tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post3557361584886907603..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Guest Post: What Scott Brown Means for AmericaIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59881281550143186992010-01-24T17:49:27.444+00:002010-01-24T17:49:27.444+00:00America will never buy a third party. The peak of ...America will never buy a third party. The peak of this thinking was Ross Perot who garnered just over 20% (i'm not checking the numbers)but then couldnt sustain it. <br /><br />America is saying we want someone who listens to us that we can believe in. Only a true conseravtive (SMALL C) can fit the bill. <br /><br />The smartest thing the Democrats have done is marmalize the people who could fill those shoes - Palin, Gingrich, Delay.Hermeneuticalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157758122159955719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85731611138988562582010-01-24T08:47:45.058+00:002010-01-24T08:47:45.058+00:00I think it's bollocks. The vote was as clear a...I think it's bollocks. The vote was as clear a repudiation of Obama as there could possibly be. In other spheres it's called 'buyers remorse'. The people who bought the Obama schtick a year ago are bitterly regretting it, and can't wait to see the back of him.<br /><br />Mark Steyn puts it well <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/obama-230489-president-truck.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a>Rush-is-Righthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860467341217977185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5271405164089829462010-01-24T08:45:39.443+00:002010-01-24T08:45:39.443+00:00Interesting article marred only by the typos and s...Interesting article marred only by the typos and sub-editing errors.Anglo-Irish refugeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381311319046681044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61400894499869837122010-01-24T08:44:54.702+00:002010-01-24T08:44:54.702+00:00Interesting article, pity about the numerous typos...Interesting article, pity about the numerous typos and sub-editing errors.Anglo-Irish refugeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381311319046681044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41359910742665408642010-01-23T21:05:03.059+00:002010-01-23T21:05:03.059+00:00Sorry Iain but your friend seems to be alittle out...Sorry Iain but your friend seems to be alittle out of touch with reality.....thank goodness for the internet because now we can all get a closer look at American politics without relying on your friend or Toby Harnden or (heaven forbid)the glutinous Mark Mardell.<br />Exit polling indicated that Obamacare was the predominant factor in Mass voters minds - especially as there own state version, Romneycare, is becoming increasingly unpopular.<br />As for Obama in a rush he franchised the whole thing out to Congessional Dem leaders Reid and Pelosi rather than get his own cabinet to prersent a framework.<br />As for Third parties I can't believe that this guy is a follower of Glenn Beck....<br />Finally he goes through the whole post without mentioning Tea Parties - but then as he appears to be a Beltway boy, no surprise there.<br />Take a tip, Iain, if you want to know what is happening on the US right keep a regular eye on Hot Air<br /> <br />http://hotair.com/David L Riddick (aka The Aged P)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11564758272984412682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48307405412817153162010-01-22T16:12:59.665+00:002010-01-22T16:12:59.665+00:00One factor which hopefully hurt Croakley was her p...One factor which hopefully hurt Croakley was her previous involvement in prosecuting so-called abuse scandals (like the Cleveland one hear). Since America's penal system is tougher than ours this involved obviously innocent people dying in jail.neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69108970479354046382010-01-22T15:10:03.700+00:002010-01-22T15:10:03.700+00:00The health care issue "did not connect"?...The health care issue "did not connect"? Forgive my stupidity but being an English speaker I don't quite get the point being made here. Brown ran on an anti (federal) health care platform and was elected. What better evidence could there be that it was about health care?<br /><br />The comments about Bush are indicative of the lazy thinking that surrounds his Presidency. I almost expect to see the following headline: "Democrats blame Busg for Republican Win in Massachussets".Moriartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02636946960473769348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6094617393381748652010-01-22T13:08:41.848+00:002010-01-22T13:08:41.848+00:00Good thoughts well expressed and a welcome perspec...Good thoughts well expressed and a welcome perspective.<br /><br />The comment that the US needs a 'third Party' with new ideas chimes over here too. This implies that both the Republicans and the Democrats are Big Governemnt parties, just like New Labour and the Tories.<br /><br />There are two alternatives. One, totalitarianism of whatever type - communist or fascist - that takes your fancy or two, freedom. This latter automatically implies very small government and very low state theft of wealth, that is taxes.<br /><br />Clearly two is better than one. I am not sanguine. Returning our freedom means turkeys voting for Christmas. And boys do we have a lot of turkeys, both in the US Government Executive and Congress<br />and in our Parliamnent and government.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18727801733055255562010-01-22T13:01:29.923+00:002010-01-22T13:01:29.923+00:00And he might have added a couple of Will Rogers qu...And he might have added a couple of Will Rogers quotes:<br /><br />"Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans."<br /> <br />"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171835878570773595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82769345524305197032010-01-22T12:19:02.103+00:002010-01-22T12:19:02.103+00:00A great article - thanks Iain! I have written two ...A great article - thanks Iain! I have written two articles on similar issues. They can be found here: http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2009/12/19/thomas-haynes/obama-is-losing-independents/ and here: http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/01/21/thomas-haynes/obama-must-lead-the-democrats-to-the-centre-or-they-risk-a-massacre-in-november/. I hope you have a chance to have a look, and that your readers will find them interesting. Thanks!Thomas Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842451418649964142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59482499111873952272010-01-22T11:57:52.212+00:002010-01-22T11:57:52.212+00:00great article and spot on.
coakely was a prat and...great article and spot on.<br /><br />coakely was a prat and lost, rightly so.<br /><br />crewe and nantwich style lazyness.<br /><br />also, he hint about 2012 for Brown is an interesting one...... as if he goes right votes wise Mass will struggle to support him.<br /><br />Also the Boston v Western Mass Dem machines are not aligned and need to be fixed. And there was no heir apparent in Mass for Kenndedy which hurt them.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810599928765693534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74758095010475638592010-01-22T11:49:31.810+00:002010-01-22T11:49:31.810+00:00>>This is a President who has tried to gover...>>This is a President who has tried to govern as fast as he moved during the campaign<<<br /><br />On healthcare ?<br /><br />Given that he took almost a year in a futile effort to achieve some sort of bipartisan consensus, and has been widely criticized for moving way too slowly, that's hard to believe.<br /><br />He's certainly made mistakes, but that's not one of them.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171835878570773595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88335682939944257762010-01-22T11:46:03.036+00:002010-01-22T11:46:03.036+00:00Not sure I agree with a great deal of that. I wond...Not sure I agree with a great deal of that. I wonder if he could possibly be a liberal Democrat? Whatever your guest may think, the overreaching, unwanted healthcare plan is dead as it is right now. The Republicans have never been 'one party' and have always existed as a big tent. I don't think that the Bush years will stop a revival of the GOP, remember for the last two years Bush was in office, Congress was controlled by the Dems!<br />Rather, your guest should reflect on the stunning implications for Pelosi, Read and Obama before writing off the resurgent GOP!ascotinlessableshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10582908461991379156noreply@blogger.com