For Tea Party, Focus Turns to Senate and Shake-Up

The New York Times ^ | May 12, 2012 | JENNIFER STEINHAUER and JONATHAN WEISMAN

[Clintonfatigued]

Richard E. Mourdock, who last week defeated Senator Richard G. Lugar, a six-term incumbent, promises to bring an uncompromising ideology to Capitol Hill if he prevails in November. And he is not the only Senate candidate who contends that Senate Republicans are badly in need of new blood.

In Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas, Republican Senate candidates are vying for the mantle of Tea Party outsider. A number of them say that they would seek to press an agenda that is generally to the right of the minority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and that they would demand a deeper policy role for the Senate’s growing circle of staunch conservatives.

Some say they have not decided whether they would support Mr. McConnell, who could find himself contending with the type of fractious rank and file that has vexed the House speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio.

“We need to shake up the Republicans,” said Sarah Steelman, the Missouri state treasurer, who is seeking her party’s nomination to run against Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat. Asked if that meant new leadership in the Senate, Ms. Steelman replied, “Possibly.”

John Brunner, another Missouri candidate, said conservatives needed to have a louder voice in the Senate leadership. “When you bring more people to the team, it raises the bar for everyone,” he said. Referring to Mr. McConnell, he added, “There could be people up there who could be sputtering now who could take it up a notch.”

Representative Todd Akin, a third Missouri Senate hopeful, said, “I haven’t made any commitments to anybody, and they haven’t made very many commitments to me either.”

Deb Fischer, who is seeking the Republican Senate nomination in Nebraska, said, “I don’t think anything is automatic."

[Clintonfatigued]

This is where the conservative grass roots need to focus its resources now, the key Senate and House primaries in solid Republican constituancies. The following races bear support

NE- Deb Fischer (Senate)
AR- Beth Anne Rankin (House)
KY- Thomas Massie (House)
TX- Ted Cruz (Senate)
TX- Michael Williams (House)
TX- Randy Jackson (House)
UT- Dan Liljenquist (Senate)
GA- Martha Zoller (House)
AZ- Wil Cardon (Senate)
MI- Jack Hoogendyk (House)
LA- Jeff Landry (House)

[Parley Baer]

I agree now that the Presidential battle is pretty much over lets focus on the Senate and House races. Go Tea Party.

[Zeppo]

So the NY Times is suddenly concerned over the potential election of a Senator with an ‘uncompromising ideology’?

Oh, my bad, they love Senators who have an ‘uncompromising ideology’, they just can’t stomach it if that ideology is conservative...

[SMGFan]

@freenytimes twitter is this link only a few free visits a month

http://is.gd/CJSGfl

[GeronL]

big bump

[House Atreides]

I would add to your list:

MO- Sarah Steelman (Senate)

WI - Neumann (Senate)

I have one significant difference with you and that is Arizona. I think conservatives should support Jeff Flake. His opponent (Wil Cardon) in the Republican primary is a wealthy individual who had put over $4 million of his own funds into his race. Despite that, Cardon polls behind the individual who will be the Democratic opponent in the Senate race.

Jim DeMint had endorsed Jeff Flake and everything I’ve seen on Flake indicates he would be a reliably conservative Senator.

[fieldmarshaldj]

With respect to Congressman Jeff Landry, who was gerrymandered out of his old district to appease the shrinkage of the LA delegation, he’d probably be better off shifting attention to a Senate run for 2014 against Landrieu (not to say he shouldn’t try to win the current House primary, but that he’s got a bigger and better destiny).

[fieldmarshaldj]

Flake is piss-poor on the biggest issue facing Arizonans... border issues.

[upchuck]

Contrary to what you read everywhere (in the LSM), the Tea Party is NOT dead.

Our strength and numbers may appear to be less than in the past. But that is ONLY because the LSM is afraid of us.

How many articles have you read where a Tea Partier says, “Yeah, I was a Tea Partier back in 2010, but not any more”? NONE! Believe me, if there were folks saying stuff like this the LSM would be trumpeting it everywhere.

Go Tea Party!!

[MattinNJ]

I was bummed when I got moved into Leonard Lance (RINO NJ House member) until a Tea partier, David Larsen, seems to be gaining traction. Any word on him.

[RedMDer]

Click

[Graewoulf]

First Bachmann wins the Iowa Straw Poll. Then Romney wins the early count of the Iowa Caucuses, and within a shake of a lamb’s tail Santorum wins in the late count.

Now an FR article predicts that Ron Paul will have the majority of voting delegates from Iowa.

If Paul’s plan to cut 1 TRILLION dollars in year-to-year Federal spending, AND abolish 5 Federal Departments are the main reasons for Iowa Delegates to thaw out their opposition to Paul, then it might later be said that “the way Iowa goes, so goes the Nation.”

BTW, “T” is for Texas, Tampa and those of us who are TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!”

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Here are some more reasons to vote for Ron Paul in the remaining Primary elections:

1.) It will drive the Liberal Agenda Media (LAM) and their Rove-style political consultants NUTS!

2.) It will deny statistical support to Romney.

3.) It could result in an OPEN Convention in Tampa.

4.) It would irritate the snot out of the GOP-E.

5.) It will put the GOP-E on notice that we think that their RINO Party has done NOTHING since we sent 89 TEA Party men and women to the US Congress in 2010.

