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Ned Ryun:
A former presidential writer for George W. Bush and son of former
U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun, Ned Ryun is currently the head of American
Majority (www.americanmajority.org), a national organization committed to identifying and
training liberty‐minded leaders. Ned was the co‐founder and former director of the Generation Joshua
program. Ned earned degrees in English and History from the University of Kansas and has co‐authored
Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run with his father and
his twin brother, Drew. Ned and his wife, Becca, reside in Northern
Virginia with their sons, Nathaniel and James. The views expressed on this blog are solely those held by Ned Ryun and do not necessarily represent the views of his current or previous employers.
The Ned Lamont Example
Anyone remember Ned Lamont? Powered by the far left progressive movement who despised Joe Lieberman, Lamont beat Joe in the Democrat Senate primary last year. Lamont’s campaign was driven, and made successful, by a highly motivated, but small percentage of the Democrat Party. Lamont, due to traditionally low turn-out in primaries, beat Joe. And then Joe turned around and ran as an independent and destroyed Lamont in the general. I think it provides a very valuable lesson: Candidates driven by a highly motivated, small base can win primaries, but they can’t win generals. I make this point because Huckabee’s rise in the polls is driven by a highly motivated, but small percentage of the Republican base. I have a hard time believing that he can actually pull in enough of the independent voters, moderate GOPers, etc. I honestly think that in a general, if it’s Obama vs. the Huckster, Obama peels off the moderate GOP vote and independents.
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