MASON CONSERVATIVE

Brownlee's "Don't Forget About Me" Email

John Brownlee's campaign just sent out a hilarious email saying they got a "A" rating from the NRA . . . which is great for him and I believe is true, but the trouble is the NRA has already endorsed Ken Cuccinelli.  The Brownlee people shrug this off by simply saying the NRA always endorses incumbents.  The trouble is, Ken Cuccinelli is no more an incumbent for this race than Brownlee is.  This is just one more example of Brownlee's "don't forget about me" campaign that completely agrees with Cuccinelli on the issues, even going to the right of him - but then turns around and says Cuccinelli is unelectable.  I don't understand this, but then again if I was running without an real reason I would sound like this too, I guess.

Hard Not Laughing At Huckabee

Okay, I get why some on the right look at this new National Council For A New America with a hairy eyeball, but what I don't like is someone like Mike Huckabee coming out and saying its not hard to "laugh" at Eric Cantor for not including any social issues on the list of issues this group is going out and talking to Americans about.

Gov. Huckabee needs to take a step back and take stock of where he is at, its hard not to laugh at a guy playing base guitar on Fox News while others are out pounding the pavement trying to rebuild the party one voter at a time.  Whether you agree with Cantor and that group or not, at least they are trying, at least they are recognizing that things do have to change and they are working towards. that.  Besides, the group does include Haley Barbour and Bobby Jindal, two stalwart Republicans.  So I suggest Mr. Huckabee stop bashing other Republicans trying to help the party and do something himself other than trying to play Republican Oprah on television.

Picture Of The Day

Senator Crist? Lets Hope Not

Red State has done a great job at dissecting why the idea of supprting Charlie Crist of the US Senate is such a bad idea . . . this is a guy who reminds me a lot of Arlen Specter in the way he runs for office for himself rather than a great political philosophy past personal power and esteem.  The most important point in the post by RS contributor Dan McLaughlin is this one:

3) Crist Is Picking An Ideological Battle

Florida is one place where the moderates and the conservatives have, by and large, managed to get along pretty well, as illustrated by statewide victories by the likes of Bush, Crist, Martinez and McCollum, men who certainly don’t see eye to eye on every issue. By running Crist for re-election and Rubio for the Senate, Republicans could send a clear message to voters that the state party remains big enough for both groups. Instead, Crist is jumping into a messy, expensive primary race that will split the party into clearly-defined ideological camps and is bound to leave hard feelings on both sides. Moderate Republicans can complain all they want about the Pat Toomey primary challenge to Arlen Specter, but make no mistake: in this race, it’s the moderate picking a fight to muscle out a conservative in a state where there is no serious question that conservatives have won and can continue to win races statewide.

Its a perfect example of what I've been talking about here . . . Crist is running essentially against economic conservatism that is the one issue that has been uniting the party in the post-Bush Era.  This isn't some one-issue pro-life candidate taking on an incumbent.  Crist's candidacy represents, to me, an attack on what should be the defining and unifying issue of the 2010 midterms:  the reckless spending, historic debit never before seen in the history of the country, poorly planned and executed bailouts, among other things.  When Charlie Crist stood with President Obama, essentially campaign for the president in Florida for the passage of this economic disaster, he abrogated any right to run for national office as a Republican and his presence, should he gain the nomination, will contradict everything every candidate we have will be running on.  

Marco Rubio For Senate

UPDATE:  

"Let The Debate Begin"

 

This race if Florida is becoming a projection of where I party needs to go versus where it can't go. Rubio vs. Crist is a battle between where the party must go versus where it cannot.

Playoff Hockey

Last night is proof positive as to why there is absolutely nothing better in sports than the Stanley Cup Playoffs.   First off, the Capitals-Penguins game 6 was a heart attack for three full periods and an overtime, with nine goals, four lead changes, and eight different players scoring goals.  In both Pittsburgh and Washington, the crowds have been electric.  

And for those who have Versus, I hope you saw game six between Chicago and Vancouver.  Its one of the most up-and-down back and forth games I've ever watched.  Chicago are the Western Conference version of the Caps, young and hungry and dynamic.  This game had twelve goals, six of which were scored in the third period alone.  It was unreal.

A Caps-Hawks finals could be one of the most exciting in history should it happen.

Bob McDonnell's First Ad

So what do you think about the tagline, "A Jobs Governor"? I think its great for McDonnell to talk about what ails folks the most, its what we need to focus on. What I want to know now is what we are going to do to create jobs, and I mean real jobs. Not temporary or fake jobs created by federal money that won't be there in two years. We need to focus on taxes, spending, and energy. I know McDonnell likes to talk about green jobs and I understand why, but at this point "green jobs" really means "government jobs" because there is no marker right now for green energy in the market place that will work right now. That should be our long term goal, but if McDonnell wants to talk about jobs he needs to talk about drilling off the coast, and clean coal in Southwest . . . which the Democrats clearly are against. Lets not try and out-green them, lets out-job them.