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Why it's so hard for conservatives to unify behind one candidate
CBS News ^ | May 5, 2015 | John Dickerson

Posted on 05/05/2015 6:24:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The field of announced Republican candidates has recently doubled to six, with the entry of Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, and Mike Huckabee. When you add the candidates who are almost certain to soon join the race--Jeb Bush, Gov. Scott Walker, Rick Perry, and Gov. Chris Christie--and the others who might, the field will be big enough to fill an airport shuttle van. The stage at the first Fox News debate in early August will have so many people on it, the organizers may need to put everyone on bleachers.

The Republican presidential pageant is vastly more diverse than the Democratic coronation. The GOP field includes a female CEO, a black surgeon, two Cuban Americans, a lawyer, and a preacher.

This all-but-a-candlestick-maker group is the most robust Republican field in history. But while some Republicans celebrate their diversity and strength, some conservatives see it as a challenge. "If we continue to split the vote, we'll lose to the establishment candidate," says Fran Wendelboe, a former seven-term New Hampshire state representative who now heads an effort to consolidate the conservative vote in the Granite State. Named the 603 Alliance, after the state's area code, the group is committed to picking a Republican candidate who shares its members' views about limited government and who promises to be an executive operating within a strict interpretation of the Constitution. The Alliance hopes to bring candidates together in an October caucus where members will agree to gather behind one horse....

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: huckabee; randpaul; sarahpalin; scottwalker; tedcruz
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1 posted on 05/05/2015 6:24:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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NOT encouraging!

Vander Plaats:

"Hopefully there are enough of us not committed by Thanksgiving to say we can get behind a candidate. If I break early for Huckabee and someone breaks for Santorum and Jindal, we're going to fail by division."

2 posted on 05/05/2015 6:29:20 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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Because we actually consider issues and policies?


3 posted on 05/05/2015 6:29:31 PM PDT by struggle
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And the only ones they mentions are either Rino’s or deceivers.

They don’t mention the one and only “Reagan” conservative. And if you don’t know who it is then there is no hope for you anyways.


4 posted on 05/05/2015 6:29:43 PM PDT by Revel
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My Use of the word “YOU” is a general term applying to ever reads my comment.


5 posted on 05/05/2015 6:30:45 PM PDT by Revel
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CBS is certainly relying on 'conventional wisdom' this time around.

And I don't think it will work for them, either.

Lots of angry conservatives this time.

I'll keep volunteering and sending money to the Cruz campaign because I know for sure who I want to vote for in the primary.

/johnny

6 posted on 05/05/2015 6:31:40 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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I guess because we aren’t a bunch of dumb-arsed Communist MFers who are spoon fed who to vote for, what to think, and how to act by serial killers living in castles.


7 posted on 05/05/2015 6:32:52 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (All the days of my life were written in your book before there was one of them!)
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I think there are instigators who stir the pot.


8 posted on 05/05/2015 6:33:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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CBS news consists of a bunch of weepy eyed charlatans who lack the backbone to get real??!


9 posted on 05/05/2015 6:34:20 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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It’s easy. Cruz or lose! There it’s solved.


10 posted on 05/05/2015 6:35:18 PM PDT by TonyM
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The Cheap Labor Express is funding some of these candidates simply to split the votes up so that an amnesty candidate can be nominated.


11 posted on 05/05/2015 6:36:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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12 posted on 05/05/2015 6:40:41 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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Iowa Caucus Kingmaker Assesses 2016 GOP Field [Read this]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3285641/posts


13 posted on 05/05/2015 6:43:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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He picks Ted Cruz in that article.


14 posted on 05/05/2015 6:44:24 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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Unfortunately, the GOP spells “Unite,” B-U-SH.


15 posted on 05/05/2015 6:47:14 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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Conservatives are free thinkers who choose a candidate based upon principles.

Democrats are tribal thinkers who choose a candidate based upon the ability to gain power.


16 posted on 05/05/2015 6:47:20 PM PDT by jobim
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Liberals are shocked whenever they discover individuals who aren’t hypnotized barely human robots. The libs work so hard to create mindless govt loving sheeple. It’s very disheartening to them to see all that effort come to naught.


17 posted on 05/05/2015 6:47:59 PM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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Ah, See BS. Concern troll is......concerned. How sweet.


18 posted on 05/05/2015 6:48:38 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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the group is committed to picking a Republican candidate who shares its members’ views about limited government and who promises to be an executive operating within a strict interpretation of the Constitution.<<<

if thats true...it's Cruz to Victory....pretty damned simple

19 posted on 05/05/2015 6:51:10 PM PDT by M-cubed
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whats the hurry!??


20 posted on 05/05/2015 6:52:50 PM PDT by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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