I thought it was her old-fashioned Republican helmet hair style that did her in… although, on 2nd thought, in Dallas that might have been an asset.

Kay was hopelessly disconnected from Texans –a fatal condition. In 2008, she spent a grand total of 19 days in Texas… 7 of those campaigning with GOP candidate John McCain. In 2007, she spent a total of 31 days in Texas. Disconnected. Her claims of “grass roots” were probably astro-turfed in by DC staffers in her Senate office.

Kay doesn’t deserve to represent Texans any more than Hillary Clinton deserved to represent NYers, but there we are… they did it. Crazy politics.

“I wonder what these FF guys do when, confronted with reality, fail to grasp even the basic premise of GOP politics?”

I am really saddened by their inanity. If this is what modern Universities are producing nowadays, (and these are the non-leftists) I think we are doomed.

This Jeb fellow, for example just writes pure drivel and can’t seem to commit to a position. This is because here at FF they are trying to mitigate the raging cognitive dissonance they experience. Jeb wants to write that Perry didn’t win because people found his ideas more in line with theirs. No that can’t be it. Kay Bailey H. had to be a bad candidate and Perry a good one. In other words Texans fell for the better politician.

But still we get mixed messages from this neophyte

“Hutchison failed miserably…”

“failed to gain any traction….”

Hutchison waffled repeatedly

“In the end, Perry easily defeated her…”

All true enough, but conveniently framed as though voters are just drones who are at effect of political campaigns and maneuverings. No mention of their sentiments philosophically or their wariness of KBH’s Washington ways.

But then we get this penultimate concluding sentence that contradicts what came before:

“Hutchison is a talented politician.”

????

She is? No evidence in the article, why is Jeb covering his butt here?

Then he says, ” Maybe she will learn and be ready for prime time next go round.”

I’m sorry Jeb, KBH is a seasoned pol. The problem is she is closer to a statist Republican than a conservative, and that’s why she was rejected.

By the way, spot-on with the take down of Jeb Golinkin’s “prediction” that it’d be a Perry-Kay run off, thereby cementing a FF favorite opine that the Tea Party Movement is dooming the GOP. No word yet on whether or not the FF’ites will acknowledge the Perry win… it’s a Hutchison loss, note that for the irony.

I wonder what these FF guys do when, confronted with reality, fail to grasp even the basic premise of GOP politics? When it happens to the farLeft trolls here, they slink away or invent yet another fake-named troll to echo up their sentiment.

Jeb and Alex and others need to find some time, spend it with real GOPers and learn something insightful about the Party.

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CentristNyer snarls and spits: “Hutchison is Texas’s Martha Coakley”.

Well, as in a big political loser –sure.

But Kay didn’t ask the Obami to send in some Chicago Thugs to rough up the press like Martha did.

Kay didn’t ask the Obami to send in some ACORN-Part 2 “activists” to stuff the registration box, fake ballots and pay-off voters with food, free rides, rap CDs, tshirts, blankets, new b’ball shoes for the family kids, etc.

And, as far as I know, Kay didn’t suspend recording campaign contributions and identifying information about the contributors –nor did she rack up massive contributions from untraceable foreign sources– like Obama did and then share the fruits of those ill-gotten gains with Martha and the Massachusetts Dem Party federal PAC.

Kay is nothing like Martha Coakley –nor was her campaign team but nice try to smear her with that tag, CentristNyer.

The Hutchison campaign team have a conscience and moral standing enough to tell the Big Chicago Thugs to stay home, keep the thugs politics out of Texas; no Obami need apply.

In case you policy wonks aren’t aware TMZ is a real fun source for all your moderate centrist Republican gossip.

Seems a grandson of Ronald Reagan, believe it or not, SMOKES POT! Can you imagine? What will that do to Reagan’s legacy? It’s a SCANDAL I tell you!

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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Ronald Reagan’s grandson after dude blew off a court date for a marijuana arrest … an arrest that flew right under the radar.

TMZ has learned Cameron Reagan was arrested on November 9, 2009 after cops pulled the 31-year-old over for speeding in Malibu.

According to the arrest report, cops say they found weed in Cameron’s car and arrested him for marijuana possession.

Cameron was set to be arraigned on January 8th but never showed up … so the judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

And get this — just one day before his scheduled hearing, Cameron was arrested for that whole panic button incident at his parents’ home … where he allegedly cussed out cops and resisted arrest.

A rep for the Reagan family had no comment.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/02/cameron-reagan-ronald-reagan-arrest-warrant/#ixzz0h826cKy3

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Commencing its 150th anniversary celebrations on the back of the Tiger Woods sex scandal might have made some executives at Tag Heuer nervous but there were positives and negatives to this association, the company’s chief executive Jean-Christophe Babin says.

