Comments on: Insurgents And The Establishment

By: TUESDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION | Big Pulpit

TUESDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION | Big Pulpit — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:35:14 +0000

[...] Insurgents And The Establishment – Pete Spoliakos, PoMoCon / First Things [...]

By: The Troll’s Favorite Republican (Or The Fantasy of Jon Huntsman) » Postmodern Conservative | A First Things Blog

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:32:49 +0000

[...] an earlier post I wrote that establishment Republicans need to avoid showing contempt for the Republican primary voters [...]

By: Pete Spiliakos

Pete Spiliakos — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:44:56 +0000

DJF, that’s just right. Building a post around your point actually.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:09:09 +0000

I don’t have much to add except to say that I hope the Establishment takes your advice. I live in Indiana and voted for Mourdock in the primary, and a significant part of my motivation was the fact that Lugar scorned the whole process. He seemed offended that he was even being asked to give an accounting to conservatives of his time as a senator. A little humility on his part might have gone a long way towards saving his job.

By: djf

djf — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:45:50 +0000

Pete, it occurs to me that John Huntsman – a smart guy who did have some good, conservative ideas – may have suffered from the same ailment as Castle. In other words, his campaign might have had more impact if he had been able to stifle his impulse to show his contempt for most conservatives. Of course, his having been part of the Obama administration didn’t help, either.

By: Insurgents And The Establishment | CATHLICK.COM

Insurgents And The Establishment | CATHLICK.COM — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:22:39 +0000

[...] Scott Rasmussen writes that Republican Washington leaders are trying to find ways to prevent primary challenges – and especially the kinds of primary challenges where the insurgent winner blows winnable Source: Postmodern Conservative [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:46:36 +0000

1. There’s a case to be made that primaries are in general a very bad, non-democratic, oligarchy-reinforcing practice. For instance, the need to run in so many primary contests is why presidential candidates (and presidents) have to spend so much time fund-raising, and why the ability to raise money trumps nearly everything else.

2. As Pete says, the DC GOP establishment has shown itself no more able to pick competent and “electable” candidates than those crazy Tea Partiers.

3. These DC idiots should tread lightly or they’ll be hand-picking candidates for the Whig Party.