In 08 the GOP threw my conservative freshman congressman overboard after he voted against TARP both times. The NRCC stripped him of funds along with Michele Bachmann, Virgil Goode and a couple of others calling them “lost cause races”.
My congressman lot by a whopping 2 points in a consistent GOP district. Bachmann pulled out a win and Goode obviously lost. The Democrat I was stuck with for 2 years then proceeded to vote for Obamacare.
Fortunately we returned my former congressman to Washington against party wishes in 2010 and this year he won the primary with nearly 75% of the votes and the democrats are running a placeholder campaign that they don’t appear to expect to win.
Moderates are lying, manipulative, bottom feeding scum. They will hand a race to the democrats just so they can say they told you so and run someone even further left next time.
Thanks for the info, CC. In fact, if you don’t mind, I’d like to use the info about your congressman as some supporting data for an article I’m planning to write today or tomorrow which will be specifically about the GOP-E kneecapping conservative candidates.