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(Robert) Vasquez backs out of 2008 Senate bid (blames conservative Republicans for lack of support)
Idaho Mistakesman ^ | 26 April 2007 | Shawna Gamache

Posted on 04/26/2007 10:02:38 AM PDT by GOP_Raider

Former Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez said he is pulling out of the 2008 race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Larry Craig.

Vasquez told the Idaho Statesman Wednesday that he was not able to raise the money necessary to run in the GOP primary after conservative Republicans who pledged to support him pulled their financial backing.

"One needs to either sell their soul to win the campaign or have ready access to ample funds," Vasquez told the Statesman. "I'm not a rich guy; I'm just an average Joe."

Vasquez has been working full-time on his Senate bid, running a campaign based largely on his opposition to illegal immigration. His latest campaign report, covering contributions through the end of March, showed $1,877 in the bank, after making a $5,900 loan to his own campaign.

Vasquez, 57, of Caldwell, lost a six-way GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Bill Sali last May and announced his bid for Craig's seat before the November election.

(Excerpt) Read more at idahostatesman.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: idaho; robertvasquez
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1 posted on 04/26/2007 10:02:42 AM PDT by GOP_Raider
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To: Chief Engineer; Delphinium; EternalVigilance; Keyes2000mt; Sir_Ed; Knitting A Conundrum; ...
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2 posted on 04/26/2007 10:05:23 AM PDT by GOP_Raider (hosts the Singles thread this weekend. Join the festivities!)
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To: GOP_Raider

Oh Robert, GET REAL! You might have gotten support if you hadn’t acted like a sore lozer.


3 posted on 04/26/2007 10:11:06 AM PDT by Delphinium
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To: GOP_Raider
Was not Roberta Vasquez a Playboy Playmate?
4 posted on 04/26/2007 10:18:58 AM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: GOP_Raider; Delphinium

With Vasquez, it’s always somebody else’s fault.

I happened to be in the room when he announced his idiotic candidacy. It was pathetic. He spent most of the time attacking the Republican nominee for Congress, Bill Sali - one of the finest, most decent, capable, men now in Congress.

Robert can go pound sand as far as I’m concerned. He’s not really a conservative anyway. He’s nothing but a cheap, mean, self-promoter.


5 posted on 04/26/2007 10:20:24 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The decks are cleared for battle - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: GOP_Raider
Vasquez has been working full-time on his Senate bid, running a campaign based largely on his opposition to illegal immigration. His latest campaign report, covering contributions through the end of March, showed $1,877 in the bank, after making a $5,900 loan to his own campaign.

*snort*

6 posted on 04/26/2007 10:22:09 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The decks are cleared for battle - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: EternalVigilance

Is Bill Sali anti-illegal immigration?


7 posted on 04/26/2007 10:24:25 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: ohioman
Is Bill Sali anti-illegal immigration?

Absolutely. 100%.

As opposed to Vasquez, to whom being a sore loser was more important than whether or not a leftwing, open borders, Democrat might have won that House seat.

Can you tell I have no use for the man?

8 posted on 04/26/2007 10:26:36 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The decks are cleared for battle - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: ohioman

If Vasquez ran for dogcatcher, I’d oppose him.

Even dogs don’t deserve him.


9 posted on 04/26/2007 10:27:58 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The decks are cleared for battle - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: EternalVigilance

Good to hear that Sali won.

I love Idaho. My brother lives in Driggs. I always tell the liberals I meet that Idaho is full of skinheads.

To normal folks, I tell them the truth that Idaho is a beautiful place whose people harbor a healthy distrust of Government - a lot like most Southerners. I remember in the 2004 election that Idaho was called for Bush after 3% of the vote was counted.


10 posted on 04/26/2007 10:33:07 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: EternalVigilance
What a joke! He says the Republican party doesn't agree with his opinions. Truth is in almost every case we agree on stands he takes on issues,really. Its his hatred for everyone who doesn't practically worship we don't agree with.

Except he is such an inmature brat, and such a sore loser.

Robert can be very charming and personally I do like him. I met with him, he promised to listen to me. When he heard what I had to say which started with public apologies for Bill Sali and Larry Craig, he refused. Too bad, he could have gone far, but let that chip on his shoulders rule.

5 Republican women, and 1 RINO ran for Congress. Only Bill Sali won, and 3 are still acting out in poor loserville. They all proved that it wasn't about us, but about "them" all along.
11 posted on 04/26/2007 10:35:59 AM PDT by Delphinium
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To: ohioman
My brother lives in Driggs.

My granny was a midwife there, and my grandpa the sheriff in the early 1900's.

Thanks for helping us out. Keep telling those libs to stay away.
12 posted on 04/26/2007 10:38:22 AM PDT by Delphinium
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To: ohioman

“To normal folks, I tell them the truth that Idaho is a beautiful place whose people harbor a healthy distrust of Government - a lot like most Southerners”

Good to know...I’m moving to Boise in June


13 posted on 04/26/2007 12:10:02 PM PDT by Jim Verdolini
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To: fireforeffect; EternalVigilance; Delphinium
Was not Roberta Vasquez a Playboy Playmate?

Well I always have thought of Vasquez as the Rudy Guiliani of Idaho, so...

14 posted on 04/26/2007 12:57:06 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (hosts the Singles thread this weekend. Join the festivities!)
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To: fireforeffect

Ooooh..yeah...1985 or 86 playmate of the year, wasn’t she?


15 posted on 04/26/2007 12:59:12 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: ohioman
I remember in the 2004 election that Idaho was called for Bush after 3% of the vote was counted.

LOL...that's one of the reasons we call it God's Country. :-)

16 posted on 04/26/2007 1:02:04 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (The decks are cleared for battle - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: EternalVigilance

I still remember how bitter him and Sheila Sorenson were after they got snuffed out as RINOs.

And it leaves the door wide open (presumably) for Jim Risch to beat the snot out of Larry LaRocco again in yet another statewide race! :)


17 posted on 04/26/2007 1:09:08 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (hosts the Singles thread this weekend. Join the festivities!)
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To: GOP_Raider

Jim’s a very good man.


18 posted on 04/26/2007 1:12:16 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (The decks are cleared for battle - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: Armedanddangerous
Well I always have thought of Vasquez as the Rudy Guiliani of Idaho, so...

No way that was Sheila Sorenson.

Believe me, Robert a conservative except for attitude.
19 posted on 04/26/2007 1:28:30 PM PDT by Delphinium
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To: Clintonfatigued; JohnnyZ; Kuksool; AntiGuv; AuH2ORepublican

Vasquez out of the Senate race in ID in ‘08.


20 posted on 04/26/2007 2:41:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
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