Posted on 07/10/2009 10:15:56 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. John Cornyn’s Facebook friends aren’t in a very friendly mood. The Texas Republican’s page on the popular social networking website has been filled with comments like this one from a Florida real estate broker: “As soon as I read of your endorsement of Charlie Crist, I sent in a donation to the Marco Rubio campaign.”
A new Facebook group has since cropped up challenging members to give “not one penny” to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), of which Cornyn is chairman. The online group’s description says: “First they supported Chafee. Then they supported Specter. Now they support Crist.” Its organizer and “admin” is Erick Erickson of the popular conservative blog RedState.
This isn’t just a story of how cutting-edge technologies can cut both ways. Cornyn has found himself caught up in the struggle between conservatives and moderates over the Republican Party’s future. Several primaries in upcoming races will feature party-backed moderate candidates facing off against strong conservative challengers. The showdown brewing between Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio for Republican Mel Martinez’s U.S. Senate seat is just the latest front in this ongoing battle.
Cornyn’s decision to weigh in on behalf of Crist can be explained by a headline that appeared in the Hill in February: “Florida Senate poll shows Crist annihilating field.”
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But head-to-head matchups show Rubio would be competitive if he managed to make it to the general election. “Rubio could win but he’d need our help,” says a Senate Republican staffer. “Crist would be the overwhelming favorite and we wouldn’t have to lift a finger.” The idea is to keep the Florida Senate seat safe while Republicans—already a beleaguered minority—have to defend more ground than the Democrats.
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I posted a message on his facebook page about his teaming up with the RINOs supporting Specter and it disappeared..
NRSC and its counterpart in the House should never involve themselves in open primaries.
We lost a House seat thanks to their intervention in 2006.....AZ CD8
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