OK folks... Don’t get too spastic.
Bean won this district in 2008 by 60% to 40%, and by 51% to 44%.
The RNC probably sees assets better used elsewhere. It’s up to US to Support the Tea Party candidates, in the end. Not the RNC.
I think the rnc did not support Scott Brown...or waited til the end and it looked like a good bet....
Scott Brown was down 30 points at one time..
The RNC will not have the resources to support every conservative candidate in every congressional district this year. Why? Because a lot of conservatives (like me) don’t like letting them make those decisions for them and don’t give them money. If you want a guy supported, give him money yourself. Don’t hold your money back from the RNC and then criticize them for not supporting candidates. That is thinking the way the libs do. The RNC does not have a magic money generator.
For several years now, I give only nominal amounts to the RNC. All of my campaign donations go directly to the candidates.
Now, if the RNC is providing support to an opponent to a conservative candidate (like NY-23) then they deserve lots of criticism. But the only punishment they listen to is the money message. Don’t give them any.
But the downside of that is they will increasingly start to represent the interests of those who give them money. So if moderates give them more money, they will act more moderate. Youse get what youse pay for. So pick your poison.