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Polizzi IPgram
Focused on Highlighting Qualified Candidates for Governance Leaders |
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Dateline: USA, April 26, 2010
Charlie,
You're No Joe Lieberman Governor Charlie Crist's
intent to emulate Joe Lieberman and run as an independent is based on a
grossly faulty hypothesis. Lieberman's ideology always remained
substantially in sync with his electorate base. The only discord was over his
support of the war on Iraq. A
position for which Connecticut Democratic party leaders decided to punish him
by denying him his Democratic Party nomination. But they miscalculated. They
failed to take into consideration the state’s voters' appreciation for
Lieberman’s well-recognized and long standing performance. Thus, when voters
were given a choice of keeping a man with a proven ideology record in
office, or voting for a man whose only claim to the senate seat was to punish
Lieberman for his war stance, the selection was foreordained. Lieberman’s
running as an independent was merely a necessary tactical maneuver to do an
end-run around vengeful party leadership. Crist’s situation is the exact
opposite. Crist has displayed a remarkable affinity to act grossly
counter to the ideology of his base. Arguably worse, he has amply
evidenced being devoid of any worthy ideology foundation, much less that of a
Republican. In fact, his more recent actions demonstrate a crass streak of opportunism
that does not well-serve Florida, and not even Crist himself. His deportment left Florida
Republican leaders with no alternative but to seek another candidate to
support as the Republican senatorial candidate. And, they chose well. Marco
Rubio’s small government, less tax ideology is well known. Voters well know
his support of abolition of the real estate tax. Something that voters will
be reminded of as they receive their tax bill around election time. And,
there is no doubt that a Senator Rubio will embrace undoing Obamacare, as
opposed to embracing Obama himself. Speculatively, Crist may well
find that, contrary to public comments, a sufficient number of truly
competent teachers and school administrators, those whose
expertise affords them the security of having nothing to fear from being
unshackled from the adverse chains of tenure, will take umbrage at Crist's
denying them the bonuses their competence merits. They surely will not vote
for Crist. Charlie, your situation is the
converse of Lieberman's, and so will be the outcome. An outcome that will
leave you with no latitude for political recovery. |
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