Also, take a look at the 2008 Dist 2 race. Mark Vogel (L) was also the candidate in the 2008 race. Same candidate, same district.
The very same libertarian candidate took over 7,000 votes in 2008. He increased by 1,970 votes this time over what he got in 2008.
Donnelly won by 2,542...
Let's take a look at what a Warloski win would have meant:
1. Putting H3llfire Jackie in the house. Bonus! I'd love to see here there just for the heartburn she'd give to Pelosi!
2. Would her race have given the GOP a Veto-Proof majority in the House? Nope? They're not close enough to get...
The difference between growing a party, and playing ping-pong with control of the govt.
I love it when my GOP friends keep letting me know that their "Big Govt Federalist" candidates won again, and the Libertarian I supported only got 5 percent of the vote.
In 2006, Mike Kole received about 3%...
Personally, my own feeling in the 9th - if I lived there - would be to hold my nose and vote AGAINST Baron Hill. That means that I would have to vote for the Dan Burton Staffer and Federalist Todd Young.
The opportunity there is to remove a Progressive from office. The problem is that Young...
Run the numbers on this for me in the current race of Coats/Ellsworth/Sink-Burris
Coats has consistently been up by at least 15% over Ellsworth every major poll. Some, including one recent one, has him at 20% over Ellsworth.
How many folks would need to vote Libertarian in that race to send...
Coats is currently up by 20 points in the polls.
Every point drop in actual victory makes them scratch their head harder.
It won't change his actions unless we can really drop his margin into single digits... but they will notice if the margin of victory drops to near 15%
Let's see. Libertarian non-interventionist foreign policy is built on a Jeffersonian model.
During his presidency, Jefferson avoided war ... except for those Barbary Coast pirates that were disrupting our free trade with other nations. He sent in the marines!
Madison, the second of the...
Those who want to deny gays the "right" to marry often seek to do so because gayness probably offends them at a moral level.
Those who support gay "marriage" usually just want equal treatment under the law for gay couples. (yes, there are zealots at both ends of the spectrum that just want to...
I see where the confusion comes in with this issue. Our founders were very leery of giving the new Federal Govt too much power, and a permanent standing army was a symbol of (and a practical example of) the abuses capable of an oppressive federal govt.
Let's rewind.
You are correct that there...
I was in err... and will now set the record straight. I had forgotten about the Tun Tavern, and the quasi-war with France under Adams.
The Continental Marines were indeed begun in the Tun Tavern. Their official existence came about by an act of the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775...
Those pesky 9th and 10th amendments don't mean anything any more. Why would they limit the power of the federal govt to only that which is contained in the official Constitution for the United States.
And the Marines were started by Jefferson UNDER the Dept of the Navy. Not as a standing army.
The idea was that the Army of King George was an idea that the founders did not want to continue due to the abuses of that army.
When Washington moved against the Whiskey rebellion, he put out the...
Rule #1 of Setting up campaign stops:
ALWAYS use a smaller venue than you think you can fill. Overflow is always better than under-filled. It photographs better, people get more excited because they sense the excitement of others. It wows the reporters
Rule #2: If you think you need a bigger...
Don't forget his stellar votes for TARP and Stimulus, and GM/Chrysler...
Brad Ellsworth on Budget & Economy
I want my candidates to respect the ENTIRE Constitution.
Folks... no matter what we do in our races here in Indiana - we are going to have a very bad time in the 2012 elections.
Look at Truman's campaign in 1948. Repubs gained control post war of both the house and Senate in mid-terms in 1946, and only kept control for two years. Truman won in '48...