She suggests, meanwhile, that there might be encouraging news coming Marco Rubio’s way. She says she’s had a chance to look at the Crist-Rubio race “just on the surface.” But she adds, “I’m just being asked about it really in the last week or two, so I’ll dig more into it. I’ll find out what the guys are holding in terms of positions and see where maybe I can help.Given the 2008 Republican party vice presidential candidate's announced intention to campaign for conservative candidates it would seem that Marco Rubio would be more likely to get a Palin endorsement than Charlie Crist, Ms. Palin's former Republican Governors Association colleague.
If former Governor Palin does endose Rubio, The Palm Beach Post's Michael Bender observes that it could further widen the rift between the McCain and Palin camps:
Keep in mind that her 2008 running mate, John McCain, has endorsed Crist. And with the McCain & Palin camps already trading blows in the wake of the former Alaska governor’s Going Rogue biography, imagine the potential sideshow a proxy fight could set off if Palin lines up behind Rubio...We don't think it would be a sideshow. It sounds to us more like the main attraction.
- JP
Josh - another McCain - Palin proxy fight that could develop is to the north of you for the Kansas US Senate seat being vacated by Sam Brownback in 2010. The two main candidates in the Republican primary are Jerry Moran (the RINO) and Todd Tiahrt (a true conservative).
ReplyDeleteMoran has been endorsed by John McCain and all the DC RINOs. Tiahrt has been endorsed by John Ashcroft, James Inhoffe, Rick Santorum, the Family Research Council, the Eagle Forum - and most importantly Mark Levin. Moran has recently tried to move to the right in his Congressional voting record, but he isn't fooling anyone.
Right now Moran is in the lead in fundraising and the polls (about 10 points). However, if the Club for Growth and Sarah endorsed Tiahrt he would become very competitive. I would bet that Tiahrt tries to meet with Sarah when she speaks in Salina on Feb. 5, 2010. Afterall, how could Sarah say no to a guy named Todd!!