More Quote of the Day Honorable Mentions, Part 67

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"I love the sound of election returns in the evening. Sounds like... victory!" Edition...

Gary P. Jackson at A Time For Choosing:

"What a great night for common sense conservatism. Two really strong candidates, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott won their runoff contests by huge margins, as expected. Both candidates are solid reformers, and both candidates are endorsed by Sarah Palin."

Melissa Clouthier at Liberty Pundits:

"Palin wins the night, too. Good for her. Good also for Jim DeMint. America might actually get some conservatives in the Senate. This changes everything."

Marcus Carey at Bluegrass Bulletin:

"What propelled Scott to his 69% victory? Well, he was endorsed by Sarah Palin, and the Club For Growth. He also pledged to dismantle Obamacare. Sounds like he was judged on the content of his character."

Eric Dondero at Libertarian Republican:

"Last night was a clear victory for the libertarian wing of the Republican Party. Libertarian-backed candidates swept primary elections all around. The Tea Party, Club for Growth, Sarah Palin brigades and the Republican Liberty Caucus were all victorious from Utah to South Carolina."

sharmajee at Pumas 4 Palin:

"Hail Nikki Haley, the youngest Mama Grizzly in the den! Sarah Palin proves once again, she is a power to be reckoned with in 2012!"

Skyla Freeman at Project Go Pink:

"The number of female conservative candidates in 2010, the highest ever, promises to change the landscape of American politics. One of the major reasons for this increase is Sarah Palin."

Dan Wismar at Wizblog:

"It is notable that Scott was endorsed by Sarah Palin, and won big in a majority white (66%) congressional district...all of which confounds and refutes the "Tea Partiers are racists" crowd...an inconvenient reality that they will doubtless ignore."

Shannon Bell at Right Pundits:

"Nikki Haley wins going away... What does it mean on a national scale...? Does it prove Sarah Palin’s still got it? Does it prove that grass roots candidates are going to be a force in November? Does it mean that 2010 will be the year of the republican woman? I think all of the above."

Miss Placed Loyalties at Standing With Sarah:

"Rock on, Sarah! Two more gifted, hard working, honorable Conservatives will be representing the GOP this fall in two critical South Carolina races... Sarah Palin is doing her part to clean up the GOP so that in November, seat by seat, politicians compromised by cronyism, rackets or worse can be replaced on both sides of the aisle."

Merv Benson at Prairie Pundit:

"Good for [Nikki Haley]... None of the dirt thrown her way seemed to stick and it seemed to make her stronger. She is in the maverick mold of Sarah Palin, willing to stand up to the political establishment, which probably explains much of the dirt thrown her way."

Gregory of Yardale at Moonbattery:

"South Carolina Republicans nominated an African-American man and a woman of [Punjabi Indian heritage] as their nominees for Congress and the Governor's office respectively... Nevertheless, progressive leftists will continue to caricature Republicans and conservatives as bigoted racists. And Nikki Haley, the candidate for governor, will no doubt be trashed like Sarah Palin. Not only is she an attractive, conservative woman... but she's also an ethnic minority. The left has no mechanism for coping with this violation of their stereotype-driven worldview other than to slam and smear."

egalia at Tennessee Guerilla Women:

"Nikki Haley joins Sarah Palin in a remarkable make-over of the face of the Republican Party. Ms. Haley will almost certainly be the first woman to be elected as Governor of South Carolina. How fitting that she will replace the infamous Appalachian trail-hiker Governor Mark Sanford..."

Adrienne Ross at Motivation Truth:

"The appropriate observation to take away from these elections is candidates' willingness to offer themselves up for service and Governor Palin's ability to once again catapult them to a place of success by rallying support from Americans who are demanding true hope and change."

John at JMC Enterprises:

"There are two common threads to the Haley/Scott runoff victories: (1) their landslide wins in GOP runoffs in the Deep South should put to rest assumptions that minority candidates can’t win in that region, and (2) both of the victorious candidates were endorsed by Sarah Palin, which means that if she were to run for President, she has a headstart on two endorsements in this crucial GOP primary state. These victories also show that, thus far, a Palin endorsement is a good thing to have in a contested GOP primary."

Politisite:

"Nikki Haley beat a sitting congressman and Tim Scott beat one of the best known [names in SC politics], Thurmond. The can be no doubt that two things are true. The Republican party is open to diverse candidates, and Sarah Palin’s endorsement is important to voters."

- JP