Posted on 08/26/2010 12:56:09 PM PDT by onyx
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Sean Cairncross, the general counsel of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, is headed to Alaska at the request of Sen. Lisa Murkowski to help provide guidance to the GOP incumbent finds herself trailing attorney Joe Miller by roughly 1,600 votes…
Committee sources insisted that too much should not be read into Cairncross’ presence in Alaska — only that the NRSC is an incumbent-retention committee and, as such, provides assistance when Senators ask for it.
Let me get this straight. After taking loads of abuse from the grassroots for endorsing Charlie Crist before Rubio’s campaign got off the ground, and with Murkowski already pointedly refusing to rule out a third-party bid if Miller’s (shrinking) lead holds up, John Cornyn and the NRSC are … sending their top lawyer to help her out? And framing it explicitly in terms of retaining incumbents? Do they really have no idea of how bitterly ferocious the backlash will be among the Republican base — especially, but not only, among Palin’s supporters — if they’re seen as tilting the election to Murkowski?
One would think they would have to spell her name correctly on a write in......;~)
I’m didn’t buy ACE’S or I wouldn’t have posted this one.
Hey... [::shrugs::]... if folks insist upon taking their cues from an open, unapologetic sh!t-stirring Sarah-basher like (*gag*) AllahPundit rather than a sober, Sarah-neutral source such as Ace: nothin' I can do 'bout that, except point out the heavy irony involved. (Which I've already done, just now, obviously... so that's off my "to-do" list, then.)
You know precisely where I stand, re: Sarah and everything that she stands for. And you're glaring at the wrong person, quite frankly. ;)
Keep this pinged all evening, also.
It doesn't do one damn bit of good playing keyboard commandos here, moaning to each other.
Consider this a FREEP! Take a few seconds to go to # 30 to write your blue dart to Cornyn's office. I just shot mine off into the ether! It was that fiery streak you just saw blazing past your window.
This is what we're here for, isn't it....or just to bloviate to each other?
It don't mean a thing if you don't DO your thing!
Let someone know about this blatant primary BIAS which should be STOPPED now, or the GOP elites will pull it again and again.
Post here if you completed your Freep!
Leni
Same OLD same ol....I’ll send my money to individuals not an organization who decides for me where my money goes.
...and who exactly do you think helps support the NRSCC? If your candidate is an incumbant R, that candidate donates (from campaign funds) to the comittee.
I respectfully disagree; this is Alaska after all, not Illinois or NY. They march to their own drummer up there.
It will take Miller about 5 seconds to card up her words in the debate about promising to respect the will of Alaska voters. I imagine he knew that very moment how the trends were going and wanted her on record for that very reason.
All three minor parties, huh.
Some yes, some no. There is a reason Palin had to overcome corporate good-old-boy roadblocks to that gas pipeline.
We'll see.
This is why I don’t take their calls.
There is a libertarian candidate for Governor in Alaska.
I also read Conservative4Palin’s take and they linked HotAir and also ACE and that’s when I determined I would just go with a partial HotAir that linked “DISASTER” from the WaPo too.
I just wanted to get the point across in the snippet that the NRSC lawyer was headed to Alaska to advise Murkowski and that the NRSC is a committee devoted to incumbents.
Allahpundit went into conspiracy nonsense about Murkowski possibly running as a Libertarian - (idiot) - I just think Murkowski is desperately trying to win this election by whatever means and I think it SUX big time for the “incumbent committee” to once again involve itself in Republican primaries, particulary this one, where voters have voted, the Republican Lt Gov, will oversee the absentee counting, and now Joe Miller will have to personally hire his own counsel.
>> Another good example why I contribute to individual candidates.
I believe the Club for Growth provided a contribution channel apart from the GOP machine.
Do you contribute to conservative candidates?
Had this been a conservative loss, we'd be hearing from the NRSC about the importance of "party unity going forward into November." Murkowski had no business holding this seat in the first place, but inherited it in the manner of Jean Carnahan, a stupid nepotistic behavior that has become characteristic of what used to be representative government.
I'm not advocating for either organization, but I think it's important to draw the distinction. The GOP RARELY (if ever) involves itself in primary politics. Only in a handful of instances where a candidate might be completely unacceptable - David Duke comes to mind immediately - will the national GOP get involved.
There are some state GOP parties that will be a bit more aggressive in primaries, but again that's the exception and not the rule.
The NRSC's job is to elect Republicans to open seats or to Dem seats and to help incumbents get reelected. That's their charter, and people who donate money to them understand that's their charter.
Some of the comments here are remarkably uniformed for people who purport to be something other than politically naive.
Folks, there’s an email link on # 30. USE IT!
Keep this pinged all evening, also.
It doesn’t do one damn bit of good playing keyboard commandos here, moaning to each other.
Consider this a FREEP! Take a few seconds to go to # 30 to write your blue dart to Cornyn’s office. I just shot mine off into the ether! It was that fiery streak you just saw blazing past your window.
This is what we’re here for, isn’t it....or just to bloviate to each other?
It don’t mean a thing if you don’t DO your thing!
Let someone know about this blatant primary BIAS which should be STOPPED now, or the GOP elites will pull it again and again.
Post here if you completed your Freep!
Leni
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Thanks, dear Leni!
Here’s the e-mail address:
Thata girl! FWIW, They’re on notice now!
I contribute to FR. I have not, nor will I ever contribute money to a politician. I have however on occassion, contributed my time.
But that has nothing to do with the fact that incumbant R senators donate to the NRSCC from their campaign funds.
Done:
Here part of it:
“What are you thinking?....This is a primary. Miller is ahead! Are you trying to add to the image that the elite party hacks are throwing the election for one of their own?”
Folks, go to # 30, get involved in this easy freep......and then report back here to keep this thread movin' on up!
Leni
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