Here are some 2010 Endorsements for California and beyond.
CALIFORNIA:
Governor: Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner are both very good people, and both are significantly more moderate than they are letting on. This is understandable in a Republican primary. I will enthusiastically support either one in the general election. While I have been publicly neutral, my advice to people is to find one person they tremendously respect politically, and listen to them. For me that man is the only real serious conservative in California, Tom McClintock. He made his choice, and that is good enough for me.
Senator: I am enthusiastically backing Chuck DeVore. I believe in him, and California would be blessed to have a principled conservative like him in Washington. He is as good as it gets. Barbara Boxer is the worst democratically elected legislator in the history of any nation, and Chuck is smart enough and likable enough to beat her.
House District 30, Los Angeles: Ari David is the one to take on Henry Waxboy. Waxboy is a bully, and Ari David is a fighter who will not back down. He is a true Reagan conservative.
http://www.aridavidforcongress.com/
House District 36, Los Angeles: Mattie Fein and Pete Kesterson are both seeking to fire Jane Harman. I have a ton of conflicts of interest in this race I cannot disclose. I know them both. Ms. Fein is Jewish, which like Ari David, does matter to me. Pete has a following of hardcore loyalists, while Mattie is very well financed, which can only help against the wealthiest member of Congress in Harman. They are both conservatives, with Pete appealing to the social conservatives and Mattie having strong foreign policy conservative credentials.
http://kesterson4congress.com/
House District 37: Star Parker is appropriately named.
http://www.starparkerforcongress.com/
Secretary of State: Damon Dunn is fabulous. Plus, he used to play NFL football before entering the political arena. He is a rising star.
Sam Aanestad is the right guy for Lieutenant Governor.
School Superintendent: Diane Lenning and Lydia Gutierrez are both good people. Neither one supports my idea to convert all schools into prisons, but nobody is perfect.
http://www.lydiagutierrezforsuperintendent2010.com/
42nd Central Committee, West Los Angeles: Gary Aminoff and Ashley Ingram are the ones to go with.
http://www.aminoff.com/bio.htm
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ashley-Ingram/610606946#!/missingram?ref=search
San Diego: Bruce Ruff for Sheriff, Larry Kincaid for Judge
FLORIDA: I enthusiastically back Bill McCollum for Governor. I support Marco Rubio for Senator, but will not lose sleep if Charlie Crist wins. Pam Bondi for Attorney General.
https://www.marcorubio.com/where-will-he-sit/
NEVADA: Bernie Zadrowski and Suzy Baucum for Judge, Elizabeth Halseth for State Senate.
http://zadrowski4judge.com/news.htm
http://www.suzanbaucum.com/home.php
http://www.elizabethhalseth.com/
ALABAMA: Beau McKinney did his tour in Iraq and is running for Congress. Support him. Don Spurlin and Clay Scofield are both running for State Senate and are both good people. (Full disclosure: Don’s wife Sherry runs an Alabama chapter of the RWF, I spoke to their group.)
http://www.fightingbeaumckinneyforcongress.com/
HAWAII: Charles Djou won the congressional seat last week, but he already needs our help in November. Help him.
MINNESOTA: Help Michele Bachmann get reelected to congress. She is the Pelosiraptor’s top target.
http://www.michelebachmann.com/
ARIZONA: In the tough senate race, JD Hayworth has been nice to me personally. However, John McCain has a better shot in the general election. I tend to put pragmatism over ideology. I would back Mr. Hayworth in the general if he wins the primary with no reservations.
SOUTH DAKOTA: Support Dan Lederman for reelection to the State Senate.
http://www.facebook.com/danlederman
ILLINOIS: We must rally around Mark Kirk in his senate race. I am wholeheartedly backing Joel Pollak for election to congress.
http://www.pollakforcongress.com/
OHIO: Josh Mandel is an American hero, and he deserves our support for election as Treasurer.
NEW YORK: Rick Lazio is a much better choice for governor than Andrew Cuomo, who will bring back the failed policies of his father. Rudy Giuliani is not running for anything, yet I still wish he would.
http://lazio.com/convention.cfm
INDIANA: Dan Coats for Senator and Mike Pence must be reelected to congress.
http://www.coatsforindiana.com/
PENNSYLVANIA: Pat Toomey is as great as Joe Sestak is awful on issues. A true conservative vs a true liberal. Forget the Sestak scandal. This is about policy. I support Toomey and his Club for Growth credentials.
http://www.toomeyforsenate.com/
SOUTH CAROLINA: Mande Wilkes for State Senate.
http://www.mandewilkes2010.com/
NORTH CAROLINA: Theresa Yon for the State House. Howard Coble deserves to be reelected to Congress.
