Posted on 03/08/2010 9:26:18 AM PST by Neil E. Wright
A taste of the RNC logic:
National Republican Party fundraisers aren't putting much stock in Joe Walsh's campaign to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean in the suburban 8th District [Illinois], a spokesman said Thursday.
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"We're really focused on the seats where we see the clearest paths to victory," [National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Tom] Erickson said. "It's no secret these are the most competitive (races)."
The RNC will find a reason at every turn to favor their candidate over a Tea-Party candidate. To whom should they be listening - their entrenched bureaucracy or the voters? We know what the intra-WDC folks say - and it is reproduced, in part, below. Let's look at the voters:
Illinois - 503 of 503 Precincts Reporting - 100%
| Name | Party | Votes | Vote % |
| Walsh, Joe | GOP | 16,109 | 34% |
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| Beveridge, Dirk | GOP | 11,638 | 25% |
| Rodriguez, Maria | GOP | 9,763 | 21% |
| Geissler, Christopher | GOP | 4,256 | 9% |
| Dawson, John | GOP | 3,909 | 8% |
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| Jacobs, Gregory | GOP | 1,441 | 3% |
And, now, let's read how the RNC will create their own demise:
National Republican Party fundraisers aren't putting much stock in Joe Walsh's campaign to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean in the suburban 8th District [Illinois], a spokesman said Thursday.
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"We're really focused on the seats where we see the clearest paths to victory," [National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Tom] Erickson said. "It's no secret these are the most competitive (races)."
The Walsh-vs.-Bean matchup doesn't make the cut. Walsh wasn't the GOP group's choice to face the three-term incumbent, Erickson said.
"In the primary, we had really liked Dirk Beveridge or Maria Rodriguez," Erickson said, referring to two of the five candidates Walsh defeated Feb. 2. "Those are the two candidates who we thought really had the potential to make this a very competitive race."
The Walsh camp isn't concerned about Erickson's ranking of the state's races, campaign spokeswoman Whitney Schlosser said.
"Joe Walsh is not part of the establishment and, unfortunately, some elements of the GOP establishment are still a bit tone deaf when it comes to independent, conservative reform candidates," Schlosser said in an e-mail. "It helps explain why they didn't see Walsh's primary victory coming."
A nine-point thumping in a crowded field isn't good enough for the RNC.
The fallacy of their logic is that they are telling us - "Yes, this race, but, no, not this candidate." The dem incumbent in Illinois 8 either is or is not vulnerable. The opposition candidate rarely makes her vulnerable - she does it herself. The opposition candidate merely exposes those vulnerabilities, exacerbates them, and makes them winning issues. He or she then runs on their own merits to bring home the electoral victory.
So we are reminded by the RNC: Dede Scozafavva was good enough; Joe Walsh - who beat their favored candidate fair and square - is not.
We conservatives do not want a 3d party, but you all in the RNC are making it more and more difficult to try to work out our differences.
FREEDOM!
The RNC is a PROGRESSIVE organization!
I listened to John Gibson and his rant about how the Tea movement should support RINOs,,, uhm John, the RNC should support conservatives first and RINOs second
It’s amazing how many times people keep returning to the very group who has repudiated Conservatism more times than can be counted over the years. The OP(formerly the GOP) has no intention of working with Conservatives. People need to drop the notion of taking back the party.
RINOs are counter-productive.. they assume powers not granted to them by the voters.
DITTO!!
RNC...the flip side of the DNC Federal coin....
No Third party! That will be the end of this nation as we had known it. God help our Republic in what this administration is doing.
We need more information.
What is the Party registration, in this District?
Republican?
Democrat?
Independent?
In a war, you do NOT target EVERY enemy position, you pick and choose where to spend your energy, your ammunition, your resources, and your blood.
Sure, the RNC makes mistakes, any large organization makes mistakes.
However, you have not shown, in your post, that the RNC is wrong, in this instance.
“the RNC should support conservatives first and RINOs second”
The RNC should support conservatives first and RINOs **never**.
If they refuse to comply, then they should be removed from their offices, or the pubby party can die a well-deserved death.
Same Old Sierra - the Republican Party will implode if it continues this arrogant stiffarming of legitimate candidates.
Colonel, USAFR
Here is a little secret, the candidate lost his home due to a foreclosure....
“No Third party! That will be the end of this nation as we had known it. God help our Republic in what this administration is doing.”
Okay, so destroy the pubbie party and raise a new party that will actually oppose evil.
Oh good he’s one of us!
“In a war, you do NOT target EVERY enemy position, you pick and choose where to spend your energy, your ammunition, your resources, and your blood.”
That’s not the issue here.
The problem is that what blood and treasure the pubbies are investing is going to the wrong candidate.
Principle > Party.
Tar and Feather Rinos ! (metaphorically speaking of course)
To 10- You’re assuming that logic prevails at this site?
“People need to drop the notion of taking back the party.”
I’m not sure I follow. The party wouldn’t be taken back by working with them, but by deposing them.
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