Pierce-ing Posts (050106)

This is the final edition of Pierce-ing Posts. It will be updated throughout the day and kept at the top as new info, news, and posts come in.

Right on the Right — Cast Your Vote for Bill Pierce

Saturday, Right on the Right Published the Pierce Principles, and explained why Mike DeWine should not continue: “DeWine has served as a key ally for the Democratic Party, and has assisted in the filibuster of Conservative judicial nominees. He supports amnesty, won’t allow drilling in ANWR, and really “brings home the pork” for Ohio. By pork, I mean excess spending that’s driving our nation bankrupt.”

That Ridiculous Dispatch Poll

NixGuy makes some excellent points about yesterday’s Dispatch poll on the race, especially in comparison to the one from a month ago. His biggest one: Undecideds went from 34% to zero. So everyone has made up their minds? That is patently absurd. What’s more, the poll shows no undecideds in any race!

The larger point: Nobody really knows where anyone stands in the GOP US Senate race, and if anyone is telling you they do know, they’re not tellling the truth. Vote for conservative principles. Vote for Pierce.

CQ Politics’ Absurd Assessment

Near the bottom at the link:

DeWine is being challenged by William G. Pierce, an engineer and teacher, and David R. Smith, a financial manager and frequent candidate for office. He dodged a much tougher contest. Though generally a reliable vote for the Republican leadership, DeWine has strayed on some social and environmental issues: That led some Ohio conservatives to try to recruit a serious primary challenger, but they failed to do so.

Nonetheless, the Republican primary returns will be watched for any signs of disenchantment with DeWine among conservative voters.

When was this effort “to try to recruit a serious primary challenger”? I must have missed it….. the one person I can think of who might have been seen by some poor misguided souls as a “serious challenger” backed out when the supposedly “non-serious challengers” wouldn’t budge. In light of what has happened in the intervening five months, you don’t even want to think about what a disaster it would have been for conservatives if that person had run.

More Pre-Election Prose and Reax

• Made 4 the Internet — “Ohio can no longer afford the liberal policies of Mike DeWine. Ohio can no longer afford the weak-spined defense of American liberty. Now is the time to elect William Pierce. A man of principle and integrity, Mr. Pierce has experienced the clumsy fist of government and understands the seemingly insurmountable pile of regulations men like Mike DeWine and his Democrat friends have placed upon the back of the common man.”
• The Conservatorium of Conservatism is on board, more because of being anti-DeWine than being pro-Pierce (that’s OK, we can work on changing that starting on Wednesday) — “o I am officially declaring my support for the Pierce campaign, not because I have some wonderful faith in him, but because at the very least I need to pick a candidate to send a message to corrupt and power-hungry senators. The best candidate to send the message, I believe, is Bill Pierce.”
• Black Swamp Conservative formalizes his Pierce endorsement.

Right Angle Blog Is All Over the Election-Eve Posts

He refers over to this post, to NixGuy’s Dispatch critique, and to the FreeRepublic post on DeWine’s Rumsfeld-bashing. Yeow.

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NOTE: I have endorsed Bill Pierce for Senate, and have provided nominal financial support for his campaign. BizzyBlog is a member of Blogs for Pierce.