[The_Repugnant_Conservative]

After the Mass November results?

How about settling for a TeaParty candidate in the Legislature from the relatively conservative areas of Charlton? Before anyone thinks about trying to win a general election in the Bluest of Blue states.

[paul544]

Agreed. We ditch Brown and that’s a seat we won’t see again for another 40 years. A Tea Party candidate is NOT going to win in Massachusetts. Better to have Brown with us 50% of the time than another Kennedy against us 100%.

[GonzoGOP]

How about settling for a TeaParty candidate in the Legislature from the relatively conservative areas of Charlton? Before anyone thinks about trying to win a general election in the Bluest of Blue states.

Exactly. There are 10 democrat senators up for election in "Red" states that Bush won in 2004. We need to concentrate on winning those. We also have a bunch of Red state RINOs that need to be eliminated. Put solid conservatives in red states seats and the blue state RINOs become unimportant.

However I don't know what Browns conservative rating is at the moment. My theory is that we should apply the Castle rule. Blue state RINOs can be tolerated if they vote with us 75% of the time. If it goes below that (Castle was at 52%) you primary them with the full understanding before hand that you are almost certainly throwing away the seat.