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Wall Street Journal: RedState Winner in 2010 Primaries

By: Ben Domenech (Diary)  |  September 16th, 2010 at 07:52 AM  | 

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Self explanatory. Credit not just to Erickson for his acumen in picking candidates to support, but for all of you who’ve actually made that support count.

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  • Steve Summers

    If hypocracy was a capital offense, he’d be “getting the needle” right now.

    I just got an UNBELIEVABLE email from his organization.

    The money quote:

    “Christine O’Donnell is exactly that type of candidate and the RNC is proud to support her and our entire slate of Republican candidates in Delaware. But with only 48 days until Election Day, time is running out for Republican grassroots leaders like you to help the RNC provide Christine and all our candidates with the campaign resources and direct financial assistance they need to win.”

    Sorry Mike, but my idea of “direct financial assistance” is to send my money to CHRISTINE, not YOU or the RNC. The Republican establishment won’t one cent of my money ever again, unless the Republican party becomes the Conservative party.

    • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

      nt

    • merryj1

      I agree on not giving money to any of the Party groups (RNC, RNSC or RNCC) but directly to the candidates, OR to Senator DeMint’s Conservative Senate fund (where you can earmark parts of a donation to some or all conservative Senate candidates, with all of the donation money going to the candidate(s) you select).

      On Michael Steele, however, I respectfully disagree with the (widespread) dissing: Back when Steele was vying for the Chairmanship of the RNC, it was Establishment Republicans that threw everything but nice at him to keep the Party control in their own hands. He’s not the enemy, and he’s not a RINO. He went through a lot of what O’Donnell went through during his own rise to the Lt. Gov spot in Maryland, and he does empathize with being forced to “fight (our) own Party” as well as the Dem opposition.

      Steele was on the radio with Sean Hannity shortly after the Rove melt-down about the Deleware Primary & he properly stayed neutral until the Primary results were in then had contacted Cornyn to head off all of the whining and to make certain the RNSC would be backing O’Donnell.

  • Viator

    But no mention of Sarah Palin…laughable.

    • http://twitter.com/bdomenech Ben Domenech

      Perhaps it’d just be repetitive to include her.

    • natlanthem

      The fact that Sarah Palin was not listed is precisely the reason she is the #1 source for the conservative victories in the primaries.

      a) Her attitude in the 2008 general carried over past the election
      b) Her grace under fire won her the admiration and willingness to listen
      c) The Tea Party movement, while independent, would not have been as quick to catch fire without her groundbreaking and her acceptance
      d) Two words from Sarah set the land aflame — “Death Panels” — and she was right.
      e) Her staunch support of the Republican Party as the venue for change has led to the primary challengers stepping up
      f) She scares the shit out of the Democrats

      And I think a LOT of people are like myself in that they weigh her advice on candidates very heavily.

      • markvol

        She is the one good thing McCain did.

        • davesinsanantonio
        • badnewzbearz

          I wonder if McCain will support her. Surely McCain would never support Romney. There’s no love lost there.

  • NeoKong

    Dragon Slayers.

  • fpete13527
  • Common_Cents

    Jim DeMint deserves big time support. It’s one thing to be a computer warrior outside the beltway. It’s another to resist the temptation to be assimilated by the machine when you are inside the beltway. I’m sure he is treated as an outsider even by the “elite” of his own party.

    This is a TEAm effort and we’ll all need to band together to pull it off.

  • pilgrim

    15 are gone

    Bennett
    Bond
    Coleman
    Craig
    Domenici
    Gregg *
    Hagel
    Martinez
    Murkowski
    Gordon Smith
    Specter
    Stevens
    Sununu
    Voinovich *
    Warner

    6 in 2010 up for re-election

    Burr
    Coburn
    Grassley
    Isakson
    McCain
    Thune

    13 safe in 2010

    Alexander *
    Chambliss
    Collins
    Corker
    Cornyn
    Ensign
    Graham
    Hatch
    Hutchison
    Kyl *
    Lugar *
    McConnell
    Snowe *

    * indicates vote to release the last 350 billion of TARP

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

      Sadly. The COnservative Movement has a lot of work to do for the GOP to represent us well.

