There is a new rule in play

Have you heard the latest? Christine O'Donnell "dabbled" in witchcraft in her youth! Unimpressed? Yeah, me too. Heck, from ages eighteen to twenty I was a Democrat. Really. We all did stupid things in our youth and then we grew up. I mean, I assume that Obama no longer does cocaine or hangs out with Marxist professors (unless they've been invited to a beer summit, of course).

In any case I fail to see the big deal. Being a witch (sic) certainly hasn't hurt certainly hasn't Madams Pelosi and Boxer.

Dems, and apparently some establishment Republicans, are desperate to talk about anything other than O'Donnell's stands on the issues. Those of us in the hoi polloi class care about things like taxes and Cap & Trade. Our betters, who are now leading the Leftist charge against O'Donnell, care more about who would fit in at the Cotillion than nonsense like voting records. Oh, they say that they would vote for O'Donnell if they could but something doesn't quite ring true. Maybe it is their willingness to play waterboy for the other side.

If, like me, you are sick to death of hearing about the Buckley Rule, Prof. Jacobson suggests something a bit more appropriate to the times-The Lombardi Rule:

And we call the Democrats elitist snobs? Stop being so damn selfish. November is not about who was right or wrong in the primaries. If Castle had won, O'Donnell supporters would have rallied around him, or at least kept their mouths shut.

Quin Hillyer and Mary Katherine Ham have advised that there not be a conservative blog war, because we have more important things to do right now. Fine, the perps have been called out already and it is time to rally around the effort.

Now that the general election primary is over, so too is the Buckley Rule. Please take notice that the Lombardi Rule is in effect:

“The object is to win fairly, by the rules – but to win.”

So [names of conservative blogs and pundits still dumping on O'Donnell deleted], get over it and get to work defeating Democratic rubber-stamp hack Chris Coons.

Because, as Hillyer says, "[w]e are fighting for our country here."

And winning that fight in November is all that matters.

Sounds about right to me. I love a good fight and while I'd rather save my focus for those on the Left I can broaden my view. But if winning is what we are about then let's join together and win.

Krauthammer wants to win unless it means backing O'Donnell

Writing in the Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer repeats his words from his appearance on the O’Reilly Factor last night:

If DeMint and Palin want to show that helping O'Donnell over the top -- she won late and by six points -- wasn't a capricious spreading of fairy dust, perhaps they should go to Delaware now and get her elected to the Senate.

You made it possible. Now make it happen. I would be happy to be proved wrong about O'Donnell's electability -- I want Republicans to win that 51st seat. Stay in Delaware and show us you were right. The beaches are said to be lovely in the fall.

Absolutely right-DeMint and Palin should help O’Donnell out in Delaware. So should Krauthammer. If I am understanding his position, he is saying that we Republicans have a duty to the party to ignore our conscience and vote for the most conservative candidate who is electable. In fact, I believe that I have been reminded of “Buckley’s Rule” at least fifty times in the last week. Unfortunately, Mr. Buckley is not here to ask if his rule still applies when the most conservative candidate electable is, say, about as conservative as Alan Grayson. But beyond that, who gets to decide who is electable? I thought it was the voters but suddenly I am not so sure.

In any case, Krauthammer claims that he wants to see a Republican takeover of the Senate. If this really is the case, shouldn’t he now be supporting O’Donnell with every fiber of his being? Remember, it is all about “The Party”, conscientious objections do not apply.

Granted, I do not have Krauthammer’s vast experience but I have been able to pick up on some hints that Christine O’Donnell is most certainly electable. The Dems, rather than talking about Stimulus, are prattling on about stimulation. If reaching back to the 90’s to find O’Donnell talking about masturbation doesn’t smack of desperation I don’t know what does.

Deeming O’Donnell unelectable assumes that people in Delaware prefer to pay high taxes, prefer government intervention to self-determination and prefer the collective to the individual. That may turn out to be the case but it is not a foregone conclusion. Dr. Krauthammer is a man of considerable oratory talents. He should put those talents to good use and help us get O’Donnell elected. Surely he would rather O’Donnell win the seat than Coons. Wouldn’t he?

Side note:

No one likes to lose but losing is much, much worse when your own side throws the game. I want to win on immigration but I’ve already got to worry about Graham, Snowe, Collins and McCain (yeah, I know, McCain has changed his position. I’ll believe it when it is put to the vote). I’d much rather take my chances trying to get someone like O’Donnell elected who I know will vote responsibly than back someone like Castle who I know will screw me over the first chance he gets.

Who needs elections?

There is a lesson to be learned from the O'Donnell primary win in Delaware-the voters are idiots and can not be trusted to chose their own representatives.  Obviously fifty-three percent of the Republicans in Delaware have no idea what they have done but fear not, Karl Rove, Charles Krauthhamer and the gentlemen of the Old Boys Club NRSC will set them straight even if it means they hand the Senate seat to the Marxist Coons on a silver platter.  Who in their right mind would listen to "the people", ignorant rabble rousers one and all, when they could so benefit from the guidance of John Cornyn & Co.  After all, it was the NRSC who backed Charlie "Me, Me, Me" Crist in the the Florida republican race for Senate.   Oh, bad example.  Anyway it is clear that we can't have the electorate running about willy nilly making important decisions concerning their own lives.  Let's just do away with elections and allow our betters to what they do best-ignore us.  Ruling by fiat, baby!  That's where its at.