It is going to be very interesting to see how all these candidates fare in the primaries against their establishment opponents. If there are a number of upsets then it might be an indication that the power within the GOP is changing. But if McConnell and Graham and Alenxander and Cornyn all win their primaries then I think the party is in a death spiral.
The primaries are key and the only thing that keeps me from changing my “R” registration. PA. has closed primaries.
They won’t. I think Linda is done for, and Lamar has nowhere to go but down.
The best part about the current state of play, is that far from grassroots conservative candidates being long-shots who pulled of upset victories (like in 2010 and 2012), our guys now lead the pack in many races across the country. Sasse is up against two other Republicans who arguably have better name ID than him, yet he is outraising them comfortably.
In North Carolina, Greg Brannon is out-polling establishment backed Thom Tillis easily in the primary.
And in Iowa, conservative radio host Sam Clovis leads polls against established state politicians by over 10 points.
Primary voters across the country are realizing they don’t have to settle for second best.
But if McConnell and Graham and Alenxander and Cornyn all win their primaries
then I think the party is in a death spiral.
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Not sure about the others but in Cornyn’s case it is getting close to the
filing for the gop primary. It runs Nov. 9 - Dec. 9, 2013 with the primary on
Mar. 4, 2014. So a candidate with some appeal, recognition and money doesn’t
have much time left to step up.
Agree...and, excellent points. I propose we keep a running state-by-state side-bar or Header reference of 2014 Senate and other races, here on FR. A few posters are doing this, to some degree, as posts on numerous threads. A running thread - or threads - to keep all info on, would be great. Posters could update with voting records, etc.
We've got to stay focused and this would not only help us to do that on each of these races, but to be used as a reference for other outlets, as well. We know that so many in the media use FR as their *show prep*...so this tool would be invaluable.
Just my 2¢.
The dems don't want their agenda to be pushed just by dems, then the dems are held accountable.
The dems want and need traitors in the repub party to push their agenda so they can claim it's bipartisan and the will of the majority of the people and only “right wing extremist” oppose it.