      • pilgrim
        • Cheryl

          Congrats to all the contributors, great job.

          Time to pack it up and head for Austin.

        • Richard Mullins

          Earlier this month, PPP had a poll on the 2012 senatorial/presidential primary here in Texas and KBH would only get 34% vs a more Conservative. Yes, safe in 2010 only because no Senate primary this year. The Details and the Poll are here to look at. It’s the only we have to look at that far down the road.

          • markvol

            Graham is considered “safe”. Alexander could be gone and I
            would be happy.

          • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine
          • Richard Mullins

            Tennessee and see if Alexander has no chance winning. That’s what happened here. As for Graham, it’s a little too far out for that. Let’s try that around this time in 2012.

          • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
          • Richard Mullins

            perhaps a UT/TT poll in the next month for the Senatorial/Presidential Primary here in Texas followed by SUSA(they never do polls here) and then RR. I think that PPP is trying to be quick on the questions as regards to the Primary. As for other states, PPP then RR to get a comparison of left-of-center polling outfits and Independent polling outfits. Toss in Magellan for good measure.

          • pilgrim

            In 2010 are the key words. I believe and hope you are correct with respect to 2012.

          • Richard Mullins
    • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

      took place at a time of crisis and was close call given same, IMHO. Moreover, TARP was not actually carried out by Bush-Paulson or Obama-Geithner, as advertised, but did, play a role in stopping the immediate crisis. Were there other ways to have stopped the crisis. Yes, and maybe we should have done nothing. Water under bridge. The better related votes would be those that extended TARP after it was used to bail out AIG and Goldman-Sachs pals.

      But if we make the TARP vote a litmus test for conservative support, then we will be throwing Paul Ryan and lots of good reps in the House and Senate under the bus.

      agree or disagree

      FTR, I wrote 8 contracted columns during the crisis and came out barely against TARP, but think that votes for same under the circumstances was understandable and defensible.

      • JSobieski

        Is there are more articulate spokesperson for free market economics?

        I am generally fan of governors running for President, but in his case I think it is time for an exception.

        Who would perform better against Obama in a debate on economic policy than Ryan?

        Obviously there is more to being President than that, but I think Ryan would mop the floor with him.

      • pilgrim

        All I did is respond to the graphic in this piece that show on the loser side of the ledger the 34 Senators who voted for TARP. The graphic says nothing about House members who voted for TARP. I also agree the vote under the circumstances then is different than the vote under the circumstances on Jan. 13, 2009. That later vote for TARP had 6 GOP Senators instead of 34.

        • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

          to same. Do you think we should try and defeat Kyl for his Jan 13 vote?

          • pilgrim

            We know how feisty they get when their guy has made some bad votes, but can not be challenged by folks with bad poll numbers and a bad personality. I will stay out of that fight they have with themselves.

      • aesthete

        Even so, I can’t help but be at least somewhat pleased that TARP voters paid for the vote, even if it was the correct (or at least, not the incorrect) vote. Sometimes its good to have our generals fall on their swords when they do something repugnant, even if that same action prevents something worse. It’s like the Ollie North situation: what he did was a great service to the anti-communist movement and I’m glad he did it, but he still should have (and did) serve time.

    • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

      Of all the things going on right now, we’re worried about TARP?

      Please.

      • pilgrim

        The graphic on this piece about the 34 GOP Senators being listed on the loser side of the ledger is the only reason I mentioned it. There are many who are upset with the bailouts to Wall St., but with all the things going on right now it should be way down on anyone’s list of things to worry about right now.

        • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

          I’m just arguing the substance.

