He strongly supported the ICE effort particularly in Southwest Missouri.

Roy Blount is not my idea of the perfect candidate, based upon a number of positions he has taken. But if he has no viable and electable conservative challenger in the primary, and I’m assuming that’s the conclusion of the directors, then it would indeed be foolish to ship ammunition to the enemy camp by working against him.

If, on the other hand, a true conservative challenger with the ability to win
enters the race, the whole dynamic changes, from my perspective.

Bottom line: Half a loaf is always better than none, if full loaves are out of stock.

Blunt gets pretty good ratings from conservative groups (I think Christian Coalition was 97%, NRA “A”, etc.). He opposes universal healthcare, cap and trade, has a good record on the Energy Committee and certainly is pro military.

So what are the “cons” and what was Steele’s beef when he slammed him on the radio?

Roy Blunt is no conservative. Roy Blunt voted for TARP, one of the worst bills in the history of Congress. Roy Blunt, as GOP whip, pressured Republicans to vote for TARP.

Liberals used TARP to take over the auto industry. Barney Frank and Maobama will use TARP to take over the rest of the financial sector. Anyone who supported, voted for and lobbied for TARP is responsible for our slouch towards socialism.

Roy Blunt is the type of Republican that is killing this party. It’s unfortunate that he’s the “conservative” choice for MO Senate, clearly the republican party hasn’t learned anything since ’06.

TARP stabilized the market? LOL They can’t account for 350 BILLION of it and what’s worse, they don’t care! Banks sent money overseas or paid executives. None of the TARP money went where it was “supposed” to go.

Just wait til next year, with Barney Frank’s regulations that will “reshape” US Finance. Taht should give you chills. Roy Blunt gave him the cover, with TARP, to do it.

I’m not a 100%er but I think there are some issues we shouldn’t forgive or forget. It sucks that Roy Blunt is the “best” the MO GOP could come up with.

No dice. First, remember that the House Republicans were the only group that opposed TARP – and that meant going against their party’s President and in the face of threats that the world was coming to an end and precipitous stock market declines and everyone screaming that they would be held responsible for the destruction of America. Remember the total panic that the political establishment was in, and it was remarkable that the House Republican held out as long as they did.

Only under extreme duress did they yield, adding some safeguards which Bush in craven fear of his “legacy” failed to avail himself of, opening the door for Obama to abuse TARP to start his socialist revolution with thuggery against the banks who received TARP money and his using it to take over GM and Chrysler.

And the House Republicans have stood unified against Porkulus and the budget bill.

So your attack against House Republicans is totally misplaced as they are the group that that has stood strongest against Obama. Blunt may have chinks in his armor dating to when the Republicans had congressional majorities, but on TARP and subsequently, Blunt and his fellow House Republicans have been our best friends in Washington

Let me assure people that Roy is a traditional common sense conservative.

No, his record isnt perfect, and he has posted here and directly told the district where the GOP went wrong. Then, he went to set things right.

I would challenge people to look into the legislation and the whys.

The orginal intent of the TARP bill was to be modeled after the late 80s S & L bailout program which would clean out toxic assets. It morphed into something else.

Whats more, for those who have forgotten, Roy Blunt and the House GOP was lucky to even get any negotiations and stopped elements like the 20% kick back to ACORN. People forget that?

Im guessing that some how people also forgot who actually wrote the bill. Right?

In the end, this endorsement pleases me not just because of the person or situation, but because it is well deserved.

We do not need Roy Blunt or Robin Carnahan. These are old political families with old ties to the old ways of politics. No more ineffective politicians. If Roy Blunt was serious about representing us, he would be having townhall meetings all over the state. Where is he? Where is his opponent? Neither of them are out listening to the voters. They are hiding, playing political games.

There’s no glossary of terms for this place and apparently no way to query anyone but here.