Many of you will bemoan Tillis’ nomination, I must disagree. Tillis is nothing close to the RINO monster his detractors portray him as, he had a record of conservative accomplishment. Brannon seems like an L. Ron Paul type to me, I think he would have had a hard time in November. This is good news for taking back the Senate.
Walter Jones wins, too bad.
Boner wins in a walk, foregone conclusion, at lot of people are complaining like they thought the race was competitive, it wasn’t.
Congressman David Joyce (OH-14) won a closeish race over State Rep. Matt Lynch. Joyce appears to be a RINO (40% ACU rating for what’s it’s worth, it’s hard to take the ACU seriously when they post their ratings sideways, Govtrack calls him a centrist). This was the race in Ohio that was competitive, and I at least heard almost nothing about it, instead of tilting at windmills (Boner) there should have been more focus on this one.
David Rouzer (NC-7) is Congressman-elect, our #1 easiest pickup.
NC-6, going to runoff, I haven’t closely examined the candidates. Prosecutor (Berger) versus Pastor (Walker). Berger’s daddy is the President Pro Tem of the State Senate. A Berger PAC called “Keep Conservatives United” attacked all the other candidates. Walker was planning on running even if old man Coble had run again and had tea party support. At first glance I’d lean Walker.
Indiana, absolutely nothing of interest other than the fact the rats didn’t put up a candidate for Mourdock’s open State Treasurer seat.
Ping to 82, you may something to add about Joyce in Ohio-14.
Oh I forgot, Clay Aiken is narrowly ahead of the democrats preferred choice to lose to Renene Ellmers. LOL.
Are you implying that it would have been wiser to donate money to viable candidates running against RINOs, such as the conservatives challengers who fell just short of beating RINOs Walter Jones and David Joyce, rather than wasting on a nobody like Eric Gurr with no chance of defeating John Boehner? But, but, without all that money that FReepers sent Gurr he wouldn’t have been able to get 6% of the vote.
Indiana, absolutely nothing of interest other than the fact the rats didn’t put up a candidate for Mourdock’s open State Treasurer seat.
I know that there is someone who will be appointed to run at the State convention. I don't recall his name, right now.
James R. McClure Jr.
Jeffersonian Anti-Federalist Democrat
The whole Republican field in NC was second-tier at best. Thom Tillis is nothing great, but he’s acceptable. I think that Kay Hagan’s massive fundraising spooked several better candidates.