Posted on 12/11/2015 12:40:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A pair of leading GOP operatives who have tried to oust Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are quietly helping Ted Cruz's presidential campaign behind the scenes, strengthening Cruz's ties to the most rebellious parts of Washington.
Leaders behind the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Madison Project, two of the main rabble-rousing outside groups that have been a thorn in the side of Senate leadership, are also helping organize donors and turn out voters for Cruz, group officials tell CNN. Cruz, who himself has been a McConnell nemesis in the past, has controversially raised money for the two groups, which backs primary challengers against incumbents like McConnell.
Matt Hoskins, the co-founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund, is fundraising for a pro-Cruz PAC, Make DC Listen, the Cruz group confirmed. Make DC Listen bundles hard-dollar contributions for the Cruz campaign much like Hoskins' group does, accepting donations up to $5,000...
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Cruz said Trump was terrific.
Wow. I knew it!!!
They don’t want Trump!!!
That's so dumb it makes my hair hurt. What is wrong with these people?
Well it’s ‘us’ against ‘them’ now folks....
WOW I can’t believe this...the only reason they don’t want Trump not only to find all the dead bodies, which he probably knows where they are anyway, but they would have to get off their lazy butts and do some work and on lesser salary than they are used to...
What a shame they would have to do what WE the people put them in office to do....instead of voting for any one them, lets write our own names on the ballots and see how that works!!!
Cruz said Trump was Terrific
Yes, he did, he Tweeted it fast,
He does not want this brouhaha to last.
He does not like those hidden recorders,
He’ll get this all straightened out, on quick order..
“Heritage Action is headed up by Cruz ally and Trump hater (on vid calling Trump a name, on Sunday show), Michael Needham.”
Know who Heritage head economist is? Steven Moore...the guy who helped Cesar Conda,Hugh Hewitt & Grover Norquist destroy prop 187 in Calif. Hate to say it, but yes, Heritage is compromised just like 90% of our so called ‘conservative’ groups...Club for Growth, Freedom works, Cpac,the ACY...on and on...
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Watch out, AuntB....they’ll be tossing a Twister covered tin foil hat your way, with talk like that ;-)
I think it would be far more than that - Especially if a landslide. The Presidential office lends a flavor to all things DC - Now, most of that is as phony as a three dollar bill, but it flavors things, nonetheless. If a true Conservative is in the White House, with a clear mandate from the voters, you can bet money that over night, every Republican will claim Conservatism. And in that environment, phony or not, it will become nearly impossible for the RINOs to remain in power.
Especially when it starts working (which it inevitably will).
Well, well, well, is right, Jane.
Scarborough said yesterday morning, right after showing his televised interview with Cruz, that Cruz was tracking right down the middle, between the liberals and the neo-cons.
So. How conservative has tracking right down the middle ever turned out to be?
This is exactly how the GOP ceded everything to the senate and house Democrats, gave everything away to Obama that he asked for and lost the Republican voters to a revolution.
If Cruz takes the bait and like McCain used Palin, Cruz tries to use conservatives to go along on this ride down the middle and to play ball with the Trump hating GOP, then all hell will eventually erupt.
Cruz may be too smart by half.
Jim Robinson said something to the effect that “the GOP never gave Obama a penny more than he asked for”.
I would hate to think that Cruz would pal around with some of the K Street crowd to gain traction.
I wondered, Jane, who the heck this so-called “Conservative Review” was. I had never heard of them, but it would take some outfit from the basement in the forest to come up with some of the dramatically stupid conclusions that bugger came up with. But, the Isara crowd kept planting that poll like it was the American flag on that Japanese hill.
Yes indeedy, AuntB.
It does, doesn’t it? :)
wondered, Jane, who the heck this so-called “Conservative Review†was. I had never heard of them, but it would take some outfit from the basement
Conservative Review is Mark Levin’s outfit (he is editor in chief).
They are not in the basement. They are in the bunker.
Thank you for the info. That explains the polling results.... from the basement in the forest.
If a tree falls and nobody hears it, did it really fall?
When you what to discuss the integrity of "Conservative Review" site, please include CR's Editor-in-Chief in the conversation. He is Mark Levin. His screen name here is "holdonnow."
How is stating that Conservative Review came to some “dramatically stupid conclusions” in any way questioning their “integrity”?
I have seen a lot of firsts on FR in the last week or two. Some I would have never imagined.
*trisham just explained me and my words better than I could.
Isara, Mark Levin is great, we know that, but on the other hand he is loose as an old rope on some things. It wasn’t but weeks ago that he liked Rubio, and was chanting all of his virtues, now he is apparently all in for conservative Cruz, which is fine for Mark Levin.
But that so called “Conservative Review” poll had no friends among any other polls in existence, on some of those conclusions. That should matter to you, but maybe not.
Thank you, Rita. I know almost nothing about Mark Levin, except that someone regularly posts a thread about him that has a picture of a great-looking bar. :)
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