Comments on: Run Away

By: Bob Weber

Bob Weber — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:53:37 +0000

Adam 01: Barry Goldwater wasn’t senior senator from Arizona in 1964. It was Carl Hayden.

By: Pacific moderate

Pacific moderate — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:40:48 +0000

Er, “GOP”, not “GPO”, sorry…

By: Pacific moderate

Pacific moderate — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:40:22 +0000

To clarify, I’m reminded that here in Washington state, in our open primary, Republicans running for office often didn’t list their party affiliation, or else instead of “prefers Republican party” put “prefers GPO”.

By: Pacific moderate

Pacific moderate — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:39:11 +0000

Or not so weird ;-)

By: rawshark

rawshark — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:50:00 +0000

I think I’m in his district.
One thing I’ve noticed around here is that no one puts their party affiliation on their sign. You don’t know who’s republican or democrat. Previously candidates would trip all over themselves letting you know they were Conservative Republicans. Now they’re just a candidate looking to serve. Weird.

By: Adam01

Adam01 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:37:13 +0000

” Bizarrely, the NRCC has been trying to nationalize races all year long by talking about Obama and Pelosi when the path to surviving the profound anti-GOP mood in the country is to make every contested race as localized as possible.”

Gingrich made the same mistake in 1998, although with much less catastrophic consequences than what we are about to witness.

2008 as 1964? I think this is the last time the GOP nominates the senior Senator from Arizona. Not that there is any comparison (Goldwater left a movement; McCain leaves nothing), but the voodoo of it is pretty weird.