Primaries should be off limits but Cornyn and others his ilk immediately endorsed Crist. Since then Senator Demint and Huck have endorsed Rubio. Heck, the state GOP chair (Crist’s buddy who appointed him) immediately endorsed Crist and backed off after counties starting protesting.
That is what ticks me off big time. The GOP doodoo heads picking our candidates, picking Crist instead of a conservative. Crist who sucked up to and appeared with Bambi about the stimulus.
That is why Rubio could really use someone’s support like Sarah.
Cornyn is the current chair of the Natl Republican Senatorial Committee. The chairmanship rotates among different Senators per election cycle, with the chair being one of the Senators NOT up for reelection.
The chair operates at the committee’s direction and based on their evaluation of the candidates electability to enhance the party’s standing in the body. As a committee, they have to think of gaining 11 seats and in each case will select the ‘most likely’ to prevail in the general election. It is far from philosophical.
Cornyn’s endorsement is really that of the committee. The committee is basically incumbents so who do you think they will support???? And not without good cause: reelection rates are astronomical v. a challenger. Electability has to do with name recognition and ability to raise the funds needed to win in November.
Some Republican exceptions to the conventional wisdom about electability are McConnell and Santorum.