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Yeah, delete the comment. You’ll turn what was going to be on Facebook, and get a certain level of exposure, into a RedState front page post, and get much more exposure.

FAIL.

Honest question… Suppose Cornyn and the NRSC do pull back the endorsement. What is stopping them from just working even harder behind the scenes to get him through the primary next year? Is there any meat to this battle, or are we just fighting for aesthetic purposes?

Either way, go Marco.

I may have to re-think that support in the future.

Maybe it will be time for John to say adios as well.

at almost the exact same time as you did Erick, and noticed too that it was gone this morning.

Actually, I was surprised that he even personally responded to us at all, and respected him for that. But now that the post has been removed, it kinda negates that.

Brian Hibbert As a person who recently got roasted when I called for party unity, I have to tell you that unity requires cooperation on both sides. The NRSC’s decision to get involved in primary politics has caused more disunity in this party than any other single action I can name. Please follow the lead of the FL state GOP and back out of the primary process.

You’d think a veteran politician could take a few questions. Must have hit a sore spot.

Calling out Cornyn on an issue. I wish we had that on our side.

Ace Swiger As a San Antonio resident, since 1998, I’ve supported you for quite some time. I was glad to see you take the NRSC post because I thought we finally had someone who would put an end the strategy of supporting left of center Republicans tin contested primaries to supposedly win, (funny thing that…we’ve lost every time it’s been tried), but then I see the NRSC jump in a full year and a half before the 2010 elections to support a liberal candidate in the mold of Lincoln Chaffee, (Lost his last election) and Arlen Specter, (became a Democrat).

Shame on you Senator for using party resources to rob Republican voters in Florida of a choice in who should represent them going into the 2010 elections!

that was deleted from Cornyn’s FB page. Really, really po’d right now!!

(yes its mine)

Reagan would weep at how you GOP Senators have abandoned our party’s principles. Endorsing Charlie Crist?! A man who campaigned for Porkulus with Barack Obama?!

You are continuing to demonstrate that you don’t get it. People like Marco Rubio are the future of this party and are true to Republican principles.

Please please WAKE UP. We aren’t lefty trolls criticizing you, we ARE YOUR BASE.

Ace…I dig the post to Cornyn. As a San Antonio/Austin resident and life long Texan, I want to know what happened to the Senator that I voted for? Where are the Texas values that we expect from our elected officials? And it seems to be lost how Cornyn supported Specter even after he jumped ship. the Crist support should not surprise anyone…it is right in line with his support of Specter…

Can you see why Cornyn didn’t like it?

“Senator Cornyn, I appreciate that you are active on your own Facebook page, unlike many other Congressmen. I read your post below about why the NRSC supports Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio – I was particularly intrigued by your comments that (1) Senate Republicans must stand against Democrat excesses, and (2) the Republican Party must account for regional differences in recruiting candidates.

(1) The notion that Charlie Crist would stand against Democrat excesses is dubious at best. As you now know, Crist has said that he would have voted with Snowe, Specter and Collins in favor of the disastrous, boondoggle, Democrat-interest-group-payback “Stimulus” bill. In light of the fact that NO Republicans in the House and only the three aforementioned moderate-to-liberal Republicans (or former Republicans) voted in favor of that absolute travesty, the notion that Charlie Crist would be anything other than a newer version of Arlen Specter does not withstand any scrutiny.

(2) I generally agree that the party should take into account the character of the state in which the candidate is running. However, I think it is ridiculous to imply that Marco Rubio cannot win a Senate race. The bottom line is that Florida is a center-right state. First, he starts off with the Cuban Republican base in south Florida firmly on his side, and likely the conservative northern part of the state will also be firmly behind him. That leaves the swing areas in central Florida. Are you saying that Rubio – a young, articulate, intelligent, telegenic candidate with a record of accomplishment – is at a disadvantage against Kendrick Meek, the likely Democratic nominee? I find that very hard to believe. Yes, perhaps Rubio doesn’t have Crists’s high name recognition right now, but he has time to fix that in the year and a half before November 2010.