VIRGINIA: Eric Cantor would make a fine house majority leader. We need to make sure his own seat stays safe first.
MARYLAND: Jim Rutledge for U.S. Senate to fire Barbara Mikulski. She is the 3rd worst Babs in America behind Boxer and Streisand.
http://www.rutledgeforussenate.com/
MISSISSIPPI: Angela McGlowan sadly enough lost in the Republican congressional primary. Be on the lookout for her. She will hopefully be back, and aiming even higher.
http://www.mcglowanforcongress.com/
WISCONSIN: Support Paul Ryan.
MICHIGAN: The entire state should be given to Canada with the exception of Thaddeus McCotter.
http://mccotter.house.gov/HoR/MI11/Home/
5 months to go.
eric
Even if Devore could win the nom, and he wont’ he would lose in the generals. I don’t know why a guy like you would be backing Tea Party types. They’re not your political “friends.”
You point out that Djou is looking at a short stint. He will need you guys help, but he can’t win in November anyway. You’re better off focusing efforts elsewhere.
There’s a reason Cantor is the only GOP Jewish guy in the House, and the Malek episode shows why. Cantor is a pure political animal, with no discernible values. And sure enough, he’s a hellacious fundrasier. I’m sure he’s safe.
McGlowan imploded. Never did anything right. Ran on Fox News and at Tea Partties while completely ignoring the locals. She got 15% of the primary vote. That’s no way to run a campaign. If we are ever going to hear from her again, she has to learn a lot.
Toomey and Sestak are neck and neck. This is the biggest test for the GOP. If Toomey wins, the GOP can claim a huge victory. If Sestak wins, then grassroots Dems get the victory and the national party will have to listen more to the base and independent liberals. A victory for Sestak would be a victory from the American people, showing the national parties that the old guards attitudes are becoming very unpopular.
JMJ
” I don’t know why a guy like you would be backing Tea Party types. They’re not your political “friends.”
Of course they are.
Just because your misguided vision of them wreaks havoc on whatever objectivity you’ve got left doesnt mean we’ll obtain it by osmosis of BS.
The tea party (that insignificant threat that would never amount to anything, numbers were dismissed and under-reported, nothing but geriatric racists) actually are the driving force behind the ousting of democratic and conservative porksters.
The longer this congress and executive keep up their crap the easier it gets for Dijou. Case, Inoiye, Abercrombie have been practically non existent in any leadership while towing the taxand spend line here in the isles. Everyting is shutting down or failing. By the time the pols open I believe the people will of seen enough failure to make an easy decision.
Hanabusa is an idiot from the mold expedient full of platitudes granstander.
On the other hand, people here, mostly old timers from the Ariyoshi era tend to vote blindly out of party devotion.
The Tea Partiers are against the TARP, some mainstream Repulicans and Wall Street conservatives could not have lived without. The Tea Partiers are extreme hard-right on social issues, somthing that’s been killing the MSRsand WSCs. Polls show they are far less tolerant of minorities and minority civil rights than MSRs and WSCs. A solid half os the country believe the Tea Partiers do not have the best interests of the country at heart. The TEa Party is hurting the GOP, and while that doesn’t bother me at all, it should scare the heck out of partisan Republicans. Tea Party gains in this years primaries and conventions will spell smaller gains at the polls come November.
I’ll say this too – I’d bet a substantial percentage of Tea Partiers wouldn’t have anything nice to say in private of young Jewish guys from Wall Street.
JMJ
“The Tea Partiers are against the TARP, some mainstream Repulicans and Wall Street conservatives could not have lived without.”
The whole country could do without these limp bailouts designed only to enlarge the fed.
” The Tea Partiers are extreme hard-right on social issues,”
Bull, wanting less taxes and government is a sentiment that runs right up the middle.
” A solid half os the country believe the Tea Partiers do not have the best interests of the country at heart. The TEa Party is hurting the GOP, and while that doesn’t bother me at all, it should scare the heck out of partisan Republicans. ”
Thats the whole idea. As I’ve said they’re responsible for ousting porkulas on both sides. A solid half of the country supports them also and loves what they’re doing the dems and reckless misguided cons.
“Tea Party gains in this years primaries and conventions will spell smaller gains at the polls come November.”
So you say.
“I’ll say this too – I’d bet a substantial percentage of Tea Partiers wouldn’t have anything nice to say in private of young Jewish guys from Wall Street. ”
Tea Partiers want the government to leave Wall St. alone.
You assume bigotry on those who dont share your views…
grow up