Posted on 03/13/2002 2:24:10 PM PST by pbranham
First, the good news.
The good news is that Ken Bentsen finished third, ending his hopes of winning Phil Gramm's Senate seat. I believe he was Cornyn's only real threat of competition in the Fall. Bentsen is the type of RAT that McAuliffe is promoting in the South --> liberal to the core but able to fool the yellow dogs into thinking he's conservative (aka. Warner, Edwards). Cornyn will wipe the floor with the winner of the Kirk/Morales runoff.
Now the bad news:
State Sen. Jeff Wentworth, the biggest RINO in Texas politics, narrowly won re-nomination over Shields, 51-49 %. Oh so close!!! Hopefully, we will be able to increase our 1 seat edge in the Senate this Fall to prevent Jeff Wentworth from being the Texas version of John McPain. Susan Weddington, the state RNC chair, is to be commended for standing on principle and supporting Shields, instead of blindly supporting the incumbent.
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