A woman who stood up to entrenched interests and corruption the Republican Party in her home state and for smaller more efficient government, has just signaled her support of another strong woman.
Sarah Palin has endorsed Carly Fiorina to replace a Senator who has sat idly by while businesses flee her state, taking jobs with them. The accomplished former Alaska governor said:
Carly is the Commonsense Conservative that California needs and our country could sure use in these trying times. She’s not a career politician. She’s a businesswoman who has run a major corporation. She knows how to really incentivize job creation. Her fiscal conservatism is rooted in real life experience. She knows that when government grows, the private sector shrinks under the burden of debt and deficits. We can trust Carly to do the right thing for America’s economy and to make the principled decisions she has throughout her professional career. . . .
Please consider that Carly is the conservative who has the potential to beat California’s liberal senator, Barbara Boxer, in November. I’m a huge proponent of contested primaries, so I’m glad to see the contest in California’s GOP, but I support Carly as she fights through a tough primary against a liberal member of the GOP who seems to bear almost no difference to Boxer, one of the most leftwing members of the Senate.
Now, you can bet that when Carly wins the primary next month, Ma’am, knowing that liberals blanche in terror at the mere mention of Palin’s name, is going to wrap the former Governor around the former HP CEO, doing anything she can to deflect attention from her sorry record.
With Tom Campbell unable to commit to opposing tax increases, Carly remains the one viable candidate in the race committed to fiscal conservatism.
UPDATE: Over at Conservatives for Palin, Ian Lazaran explains why Sarah Palin is backing Carly:
Carly Fiorina can create the contrast with Boxer. She is also clearly in a better position to win the primary and then prevail in the general election than DeVore. She has raised a lot more money in her campaign than DeVore in a state where it is very expensive to advertise. Fiorina has also shown throughout her career that she’s willing to fight for what she thinks is right regardless of the political consequences. That spirit should remind you of another prominent conservative Republican woman. There’s a reason why liberals attack Fiorina much more than they attack her two primary opponents. The left recognizes that the strongest possible opponent for Barbara Boxer is someone unafraid to take the fight right to her.
I don’t think it helps the party to bash another member of it, when Campbell isn’t as leftist as Boxer. I don’t think there is anything wrong with supporting a candidate but I don’t think it was smart for Palin then go the extra step to say something bad against Campbell. It makes the process more poisonous than it has to be, especially if Campbell wins. What is Sarah Palin then going to say, there is no difference between Boxer and Campbell then and it doesn’t matter who you vote for?
If she wins. Be realistic. FiveThirtyEight gives Fiorina a 34% chance of winning the primary against 64% for Campbell. That probably has something to do with Campbell polling an average of 2.5 points behind Boxer while Fiorina polls 6.9 points behind.
I was amused though when, just two days ago, Moonbattery came out with:
Is Fiorina getting squeezed between Tea Partiers convinced she’s not conservative enough and moderates convinced she’s not electable enough? I should give Moonbattery a link to this story, the thought of Sarah Palin endorsing a ‘RINO’ might be enough to give some of them heart attacks. 😀
Those who call Carly a RINO pay as much attention to her campaign as Obama does to his own campaign rhetoric.
Campbell is a known quantity in California politics and a past loser statewide. Carly is new. She’ll do better in head-to-head matchups once the campaign heats up. While Campbell may suffer for the disjunction between his rhetoric and his record and is opposition to Israel.
I live in California and I am planning to vote for Carly Fiorina. Since I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area I’m going to show the Liberalists here whose the best candidate. Boxer needs to go now, buh-bye. I read about Fiorina’s economical credentials as well as her stand on important American issues and they are positive. I support Israel and I’m against illegal immigration and so does Fiorina. I am proud to be a Californian for saying this.
#2: “I should give Moonbattery a link to this story, the thought of Sarah Palin endorsing a ‘RINO’ might be enough to give some of them heart attacks.”
She already endorsed McCain. You know, MCCAIN? The guy with the giant tusk jutting out from the bridge of his nose?
On that issue, I’ve said of the Arizona senate race that although I will probably regret this later, I’m endorsing J.D. Hayworth there. The Democratic candidate stands little chance, and McCain now sickens me.
Though actually, I wonder who GayPatriot would be behind in Arizona. McCain has exposed himself as a shameless opportunist with no principles, Hayworth holds to his principles no matter how disgusting they are, and that just leave the Democratic challenger.
the thought of Sarah Palin endorsing a ‘RINO’ might be enough to give some of them heart attacks. 😀
Spoken like a progressive drone who can’t imagine disagreeing with his party leadership on anything. Fortunately, we on the right are far more capable of expressing and handling disagreement.
Given Carly’s stands, I’m trying to puzzle out why people call her a RINO.
Let me tell you why I get that vibe from her.
1. She’s a protege of John McCain.
2. Her tenure at HP was marked by PC maneuvers… like giving corporate dollars to Pride organizations while laying off thousands of employees.
3. Recently suggested that supporters of border enforcement were racist. (See #1).
4. Believes in manbearpig, flip-flops on cap-and-trade. (See #1)
5. Squishy on abortion.
6. Supported the Spendulus. (Just like Collins, Specter, and Snowe)
7. She’s the choice of the GOP establishment.
Beyond that, there’s that stat that she is rated the 19th worst corporate CEO of all time.
I mean, if you want to sell her as moderate squish in a state where only a moderate squish Republican can win; I get that. But the second coming of Ronald Reagan she’s not.