Posted on 08/08/2014 4:40:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
Wolf actually did well and outperformed many expectations. The bigger issue is how to get the message out to more GOP voters. We have low info voters, too, who show up at the polls but know little other than a name they heard in the news headlines.
I can’t tell you how many really solid reliable conservatives I know who voted for Romney in the 2012 primary because ‘we need more business people running government’. These are individuals as conservative as you and me but busy with their daily lives...running their business, kids, etc.
See my post #19.
I agree, we have open primaries here in TN also and I wouldn’t dream of crossing over and vote for a rat.
At least Pat Roberts and some of the others mentioned didn’t lie about their opponents to get Democrat primary votes as Cochran did.
Even if McDaniel is unsuccessful in overturning the MS Senate primary results, I hope he tarnishes the reputation of Barbour and the good ol’ boy network in MS so badly that they no longer hold sway in MS politics. That crap has to be stopped once and for all.
See my post #19. Your lesson for the day.
#4. Tea Party candidates are percieved as radicals
See my post #19. Your lesson for today.
Nonsense. See my post #19. Your lesson for today.
It looks like about half the states have closed primaries. If open primaries were a major reason for incumbent wins, you’d think we would have picked up a few of the races in closed primary states. I’m not saying open primaries don’t hurt conservatives. They do. I just don’t think you can blame all these losses on open primaries, voter fraud, or anything more complicated than most Republican voters preferred the incumbent.
That explains the primary but not the general elections of past cycles.
My comment was made after listening to solid conservative Republican friends that just don’t like the candidates that come forward from the Tea Party.
In my district a tea party congressman served one term and was replaced with a conservative that was not perceived as radical.
The tea party movement has pulled the republican party to the right and will continue to do so. Politicians know that when they start getting challenged in primaries it’s getting serious. We have men like Ted Cruz to point the light at them so they can’t hide as many of their BS votes.
Really, Mr. Barone? All it has shown me is that the primary process is incredibly corrupt.
I’d like to add it also takes more than a candidate’s professed stands on the issues. Most Republican voters are not FReepers. They prefer known quantities—incumbents—who are reasonably good on the issues. They aren’t likely to elect someone like Mark Levin for example, no matter how good Mark is on the issues. Mr. Levin would likely have to work his way up in a state first before he could win a national office. There’s a limit to incumbent power of course, but unless they do something really egregious, they’re usually reelected. Sad, but true.
Same as I say about Mrs. Palin.
A worthless target attracts no fire.
My "lesson for the day"? Do you have any idea how patronizing that comes across? Or that I already know all about the problems of open primaries, which has absolutely nothing to do with my post you're replying to?
The GOP-E has to win every time to succeed. The Tea Party only has to win once to remove the objectionable.
Alexander got less than 50 percent in a Republican primary. Roberts got less than 50 percent in a Republican primary. Cochran had to cheat to ‘defeat’ McDaniel. The GOP-E ignores these facts at their peril.
The difference between the Tea Party and the base that runs the Democrat Party — the Tea Party is made up of people who can, do and will think for themselves in general elections. Sooner or later, the GOP-E will have to realize that it’s either the base’s way or no way.
#36. Nice try.
The down ballot candidates should be considered as well. At least here in TX, Tea Party candidates have done pretty well filling the ranks of local and state offices. These are the bench players on whom we will depend for future attacks on RINOs.
I agree... the TEA Party’s intentions are noble, but tends to support candidates that lack the seasoning and sophistication to avoid unforced errors on the campaign trail. The fumbles by Sharron Angle, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock killed not only their own candidacies, but those around them.
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