6.) An OPEN Convention is our ONLY chance of a successful DUMP ROMNEY campaign.

7.) A superb, true “Dark Horse” Republican Nominee needs an OPEN Convention to replace Romney.

BTW, did I mention the sheer joy of watching the GOP-Endorsers publicly eating crow?

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What the Liberal Agenda Media has never figured out, is that the 2012 National Election will be the last National Election where Campaign topics other than the National Debt will be debated again.

IOW, when the grim reaper of financial reality forces Federal Politicians in “both” parties to pay the US Bond owners before payments to our Entitlement recipients, it will terminate discussion on the main topics that we chatter about so far in 2012.

This National election is all about the money, your grandchildren’s descendant’s money.

Ron Paul is to old and to disliked as being different from what most voters picture a US President to look and sound like to win the Nomination.

HOWEVER, Ron Paul as an Anbody-but-Romney candidate in Tampa is our last, best chance to have an OPEN Convention in Tampa, and for that alone he deserves our Primary voter support.

Paul has soldiered on through this entire Primary Campaign. Let us help him establish a beachhead on the Shores of Tampa!

My Favorite Dark Horse was R Sc US Senator Jim DeMint, but I have been told by those in the know that Jim will not run for POTUS.

Fortunately, there are many other great potential nominees who would be far more acceptable to us than any of the Primary Candidates so far, but a “Dump Romney” action requires an OPEN Convention.

For those who object to Paul as a Nominee, then treat him as a tired old political soldier who will, with our help, win the Battle to achieve an OPEN Convention in Tampa.

THEN the delegates can win the War, and choose the best Nominee to solve our National Debt Problem.

Remember, this election is all about the money, your grandchildren’s descendant’s money - - - - .

What is the best way that you can use your Primary vote to help the financial future of YOUR descendants?

[editor-surveyor]

>> “2.) It will deny statistical support to Romney.” <<

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And that is an outcome we all can cheer.

[editor-surveyor]

This year, primary them all!

[editor-surveyor]

>> “now that the Presidential battle is pretty much over...” <<

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A RINO opinion if ever there was one.
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[Parley Baer]

I will be voting for Newt in the California primary. You are entitled to your misinformed opinion. It is the Internet after all.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “6.) An OPEN Convention is our ONLY chance of a successful DUMP ROMNEY campaign.” <<

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Get’er done!

[editor-surveyor]

Noot rolled over.

Paul could actually win here in California, and that would derail Romney thoroughly. The movement is gaining steam, even though Paul has zero chance of being the nominee, all now recognize that our only chance in november is to replace Romney with a Republican.
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[Graewoulf]

Think about it: which would the Body Politic, (i.e., the interlocked Liberal Agenda Media, Democrats and RINOs), find easier to attack, marginalize and ignore?

1.) A single topic attack on them?

OR

2.) A multi-topic attack on them?

Now that their 80 + year Keynesian Rule of us has finally run out of money, we Financial Conservatives know that we have circled the prey and stand ready to attack.

AAHHHHHHRRRRLLLLWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Necessary to our attack is the attack from as many other types of Conservatives as possible. The more “hot-button” attacks, the better. Multi-pronged beats single-pronged attacks every time!

Presently the arrogant Democrats either ignore all Conservatives, try to marginalize us as “A vast, Right-Wing Conspiracy,” or accuse us of being villains, mainly through the Court of Public Opinion which is owned by the Liberal Agenda Media, (LAM).

My overarching point is that politicians come and go, political parties come and go, but the thinking that supports the idea that it is SANE to spend more money this year than was taken in as income last year remains entrenched in the policies of the Body Politic, which is the inter-dependant linkage of the LAM, Dems, RINOs, and most importantly you and I as voters.

Support and vote for who you want to, but before you do look into the eyes of your children and grandchildren and tell them that because of you voting or not voting, THEY will have to work a large part of each of their work days for the rest of their lives to pay back principle AND interest to the owners of US Federal Government Bonds that WE sold to give us OUR “Entitlements” of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obama”care,” Unemployment payments to workers out of work, Food Stamps, Housing assistance to Illegal Aliens, Free Hospital “Emergency” Medical and Dental care to Illegal Aliens AND their extended families who continue to live permanently in Mexico, Aid to Dependent Children, No child Left Behind, Federal Aid to Education of Young Socialists, “Free” Student loans to future Federal politicians and bureaucrats, etc., etc., etc.

BTW, to put all of this into perspective, if you are now paying the very low rate of only 10 % Personal Federal Income Tax, then you are currently working every one of your workdays at 10 % X 8 hours = 0.8 hours X 60 minutes = 48 minutes of EVERY work day for The Federal Plantation located at 1600 Plantation Avenue, in the District of Corruption, USSA.

Those 48 minutes per work day feed the Federal Beast for only 60 % of each year, forcing the current Sheriff of Nottingham Timmy Gee to sell more Federal Bonds that HE says that YOUR grandchildren’s descendants will be more than happy to pay off.

Did I just describe a “Bond Bubble?” Obviously not as I am just a marginalized, and ignored member of “The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.”

Yep, Hilly said it before she became Obama’s Secretary of Statements. She knew that eventually we would conspire to replace The Body Politic with a system that works.

You know, the one our Founding Fathers came up with,
and clearly specified in THE US CONSTITUTION.

May God Bless America, again. (This time let us not be allowed to take His blessings for granted).