This race is about much more than the election itself, the balance of power in Congress, or the personalities of the participants.
This is about the entrenched political establishment in Washington D.C. (both parties) not supporting the best interests of the nation and its citizens. The attempt to give amnesty and automatic citizenship to some 20 million illegal aliens, including many career criminals, was the catalyst. Dr. Paul Broun took the more forthright stand against both amnesty and the political establishment, and he defeated the establishment candidate against all odds.
I think that this could be the beginning of an anti-establishment trend, that politics as usual is no longer acceptable. The question is, what will conservatives do about it?
This comment was posted under the article. It seems that not only were 2 Republicans running, but two conservative Republicans running (Damn, wish we could have that dilemma up here in MI). It seems the establishment sided with the favorite (Whitehead), commandeered his campaign, and effectively blew the race for him.
From the article itself we read:
For three weeks, Paul Broun told the Athens-Clark County area of the district that Jim Whitehead would ignore them. For three weeks, Jim Whitehead did just that.Another comment below the article:
For three weeks, Paul Broun went into Whitehead's base territory with youthful door to door volunteers targeting Christian households and hard core conservative voters. For three weeks, Jim Whitehead did not knock on doors.
Sounds like someone forgot the most important rule to a campaign: make sure your ground game is solid. [Damn straight.]
I think it also shows a disconnect between d.c. consultants and those on the local level - and why its good stick to the people who got the candidate where they are.
We consevatives ought to be cheered by this. We've been down in the dumps for a while now, but our people are out there and they are willing to get involved, fight, and win. The constituency is out there, we just have to mobilize it.
It’s a good sign that serious conservatives can beat the Establishment in competitive primaries. The details of this story should be widely publicized so it can encourage other serious conservatives who want to run.
Dr. Paul Broun, to put it mildly, is the Kossacks' worst nightmare - military pro-gun, fundamentalist evangelical, hard core states rights, and anti-budget.
What does that mean? I'm all in favor of a budget -- a modest budget. Noone is more fiscally conservative than I am, but I want a budget. Congress seems to have been running without a budget for 6-7 years now. And that includes a long time that Republicans (not conservatives, though) ran both houses of Congress.
I suspect this is just sloppy writing at RedState.