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Clint Didier has something that the 10 or so other GOP candidates looking to challenge Patty Murray for the U.S. Senate don’t have… and we’re not talking about Super Bowl rings here.
Support from Sarah Palin.
The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate tweeted “be inspired by patriot running for U.S.Senate to serve his state & our country for all the right reasons!Go #86.”
The number is a reference to Didier’s NFL jersey, not a shout out to Special Agent Maxwell Smart.
This could definitely be considered an up and down week for Didier, with this being the high point, and a news report earlier in the week that the opponent of federal government spending is himself the recipient of some six figures worth of subsidies and other farm program payments from the federal government.
The ever-vigilant Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee took a break from firing volleys at not-yet candidate Dino Rossi to call Didier the “Tea Party candidate.” Which isn’t really a slam in some parts of the state.
Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
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SS98 on May 20 at 1:24 p.m.
Life just got a whole lot harder for Dino Rossi and his establishment Republicans!! Go Palin Go Didier!
PikePlacePete on May 20 at 6:42 p.m.
Palin vs. Didier checklist:
- From a small town? Check! Eltopia has 807 people, or 10,000 less than Wasilla, with a density of 9 people per square mile. Wasilla: 467 people/mile.
- Strong work ethic? Perseverance and determination? Check!
- People tell you that you have no chance? Check!
- The opponent has a war chest and you have grassroots support? Check!
- Won a state championship? Check! (Plus two time Super Bowl champ and coaching two state championships)
- Thinks sports helped define them? Check!
- Wants to bring responsibility and accountability back into the US government? Check!
- Anti-establishment candidate? Check!
- Start with no name recognition? Check!
- Spent time fishing or farming? Check!
- Thinks we have to “clean the crap out” of D.C.? Check!
- Wants to limit government? Thinks that as government grows, liberty fades? Check!
- Went to a small, non-Ivy league school? Check!
- Feels children and grandchildren’s future is at stake? Check!
- Running against the republican favorite? Check!
- Wants to honor the constitution? Check!
- Is against raising taxes? Check!
- Wants to get America back to work with private sector jobs? Check!
- Believes in American exceptionalism? Check!
- Believes in common sense things like you can’t spend your way into prosperity? Check!
- Member of the NRA? Pro life? Support of traditional marriage? Check, check, check!
Gee, you think any of this is why Palin endorsed Didier today?