I have grown tired of demands from the liberal wing of the Republican Party to show loyalty to their candidates when they win primaries, only to see them abandon the conservative candidates when they win primaries. I know the State Superindentent race is a non-partisan one, but actually illustrates my point better than a partisan race can (though I could also point to the 2004 Senate race).
Van Mobley was considered the establishment GOP candidate. He finished third, behind the WEAC Teachers’ Industrial Complex (thanks, Marcus Aurelius) candidate Tony Evers and the more-conservative-than-outstate-“Republicans”-allow candidate Rose Fernandez. Allow me to re-group the numbers from February:
Evers/Todd Alan Price/Lowell E. Holtz – 55.3% of the vote
Fernandez/Mobley – 44.7% of the vote
Now, let’s fast-forward to today. As of 11:28 pm, with 91% of the vote counted, WTMJ-TV had the numbers as follows:
Evers – 56.8%
Fernandez – 43.2%
I do realize there were a lot more voters in April than in February. However, you can’t tell me that the teachers all of a sudden just woke up on April Fool’s Day. Hell, Randy Koschnick didn’t do that much worse against the liberal institution of the state Supreme Court, and Shirley Abrahamson has decades of incumbency on her side.
This was the one chance those on the right had to take DPI away from WEAC/TIC, and because of RINO jealousy, that slipped right through our fingers. I suppose the less-liberal moneybags of the state (the few that are left, anyway) would rather play footsie with the same Left that views us as THE MAIN ENEMY and the same Left that dumped $750,000 or so into TV ads despite no real money flowing into their opposition than actually win.
If you want a divorce, by God, you’ve got one. Go ahead and make your alliance with the Democrats and the Left official. Just don’t come crying to me when you fall short of their 110% fealty demand.
