Specifically, I'm concerned about primary candidates brandishing endorsements by people who really don't know who they are and trying to end-run the voters by getting into duelling-endorsement peeing contests.
In addition to some of the wacky endorsements I've seen lately, we (Western Colorado) have chronic problems with the NRA being fooled by leftists who masquerade as constitutionalists to get their endorsement.
Specifically, I'm concerned about primary candidates brandishing endorsements by people who really don't know who they are and trying to end-run the voters by getting into duelling-endorsement peeing contests.
In addition to some of the wacky endorsements I've seen lately, we (Western Colorado) have chronic problems with the NRA being fooled by leftists who masquerade as constitutionalists to get their endorsement.
"Freeper Endorsement" just means we have received an input from a, hopefully, trusted Freeper. So far those inputs seem to track with what we are seeing elsewhere and, in many cases, we have the same recommendation from multiple members of Free Republic.
But, as you note, the process is messy and we can have problems. But right now we are looking to get more inputs to fill out the "Main Challenger" column of the chart with the best candidates. That's a big job and we need all the help we can get. So we are taking recommendations without a lot of vetting. I think the vetting will take care of itself as the list matures. At least that is the hope.
Freeper endorsement is not a scientific criteria, so keep that in mind.
But if a Freeper, by either Reply or Freepmail recommends a particular challenger and vouches for the fact that said challenger stands for conservative values, then that candidate is moved to the 1st position. A second criteria is whether or not the candidate has the background, experience and financial backing to make the race competitive.
Some of the candidates have received numerous FReeper endorsements and others, only one. In some cases, more than one of the challengers has received a FReeper endorsement.
Again, this is not scientific, but we have to start somewhere.
In the case of IL, the candidates are set and in the case of TX, they will be set by April 18 (run off). There are a lot of primaries in May.