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politics.theatlantic.com - 24 days ago
Thought The NRSC Wasn't Going To Help Its Candidates Who Face Primaries?
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One day after National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Cornyn promised that his group wouldn't play in Republican primaries, a Republican Senate candidate in Arkansas is preparing for a fundraiser at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in Washington. ...
politico.com - 25 days ago
Cornyn: NRSC won't play in primaries
— politico.com — My POLITICO colleague Manu Raju reports: National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (R-Tex.) says he won't... channel cash into any primary pitting Republican vs. Republican -- including the heated Florida Senate primary between ... (more) Cornyn: NRSC won't play in primaries

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Cornyn Forced by Teabagger Base to Keep NRSC out of Senate Primaries
news.firedoglake.com - 24 days ago
Cornyn Forced by Teabagger Base to Keep NRSC out of Senate Primaries
— news.firedoglake.com — Um. OK. (photo by Steve Rhodes) This is pretty big news that shows the institutional power of... the tea party conservative base. In the wake of last night’s disaster in NY-23, John Cornyn, the head of the National Republican Senatorial ... (more) Cornyn Forced by Teabagger Base to Keep NRSC out of ...

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minx.cc - 24 days ago
The Maximalists Win One: NRSC PROMISES TO STAY OUT OF CONTESTED PRIMARIES
— minx.cc — And I mean this: Good for you guys. I had been writing in my head a follow-up... to yesterday's post, in which I would re-examine the situation, and see it instead as the maximalists saying We are going to saber-rattle... (more) The Maximalists Win One: NRSC PROMISES TO STAY OUT OF ...

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MyDD:  Can Moderate Republicans Win Statewide in California?

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Thursday Catchup
Fired Up! Missouri — ... health care legislation drafted by top House Democrats. This kind of junk at a rally organized and headlined by elected leaders like Roy Blunt and Todd Akin is still sick and shocking, but sadly, not that surprising. Did you know that the pilgrims "gave America her first constitution"?  I didn't either. But Akin says it's true. The NRSC is already breaking its promise about not playing in Senate primaries. Blue Books ...

Can Moderate Republicans Win Statewide in California?
MyDD — ... fall in line with the tea-partiers: small government, anti-stimulus, anti-health care reform, drill-baby-drill, anti-same-sex marriage and pro-gun. Just wait for Palin, Armey, Pawlenty, Gingrich, Huckabee and the rest of the 2012 hopefuls to get in line for an opportunity to snub a former McCain advisor for the far-right "Washington outsider" DeVore ...

Friday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... the possibility. * And while the National Republican Senatorial Committee assured right-wing activists that it would not offer financial support to GOP candidates in primary fights, hosting fundraisers for favored candidates apparently doesn't count.— ...

SSP Daily Digest: 11/6
Swing State Project — ... ? AR-Sen: Remember how yesterday NRSC chair John Cornyn caved to the party's right flank, and said that he wouldn't spend money in primaries or endorse in the future? Well, that lasted about a day: turns out that state Sen. Gilbert Baker, the GOP's best shot in Arkansas, will be having a fundraiser in Washington DC on the 19th... at the NRSC. (The NRSC did announce that it still didn't amount to endorsement, and that other Arkansas candidates were still welcome to have fundraisers at the NRSC. Uh, call me when there's actually a fundraiser for head teabagger Tom Cox at the NRSC ...

Roy Blunt Too Good To Shoot Missouri's Birds
Fired Up! Missouri — ... , Roy Blunt and friends will be hunting for birds Monday morning just outside of DC at an NRSC fundraiser.  Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) promised earlier this week that ...

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