Posted on 12/04/2010 4:05:23 PM PST by onyx
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that Republicans "made some pretty poor choices" in choosing their Senate candidates this fall.
Graham, in a Senate floor speech on Saturday, made an aside comment underscoring the frustration the GOP faced after some Tea Party-aligned nominees fell short in their campaigns.
"The House had a dramatic election. We picked up seats in the Senate," Graham said, video of which is posted by C-SPAN. "Some of us thought, maybe we could pick up two or three more, but we made some pretty poor choices when it came to candidates."
The South Carolina Republican made the comment as an aside to remarks about the consequences facing lawmakers who vote to allow an increase in taxes. Senate Democrats fell short of the necessary votes in a rare Saturday vote that would have allowed taxes go up on top earners.
Still, Republicans bargaining position in those votes and in legislative fights next year might have been strengthened had the party's nominees performed better in Senate races.
Many of the Tea Party favorites who won GOP primaries went onto disappointing finishes in the general election, some in races where Republicans needed to win if they were to have any hope of reclaiming a Senate majority. Those losing candidates included Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Ken Buck in Colorado, and particularly Sharron Angle in Nevada, where Republicans had hoped to knock off Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Graham is seen as a possible incumbent who might face a primary from a Tea Party type when he's up for reelection in South Carolina in 2014.
This guy seems to relish poking people in the eye. LOL
I don’t recall Lindsey Graham “out there” campaigning for any of the candidates that lost, but then again, I could be wrong about that.
It’s one thing to criticize those candidates, but it’s quite another to stay away from their campaigns and not help them when they running.
Yes, and that’s a common theme with RINOS. Collins does it, McCain does it, Murkowski does it and the list goes on.
Lindsay Graham wanted more Snowe, Collihs, Brown, McCain, Lugar look-alikes to make up more of the RINO Caucus, which is merely a Democrat Lite.
Vote this Sotomayor and Kagan appeaser the F*ck out in 2014.
Very nice indeed dude. Hilarious.
OLOL. You’re baaaaad tonight!
He is the biggest turncoat since Arlen Sphincter.
Any bets that he will morph over to the dems like Jeffords on a crucial tie breaking vote?
The idiot is a sleeper time bomb.
Did you see this one?
Yes. See number 64.
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