.
Kenny
Chimerical Id
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goon
WOOF
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