Posted on 02/06/2014 5:38:42 AM PST by cotton1706
It is time for you too to get behind Ben Sasse in the Nebraska Senate Primary. At three percent in the polls this past June, Sasse is now tied at the front with Mitch McConnell’s pick.
Unsurprisingly, Mitch McConnell and the Washington Lobbyist crowd’s pick does best with people who don’t like the tea party and Sasse does best with those who do like the tea party.
The effort to fully poison the well with Ben Sasse’s opponent is ongoing. The Washington lobbyist sector continues to throw the opponent lavish fundraisers and Mitch McConnell got the guy to DC to get in front of Senators. They are just going to destroy an otherwise good guy and make him one of the status quo.
If you oppose the status quo in Washington, you need to support Ben Sasse. He is supported by RedState, Club for Growth, the Senate Conservatives Fund, and others. Mitch McConnell hates him because the conservative movement has rallied to him.
So who do you want to be with — the lobbyists and establishment guys who jacked up the national debt to $17 trillion, or the conservatives who have fought and still fight for a balanced budget and limited government?
Ben Sasse’s opponent hasn’t even gotten to Washington yet and is already in their pocket. And they’d have taking from your pocket if he got there.
So join RedState and support Ben Sasse. He’s the guy the conservative movement supports and he will support us, not K Street, in D.C.
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“So who do you want to be with — the lobbyists and establishment guys who jacked up the national debt to $17 trillion, or the conservatives who have fought and still fight for a balanced budget and limited government?”
The guy with the best chance of defeating the Democrat. Even someone who McConnell backs is better than any democrat and a guy who will lose is a Democrat.
It doesn’t matter what they do in office? As long as they have an R next to their name, it’s all good.
“It doesn’t matter what they do in office? As long as they have an R next to their name, it’s all good.”
No all isn’t good. But any Republican is better than any Democrat regardless of what the Republican does in office. Backing candidates who can’t win contributes to another two years of Harry Reed running the Senate.
We all want to vote for someone who best matches our preferences. We all want the most conservative Senate we can get. The only path to that objective is too put candidates into the general with the best chance of winning. Any Republican is better than any Democrat.
“Any Republican is better than any Democrat.”
You mean Mark Kirk? John McCain? Graham? Boehner? McConnell? Sorry man. You are advocating for us to vote for more traitors. The GOP elites will choose the Dems interests before us every time. Once they are in there, they stay and fight...with us. Look at them on amnesty. This sham has gone on for a long time. No way we need more of it.
If you have the formula to predict 100% the success or failure of a candidate, please share with us. There is no way to predict this. Our batting average is pretty damn good the past two cycles. The establishment-preferred candidates are far from 100%, either. A lot of the McConnell/Cornyn preferred candidates got trounced. A lot of candidates they campaigned against won handily. Paul, Rubio, Cruz and Lee come to mind immediately, who all were opposed by the leadership in favor of ‘more electable’ candidates.
We’ll win some and lose some as a party and as a conservative movement. Selecting good candidates is obviously important, but defaulting the party favorite is no guarantee of victory and doesn’t even change the odds of picking up a seat.
That ignores what they do in office. We had a 55 seat majority mid-Bush term, and they failed because there were less than three conservatives. We have to grow the conservative caucus or we gain nothing.
Lesser of two evils is still evil. Mitch does not deserve to continue to serve. He is too good at surrendering and lacks principles. Go Ben!!
“You mean Mark Kirk? John McCain? Graham? Boehner? McConnell?”
So you would prefer Pelosi to Boehner? Harry Reed to McConnell?
“Lesser of two evils is still evil.”
That is an incredible dumb argument. You are faced with choosing between degrees of evil every day. Every choice has both good and bad features. Therefore, every choice is a choice between ‘evils’.
“Mitch does not deserve to continue to serve. He is too good at surrendering and lacks principles. Go Ben!!”
And, exactly how does the minority impose it’s will on the majority? Not getting your way because your the minority is not the same thing as surrendering.
Mich is a politician first and nowhere near a servant. He leaves folks with principles out to dry ask Ted Cruz. Kentucky almost got rid of him the last cycle. He has the principles of a Dem say anything to win rather than do the right thing. Last time GOP was in charge they betrayed the people. Mich is of that same ilk Sir.
You’re correct in pointing out the difficulties in predicting elections. I did not advocate voting for the ‘establishment’ just because they are the ‘establishment. Pick the guy with the most conservative record with a credible chance to win. He may not be as conservative as one would like but it is assured he will be more conservative than the democrat.
“That ignores what they do in office. We had a 55 seat majority mid-Bush term, and they failed because there were less than three conservatives. We have to grow the conservative caucus or we gain nothing.”
Absolutely agreed. Liddell Hart, one of the most insightful writers on strategy, said a successful strategy yields a “better state of peace”. Along those lines replacing a liberal with a slightly conservative candidate improves the senate and is a successful strategy. Strategies with little chance of success are nothing more than wishful thinking.
You will not elect a tea party candidate in the North East. A slightly conservative candidate is about the best you can do. Take the incremental gain and move on. It’s like football, sometimes you have to settle for two yards. Not every play is designed to be a 60 yard touchdown.
“Mich is a politician first and nowhere near a servant. He leaves folks with principles out to dry ask Ted Cruz. Kentucky almost got rid of him the last cycle. He has the principles of a Dem say anything to win rather than do the right thing. Last time GOP was in charge they betrayed the people. Mich is of that same ilk Sir.”
All politicians are scum. Cruz included.
Now answer the question of how the minority imposes its will on the majority. Wishful thinking doesn’t count.
by standing on principles rather than surrendering at drop of a hat. In 16 years even FDR could not get everything he wanted even through SC and he got to change all the members. Watch the cave on immigration even though only 3% of the folks think it is a priority. They cannot wait to wave their white flags in surrender rather than listen to the people.
You ask me to assume that GOP has a will or principles so your question asks me to accept a false premise to provide an answer.
Have you been drinking the RINO KoolAid?
Amen I do remember the Tea Party minority imposing it’s will on the Surrender Caucus GOP to make it difficult to cave and wave the white flags. Eventually they figured out a way though most of the time. GOP needs an insurgency methinks.
Isn’t Ben Sasse the same guy that Mitch McConnell is actively campaigning against?? Isn’t the Chamber of Commerce supporting one of the other candidates because Ben Sasse is too close to the Tea Party?? The GOPe are scared to death of this guy and that is the reason we should support him.
Forgive my ignorance, but is this an open seat? If not, who is the incumbent?
“Forgive my ignorance, but is this an open seat? If not, who is the incumbent?”
Yes it is an open seat. Mike Johannes is the incumbent but is leaving after one term. And we’re better off withouth him. A former Bush admin official who votes like a moderate.
You can stand on principles all you want but without the votes, you might as well be peeing your pants in a dark suit. It gives you a warm feeling but no one notices.
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