Democrat Senate Panic: Gardner Makes A Total Of 14 Democratic Seats Vulnerable

Hugh Hewitt.com ^ | February 27,2014 | Hugh Hewitt

[Red Steel]

There are good chances to take out RINOs in the primaries. O’Connell and Cornyn come to mind.

[nascarnation]

Just be sure your RINO replacement doesn't get bushwhacked by the MSM on the road to November.

[JSDude1]

http://gregbrannon.com/

[Red Steel]

From RedState,

"When asked by RedState about the race switch, Ken Buck said, “I think Cory has the best chance to beat Senator Udall. But I still want to go to Washington D.C. and address the issues I have talked about in my campaign. That’s why I decided to run for the House.”

As for RedState, at this point we are not ready to endorse in the Senate race given Buck’s departure. A Gardner candidacy has its positives and would be a marked upgrade on Mark Udall, but as Senator he most likely would not be the sort of firebrand conservative fighter that Cruz or Lee are. Gears are already turning in Buck’s favor within the conservative organizations that play in House races. Sources have confirmed that groups such as Madison Project and Club for Growth are already preparing the back Buck in a run Additionally, all the funds that Ken Buck raised in his Senate campaign is now transferable to his eventual congressional campaign.

Colorado’s 4th Congressional District is R+11 according to the latest Cook PVI, one of the safest seats in the country for Republicans. Ken Buck’s brand of politics fits the district well. And should he win the seat, which he no doubt would, he would be well positioned to take on Bennett in a 2016 Senatorial rematch. "

http://www.redstate.com/2014/02/26/cory-gardner-senate-ken-buck-switches-house-run/

Whatever R+11 means. Looks to be ok.

[Two Kids' Dad]

R+11 means that there’s an 11% advantage for Republicans.

[Viennacon]

They’re in deep trouble

[Viennacon]

Oh, and Hewitt needs a raincheck if he think we’ll allow Kingston to win the Georgia primary

[Viennacon]

I wish. Senator Steyn.

[Viennacon]

Which is why the red state primaries are VITAL. Cochran in Mississippi the one to watch

[Viennacon]

Never going to happen unless you take out every establishmentarian this cycle, a full sweep Cornyn/Cochran/McConnell/Graham/Alexander which is unlikely. Much more likely we could get someone conservative like Inhofe in there.

[Viennacon]

Not much of an opposition. Tennant is further behind in WV than Windy Davis is in Texas.

[BillyBoy]

>> As for RedState, at this point we are not ready to endorse in the Senate race given Buck’s departure. <<

Good, because most of the Senate candidates that have been endorsed by Erick Erickson and/or "RedState" in the primary have lived up to the website's name, and caused their state to go communist. We're stuck with uber-RINO Comrade Kirk until 2016, after RedState endorsed him and drank the kool-aid that Kirk was a "fiscal conservative" who will be "with us when it counts"

Seriously though, I'm very relived we won't be stuck with Ken Buck as the GOP nominee in CO (and I'm sure RedState is crying about it because of their delusion that he could win statewide). Unfortunately its too late to follow suit in Illinois and replace Oberweis with a viable conservative like Congressman Roskam for the U.S. Senate race.

[Viennacon]

There is one in North Carolina who I think will beat RINO Tillis in the primary. Greg Brannon. Rand has endorsed him. He’d be solid, and he has a huge network int he state.

[Viennacon]

No, Gardner is a 71% rating conservative, but most of his bad ratings are for farming subsidy votes. He’d be acceptable for Colorado.

[Viennacon]

Glad we’ll see Buck in congress. He’s okay in my book.

[Viennacon]

Oberweiss still has to beat Truax, who I don’t know enough about.

[BillyBoy]

>> Oberweiss still has to beat Truax, who I don’t know enough about. <<

That's true, but since Truax is unknown, I can't put him in the category of a Cory Gardner. That's why I said a candidate like Peter Roskam would be ideal, except no prominent conservative has run.

The good news is that Truax has updated his website, and he appears to be pretty clearly conservative (pro-life, pro-gun, anti-illegal, etc.) so he's not another Sauerberg (Durbin's laughable 2008 opponent whose "positions" on the issues were things like "government shouldn't waste money" and "corruption is bad") He also has a "twelve reasons" section why we should nominate him over Oberweis, and most of it is very valid, IMO (military vet, married to the same woman for 22 years, lacks all the baggage Oberweis has from the gaffe's in his previous campaigns, etc.)

http://www.dougtruax.com/issues/

http://www.dougtruax.com/twelvereasons/

I agree with Impy on this one. Even if Truax has a 1% chance of beating Durbin, it's better than Oberweis' 0%. Though I imagine Erick Erickson and his friends at MarxistState prefer Oberweis because he's more of a "fighter" (e.g. gets in front of TV cameras and tells them what they want to hear)

[Viennacon]

Truax is far better than the other ‘business’ candidate we have running this cycle, up in Minnesota. McFadden who is mentioned by Hewitt is essentially Susan Collins lite! I hope he goes down in flames in the MN primary, but the choice of Kurt freakin’ Bills in 2012 to face Klobuchar makes me pessimistic.

[Red Steel]

I agree.

[RinaseaofDs]

Because of 6 and 14, we’ll have to win more seats for it to matter.