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Shock and Awe Day for the GOP

Posted on | February 1, 2010 | 11 Comments

The title is lifted from a Ron Paul Forum post about today’s stunning Sarah Palin endorsement of Rand Paul in the Kentucky GOP Senate primary. Given that many of Palin’s supporters were supporting either Bill Johnson or Trey Grayson, I’m sure they’re scratching their heads. Personally, I was surprised she’d get involved in such a bloody three-way feud.

Meanwhile, as Pat Austin notes at Not One Red Cent, Marco Rubio is surging ahead of Charlie Crist in the latest Rasmussen poll in the Florida GOP Senate primary. The best comment was Baseball Crank on Twitter: “That’s not a tan, Charlie, it’s toast.”

Finally, there was the Rush Limbaugh endorsement of Glenn Beck. One Illinois operative described it to me this way: “The Big Man cometh.” And, yeah, a shout-out from Rush is huge. “Hie thee to the polls, Illinois.”

Meanwhile, I’m hatching plans for a Shoe Leather road trip to Alabama to cover contested GOP primaries for two congressional seats and governor. And you know what that means.

Category: Alabama, Election, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky

Comments

11 Responses to “Shock and Awe Day for the GOP”

  1. Red
    February 2nd, 2010 @ 3:02 am

    “Finally, there was the Rush Limbaugh endorsement of Glenn Beck. ” Glenn Beck??

  2. Red
    February 1st, 2010 @ 10:02 pm

    “Finally, there was the Rush Limbaugh endorsement of Glenn Beck. ” Glenn Beck??

  3. Miss Sharon
    February 2nd, 2010 @ 3:10 am

    Endorsement of Adam Andrezewski for GOP candidate of IL.

  4. Miss Sharon
    February 1st, 2010 @ 10:10 pm

    Endorsement of Adam Andrezewski for GOP candidate of IL.

  5. Miss Sharon
    February 2nd, 2010 @ 3:43 am

    AL primary is June 1st.

    Here is the national schedule in pdf
    http://www.fvap.gov/resources/media/vaghandout3.pdf

  6. Miss Sharon
    February 1st, 2010 @ 10:43 pm

    AL primary is June 1st.

    Here is the national schedule in pdf
    http://www.fvap.gov/resources/media/vaghandout3.pdf

  7. Richard McEnroe
    February 2nd, 2010 @ 3:50 am

    Walesa makes more sense than Beck when he’s talking Polish…

  8. Richard McEnroe
    February 1st, 2010 @ 10:50 pm

    Walesa makes more sense than Beck when he’s talking Polish…

  9. Joe
    February 2nd, 2010 @ 4:55 am

    I am glad Rubio is pulling ahead. Crist is talking going dem, but that is a risk worth taking.

  10. Joe
    February 1st, 2010 @ 11:55 pm

    I am glad Rubio is pulling ahead. Crist is talking going dem, but that is a risk worth taking.

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    February 2nd, 2010 @ 7:33 am

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