The GOP Loses Another One
I noticed this hidden gem in The News Journal article on local reaction to the Sotomayor nomination:
Temple law Professor Jan Ting, a former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who recently switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, said the “activist” attacks are “conservative boilerplate.”
“If you want to appeal to your base, you have to have something to say. Obviously, in interpreting the law, there are places where the law is not entirely clear,” he said, and that is arguably why cases end up at the U.S. Supreme Court.
“If there was a clear answer in the law, the case would never go to the Supreme Court,” he said.
Sotomayor is clearly smart enough, a proven academic, and as a nominee brings more experience as a jurist than anyone currently serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, Ting said.
I know Jan Ting supported Obama, because he was spotted at the Obama appearance in Wilmington in February 2008. I had no idea he had made it official. Welcome to the Democratic Party, Professor Ting!
Jan Ting is a wonderful person the Delaware GOP “used” to put Protack in check!
Well if Jan is a GOP traitor I am honored to be in the company of a wonderful “person”.
I recommended to party leaders a month ago we should ask Ting to come back to the GOP. Obama was going to propose some pretty scary stuff on immigration and certainly it would a positive step to have him back on board on this issue.
I wish Ting the best and if he looks at the Obama immigration proposals and sees them for what they are, come on back.
Mike Protack
Actually, what is scary stuff is the GOP’s immigration platform. I’m no fan of George Bush, but the immigration reform act of 2006 was a decent compromise, a bi-partisan bill that addressed a complicated issue. It got killed by the radical right. It effectively ended any chance the GOP had with a large swath of hispanic voters who were offended by the ugly nature in which the base (you know, those “Christians”) defeated the legislation and the hateful and self-righteous manner in which they proceeded. For the republican party, compromise is out of the question. Their immigration policy: deport 20 million people and built a giant wall like they had in Germany. That’s not a realistic policy initiative. While the republican party wallows around in oblivian trying to find divisive chatter to rally the good ole boys, others will move forward with policy and solutions to compex and often difficult issues. Some will suceed, some will not. Democracy is never perfect. So while republicans rally the base on immigration with talk of mass deportations and building a fence that stretches from SD to wherever, it will serve no purpose, no legislation will come from it, the country will be no better off after the hot air has been exhaled. Intransigence can be glorified and rationalized, but it accomplishes nothing. That is the state of the GOP.
Jan Ting organized squadrons last fall, with Temple Law School students and others, to register voters and protect minority participation at polling places.
Jan Ting is a good man and a friend. I look forward to his return to the GOP in the future, but regardless he is someone to admire. Unlike a Specter, he is a true loss to the party. Fortunately, Mr. Obama is working on bringing far more to us with his national security policies, love of debt, nationalization of industries, carbon taxes, and open borders. No worries.
Yeah, because Bush did so much to help in those areas…..give me a break. He showed the world that torturing is ok, making our soldiers less safe. He ran up our debt by cutting taxes for the rich and waging a war on false premises. While none of us were thrilled with BUSH’S government support of certain banks, economically it was the right thing to do, as was Obama’s stimulus plan. Carbon taxes?? Preventing the rape of the Earth that we all share isn’t such a bad thing, I don’t think. Immigration policies are a difficult issue; immigrants enrich our nation but also provide an economic challenge that can only be met with compromise and reason, not with walls and pricey deportations. I’m so tired of the same, false talking points from Republicans.
You and me both, M. The GOP needs new ideas, not the same old ideas in fancier packages. Until they figure that out we’ll keep seeing stories like this one.
Their immigration policy: deport 20 million people and built a giant wall
The thing that really gets me about this approach is that they put so much faith in the government to be able to accomplish this with any kind of rigor. In other words, apparently, the government is the solution to something. I’ve read there is a bit of an exodus of these immigrants back out of the US now. Why? There’s no work. This would suggest that there really are some market solutions (not 100% effective, but they never are) to work with here.
The GOP idea to just deport a whole bunch of people is really unworkable.
“I [Mike Protack] recommended to party leaders a month ago we should ask Ting to come back to the GOP.”
No wonder he hasn’t come back.
As an aside, does anyone here believe “party leaders” talk seriously with Mike Protack?
I’d be shocked if that exchange really ever happened, anyway, Geezer.