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They’re Coming for Mike Lee
redstate.com ^ | 12/22/14 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 12/22/2014 1:13:54 PM PST by cotton1706

It is extremely notable that Manu Raju of the Politico has written that the establishment intends to destroy Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). Raju serves as the court stenographer for the Senate GOP leadership. His pieces are routinely littered with the conventional wisdom and talking points of the Senate GOP leadership. He has more than once anticipated Senate GOP leadership strategy based on their conversations with him.

So when Manu Raju says the establishment intends to go on offense against the tea party by beating Sen. Mike Lee in the Utah Republican Primary, we can be sure Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the NRSC, etc. will be stepping aside and failing to give Lee the support they gave Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), etc.

Of note, the story focuses on Jon Huntsman, Sr., who remains well respected in Utah. Huntsman, you will recall, is the man who spread the rumors about Herman Cain in 2012, in an effort to help his son, Jon Huntsman the lesser, run for President. All he managed to accomplish was taking out Herman Cain and getting his granddaughter an MSNBC show.

But Huntsman is clearly planning on destroying Sen. Mike Lee to gain a tea party scalp and the GOP establishment in D.C. clearly plans on standing aside to let it happen.

And they have a financial advantage. Huntsman has deep pockets as does the establishment. Sen. Mike Lee needs to drive up his fundraising. We need to help him.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: Texas; US: Utah; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; corruptrepublicans; election2016; elections; establishment; fakeconservatives; gope; gopestablishment; gopewarpath; hermancain; jonhuntsman; jonhuntsmansr; lee2016; manuraju; mikelee; politico; rino; rinos; scottwalker; teaparty; tedcruz; texas; utah; wisconsin
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1 posted on 12/22/2014 1:13:54 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Have a great day, all.


2 posted on 12/22/2014 1:16:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: cotton1706

The United States is moving to a One Party Rule ,Politicians are tired of this reelection bull ,D’oh


3 posted on 12/22/2014 1:17:09 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: cotton1706

I absolutely don’t doubt this. After seeing how the Repugs colluded with the dems in Mississippi, I KNOW they will resort to any sleazy gimmick necessary to defeat true conservatives.


4 posted on 12/22/2014 1:17:23 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: molson209
The United States is moving to a One Party Rule

We've been there for a long time now.

5 posted on 12/22/2014 1:19:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: cotton1706

Is Manu another quota queen like Fareed Zakaria or Martin Bashir?

Big Mike Big Mike, there’s all these wannabe RINO pricks hanging around him like skidmarks. Big Mike Big Mike, if you see big Mike walking out of a pub, big Mike doesnt drink, and you’re just a RINO Drunk.


6 posted on 12/22/2014 1:22:28 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: cotton1706
“The primary responsibility of the Senate campaign committee is to make certain that Republican incumbents are re-elected,” Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said ...

Unless, that is, they don't kowtow to Mitch ...

7 posted on 12/22/2014 1:22:41 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: cotton1706

The upcoming 2016 race: Republicrats versus Demopublicans


8 posted on 12/22/2014 1:22:52 PM PST by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: dfwgator

At least 25 years. Since Shrub One.


9 posted on 12/22/2014 1:25:18 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: cotton1706

You know, one of these days, they’ll pick on the wrong guy who will have the guts, drive, and charisma to fire back effectively at these tyrants and fire up the people to fight for their freedom at the same time.


10 posted on 12/22/2014 1:26:52 PM PST by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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To: cotton1706

In order to hang onto their power the GOPe are going to have to switch over to the Democrat party before too much longer.


11 posted on 12/22/2014 1:29:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: cotton1706

Manu Raju is pronounced manure au jus and it means shit juice.


12 posted on 12/22/2014 1:30:13 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: cotton1706

Is Orrin Grant Hatch behind the move to topple Senator Lee too.


13 posted on 12/22/2014 1:33:19 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: cotton1706
I would not be surprised if they put loser RINO Huntsman, Jr up against him, backed by the full force and $$$$$ of the GOP-E and its crony Chamber of Commerce.


14 posted on 12/22/2014 1:33:24 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: cotton1706

Time for a third party folks, there is absolutely no point in remaining with the GOP. It has become the democrat party, and not a lesser democrat party. The leadership is as corrupt and as evil and as ruthless as any democrat.


15 posted on 12/22/2014 1:41:55 PM PST by erkelly
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To: erkelly

I agree. However, there are too many that refuse to break suction from the Republican nipple. Fear, I suppose.


16 posted on 12/22/2014 1:51:21 PM PST by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: cotton1706

We warned them this would happen, but the Uniparty sycophants and Party Hack Operatives are still busy castigating anyone who dares utter the truth about the GOP leadership.

In fact, we are already hearing “Voting for an “R” is better than anyone with a “D” after their name, and you will be blamed for the destruction of the Republic if you do not vote for the Republican and sit home or vote another party.

We have already been fundamentally transformed into an Imperial Fascist Oligarchy. We have a Roman Senate under the rule of a Caesar in whom his Praetorian Media propagandizes for the dictatorship and attacks anyone opposed.


17 posted on 12/22/2014 1:51:44 PM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: cotton1706

Lee will be JUST FINE. But The Establishment is more than welcome to try.


18 posted on 12/22/2014 1:55:45 PM PST by BobL (I'm so old, I can remember when most hate crimes were committed by whites - Thomas Sowell, 2014)
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To: INVAR
In fact, we are already hearing “Voting for an “R” is better than anyone with a “D” after their name, and you will be blamed for the destruction of the Republic if you do not vote for the Republican and sit home or vote another party.

That bullyboy tactic has definitely lost much potency.

We can thank dummies in the GOPe for finally being so openly honest in their appraisals of conservatives.

19 posted on 12/22/2014 1:57:13 PM PST by skeeter
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To: cotton1706

I think Mike lee is doing what his constituents sent him to DC to do. He should have no trouble getting re-elected.


20 posted on 12/22/2014 1:59:46 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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