That’s exactly right. The campaign was positive and upbeat, they (all 3 top ticket races) gave the people in Virginia something to look forward to, rather than just beating on the Deeds is bad position. He responded to Deeds nasty false attacks, but, he didn’t focus on them. McDonnell had ideas and plans, which was critical to his landslide win. He focused on jobs, transportation, jobs, education, jobs, and all kinds of kitchen table issues. No one can doubt that McDonnell is a conservative with respect to Social, Fiscal and National Security issues. He never ignored questions about his social views, but, he immediately got back on the message of what is most important now, particularly business friendly taxes to attract more small business to the state, to push for drilling for oil and gas off our coasts to bring additional revenues and jobs to Virginia. He has talked about privitizing the ABC stores in Virginia. He promised to reopen our rest-areas, which Kaine closed because of massive budget deficits. I bet McDonnell will consider privitizing them as well.

If you watched him with Chris Wallace yesterday, he said he never tried to fool anyone with his being pro-life, strong family values stands. He won 61% of the vote in Charlottesville, which has been a Liberal stronghold in recent years. I understand his wins were equally impressive in other Democrat areas in the state. He gained a huge percent of Independents, and, women, and the youngins. His campaign should serve as a template for success. It proves that Conservatives, with the right tone and message can and do win, just as Rush has said. If I were Marco Rubio, I would give him a call.

Incumbency is less attractive to voters this year. Voters are twice burned with ‘06 and ‘08. The incumbents will find it harder to get away with their usual lies and name recognition personality gambits. People are beginning to pay attention and it will only become more so. The apolitical types want to know the truth about who did this to me. Hate Bush is being put to rest by all but the hard core leftists. What good does it do to hate a guy who is quietly minding his own business.

Talk to your neighbors, coworkers, friends and family. It may surprise you. My boss was a vocal Obama koolaid drinker who had said, after the truth about our economic meltdown became impossible to ignore, “But we were all so high when Obama got elected!” Last week she said, “I can’t see why they are trying to take away our health care when most people like what they have.” Never thought I’d hear that!

It’s raining,
It’s pouring,
Look at Charlie whoring…

Look, Charlie Crist is not a liberal. Yes, he is to the left of our caucus on global warming and all that business, but he is not a liberal in most respects. He is definitely socially conservative and I’d say fairly moderate on fiscal issues.

The problem with Crist is that he is a consumate politician and a joke. He’s the GOP’s Bill Clinton in that he’s a poll reader and tries to triangulate everything. That’s fine for one’s political aspirations when the economy is doing decently well and there’s no anti-incumbent fervor.

He lauded his willingness to work with Obama right after the election and during the stimulus debate but now that the winds have shifted he’s trying to rip Rubio. It’s extremely transparent and disgusting.

I’ve met Crist personally during my time in mass media and my goodness the attempt to make everyone happy never ceased. He was extremely chummy with the press, beyond the typical trying to get on our good side sort of deal. It worked to a certain extent and then when he left, even his “best buddies” from the local TV stations laughed about how he really needs everyone to love him.

The man has some core values and ideas, most of which line up with ours. But when he faces even moderate headwinds, he’s willing to give up those values and not just deal with political realities but endorse something he doesn’t actually agree with just so he can get political points. In a time where we actually have the wind at our backs, it behooves us to get a real conservative with a spine, and a brain, into the senate and not elect a guy who, while decently conservative when times are OK, is willing to throw all of his personal tenets overboard to stay popular.

At a recent gathering I attended, someone asked Marco if he was Cuban-American. He replied that “No, I am an American of Cuban descent.” Marco celebrates American exceptionalism. Look elsewhere on site for his immigration policy. Gotta go to work now.

That is the same argument made in favor of human-caused climate change.

Huck on Club for Greed” video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM8p49uD2qw

Video:Huck endorses Rubio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFWJh7yKS3Y

The Club For Growth Endorsed Rubio When they produced this ad last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI4MZxEXd28&feature=player_embedded

Huck was just PO’ed back in 2007. Now he gets it!

Rubio just tells it like it is and you wont find him having to explain his postion on a particular issue more than once.