andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 22 days ago
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Towards A Federalist Church | Main | Mental Health Break 04 Nov 2009 03:55 pm The Establishment Caves John Cornyn's statement that the NRSC will not fund its own candidates in disputed primaries seems to me to be a surrender to the base activists. What it means is that the same forces that ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 22 days ago
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ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: With Republicans grappling
with the fallout of an intra-party battle that may...
have cost them a House seat, the head of the Senate Republican campaign effort is making a pledge that may ease some of the anger being ...
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Cornyn: ‘We Will Not Spend Money in a Contested Primary’
thehill.com - 21 days ago
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thehill.com —
Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele has
a message for centrist Republicans: "we'll come after you."...
When Steele was asked on ABC's "Top Line" webcast if it is acceptable for Republicans who support healthcare reform or the ...
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Steele to centrists: 'We'll come after you'
voterubio2010.blogspot.com - 22 days ago
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voterubio2010.blogspot.com —
The NRSC dumps Florida senatorial candidate Charlie Crist
until after the primary? It seems that the NRSC...
can not seem to make up it's mind about the Florida senatorial race between current Gov. Charlie Crist and his challenger conservative republican Marco Rubio . On May 7th, 2009 ...
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NRSC Dumps Crist for Now
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And the Palinites win!
Newshoggers.com —
... That's right - the Republican establishment has surrendered to the Palinites. Deeper into the wilderness anyone? Andrew Sullivan: ...
11/5: Sorry, Charlie
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... by the news. He called Cornyn's announcement "just one of the very many reasons NY-23 was a victory for conservatives" and declared: "[T]he NRSC is throwing Charlie to [the] wolves." Meanwhile, Andrew Sullivan decried the announcement as "a surrender to the base activists." On the other hand, liberal bloggers mostly ...
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