Woods sits alongside the likes of actor Leonardo DiCaprio, tennis star Maria Sharapova and motor racing champion Lewis Hamilton as a brand ambassador for the luxury watchmaker. When the news of his car crash and the subsequent allegations of his multiple extramarital affairs broke, Tag Heuer, like Nike, stood-by the golfer.

Taking a position early and communicating this to the market, plus not relying on one celebrity for promotional work, helped to minimise the impact of the scandal on the brand, Babin said.
Formula One driver Clay Regazzoni was a Tag Heuer ambassador in 1974 and wore one of the original Silverstone watches. Click for more photos

Formula One driver Clay Regazzoni was a Tag Heuer ambassador in 1974 and wore one of the original Silverstone watches.

* Formula One driver Clay Regazzoni was a Tag Heuer ambassador in 1974 and wore one of the original Silverstone watches.
* The new edition Silverstone watch. It will come in blue and brown in a limited release of 3000. The price is $8795.
* The dial of the limited edition Silverstone.
* The back casing of the limited editon Silverstone.
* Part of the Formula One ladies watch series, co-designed by Maria Sharapova. This steel, ceramic and diamond edition costs $3595.
* The Formula One steel and ceramic watch, $1595.
* Tag Heuer limited edition Monaco V4, $125,000.
* The inner workings of the Tag Heuer Calibre 1887 chronograph.

“Very quickly we have taken sides,” Babin said. “We stay with him but, as he wants more privacy and as he won’t play for a while, in the countries where the issue is quite sensitive we won’t use him much.”

Consequently, in the US, Woods’s image has been removed from the company’s advertising. However, it remains on the Tag Heuer website and, in China, use of it has been increased.

“In China conversely you have Tag Heuer with Tiger Woods everywhere because [with] the Chinese it rather increases their esteem,” he said. “In China, by tradition, your success is measured by your number of mistresses.”

Victor Stango and Christopher Knittel, economics professors from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis, said the scandal cost shareholders of Woods’s sponsors up to $US12 billion ($13.5 billion).

They looked at the shareholder returns for eight of Woods’s sponsors – although not Tag Heuer – comparing them with the performance of the stockmarket as a whole plus that of those companies’ major competitors.

“Our analysis makes clear that, while having a celebrity of Tiger Woods’s stature as an endorser has undeniable upside, the downside risk is substantial too,” Stango said.

But Babin said Tag Heuer’s experience differed. He said the company gained market share in December and sales of the one product Woods co-designed, the golf watch, had the highest sales ever in that month.

“I can tell you, on Tiger, there is zero damage,” he said. “So I don’t know how they calculated that [figure]. Yes we received some letters off angry people because we are siding by Tiger so the question is, were they Tag Heuer users or not? Most were not. Would they ever acquire Tag Heuer? Most not as well.”

Surviving the financial crisis

The scandal topped off a challenging year for Tag Heuer, courtesy of the global financial downturn. Figures on the Swiss watchmaking industry as a whole showed that total watch exports from that country fell by 22.3 per cent last year.

Yet, in Australia, sales still grew, although Babin said this was in single digits not double digits, as had been experienced in previous years.

“Generally speaking most markets suffered last year,” he said. “Some have bounced back already spectacularly. China is a good example.”

Growing a lifestyle brand

Despite the financial uncertainly, Tag Heuer progressed with expansion plans, launching the limited edition Monaco V4 watch last October, which retails for $125,000.

In January it opened a new boutique in Melbourne’s Collins Street and launched the Formula One women’s collection. This was co-designed by Sharapova and features both stainless steel and ceramic.

Its desire to grow into a lifestyle brand has caused the offerings to diverge from its mainstay of watches to include men’s glasses, women’s sunglasses and mobile phones.

Babin aims to challenge Vertu for the position of leader in the luxury mobile market, with plans to launch a new phone – possibly a smartphone – in the next 18 months. Competition in this sector will also come from luxury fashion brands Dolce & Gabbana and Versace.

“It is not enough to have a name, it has to be consistent with your DNA,” he said. “So for Tag Heuer I mean, made from technology and design and being so close to watchmaking … it is legitimate.

“I have never had a retailer or consumer saying ‘Tag Heuer mobile, why?’ It looks obvious to people. I am not sure with a fashion brand it’s so obvious.”

Timepieces for the collector

New watch releases planned for its 150th anniversary will pay tribute to the company’s long tradition of watchmaking.

“There are some pieces that will be revivals of some of the more emblematic models of our history,” Babin said. “The first one is the Silverstone that will hit the market probably around Basel [World] time.”

