If the Mods find it appropriate to move this to the IMHO forum feel free to do so.
What are you endorsements for the 2010 Midterm elections?
Senate:
Alabama: Richard Shelby (Republican)
Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (Republican)
Arizona: John McCain (Republican)
Arkansas: John Boozman (Republican)
California: Carly Fiorina (Republican)
Colorado: Jane Norton (Republican)
Connecticut: Peter Schriff (Republican)
Delaware: Mike Castle (Republican)
Florida: Charlie Crist (Independent)*
Georgia: Jonny Isakson (Republican)
Hawaii: Campbell Cavasso (Republican)
Idaho: Mike Crapo (Republican)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (Republican)
Indiana: Dan Coats (Republican)
Iowa: Chuck Grassley (Republican)
Kansas: Jerry Moran (Republican)
Kentucky: Trey Grayson (Republican, write-in)
Louisiana: David Vitter (Republican)
Maryland: Eric Wargotz (Republican)
Missouri: Roy Blunt (Republican)
Nevada: Sue Lowden (Republican, write-in)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (Republican)
New York (1): Joseph DioGuardi (Republican)
New York (2): Gary Berntsen (Republican)
North Carolina: Richard Burr (Republican)
North Dakota: John Hoeven (Republican)
Ohio: Rob Portman (Republican)
Oklahoma: Tom Coburn (Republican)
Oregon: Jim Huffman (Republican)
Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (Republican)
South Carolina: Jim DeMint (Republican)
South Dakota: John Thune (Republican)
Utah: Bob Bennett (Republican, write-in)
Vermont: Len Britton (Republican)
Washington: Dino Rossi (Republican)
West Virginia: John Raese (Republican)
Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (Republican)
Governor
If we want any interesting discussion here, it’s probably only worthwhile posting an endorsement in this thread if it crosses your usual party line, or else relates to an intrapartisan primary fight.
Seriously, Curtis, how much research did you do in each of these races? What puzzles me is your non-endorsements of the GOP candidates who happen to be Teabaggers. What do Rand Paul, Angle, and Rubio believe that you do not?
I’m curious why Crist has an asterisk. I think there’s a missing footnote like “*Used to be a Republican” or “*Secretly wishes he was Republican”. As an afterthought, California’s Pop 19 (legalizing some aspects of marijuana use) sounds pretty good, though it may turn into another Arizona-immigration debacle if the feds try to insist that drug regulation is their jurisdiction.
I think Paul, and Angle will both end up being a liability to the Republican Party rather than an asset once they’re in political office and that I think overall Crist would do better than Rubio as Florida is a centrist state.
I would have said “If he still leans to Republicans by November”.
So why do you endorse Jim DeMint, who is just as extreme as Paul or Angle? One might think that if you don’t swallow the Tea Party nonsense, which you do not, then you might decline to endorse the highest-ranking Tea Party posterchild in government today.
The only race I’m really invested in is the re-election of our local congressman, Jim Cooper - one of the Blue-Dog Democrats. I hope he can pull it off, but voting for the health care bill (and being an incumant and a Democrat) will hurt him.
I haven’t made up my mind on the governer’s race yet. I wish Bredesen didn’t have to step down.
On that note: In the Florida Senate election, I’m still deeply undecided/conflicted on whether to vote (or campaign) for Kendrick Meek or Charlie Crist. I’d much, much rather have Meek in office, but Crist is running so much stronger, and I don’t want to split the anti-Rubio (Ogdamn “Tea Party Candidate”) vote.
