A Victory for Common Sense and Fiscal Sanity- JP
Congratulations to the new Governors-Elect of Virginia and New Jersey! I’d also like to offer a special word of support to the new Lieutenant Governor-Elect of New Jersey, Kim Guadagno, the first woman to hold that office.
Of course, the real victors in this election are the ordinary men and women who voted for positive change and a return to fiscal sanity. Your voices have been heard.
The race for New York’s 23rd District is not over, just postponed until 2010. The issues of this election have always centered on the economy – on the need for fiscal restraint, smaller government, and policies that encourage jobs. In 2010, these issues will be even more crucial to the electorate. I commend Doug Hoffman and all the other under-dog candidates who have the courage to put themselves out there and run against the odds.
To the tireless grassroots patriots who worked so hard in that race and to future citizen-candidates like Doug, please remember Reagan’s words of encouragement after his defeat in 1976:
“The cause goes on. Don't get cynical because look at yourselves and what you were willing to do, and recognize that there are millions and millions of Americans out there that want what you want, that want it to be that way, that want it to be a shining city on a hill.”
The cause goes on.
- Sarah Palin
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sarah Palin quotes Ronald Reagan: "The cause goes on."
Via her Facebook Notes page late Tuesday night, Sarah Palin offered a message of congratulations to the nation's two new Republican governors and words of encouragement to a long shot Conservative Party candidate for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives:
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Hoffman should not be disappointed at this result. He did a great job against long odds.
ReplyDeleteAll elections - but particularily special elections - are about turn out and getting your vote out with a good ground organization. Hoffman lost because the Dems had a strong ground game and got their vote out in spite of a very low turnout. It looks like the total number of voters will not be much more than 130,000 or about half the number of voters in a regular election.
The Conservative Party had NO ground game to get its vote out and the Republicans came on board too late and were too disorganized to help.
This is why third parties cannot succeed. They do not have the organization and infrastructure necessary to win.
However, Hoffman will likely win the Republican primary (Sept. 15, 2010) and then win in November 2010 with the full machinery of the Republican Party behind him.
This is far preferable to having Scoozafava win and then having to try and defeat her in next year's primary as an incumbent. Incumbents are very dificult to beat. Therefore, tonight's NY-23 results are still a victory for Sarah and all conservatives.
Hopefully, the Tea Partiers will learn from this that the way to sucess is not through a new third party but by taking the Republican Party back by challenging RINOs in the primaries - not the general election. Reagan understood this, and from Sarah's message tonight she understands this.
Now, on to the Florida Senate primary!!