Stacy McCain On Elitists, RINOs, Palin and Brown

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On The American Spectator's AmSpecBlog, Stacy McCain notes his colleague Philip Klein's apparent difficulty understanding why "many pro-Palin conservatives are enthusiastically supporting an un-Palin candidate" such as Scott Brown. According to Stacy, it's not exactly rocket science:

"Despite Brown's centrist politics, the pro-Palin populists support his Massachusetts Senate campaign because (a) Brown's election would not be a leftward shift of either the national debate or the GOP; (b) his election would validate perceptions of a rising conservative mood among voters; and (c) if elected, Brown would go to Washington with the knowledge of his indebtedness to grassroots conservatives."

As Stacy points out, elitists and populists may not agree on much, but the right choice in the Massachusetts race for a U.S. Senate seat is no cause for an argument. Scott Brown's opponent would be an even worse Senator than Al Franken. And that's a scary thought. The U.S. Senate already has more than its quota of leftist idiots. Adding one more to their numbers is not what's needed. 

- JP