I wasn't aware the "Tea Party Express" endorsed him, but that would be yet another reason NOT to support him. Most of the candidates they've endorsed have turned out to be lousy (John Raese, Richard Mourdock, Sharron Angle, Justin Amash, Mark Neumann, Christine O’Donnell, Marco Rubio, and quite recently they endorsed "Obama's conservative cousin" in Kansas, and I criticized them for that). They're a California based "Tea Party" group that has a bad habit of sticking their noses in primary campaigns across the country where they're ill-informed about the candidates.
I don't know if Erick Erickson from "RedState" (gotta loves conservatives who embrace the liberal media's terminology for them) endorsed in this race, but that would be another clear example of a self-appointed "conservative leader" whose endorsements turn out to be mostly disastrous.
>> Sorry, just because Palin backs a candidate does NOT mean that person is a conservative, as her endorsement of Carly Fiorina in California showed. <<
I agree. Palin MOSTLY backs good conservatives, but she is NOT infallible and she has occasionally endorsed awful candidates. I don't decide a person is conservative merely because Sarah Palin endorsed them.
Unfortunately, a number of conservatives DO decide a candidate is conservative merely because Mark Levin or some self-appointed "Tea Party" leader endorsed them, and the result has been people like Marco Rubio and Sharon Angle embarrassing conservatives and dragging us down. I am tired of hearing so-and-so instantly deserves our support because their god Mark Levin told them to support this person on his radio show. People need to evaluate candidates on their own and stop letting some celebrity tell them what to believe.
Agreed.