The Silverstone was first launched in 1974 and was unique at this time because of its square face. In searching for models to revive for the anniversary, Tag Heuer monitored the most popular websites and blogs for collectors and found the Silverstone was the Tag Heuer model most people wanted to see revived.

Collectors will have to wait until March, when the watch and jewellery show Basel World is held, to get their hands on this limited edition timepiece.

“It is one of the most sought-after vintages because the production in the ’70s was very, very few, [and so] collectors are crazy about it,” Babin said.

“We have tried to make an exact replica even though quality wise and performance wise it’s a watch of the 21st century.”

Also being re-released this year is the Calibre 1887, which pays homage to the oscillating pinion, one of Tag Heuer’s biggest contributions to watch making.

With the company giving Woods privacy to deal with his personal problems, his involvement with the 150th anniversary celebrations is unclear.

However, Babin is certain of one thing – when he does return, it will be huge.

“As a global brand it would have been stupid to stop partnering with him because he still is and will remain for the next 10 years the best golfer ever, that’s for sure,” he said.

“He will resume golfing and when he will resume golfing it will be one of the biggest media [buzzes] ever.”

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana-born porn star who was flirting with a run for the U.S. Senate from her home state will announce “very soon” whether she’s really going to make the 2010 race against incumbent David Vitter, her political spokesman says.

Stormy Daniels has had little to say about the race since summer. She continues to promote her adult entertainment ventures and personal appearances online. But, as of Monday, the political Web site set up to promote and fund a possible candidacy, http://www.teamstormy.com, had not been updated in over six months and there hadn’t been a TeamStormy “tweet” on Twitter since last August. Louisiana’s Secretary of State still lists the Stormy Daniels Senate Exploratory Committee, a limited liability corporation formed in May, as being in good standing with the state but it’s unclear whether it has been doing fund raising or other political activity.

She acknowledged last year that she has not lived in the state for years. There is no sign she has re-established residency, which would be required for a Senate run.

Daniels didn’t respond to a request for an interview. Brian Welsh, the Democratic operative listed as an officer in the exploratory committee, said in response to an e-mail query that there will be an official statement about her plans “very soon” but he gave no specific date.

In July, Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) was arrested in Tampa, Fla., after her husband told police that she hit him several times during a dispute about laundry and unpaid bills. Charges were later dropped.

Daniels committed to neither a candidacy, nor a political party during appearances in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Shreveport and Delhi last year. She touched lightly on issues, discussing support for a national sales tax and support for troops in the Middle East, while pushing to remove child pornography from the Internet and keep minors from viewing adult material.

She said at the time that she had decided to explore a possible run after a movement was started by fans. The Draft Stormy movement arose after the phone number of incumbent Sen. David Vitter was linked to a Washington prostitution ring in 2007. Daniels was not involved in that scandal. And though the draft movement was seen as an attempt to embarrass Vitter, she said that was not her purpose in exploring a candidacy.

Vitter has refused to discuss the scandal, other than to confess to a “serious sin.” His career does not appear to be suffering: with a healthy campaign war chest he is widely seen as the frontrunner in the Senate race. U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon of Napoleonville, a Democrat, is also running for the seat.

Do you INTENTIONALLY miss my points? I am beginning to think there is nothing I can say that you won’t take the wrong way (kinda like my first wife)

Anyway the point was not that sex is bad or that conservatives shouldn’t enjoy sex, but that this blog is desperate for attention and is fixated on fringe and nonpolitical stories that have to do with sex and scandal. It is interesting that someone like David Frum who purports to be a serious man with serious thoughts, has so much drivel on his website. If Frum wants to go that direction he’s failing because it just can’t compete with real erotic and pornographic web sites. I am also implying that the fixation of whoever posts on this website on these types of stories is indicative of some UNFULFILLED need, and I am suggesting that that person would do well to fulfill it rather than have his/her repressed interests distort the supposed political nature of this blog by skewed editorial content.

“Conservatives don’t have to act like prudes and celibate monks out of monasteries.
Conservatives can enjoy sex too, you know.”

When I want erotica, I don’t go to either Frum or Gingrich, do you?

Conservatives don’t have to act like prudes and celibate monks out of monasteries.
Conservatives can enjoy sex too, you know.

“Suddenly the pouting sex kitten gave way to Diana the Huntress. She rolled onto to him and somehow was sitting athwart his chest, her knees pinning his shoulders. ‘Tell me, or I will make you do terrible things,’ she hissed.”
— “1945,” by Newt Gingrich

Let them blow their own country up, fly their own planes into IRS buildings, torture their own citizens and go to war as and when they liked, just leave the rest of us out of it.