Is there anything particularly wrong with Bridenstine ? I think OK Conservatives consider him the best of the House delegation with Lankford & Cole bringing up the bottom. The big question remains if he’ll run, which would split the vote between him and Shannon and potentially hand it to Lankford. There’s no excuse for not getting the most right-leaning candidate sent to DC.
Inhofe runs again this year, so the next opportunity for interested parties won’t be until 2020 (presumably when he’d retire when he’s 86). I’m surprised he’s running again, he must be fairly confident he’ll get a chairmanship with a GOP takeback. At present, it looks like the Dems may not even challenge him.
I don’t think there’s a thing wrong with Bridenstine that I can tell. I’d rather support Shannon, though, who has compiled a conservative voting record over much more than a single year (Bridenstine’s 2012 election was his first foray into politics) and who has proven that he can shepherd bills through the legislature. I also think that Shannon’s election to the Senate would help the GOP expand its voter base by increasing the number of black conservative Republicans in the national spotlight.
Bridestine has been in Congress for just one year; I hope that he stays in the House for the time being and builds a record of accomplishment before seeking higher office. But if Bridenstine runs, and makes the run-off against Lankford, I’d support Bridenstine in the run-off.
I’d rather have Shannon win the nomination in the first round, though.
Not that I know of. I didn't mean to imply their was. Certainly he's better than Lankford who I would (as others have) compare to his "mentor" Tom Cole (not that Cole is Stalin as a few people seem to think). It's just that I see nothing particularly "right with him", a freshman US Rep., to elevate him over Shannon and justify some of the more aggressive endorsements I've seen.
So I'm wondering which blog or "tea party group" or radio talk show host that people put so much stock in is feeding people their opinions of him. It feels like one of those situations to me. His Grace, Mark Levin?