The National Republican Congressional Committee did this same exact thing in 2006 in the Arizona district 5 race between conservative Randy Graf and the establishment RINO candidate. They bankrolled the RINO in the GOP primary and when the conservative, grassroots-supported candidate won, they refused to help him in the General election. They’d let their RINO candidate spread all kinds of lies about Graf and left him with very few campaign dollars after the Primary. They basically wrote the Dem candidates talking points and negative ads for her, having used them all in the primary. The republican held district flipped to democrat and the NRCC and the NRC couldn’t have cared less. That’s what the grassroots GOP gets for getting organized and defeating an establishment elite candidate. The liberal agenda of the NRC, NRCC, and NRSC is so obvious.
Re: your #106 about the NRCC and NRC leaving Graf high and dry after he beat their pro-Amnesty creep. I remember Karl Rove being questioned about it and he replied that at least now GWB had a Congress “he could work with”. IOW it was worse than their not caring—they actually WANTED the good Republican to lose.
Rove laid it pretty well on the line this time too, only this time he’s getting lots of exposure and I believe he has significantly damaged his political creds. At least I hope so. I’m sick of the enemy within.