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buzztok.com - 20 days ago

Cartoon: What Happened To The Republican Big Tent?

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balloon-juice.com - 21 days ago

About That Big Tent Party

— balloon-juice.com — You know the thing that I find most amusing about the NY race is that what they are basically telling every moderate Republican across the country is that it doesn’t matter if you’ve been a loyal Republican for decades, it doesn’t ... (more) About That Big Tent Party

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 16 days ago

TPMDC Morning Roundup

— talkingpointsmemo.com — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) resists NRSC chairman John Cornyn big-tent strategy on candidate recruitment: "He's trying to find candidates who can win. I'm trying to find people who can help me change the Senate." That and other political news in today's ... (more) TPMDC Morning Roundup

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RT @jstrevino To think we can grow the party w people who are more lib & don’t share our core values doesn’t make sense http://bit.ly/UQElQ 16 days ago

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TPMDC Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... CQ reports that NRSC chairman John Cornyn (R-TX) faces challenges from the right in his efforts to pursue a "big tent" strategy and recruit moderate candidates. "He's trying to find candidates who can win.I'm trying to find people who can help me change the Senate," said Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). "To think we can grow the party by picking people who are more liberal and don't share our core values doesn't make any sense." ...

DeMint: Recruiting moderates who can win "doesn't make any sense"
Daily Kos — More GOP civil war: [NRSC Chairman John] Cornyn has gambled much on finding and promoting centrists able to win Senate seats in swing states and even some Democratic redoubts. And he’s decided to do so even though those candidates in at least four states — California, Florida, Kentucky and Connecticut — must first compete in and win expensive and potentially divisive primaries, mainly against more socially and fiscally conservative candidates. ... “He’s trying to find candidates who can win. I’m trying to find people who can help me change the Senate,” said Jim ...

SSP Daily Digest: 11/6
Swing State Project — ... 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 building.) More generally, CQ has a nice overview of the tightrope Cornyn is walking as he tries to make some inroads in ...

Between Demographics, Teabaggers, Corruption And Blue Dogs Is Pete Sessions Dead Meat?
DownWithTyranny! — ... any Republican incumbent who strays from the party's obstructionist agenda and supports any Obama initiatives regardless of how popular they are among constituents. At the same time, Cornyn-- with Miss McConnell in tow-- gave way to teabagger demands to stop supporting mainstream candidates, perhaps dooming some of the GOP's most promising candidates in Florida, Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois and Arkansas. Cornyn's announcement of a hands-off policy in primaries was announced simultaneously with a declaration of war by the far right Club For Growth-- architect of the ...