Chuck DeVore Responds To Sarah’s Endorsement Of Carly
Posted on | May 7, 2010 | 45 Comments
by Smitty
Dan Riehl was grim on the topic:
. . .on the heels of her misguided Rand Paul endorsement, now Palin backs Fiorina in California. Chuck DeVore is the conservative in the race. That’s two endorsements she shouldn’t have made, as they hurt her brand, as much as they may help the candidate. I suspect she’s now lost a large part of her original base. And she doesn’t get a pass on this one because of John McCain.
Clifton at Another Black Conservative noted Sarah’s follow-up:
Carly is the only conservative in the race who can beat Barbara Boxer. That’s no RINO. That’s a winner.
For heaven’s sake, Sarah: if RINO Johnny had won in ’08, would he have been less a RINO?
Uncoverage picks up Chuck DeVore’s classy response (emphasis mine). An exerpt:
I call [Carly] a “John McCain Republican” – she talks the talk from time to time and says she’s a conservative but she has a “never with us when it counts” record just like McCain.
Don’t get me wrong, if a liberal Republican like Tom Campbell or a moderate Republican like Carly Fiorina win the primary instead of me, I will support them against Barbara Boxer.
But there’s no need to make a compromise like that.
This is not a primary election where electability needs to be a factor.
Again, let me offer the cold hard facts.
Here’s the most recent polling numbers from the independent Rasmussen poll.
Fiorina 38% – Boxer 42%
DeVore 39% – Boxer 42%
Campbell 41% – Boxer 43%
The margin of error in the poll was 4.5%.
That means Fiornia is statistically tied with Boxer.
So am I (actually one point better than Fiorina).
Remember, Carly supported McCain in 2008 rather heavily, and is clearly calling in a marker through John McCain.
On the one hand, as Reagan said at CPAC you “dance with the one that brung ya.”
On the other hand, Sarah is looking all too cozy with the insider crowd. One hopes she can find a way to recover.
I enthusiastically hope that both DeVore and Hayworth win the Republican primaries in their states. Recovering the country is going to involve load-shedding as many of the old-schoolers who have been party to the creation of the problem as possible. Whatever experience value is added by the old war horses is outweighed by their Beltway worldview.
Sorry, Carly, it’s time for Charlie.
If either or both of DeVore and Hayworth do win their primaries, will Sarah eat crow and endorse them?
Update: HotAir has quotes of the day on this topic.

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