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Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates
Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates
Conservative activists gear up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key 2010 races.
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Analysis: Off-Day Elections Across The U.S
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports — ... lines up candidates for the 2010 midterm congressional elections. "The rebellion that drove a moderate Republican off the ballot in a special House election today is sending a clear message to the party leadership and its candidates: Ignore the conservative grass roots at your peril. "That message is likely to resonate in the coming months in several congressional primaries and in races where third-party challenges are springing up and threatening to divide the Republican vote." Politico's Charles Mahtesian and Alex Isenstadt report, "In what could be a nightmare scenario ...

TOO DELICIOUS TO BE TERMED ‘IRONY’
Right Wing Nut House — ... The Republican Party wins ONLY when Conservatism is it’s core. Willy-Nilly RINOISM got us shalacked in 2006 and 2008. Trying to out liberal the liberals, quasi-Republicans made deals with the devil and got burned in the process. Is that too remarkable for words? One state, two state, red state, blue state - it doesn’t matter. Those in thrall to ideology see things exactly the same only coming at the issue from opposite ends of the spectrum. Politico had this piece of cheery news today; the True Blue Conservative Brigade will fan out across the country and attack those they ...

ThinkFast: November 3, 2009
The Hollywood Liberal — ... a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.” “What you’re going to see,” said FreedomWorks’ Dick Armey, “is moderates and conservatives across the country in primaries.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) […] Tea Party Buoyed by their success in New York’s 23rd congressional race, right-wing activists “are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.” “What you’re going to see,” said FreedomWorks’ Dick Armey, “is moderates and conservatives across the country in primaries .” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ...

MESSAGE SENT, LESSONS LEARNED
Right Wing Nut House — ... lot of “holding of noses” by people in Virginia and New Jersey when going into the polling booth. I sense little enthusiasm for choosing Republicans over Democrats - something that can be changed only if the lessons from last night sink in with the mossbacks currently in charge of the party in Washington. What are those lessons? Listen to conservatives. Not the ones calling for a purge of incumbents that don’t measure up to some idiotic notion of ideological purity. That way leads to madness and defeat : But their success in Tuesday’s upstate New York special election, where ...