[Mamzelle]

re: Let him rattle. One challenger with a fifth of his resources could force him to spend it all before the primary, with no guarantee of winning.)))

This could absolutely happen. Then, the RNC would cut the winner off without a dime and let the Democrat win.

Don't think so? It almost happened to the junior senator from OK.

I have come to believe that the RNC engineered at least some of our 06 losses to give Bush a "congress he could work with" on amnesty. That anti-amnesty pols are pro-WOT and that he was selling out his war support didn't seem to bother GWBush.

[thulldud]

This could absolutely happen. Then, the RNC would cut the winner off without a dime and let the Democrat win.

In SC, many of us are well aware that the RNC is no friend to conservatism. We wouldn't be surprised.

As to the SC Democrats, they consider Lindsee one of their own. They'd likely not oppose him.

[Antoninus]

I have come to believe that the RNC engineered at least some of our 06 losses to give Bush a "congress he could work with" on amnesty.

My own opinion is that the RNC is out to get social conservatives in general, not just the pro-immigration-enforcement ones.

[PhiKapMom]

I came to the same conclusion starting in 2004 and Dr. Coburn was a prime example but he won anyway without DC. Club for Growth did a great job of helping out with funds for Dr. Coburn.

Chamber of Commerce was behind the Immigration bill as well and look what happened to that.

Look at Arlen Specter as an example of someone that the WH/RNC got behind in 2004 and he paid them back with his pushing Immigration. If Toomey had been elected they would not have stood a chance getting his vote on Immigration — he would have been a solid NO.