http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman Just another RedState: Where the VRWC Conspires Online weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:31:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In 2006, John Sarbanes was elected to Congress in the Maryland's 3rd Congressional District. Sarbanes was a lawyer who had high name recognition as the son of former US Senator Paul Sarbanes. His 2006 opponent was Compass Marketting CEO John White, who received over 33% of the vote. In 2008, ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/11/23/suggestions-to-draft-susan-schwab/ For New York's 20th District, a solid candidate is needed to recapture this formally Republican seat. In 2009 during the special election, the GOP selected the now former Assembly Minority Leader. I'm suggesting a different former Assembly Minority Leader - John Faso. Faso served in the NYS Assembly from 1987 until ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/11/18/2010-suggestions-to-draft-john-faso/ Former Bush advisor and notorious conservative electioneer Karl Rove came up with his list of the top 7 most influential conservatives in these United States for Forbes magazine. I disagree partially with his list. Here's his list in order - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader John Boehner, ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/11/12/my-top-7-most-influential-conservatives/ With the 2009 special election now past, Doug Hoffman has lost. But, it is quite an accomplishment for an unknown CPA to go from polling at 16% to garnering 45% of the popular vote on a third party ballot line. This is a big accomplishment in and of itself. Hoffman ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/11/04/conservative-comptroller-candidate-suggestion/ In 2008, incumbent moderate Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest lost in the primary to conservative State Senator Andy Harris. Gilchrest had been serving in Congress since 1991 and was one of 2 remaining Republican Congressmen from Maryland. This upset was apparently too much for Gilchrest to handle. Instead of gracefully losing and ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/11/01/dede-gilchrest-and-doug-harris/ In the 2006 New York State gubernatorial election - an interesting thing happened. Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld was running against former New York State Assembly Minority Leader John Faso for the Republican nomination. Weld had his own ballot line separate from the GOP (Libertarian). He had a Lieutenant Governor ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/10/29/for-the-good-of-the-party/ A new poll of 300 likely voters conducted by Basswood Research for the Club for Growth shows that Doug Hoffman is currently leading in the NY-23 Special Election. The results? Hoffman 31.3%, Owens at 27.0%, and Scozzafava at 19.7%. This helps to emphasize my theory that it is not Hoffman who ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/10/26/doug-hoffman-surges-to-lead-in-ny-23/ One of the early arguments against Doug Hoffman's campaign was that he would serve as a spoiler and ruin the chances of the GOP from retaining this Congressional seat. That's one of the big arguments that Dede Scozzafava and her establishment supporters are still using against Hoffman. Recent polling data ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/10/19/scozzafava-as-spoiler/ From the diaries by Erick On October 3, 2009, Dede Scozzafava was interviewed following an event in Saranac Lake. At this event, Scozzafava said that she would not sign the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge for a confusing reason. Here's a quote from the article - Scozzafava said she won't ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/10/16/scozzafava-and-the-self-serving-signature/ Doug Hoffman has the opportunity to do something amazing in far upstate New York. He has the chance to become the first member of the Conservative Party of New York elected to the House of Representatives. He would be the second person from that party elected to Congress, following James ... http://www.redstate.com/mrnewman/2009/10/15/hoffman-opportunity/