"Keep your grubby hands out of Bob Dole’s peanut butter!"
Posted on 01/25/2020 2:51:54 PM PST by cotton1706
Former GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee Bob Dole, 96, endorsed Rep. Roger Marshall for Senate as the GOP establishment coalesced around the congressman following Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision not to run this year.
The endorsement of Dole, 96, came a week after Pompeo, a former Kansas congressman, told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he planned to continue in President Trump's cabinet. McConnell and his leadership deputies recruited Pompeo in a bid to block Kris Kobach from the nomination, worrying the immigration hawk was too provocative to win a general election in otherwise deep-red Kansas. With Pompeo out, the party establishment is turning to Marshall, who announced his candidacy months ago.
"I'm proud to endorse my Congressman, Dr. Roger Marshall, for the U.S. Senate," Dole said in a statement issued Monday by the Marshall campaign.
"He's a true friend to me and a true friend to Kansas," added Dole, a former Senator from Kansas, Senate majority leader, and 1996 Republican presidential nominee. "He has my full trust, and I know he will represent our state well."
Senior Republicans believed Pompeo was inclined to resign from the State Department at some point after the Senate trial to adjudicate two articles of impeachment against Trump so that he could prepare for a campaign to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Pat Roberts. But tensions with Iran, punctuated by Trump's decision to authorize the military strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, altered the secretary of state's plans. Pompeo is perhaps the president's closest confidant on national security matters.
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I think Bob has less lucid moments than the first Lassie.
Last time I saw him he looked older than a 1923 plow. The plow had less rust and looked more agile.
It never ceases to amaze me how much possibility the Republican leadership is willing to scoop up with both hands and toss out the window going down the road.
If I could appoint a senator for Kansas, it would be Kobach, so of course he'll have my vote in the general election. My concern is that he's the only major Republican candidate who could lose this seat just like he was the only Republican who could have lost to Laura Kelly.
Establishment / non-establishment argument aside - isn’t Kobach already a proven loser? Significant resources would have to be expended to try to hold this Senate seat in Kansas if he is nominated whereas it would essentially be over with the nomination otherwise...and we don’t need to have to spend a lot of money in Kansas of all places.
One good thing I will say about Bob Dole is that he stood by candidate Donald Trump.
Oh come on - don’t you find merit in having more unnecessarily vulnerable Senate seats that would cause resources to have to be spent there instead of trying to pick up seats in places like Michigan?
Marshall is a good one, but I wish we could utilize Kobach.
I supported Jeff Colyer in the primary for Gov. He lost by 40 votes to Kobach. I did support him in the General. But will not in the KS Primary in 2020. He is a lightning rod and will lose the seat if he makes it to the general election.
Kansas GOP knows that Kobach is a lighting road and will not support him again.
Good many wrong time.
Why renominate Kobach? Because he is red-blooded and a staunch conservative in a state that is drifting ever closer to purple status. He got some of my money and he may get more.
I would endorse and vote for Kobach in a heartbeat, but unfortunately he cannot win. While Kansas is solidly Republican, it is not solidly conservative. Many of Kansas Republican are descendants of the original Republicans who came to Kansas from Massachusetts and Connecticut to ensure that Kansas was admitted to the Union as a Free State.
If you want to meet these people, go to Massachusetts Street in Lawrence and visit the Free State Brewery. While most of those people are actually Democrats these days, the mainstream Republicans in this state are of the same ilk. They are liberals, not conservatives. They have trashed Kobach, lied about him, and have spent Soros money to ensure that he can never be elected. That’s why Kansas Senators are faux conservatives and Roberts replacement will probably be the same.
ROY MOORE HAS PROVEN LIKE KAVANAUGH HE WAS SET UP BY MITCH
WHO IS ALLERGIC TO HAVING CONSERVATIVES LIKE KRIS IN THE SENATE, BUT HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MITT, COLLINS, AND MURKY.
WE NEED A CONSERVATIVE PARTY THE GOP IS A RINO CLUB
Correct. Mitch has shown he will work to help the Democrat if necessary.
Bush League Republicans always help the Democrat win if the citizens get a conservative nominated.
I support his solid red positions. This guy would fit like a glove as immigration or senior judicially position with POTUS He lost significantly to a lib democrapper for gov. He appeared to be seriously short of funds. Dems must have had 5 times the ad buys at least here in central Ks.
Will Senator Moore vote against the conviction of President Trump?
Yes, let’s fracture our votes, and never win an election again...genius!
Dole is just following the Buckley rule: the most conservative electable candidate.
I like him too and voted for him twice. I’m just saying he probably can’t win.
I didn’t know he is still alive!
Roy Moore is a jailbait chasing retard.
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