Posted on 05/20/2014 7:20:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Incumbent Republicans appeared poised to cruise to victory in key primary elections Tuesday, offering fresh evidence that the party’s establishment wing has successfully neutralized outside conservative groups that have vexed congressional leaders since the rise of the tea party.
In Kentucky, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the party’s leader in the Senate, easily won renomination for a sixth term against a tea-party-backed challenger who hoped to tap into tea party activists’ distrust of GOP leaders in Washington. Shortly after polls closed, the Associated Press declared McConnell the winner.
McConnell now faces what will probably be a more significant challenge in the general election from Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, who glided to the Democratic nomination Tuesday.
As in Kentucky, an effort by conservative groups to unseat an ally of House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) appeared to fizzle in Idaho. Rep. Mike Simpson was on track to defeat his tea-party-funded challenger, Bryan Smith, with help from a late infusion of outside spending from establishment groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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What’s the difference?
Oh come on.....that is ridiculous. You are thankfully being sarcastic which is cool. Just last week we had a huge victory with prayers......we also won the case about campaign finance and so many more.
Those are tiny victories compared to the impact of Roberts’ deciding vote for socialized medicine.
Actually that is not the worst from the Supreme Court. I would take the ruling for Socialized Medicine if we could get rid of Roe vs. Wade which is a trillion times worse.
What makes you think Roberts would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade?
Well lets not assume he won’t we don’t have proof either way.
Now, NO, it is not OK to “bitch slap” your wife for any reason other than self defense or the defense of others, and you belong in jail if you ever do.
And? The Senate Conservative Fund just endorsed Mitch McConnell, and I am sure Sara Palin and Ted Cruz will do all they can to get Mitch McConnell reelected.
It is disheartening to see so many GOP-E’s win their primaries, but, I agree with you - the idea of teaching them a lesson by allowing the Senate to stay in the dem’s hands seems foolhardy to me. You will see more and more folks advocating not voting in the general or voting for a third party candidate who doesn’t have a prayer of winning. I understand the frustration, but it is foolish.
I get frustrated and sometimes think it doesn’t matter anymore which party wins......but it does. Romney vs Obama is no contest. What Obama has done to this country cannot be undone. Maybe we can repeal some things...maybe we can get rid of some of the regulations...but the lost wealth, the lost world power, the lost moral clarity, and the list goes on, has been devastating. Having Obama as president has done untold damage to this country that I could never have imagined. Romney was not a conservative, but he would not have “transformed” America as Obama has.
Are you a democrat operative?
YES! You are correct!
It is sad to me how many “conservatives” have problems with their own ego and pride.
I have voted for people that I can not stand, and would not want to spend time with. I voted for that person because:
THE PURPOSE OF EVERY ELECTION IS TO DEFEAT THE WORST CANDIDATE!
Never worry about voting “FOR” -— VOTE AGAINST THE WORST ONE!
That makes it much easier.
That only works for so long. And we reached the end in 2012.
Well, I still worry about who I’m voting for, but as you indicated, sometimes it comes down to voting against a worse candidate.
I’m with ya’! I will never waste another gallon of gas to go vote for someone who doesn’t want my vote anyway.
I guarantee Mitch is thrilled that almost 40% voted against him. He hates those people and looks down his nose at them. Like I’ve said before, they may not need Tea partiers’ votes to win the primaries, but they’ll need them to win the general. And they won’t have mine!
You two can vote for guys like Mitch.
And he’ll repay you with a kick in the ‘nads.
No CINOS or Republicrats for me, but thanks for playing.
Now, go get bent.
Well, I’m not going to vote for the democrat as one of the other posters on this thread is recommending.
Your “go get bent” comment was uncalled for. Did I attack you? No, I did not.
I wish I was in his district, I swear I`d vote for his Rat opponent!
The GOP idiotocracy continues unabated.
What the heck is wrong with the electorate, that they insist on voting for candidates who no longer even try to hide their desire to bankrupt the nation?
ya just one vote away.. thank god the obamacare vote struck it down..
oh wait..
Please. No more red harings.
The folks who voted for him, inexplicably had a different opinion. A well funded ad campaign saturating all tv channels should not have been able to make folks forget how worthless he is.
Or we are an electorate fully asleep at the polls who truly have no idea what we are doing.
If anyone manages to figure out what it takes to knock some common sense into those voters, please share it. Danged if I know...
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