Posted on 12/12/2013 6:35:29 AM PST by thetallguy24
So Steve Stockman is running for Senate. It’s all over Twitter, it might be all over Facebook depending on what kind of friends you have, and it’s the talk of this town (if you know what I mean). Initial coverage has suggested that the stand-off — between Representative Stockman, the East Texas far-far-right conservative, and Senator John Cornyn, an incumbent whose votes have rankled some Texas tea-party activists — will be another chapter in the nigh-unending saga of tea-party insurrectionists versus the Big Bad Establishment. But it’s actually much more complicated than that.
For one thing, it’s hard to imagine the race being much of a contest. Stockman has just $32,000 cash on hand per his latest filings (and $163,000 in debt). And he’s been beleaguered by allegations of ethics violations since entering office. Plus, with the primary set for March 4, he has less than three months to pull off a statewide victory — or, at least, to win enough votes to send the race to a runoff. So his odds are, uh, less than great.
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I will be active in supporting Abbott and Stockman because they are conservatives.
I am not ANY type of Republican. I am a conservative. The republican party as a whole can pound sand. I support conservatives.
/johnny
Steve Stockman is my Congressman. The only reason I voted for him was because he was NOT a Democrat. He is ethically challenged; and I’m being kind. I will not vote for him in the GOP Primary. There are other candidates folks besides Stockman. I’m supporting Linda Vega. I truly believe that she can defeat Cornyn.
Heh.
/johnny
/johnny
Just means your boy Abbott, at least publicly, has a distorted view of conservatism, especially towards a “RINO” like Cornyn.
/johnny
For now, any vote that keeps Cornyn under 50% is fine. And Stovall’s allegations don’t really bother me.
/johnny
“Yep, me too. Anyone But Cornyn.”
Same here.
ABC! Anyone But Cornyn!
Like CPRIT? lol
American-US merger? lol
Wants tort reform despite getting rich off a lawsuit? lol
One of my early reasons for opposing Deuhurst and supporting Cruz was the commercials by Deuhurst. One of my early reasons for opposing Pauken was the ill mannered posts here on free republic. In a similar way, Cornyn’s biggest problems are his own words and actions.
I have heard good things about Abbott and Stockman, and I’ll dig deeper to form my opinion. But because Texas is smart enough to have run-off primaries... There is no fear of voting for the candidate you like the most.
I ain't buying the crap you are selling. But do keep going. It's instructive.
/johnny
/johnny
You keep saying it beats whatever.
Give defense for once. Defend CPRIT, defend the merger block, defend his injury lawsuit.
Quit using liberal tactics of just counterattacking. Explain why these issues are acceptable and why they make Abbott a conservative.
Explain why 90% of his money comes from just 200 sources.
Explain why he won’t debate anyone.
I don't have to defend to trolls. They don't get to choose the battleground.
Abbott is going to win the governor's race.
Meanwhile, calls are getting made supporting Stockton over Cornyn....
/johnny
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