Deep Shallow GOP Bench Thought
If, as Geezer suggests, Copeland is going to be tied down by his big loss to Denn then the DE GOP might have Protack and O’Donnell as their standard bearers. The best case scenario for the DE GOP would be Castle and O’Donnell and even that is pretty lame.
I wouldn’t bank on Copeland running and its obvious Protack will try another go! I predict O’Donnell will be tied down with her pregnancy carrying Matthew’s baby.
If that prediction comes true the baby will be the either the Prince of Darkness or the Savior of Mankind.
Either way the birth will presage the end of times.
http://kilroysdelaware.blogspot.com/2009/04/kilroy-predicts-odonnell-to-be-pregnant.html
Jason Scott to be Godfather and Pandora Godmother. LOL
Anyone have any thoughts on Gerald Hocker running, absent a Copeland bid? I have no idea if he has any interest, but I can see him as a viable, albeit dark horse candidate.
Nah, Hocker’s comfortable where he is. He’s a successful local businessman who really enjoys his customers and his constituents. Why would he want to give up a safe seat and a nice life for a longshot bid for Congress? He’s older, he doesn’t have any burning ambition to be anything other than a state rep or, maybe, State Senator when and if any of the dinosaurs retire.
‘Bulo, all good points, and true. I am still reluctant to ‘misunderestimate’ him, though.
The real shallow bench is the policies and legislation of the Democratic Party. Unemployment at close to 10% , huge budget shortfalls and more taxes is not a winner.
The GOP of course will need to have something to say which is relevant so we shall see.
Mike Protack
Hocker missed the Red/Christianist tide.
Were I still frequenting downtown bars on weeknights, I’d have poked my nose into the Gold Ballroom 9 days ago to see how widely they spaced the tables at the Steve Forbes dinner. Tix were $150 each. [My taste runs to seeing Harry Kalas and a bunch of athletes for $50 at Cavaliers.]
Big draw: seeing Pete du Pont and Forbes in the same room. 2 geeky bespectacled Princetonians who got gold bars at their christening. To his credit and our First State pride, PSduP IV looks 10 years younger than Forbes, even though he’s 12 years older.
But I digress. There was a time when du P could have filled Baynard Stadium on a rainy night at $100/pop. But the old sailor has lost his trim. Just three days before the dinner, the GOP was still trying to fill tables, badgering its aging loyalists with voicemail and spam. I have a feeling that Forbes got to shake everyone’s hand at least twice. And I could have grabbed a few dozen macaroons without bothering anyone.
Shorter MP: I know you are but what am I?
It’s more like The Shallow Bench Speaks.
And it still hasn’t a clue.
Protack is now a comedian. I guess he forgot that Obama is cleaning up the mess left by 8 years of W’s mismanagement.
The bench will replenish only when those who realize social conservatism is a choice and not a platform choose to stand up and be counted. Until then, you know who will be running again…and again…and again…and again…and again…and again…
Are there really enough of them left in the party to stand up, Smitty?
RSmitty,
Your party was built around “social conservatism” ever since Goldwater lost. There is no one and nobody that is going to change that in the next 10 years, locally or nationally.
I sure that they all appreciate your continued membership and support, however.
The only way Repubs got away with trickle-down was by tying it with social conservatism.
Once you kick out the social cons, you are stuck trying to sell trickle-down all by itself.
Good luck with that.
Yeah, Goldwater is an interesting study. They propped him up, in what was the beginning of the social conservative movement in the party. What happens later on? He publishes a book and includes that, “…you don’t have to be a straight-shooter to shoot straight.” A direct reference to allowing gays to serve in the military and to do so without any hint of bias, not even a bias in thought-only.
The interesting thing with the social-conservative Republican politicians (most of them, anyway) is that they do this, possibly thinking it’s the right thing, but moreso, because it will get them the majority of votes from within the party. However, when it comes time for self-application, those values are dumped, most likely because they never truly believe in them to begin with. Even moreso, when many of them are pretty well into retirement, they wouldn’t be caught dead propping up pure social conservatism values! To my point, it’s a personal choice and should not be a platform.
I will give social conservatives one credit, though. They sure to hell know how to keep their voices loud and heard. BOOOO!!!!!
Are there really enough of them left in the party to stand up, Smitty?
Actually, yes, as I have found out. Oh, wait, you said that will stand up. Well, working on that.
To my point, it’s a personal choice and should not be a platform.
You won’t find many to argue with that point here, but the vast majority in your party disagree. Nevertheless, they appreciate your support even while they abhor your views.
Aw, A1, you’re so cute when you get so partisany. How can you handle all that?
You’re still “#1” in my book. 😛
Aww, shucks, though I really am adorable. 😉