Posted on 05/11/2010 10:25:12 PM PDT by FTJM
Despite a favorable electoral climate for Republicans and former Rep. Rob Portman's huge funding advantage over his Democratic opponent in the contest for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat, polls show the race in a dead heat.
Conservatives and "tea party" activists say Mr. Portman's record as a moderate Republican has failed to fire up not only core GOP voters but also what may prove just as important to victory - the "tea party" movement. Complicating the picture is the failure of that movement to meet expectations in some of the May 4 Ohio GOP primary elections.
Mr. Portman's resume, though extensive, has elements that raise red flags for conservatives - his service in the White House of President George H.W. Bush, who raised taxes and enlarged government; his election to six terms in the U.S. House, where he voted for the kind of spending that tea party supporters oppose; and his service as U.S. trade representative and then budget director in the big-spending George W. Bush administration.
"The tea party sees Portman as the establishment's guy, so the GOP establishment now is saying, 'Don't dismiss him just because he's a party guy,' " Ralph King, a coordinator for the Ohio Tea Party Patriots, told The Washington Times. "But that's asking us to look past his record - giving money to the United Nations and opposing [Colorado Republican] Tom Tancredo's try for a border measure in Congress."
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You changed the point, now you deal with it. Anybody who doesn’t vote for Portman in the General is just a kook or a liberal.
Nope, never happened.
That's why there were no quotes.
You’re a liberal disruptor or a kook.
It’s here for all to see that you don’t support Portman in the GE against a liberal Dem.
wow
So who we support to “prove our true Conservative credentials”?
It’s here for all to see that you don’t support Portman in the GE against a liberal Dem.
wow
Avoid, deflect, attack....
No doubt. Their playbook is getting stale.
You’re F’n A I’ll attack your dumbass on every thread I go to.
lmao.
Get over it.
So that means we can't discuss Portman's political views?
Bustamante!
boats and ho’s
boats and ho’s
Portman supports Obama's Cash for Clunkers program.
lmao.
Get over it.
No, that's not hysterical at all, seriously...
Rob Portman is pro-life, pro-gun, career ACU rating of over 90%
I like a good RINO hunt as much as the next guy, but this is nuts.
See how RINOs are?
“Portman supports Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program.”
Relevant in the primary.
Irrelevant in the General where the Socialist Dem will support everything in Obama’s agenda.
That’s reality with some jo.
They're certainly a touchy bunch.
Honestly, given your stated election preferences of a liberal Dem over a Republican...most reasonable people would have to come to the conclusion...
...that you are a RINO or a real Socialist.
fyi.
Per Neo-Caveman
Rob Portman is pro-life, pro-gun, career ACU rating of over 90%
I like a good RINO hunt as much as the next guy, but this is nuts.
Honestly, given your stated election preferences for Arlen Specter over any conservative, why are you even posting here?
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