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We had it here in OK when Coburn ran in 2004. DC elites wanted Humphreys and shut off Dr. Coburn’s fundraising chances in DC. Lott, Warner, et al did not want Dr. Tom so Toomey from Club for Growth gets some money into the race for Coburn plus the money he was getting from the grassroots. He ran a grassroots campaign through the primary and won outright in a 3-way race and defeated the DemocRAT pretending to be conservative in the general.

Hastert, Speaker of the House at the time, came out and said about three weeks before the election that Dr. Coburn would not win the seat and would lose to the DemocRAT. He basically stiffed the grassroots but we showed Hastert that he didn’t have a clue as Dr. Coburn won big.

These primary and general elections need to be much more grassroots. I have noticed that most conservatives will get behind the primary candidate but moderate to liberals tend to sit on their hands in the general if they lost the primary.

We need a turnaround in some states with the grassroots becoming much more active and not taking it lying down when the powers at be in DC pick a candidate in the primary and openly endorse him like NRSC Chair Cornyn and McConnell have done with Crist. That is flat out wrong!

I don’t want to ever here those two ever say we need any outreach into the Hispanic community because they just undercut the Cuban candidate in FL Marco Rubio who Crist is opposing. Then we have Sen Martinez backing Crist instead of a fellow Cuban. What a backstabbing person. I wouldn’t give you two cents for any of the three.

This is a perfect example of where the grassroots has to take over and support Rubio. A candidate can have a lot more money but if you get an active grassroots campaign, chances are that the grassroots candidate will win the primary.