Kimberly Strassel, member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, writes the Potomac Watch column and offers insight into the defeats suffered by two Republican candidates for House seats in Louisiana and Illinois. One Republican won with 75% of the vote, but you didn’t hear about it. Politics are local and individual House races often turn on personal issues and colloquial disputes without regard to national policies and debates.
Much ado has been made about these losses by Democrats and their sympathizers in the media, but these were races with very local and unique flavor. Republicans can still win, as did this one:
The 43-year-old Republican, Steve Scalise, had pinpointed today’s GOP vulnerabilities, and ran an anti-status-quo campaign. His focal point was wasteful spending, and he touted his legislation to reform Louisiana’s earmark process. Another hallmark was ethics reform and his fight against public corruption. He talked up competitive private health care, lower taxes and school choice.
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We all know the media tells you WHAT THEY want you to hear. They will SPIN IT the way that is favorable to what they want you to know. That’s why the internet, when used, can provide you all kinds of information from both sides. You have to find one you trust for their honesty and balance or you can chose one that GIVES YOU what you want to hear. There are a lot of people take what the Crummyicle prints as the gospel truth. You can provide them all kinds of information and sources of information but they will refuse to check it out for themselves, they prefer to believe the Crummyicle. You can’t do anything about it, you just have to hope they don’t vote.
It looks pretty simple to me. The people are sick and tired of corrupt politicians.
Houstondem,
Folks in glass houses….
I am pretty critical about the status quo in the Republican Party today, but let us not forget that just a short time ago some of the same labels could have and were successfully applied to the Democrats.
That was then and this is now. I think it is pretty good advice for any candidate to promote change. The Wall Street Journal article is pretty sound advice. Incumbents beware!!
Simple
Scalise is an awesome statesman. He has introduced and got passed many pro-family bills in the Louisiana legislature. He ran against Bobby Jindal for Congress the first time, but I am glad to see him up there now.
Woody Jenkins, however, is quite a character. He had a lot of trouble with his business, and he even purchased a call list from David Duke when he ran for something.
But his opponent, Don Cazayoux, is a relatively conservative Democrat as the article suggests. Maybe there is hope on that side of this aisle.
1. Robert,
Which part of the article was in the Wall Street Journal did you not grasp?
What is that phrase in the Bible. If what your eye beholds offends thee…pluck it out.
I get it that you don’t like the Chronicle. I read the Chronicle and a lot of other publications and let me tell you ….just like the guy from Missouri…I don’t automatically believe what I read and only half of what I see. Most folks are that way.
Simple
What does the Houston Chronicle have to do with 2 House races in Louisiana ?
Reply to No. 5: I, too, subscribe and read the Crummyicle. I probably get different things out of it than others. It is my choice and it is also my choice to subscribe or not. Just like it is the Crummyicle’s right to print whatever they want, after all it is a business. A business that needs readership to survive so if enough people think they are not getting what the want and quit subscribing, then goodbye Crummyicle. “SIMPLE” as that!!
7 Robert,
Then why don’t you stand on principle and cancel your subscription? Hasten the downfall in your own incremental way.
Most papers are going that way…conservative and liberal. It is a medium that is in decline.
I must point out that a fair number of scoundrels will wrap themselves in the flag, motherhood, religon, and patriotism. They will at the same time blame the media for all of their problems. Slick Willy blamed the media for his problems at the end of his administration, just like every other politician caught with their tidy whities a little darker than white.
The best disinfectant is sunlight.
Simple
#8
Actually, I think the Wall Street Journal’s circulation actually increased, and its editorial pages tend to be more conservative.
Reply to No. 8: You don’t understand what principle I am standing on concerning my subscription with the Crummyicle. The Crummyicle is the only daily local newspaper in circulation. I use it for entertainment, coupons and sale ads. All other stuff is just there for me to read and judge for myself. Sometimes it is laughable what the editorial staff uses as logic for making irrational statements. It is their privilege, it is their newspaper. If they go under then I will find another source but for now, it is okay for me. It may not be for you but that is your option.
The quote cited by texpat is exacty why the media doesnt want to put attention on Scalise. From what I hear, perhaps conservative media such as Talk Radio should promote this guy and why he won.
Uncovering “the rest of the story” the MSM deliberately hid, great stuff. Wavering from the conservative principles that got representatives elected is the quickest way to find out what the folks really think, when they are bounced out of office.
I live in Louisiana and was voting in the election between Woody and Cazayoux. I think alot of the loss went to the fact that the Democrats spent alot of time and $.
I received three to 4 call for Cazayoux a day. I had people knocking at my door for him. Huge grass roots campaign. If I did not know Cazayoux from state politics I probably would have fallen for the line of b/s about him they were selling.