The scary thing is when people say somebody like this is
unelectable.
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt, a wealthy New Yorker, broke with the Republican «establishment» which he criticized for being in the pocket of big business, and formed the «Bull Moose» Party (which split the vote and paved the way for an otherwise
unelectable Woodrow Wilson).
Rob Boston, of Americans United, tells us that five members of our founding generation — Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine — were so religiously unorthodox as to be
unelectable today.
Just watch this all explode in the republicans» faces for throwing a bunch of
unelectable candidates into the mess too early.
I think Hillary is
unelectable as President.
Nearly half of evangelical voters go for one guy — the most rabid conservative in the bunch — despite the fact that he is highly
unelectable by every reasonable measure.
However, he has also denied evolution, called Obamacare «the worst thing since slavery» and also compared homosexuality to bestiality, positions that make him largely
unelectable in a general election.
Corbyn is not only
unelectable but is unable to respond to the new public mood.
Central to the Tory election campaign is the idea that Miliband is simply
unelectable as prime minister.
New Labour figures believe any move to the left makes the party
unelectable, but many figures in the party think voters need a decisive break with the past if they are to put their faith in Labour again.
Hillary Clinton: positively pandering, definitely duplicitous, ultimately
unelectable: http://theseedsof9-11.com
If Corbyn is «
unelectable», what does that make Dugdale, who came third behind the Tories and lost her own constituency?
«It is self - evident today and broadly accepted that the NPP is
unelectable party for a very long time.
So, will the austerity programme of the Cameron Government make the Tories
unelectable for a generation?
Corbyn's opponents hoped his history on the hard left of British politics would convince Labour members that he would be
unelectable as prime minister.
«The Labour party has sponsored a culture of Cash for Influence, and has promoted
unelectable individuals to the peerage so as to get them into the Cabinet.
Moser was viewed as
an unelectable candidate but received a boost in fundraising after the intervention, and advanced to a May 22 runoff.
Well that's pretty much what all the main political parties are doing in the run - up to the general election — thanks to the rise of
unelectable and unaccountable think - tanks.
The real issue is that his strategy makes the party
unelectable because it is in many aspects undesirable.
We all know that Ed Miliband is
unelectable.
This is not a foolproof measure: personal popularity rating can mislead us into thinking a party is
unelectable if its leader is unpopular.
Repeatedly, commentary suggests that Corbyn's sartorial and lifestyle choices make him seem weird — and decidedly
unelectable.
The Dems» fractious online army attempted to pull the party to
the unelectable margins of political debate.
Rather than spend time understanding why they have lost they have embarked on a leadership election campaign in which all four contenders are political nobodies and completely
unelectable.
Mason doesn't say he is
unelectable.
Sarah Palin hinted at a White House run this weekend, when she compared herself to another «
unelectable» politician, Ronald Reagan.
Mr Blanchflower has told the Guardian that Jeremy Corbyn is «absolutely, completely
unelectable» and that Mr Smith gives Labour the best chance of forming a strong opposition at a time of potential economic turbulence.
The constant refrain, Corbyn policies are
unelectable.
Labour ended the campaign running on empty, devoting the final week to trying to persuade voters that
its unelectable opponents could win.
I remember the long haul as Progress dragged the «
unelectable «LP ever rightwards and this has the same ring.
So the fact that De Blasio is incompetent doesn't make
him unelectable.»
Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall and Andy Burnham have all attacked Corbyn's plans, saying they are not credible and will make the party
unelectable.
The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) has sought to downplay the influence of Momentum, portraying it as a collection of fringe radicals who will make the party
unelectable to the more mainstream voter.
Jones resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet, along with dozens of her colleagues, in June 2016 and, in calling Corbyn «
unelectable», also urged him to resign as Labour leader.
One hack suggested that many Labour MPs see the leader as «somewhere between
an unelectable joke and a threat to national security».
Angela Eagle is
an unelectable Blairbot.
In a spirit of non-partisanship I will point out that the Tories have had their share of
unelectable leaders such as IDS and Howard.
Owen Smith is a slightly less
unelectable Blairbot.
Their party was
unelectable when they were led by William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard.
Still waiting for a response to the points made against Corbyn, essentially that it doesn't help those in need of a Labour government to select
an unelectable leader.
He is unfit to lead his party and he is
unelectable by an electorate that has just voted for Brexit.
I am not afraid that Corbyn will lead Britain to similar ruin because he is simply
unelectable.
Nelson got lucky in 2006 when Republicans nominated
the unelectable Katherine Harris.
Bill Clinton wins saying to the left of the party, «You are
unelectable.»
(On the Jeremy Corbyn Facebook page, no one can hear you scream «
unelectable».)
He's rendered
himself unelectable on a national scale - how could he possibly appeal to ANY minorities at his point, including gay people (after his AG Cuccelli wrote a memo essentially saying VA Universities could discriminate against gays?).
«We have
an unelectable leader, and if we lose elections then the price of our failure is paid by the working people of this country and their families who do not have a government to stand up for them.
His statement, in effect declaring Brown
unelectable, will further weaken the prime minister's waning authority and takes the challenge to his leadership to a dangerous level.