“The bottom line is that I — and many other conservatives — am irate that the NRSC has chosen to snub a principled conservative who CAN win Florida in favor of a completely unprincipled politician who polls well but seeks power for power’s sake and not to advance any sort of a conservative agenda. (E.g. would any governor with a semblance of conservatism take over his state’s property insurance market?) If this were a primary election in, say, New York or California, your argument may have a bit more strength. However, Florida is very winnable for Rubio in the general, and there is no excuse to throw him overboard in favor of Crist, no matter how superficially high his poll numbers are now. I sent back my NRSC mailer with a $0 donation and a request to take my name off the NRSC mailing list. Until I see a better strategy to advancing the election of as many conservative Republicans in the Senate as possible, I will be donating to individual candidates as I see fit.

But there are some new ones from people who’s names I don’t recognize on the same subject.

Maybe he’ll get the message…..

I hope people keep it up. The more the better, and, something tells me it will get more attention as it keeps up. It may be not what he wants, but, the people of Florida really should make their choice known and the NRSC should then endorse….

asking why the exchange was deleted and linking to this diary. See how long that stays up.

On the day Cornyn announced the NRSC endorsement, I posted an objection on his Facebook site…as I am a FB “friend” of his. I received a personal response which was similar in nature to yours. My unique angle, though, was that I had recently made my first ever contribution to NRSC.

Just before the TARP Senate vote, I received a telemarketing phone call from the NRSC asking for a donation. I told them I would donate $10 for every Republican Senator who voted against TARP. 37 voted against it and so I sent the NRSC a check for $370. (My name made the list of NRSC contributors you posted a few days ago.)

So I told Sen. Cornyn on FB about my recent first time contribution and how disappointed I was in the Crist endorsement. I told him not to expect further donations from me if this behavior continued.

I can’t wait for the next NRSC telemarketing call.

when the discussion that regards Crist/Rubio comes up… BUT FIRST… got to agree that there is plenty of time….. I await to see how well BOTH Candidates handle this … hopefully they won’t behave badly and ILL toward each other…. IF Rubio gains ground and has a good momentum ground swell I will be MORE THAN HAPPY (as “he” actually rather someone/anyone like him would be my FIRST CHOICE as I’ve stated all along)…. But, as I’ve said, I can see/understand the NRSC wanting an EASY WIN and being able to focus/concentrate on some tougher fights…..

Crist/Rubio
I’m not going to repeat the same things discussed on a daily basis but provide the links I decided to now keep handy since the Crist/Rubio thing just isn’t going to go away and I frankly think some of it is being distorted daily (look and decide for yourself)…. It’s all about returning to Majority status STRATEGY….

Crist/Rubio 12pts – Crist/Rubio 12 points [with links] (since it has some links, I’m not going to try and recreate it all with cut/paste)

Crist & taxes – Crist and taxes [includes press-links]

sitting out (or threats to sit out) elections banter – in depth Sit-It-Out discussion

Deli-story – Deli-story

ZERO-strategy – ZERO-strategy

Red-Dogs – Red-Dogs, RINOs, CINOs, DINOs, PLINOs, and Blue-Dogs, oh my… The Political Zoo – what/who are they?

BLUE-ism – BLUE-ism

Bi-Partisanship is really Democrats joining with Republicans, but it goes on as the usual MSM biased spin – again, Bi-Partisanship has really been Democrats joining with Republicans (here) and here

Primary McLame – going at McCain in a Primary, finally

using Primaries to build up future candidates – using Primaries to build up future candidates

At approximately 12am 5/22/2009, Senator Cornyn’s facebook admin deleted all comments regarding his role in the NRSC. He justifies this action by writing “I appreciate the different views on purely political matters; however, this page is dedicated to non-electoral issues of public concern. While it is a fine line, I hope we can continue to have good discussions on issues of interest to Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. I pledge to find an appropriate forum for debates, both pro and con, about specific candidates. Thanks for your consideration.” I invited him to the Facebook group “Not one penny to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)” as I think this will be a very good forum for the Senator discuss our differences. Lets see if he’ll accept the invitation.

They’re still censoring our comments on the site…H received a post in reply to my comments which read:

John Cornyn I appreciate the different views on purely political matters; however, this page is dedicated to non-electoral issues of public concern. While it is a fine line, I hope we can continue to have good discussions on issues of interest to Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. I pledge to find an appropriate forum for debates, both pro and con, about specific candidates. Thanks for your consideration.

My reply…how long will it take them to pull it down?

Huh…is that so? guess that’s why there are comments on several other issues on the wal yet you are striping and censoring those who take issue with the Crist endorsement…curious isn’t it?