[Friendofgeorge]

Just go ahead and endorse him

[going hot]

They heard the conductor shouting, “all aboard”, as the train let go the brakes.

[jocon307]

I doubt they are going to stand up there and say: he’s a bum, don’t vote for him!

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

Where is Dr. Wolf?

Back in the day, after a primary was over, you shook hands with the winner and supported him enthusiastically in the general election.

I guess times have changed.

[Sybeck1]

Roberts is not Thad Cochran

[Bubba_Leroy]

The election is in less than a month. One of two things is going to happen, either the Senate will continue to be controlled by Democrats/Harry Reid, or the Senate will be controlled by Republicans (including a lot of RINOs). Those are the only two possibilities at this point. No matter how much we may want to throw out all of the RINOs this election it is not going to happen.

In 2012 I campaigned hard for Ted Cruz in the Texas primary against David Dewhurst. Dewhurst was expected to win. He lost. Curz was then elected to the Senate and I have not been so happy to vote for a candidate in a general election since I voted for Reagan in 1980 and 1984.

This year I campaigned hard for Steve Stockman in the Texas primary against John Cornyn. Cornyn won. So now I am going to vote for Cornyn in the general election. Do I still think Stockman would have been a better Senator? You betcha. Is Cornyn better than the Democrat alternative? You betcha.

If the Democrats/Harry Reid hold onto the Senate this election, then the conservatives in the Senate have no chance of blocking anything that Obama and Reid want to do during the next two years. There will be no filibusters allowed unless Harry Reid wants to allow them. Obama's far left wing judicial appointments will be legislating from the bench for the next 30 years.

If the Republicans/RINOs take the Senate, then the conservatives will at least have a chance to filibuster some of Obama's far left wing appointments. Will enough conservatives in the Senate find their balls and do it? Maybe. There are a lot of RINOs in the Senate, but in a Republican/RINO controlled Senate it will only take 40 conservatives to filibuster.

Also, if the Republicans cannot take control of the Senate this year then they have little chance of taking control of the Senate in 2016. Mathematically, it just doesn't work. This year there are mostly Democrat seats up for election (as a result of the Democrat sweep in 2008). In 2016, there will be mostly Republican seats up for election (as a result of the Republican sweep in 2010).

The only way for the Republicans to pick up seats in 2016 will be if they have a better year in 2016 than they did in 2010, when the Tea Party was new and motivated. That means throwing out some Democrats who got elected in 2010 and holding onto every Republican who got elected in 2010. That is not going to happen. The best case scenario is for the Republicans to take the Senate this year and hold onto it in 2016.

The point I am getting to is that we have to look at the long game. This year the Republicans need to take over the Senate, even though that means re-electing some RINOs. We then need to focus all of our energies on getting better candidates to vote for in 2016.

Then, in 2016, we will have a chance of electing a conservative President and replacing RINOs in the House and Senate with conservatives.

The only way to overturn most of what Obama and the Democrats have done over the past 6 years is to elect a conservative President supported by conservative Senators and Representatives in 2016. There will not be much that a conservative President can do in 2016 if the Democrats continue to hold the Senate.

[nikos1121]

If they don’t support him, then I think that pretty much again tells the story of how utterly stupid our party is.

I thought Cruz, Palin and many others are supporting Roberts. He’s a good man.

[Jonah Vark]

Sen Pat Roberts: I’m ‘Convinced’ Valerie Jarrett Tied to IRS Scandal

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/10/11/Pat-Roberts-Convinced-Valerie-Jarrett-Tied-to-IRS

[montag813]

Milton Wolf needs to join them, and endorse Roberts, or he is just endorsing Orman. Man up and endorse.

[Jonah Vark]

Soros to Host Fundraiser for ‘Independent’ Kansas Senate Candidate

Kansas Senate hopeful Greg Orman insists that he is not beholden to the Democratic Party, but a major Democratic donor is hosting a fundraiser for his campaign to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts.

Jonathan Soros, son of billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, will host a New York City fundraiser this week for Orman, who is running as an independent candidate, according to an invitation obtained by America Rising.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/soros-to-host-fundraiser-for-independent-kansas-senate-candidate/

[Jonah Vark]

Tea Party group endorses Roberts in Senate race

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A national tea party group that derided U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts during Kansas’ bitter Republican primary race backed him on Monday in the general election.

Leaders of the Tea Party Express made the announcement Monday at the Kansas Republican Party headquarters in Wichita.

http://news.yahoo.com/tea-party-group-endorses-roberts-senate-race-213550681—election.html;_ylt=A0LEVxUUeTxUJ9QAP5hXNyoA

[Mozilla]

I feel like doing a list of National Tea Party and Tea Party affiliated groups and sites or related groups, such as conservative groups, as best as I can as there is no up to date list.

1. Freedom Works - http://www.freedomworks.org/
2. TeaParty.Net - http://www.theteaparty.net/
3. Tea Party Nation - http://www.teapartynation.com/
4. Tea Party Express - http://www.teapartyexpress.org/
5. Tea Party Patriots - http://www.teapartypatriots.org/
6. 9-12 Project - http://www.the912-project.com/
7. Tea Party Leadership Fund - http://www.theteapartyleadershipfund.com/
8. Tea Pac - http://www.teapac.net/
9. Texas Patriots Pac - http://www.texaspatriotspac.com/
10. TeaParty.org - http://www.teaparty.org/
11. Senate Conservative Fund - http://www.senateconservatives.com/
12. Americans For Prosperity - http://americansforprosperity.org/
13. Heritage Foundation - http://www.heritage.org/
14. Sarah Palin Pac - http://www.sarahpac.com/
15. National Tea Party Federation - http://www.thenationalteapartyfederation.com/
16. Citizens Against Government Waste - http://cagw.org/
17. Tea Party 911 - http://www.teaparty911.com/join.htm
18. Rebuild The Dream - http://www.rebuildthedream.com/
19. American Conservative Union - http://www.conservative.org/
20. The Conservatives Caucus - http://www.conservativeusa.org/
21. American Family Association - http://www.afa.net/
22. Family Research Council - http://www.frc.org/
23. Eagle Forum - http://www.eagleforum.org/
24. John Birch Society - http://www.jbs.org/

Probably more, but this is the best I can do. I skipped all Libertarian groups.