If Ted pulls it out of the fire for the RINOs they’ll just hate him more.
Must be Cruz isn’t a moron, go figure.
McConnell & Roberts are gnashing their teeth.
Bring in the heavy artillery.
Cruz as a team player, as he should be in certain instances. If he wins the GOP nomination in 2016 he has a stronger claim that the GOP-e should support him in return.
Well Roberts has the right people supporting him. Run some attack ads defining his opponent as a Obama policy supporter and he just might pull it out.
GOPe fail. Calling in the tea party conservative big guns. Will they stop attacking us more than they do Democrats now? I doubt it.
Roberts is not the most conservative candidate, but he is better than the Democratic in Independent clothes.
If the GOP takes the Senate it will be the end. They not the Dems will pass amnesty. You have been warned.
I have been VERY critical of the GOPe. If this is a step towards working together without compromising principals then I think it is a good thing.
I still don’t know Robert’s record, and I hear mixed messages here on FR.
Hey, how many FREEPers will now call Ted Cruz a RINO member of the GOP-e?
I live in Kansas, and I have followed the campaigns this year to a limited extent. Milton Wolf appeared to be campaigning on the idea that Roberts was out of touch and potentially not even a state resident any more. But I never saw any advertising that explained why Milton Wolf was the right person to replace him.
The shenanigans and blatant illegality from the KS supreme court over the Democrat ballot slot is another issue, and one that resounds to the favor of Roberts.
Roberts is no Ted Cruz - he is much more an insider than an outsider in Washington. But he is also no liberal, to be sure. The “independent” candidate is a democrat in all but name, and appears to be extremely liberal despite his campaign commercial claims against illegal immigration.
I see no harm in Cruz campaigning for Roberts. Roberts did not take the same scorched earth approach as Cochran in Mississippi, and thereby didn’t permanently alienate a large proportion of the republican base in the process.
Good for my Sen Cruz!
The sad thing is the establishment in the party (I’m thinking McConnel and his ilk not necessarily Roberts) will never do something similar for Cruz and the like (although there are few like Cruz in the Senate which is sad in of itself)
The elitists have no honor and no sense of party unity despite their protestations to the contrary. So we know what I wrote above is true.
With all that said there really is no choice when it comes to Roberts and conservatism. He’s not perfect but he’s no Mconnel or Cochran. (Sad even THAT distinction needs to be made)
It’s just a fact. Any “conservative”’who votes against Roberts at this point is no conservstive at all. Certainly it’s understandsble how Roberts got himself in this situation, but the “Independent” alternative is far worse in this case. Far worse no debate.
It’s time to stop advocating or supporting Robert’s demise. Again he’s no Mconnel or Cochran or even Corker. The worst that can be said about him is that he has declared (for tax purposes) his primary residence is in Virginia.
I realize he’s out of touch with Kansas’ people but we have a SC nomination coming up (probably shortly after the elections) you can bank on it. Get some perspective people.
Everybody has got his”PRICE”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tea Party has given victories to RINO’s yet the GOP-e kicks the TP to the curb when its convenient. A bunch of sad sacks of shiite.
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE | Orman (I) | Roberts (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 9/14 - 10/1 | -- | -- | 45.4 | 40.2 | Orman +5.2 |
| NBC News/Marist* | 9/27 - 10/1 | 636 LV | 3.9 | 48 | 38 | Orman +10 |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov* | 9/20 - 10/1 | 2013 LV | 3.0 | 40 | 40 | Tie |
| USA Today/Suffolk* | 9/27 - 9/30 | 500 LV | 4.4 | 46 | 41 | Orman +5 |
| Rasmussen Reports** | 9/16 - 9/17 | 750 LV | 4.0 | 45 | 40 | Orman +5 |
| FOX News | 9/14 - 9/16 | 604 LV | 4.0 | 48 | 42 | Orman +6 |
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