Posted on 03/09/2014 9:27:26 AM PDT by Olog-hai
As conservative activist groups stirred up trouble for establishment Republican Senate candidates in 2010 and 2012, party leaders in Washington first tried to ignore the insurgents, then tried to reason with them, and ultimately left it to primary voters to settle the matter. [ ]
This election season, Republicans led by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are taking a much harder line as they sense the majority within reach. Top congressional Republicans and their allies are challenging the advocacy groups head on in an aggressive effort to undermine their credibility. The goal is to deny them any Senate primary victories, cut into their fund-raising and diminish them as a future force in Republican politics.
I think we are going to crush them everywhere, Mr. McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, said in an interview, referring to the network of activist organizations working against him and two Republican incumbents in Kansas and Mississippi while engaging in a handful of other contests. I dont think they are going to have a single nominee anywhere in the country.
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How dare the base of the party put it’s priorities over the corporate lobbyists in the GOPe.
Al Franken, Harry Reid, etc etc are morons and yet they win.
Why can’t Wolf? Is he just an inexperienced campaigner?
Well, Brevity is the soul of wit.
You said it better than I could Aria. If Al Franken can win than our side shouldn't count anyone out.
is he being primaried???
WE HAVE TO take out at least one huge name
Cornyn squeaked by- but he did not even get 60% of the GOP base to vote for him- a horrible result for AN INCUMBENT
Oh Wait........
Gotta watch out for the panderers that try to ride in on the bandwagon. Quite a few of those came in back in 2010, which helped the GOP-e’s resurgence cause the grand defeat of 2012.
Having beg my own party to get cloture on a bill is no winner for me. Winning the Senate means nothing if you are still a Surrender Caucus. GOP has no idea how to lead they have proved it over and over again. They have those shiny bleached white flags always at the ready. They are not conservative and have no principles.
Exactly.
And I would add how much zeal will the Republican establishment have to prevent voting fraud in Republican primaries where there are Tea Party challengers involved.
That's right I said it!
Potential voting fraud in Republican primaries where the GOP-e works hand in glove with the Democrats to defeat Tea Party candidates in primaries.
Mitch is dumber than a rock. With his ‘so-called’ leadership the Republicans get closer to distinction, day by day. Only fools would follow today’s Republican Party. May the conservatives win the day and get the nation back on the ‘right’ track.
Reagan was not free of dirty laundry (divorced and remarried) and still won.
That is why our side panics at every little controversy and tosses anyone overboard that might rock the boat (so to speak)
That is how we get into situations like the one we are in now, "Be Part of the Get Along Gang or have that time you Paralleled Parked in a no Parrnell Parking Zone Brought up"
So the Senators and congressmen offer tepid resistance but in the end they do not roll back any of big government.
If the GOP does win back the senate I hope for once they have some guts to put in new leadership with no skeletons in their closet. McConnell in the senate and Boehner in the house are both compromised individuals with things to hide and the Democrats have them by the you know what. They’re the two biggest obstacles in trying to push back the left.
Reagan was not an idiot.
Wolf is an idiot, at least in public relations terms.
We can't beat the Dems using their play book? Fine, we won't play their game.
Arminius couldn't beat Publius Quinctilius Varus on his terms either.
Actually, it is wise to learn from your enemy.
Remember General Patton, played by George C. Scott?
“Rommel, I read your @@@@ book!”
Strategy requires that we take into account the game plans of our enemy. Our candidates must be near perfect. If not, they will not have my support in the primary.
PERIOD!
So Pat Roberts doesn't have ANY Skeletons in his closet? None?
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