Posted on 12/19/2013 5:27:25 AM PST by cotton1706
A hard-right conservative group led by former Kansas Rep. Jim Ryun is endorsing a Republican who is trying to oust three-term GOP Sen. Pat Roberts.
The Madison Project said Thursday that it was backing Dr. Milton Wolf over Roberts, the blunt-spoken conservative who was elected to the Senate in 1996 after eight terms in the House and has never gotten less than 60 percent of the vote in his heartland state. The organization, which has backed challengers to Republican incumbents in Kentucky and Mississippi, said Wolf will provide the necessary leadership.
"Even though he has never held public office, Dr. Wolf has exhibited a command of the issues and a dedication to conservative values that is lacking among most individuals in Washington," Ryun, chairman of the Madison Project, said in a statement. "Sen. Roberts has served admirably for a number of decades, but if we ever hope to rebuild the Senate majority on a solid conservative foundation, we need fewer career politicians and more citizen leaders like Milton Wolf."
The Associated Press learned of the endorsement ahead of the formal announcement.
Wolf, a distant cousin of President Barack Obama, is a physician and tea party-backed candidate who has been outspoken in his opposition to the health care law.
Wolf will be "one of the U.S. Senate's loudest voices against Obamacare," said Ryun, who served in the House from 1996 to 2007.
Roberts has been a solid Republican vote and has pressed for business in his home state, including Boeing work. He has worked with Democrats on some issues.
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Obamacare nationwide and Romneycare before it in Massachusetts are programs that force everyone to buy health insurance at jacked up prices.
The official Republican establishment line to people having to buy this new higher priced insurance because of the mandate or because their old cheaper coverage is now cancelled under Obamcare is that they will amend the law to create a more competitive marketplace that might offer slightly lower prices.
Reverse Obamacare reverse the insurance coverage mandate should the message of all outsider candidates in the GOP to the GOPe amenders.
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