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Conservatives Need to Rally to David McIntosh In Indiana 5

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 4th, 2012 at 11:51 AM  | 

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Folks, there are several people running for Congress in Indiana’s 5th Congressional district, but only one of them is a real conservative leader. It’s not that the others are conservative non-leaders. They are moderate to liberal pro-choice, bailout supporting candidates.

Unfortunately, they’ve decided to gang up on David McIntosh to ensure a pro-life, fiscal conservative doesn’t get elected.

The election is Tuesday.

Go here now and push David over the finish line.

The Club for Growth, RedState, GOA, National Right to LIfe, Indiana Right to Life, and so many more conservative groups are supporting David. But right now he needs money to fight a coordinated attack from the left.

If you’ve never heard of David McIntosh, you should know that he was in the House once before. He was a guy who fought Ronald Reagan staffers who tried to get Reagan to cut deals with the left. He stayed in the House and rallied conservatives when the House GOP started to capitulate. Given the way the House leaders are headed, we need a guy who will help Jim Jordan, Tom Graves, Jeff Duncan and the other conservatives.

I’m opening my checkbook for David McIntosh today. You need to do it too.

David needs money ASAP to fight these coordinated attacks from the left. Give what you can right now.

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  • gmoney

    “They are moderate to liberal pro-choice, bailout supporting candidates.”

    Come on Erick, you are better than that. District 5 is one of the most conservative in the country. David’s top 2 competitor’s Susan Brooks and John McGoff are anything but liberal and both are clearly pro-life. The issue against McIntosh is not his conservatism, it is his prior job as a lobbyist. People just don’t want insiders representing them, whether conservative or not.

  • ardendulou

    IN6 needs help sorting out who the conservative of choice is. Bates Jr. and Hankins are conservatives.

    IN8-Risk is beating Buschon even with less than 100k in donations because the TEA Party is doing the hard work with her.

  • LibertarianHawk

    I’d be pretty surprised if Risk beat Bucshon in IN-08. I haven’t seen any polling data, though. Where did you hear that “Risk is beating Bucshon”?

    Bucshon’s been fine, IMO. We have to choose our battles wisely. The 8th district is already among the most regularly competitive districts in the country. Since 1994, it has had 4 different occupants — 2 Dems, 2 Reps.

    John Hostettler, then the Republican incumbent, got thumped in the district in 2006 — lost by more than 20.

    I’m not sure Kristi Risk could beat Dave Crooks. The district is more Democratic after redistricting. The Dems are united behind Crooks – in fact, there had been 3 candidates seeking the seat. All 3 agreed to let party insiders vote to determine who would be the candidate. The other 2 dropped out.

  • gizmo

    Didn’t Susan just get videoed taking McIntosh yard signs from other’s yards?

    Now, I have also hear nothing but good about McGoff. He even has a STRONG Military background proving leadership skills, not “statesmanship”.

    This one would be a tough choice as McIntosh & McGoff both have strong resumes…

  • http://DefeatTimKaine.com Thad Hunter

    If being an insider is your metric then who could be more so than Richard Lugar? And who are the insiders supporting?