          I see you don’t disagree, so … oh well. No argument for me today. :)

          • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

            of mistakes that were made by conservatives in brow-beating the 35? I am certainly with you Neil, and Pilgrim at least with respect to the first vote. I would have to go back and read news surrounding the Jan 13 vote to remember my position on the second vote if I didn’t do a column on it. But in general, I think the TARP votes were close calls esp as compared to Obama’s budgets, stimulus, cap and trade, ObamaCare, Dodd bill etc…

          • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

            So I don’t know if Ben’s worried. :)

          • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine
        • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

          could be a threadjack.

          BTW, all threadjacks are welcome in DeVine blogs!

          Casper the Friendly Ghost and all…

    • calgacus

      Tom Coburn for one, as well as John Thune. This one vote is not an absolute deal breaker, but most of these people can and should be challenged.

      I am thinking in particular of Orrin Hatch, Lindsey Graham, and Kay Bailey Hutchison.

  • texasgalt

    And just in time for Austin.

  • jo11882

    Dem House candidates/incumbents have been winning the primaries with very low voter turnout. The more vocal the ones who voted against Obamacare are during the campaign, the more they will alienate their base. Unions have been lukewarm in support for so-called moderate Dems. Unions poured millions into AR to defeat Lincoln in the primary – they wasted it.

    KeyHouseRaces.com – Supporting Conservative U.S. House Candidates in 2010

  • shorty

    I’m not a blogger and have no political clout but I am making my voice heard in these elections. Eric, your daily Morning Briefing posts are appreciated and have been helpful in my decisions as to the candidates I donate to.

    I also like Jim DiMint and contribute to his SCF as well as individual candidates he AND you recommend but only after I do some research myself. Thank GOD most of them have won!!

    Being from TN., I feel like Senator Corker and Represenative Blackburn are in the safe category. However, I think Senator Alexander will go.. Many people are unhappy with his frequent TOO LIBERAL votes and I have let him know this…

    I just made my first donation to your cause and it won’t be my last.

    THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!!!

  • epaulzy

    It says under “Liberal Democrat” all of the democrats who voted against health-care reform and are running again have kept their party nomination. I didn’t think any democrat went against health-care reform. Am I wrong?

  • http://twitter.com/bdomenech Ben Domenech

    34 Democrats went against health-care reform. 30 of them ran for re-election. Despite threats from the left’s base, all of them won.

  • tngal

    when it was pretty clear there were enough votes. They were given a pass by their leaders. so they could come home and say I didn’t vote for the hc bill. They are actually running ads right now showing how great they were for not endorsing it.

  • mriggio

    every single one of the thirty House members need to be defeated, and overwhelmingly, by their Republican challengers in a few short days. It’s THAT vote, not the H/C vote, that needs to sink their ship.

  • epaulzy

    I’m glad to know some demcrats aren’t rubber-stamping every idea Pelosi, Reid, and Obama send down the line.

  • JadedByPolitics

    who give Erick’s voice the money to back it up! In politics you are NOTHING without cash to back it up….unfortunate yes but a necessary evil :)

  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    …voted against all three of the Big Three (stimulus, C&T, Obamacare): we’re going to be excising as many of the rest as we can manage anyway,

  • badnewzbearz

    every Democrat in the Senate voted for it.

  • edintexas

    They needed to vote against the bill to survive in their district, and Pelosi didn’t need their votes to pass the bill. So she cut them free to vote as their district wanted. If she had needed their votes, they would have voted “Yea”, or suffered the consequences.

  • banzaibob

    If pelosi is still the speaker she will extrect whatever votes she needs out of them.

  • kenchely

    There were two House Democrats who voted against the bill even though they were in safe Democratic seats–voting no was more dangerous than voting yes, because the only possible challenge to them was from more liberal Democrats. That’s Lipinski in Illinois and Lynch in Massachusetts. You think they’re worried about Republicans on the southwest side of Chicago or in South Boston?