Posted on 10/29/2013 6:49:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Cornyn's ad quotes some magazine or organization saying he is the second most conservative member of the Senate. I looked up his 2012 ranking (the most recent ranking available) by the American Conservative Union based on the votes on 25 Senate bills. By the ACU, Cornyn is tied in 2012 for 16th most conservative senator with four other senators. And get this, by the ACU's 2012 ranking John McCain is more conservative than Cornyn.
I should note that the ACU rankings on 25 votes that I cited above were from the second session of the 112th Congress.
nice poll.
Now all we need is a TEA Party challenger
The ACU is off its rocker
See for yourself: Link
Here are the 25 Senate bills used for ranking: Link 2
I would have to seriously question how they rank these Senators.
my choice is Tom Delay
They should run ads with Cruz not endorsing Cornyn. Maybe try to corner Cruz and ask him if he thinks a Tea Party challenger will vote more conservative than Cornyn and when Cruz laughs run that as an ad. As well as Cornyn trying to rescue Schumer’s bill.
I dont know why Ron Paul doesn’t run for senate. It suits him more than the house.
Louis Gohmert
???
Yeah Cornyn voted with Cruz on the recent ObamaCare bill but behind the scenes worked his arse off to cut Cruz off at the knees.
We need a more complex way to look at these people. It was a safe vote for Cornyn and some others up for reelection to vote against Cruz...but it Election Protection BS.
did I misspell his name?
There was a Facebook to draft Gohmert movement I joined, he doesn’t seem interested
Objective #1: send it to a runoff. Cornyn will not get 50% of the vote if there are 3 or more candidates.
Objective #2: the more the merrier, i.e. the more to incessantly pound on Cornyn.
Not sure if he’s officially a Tea Party candidate, but Erick Wyatt has my support. Combat veteran, staunch conservative.
Seems like a good guy but getting noticed might be a problem for the “little guys”
Well, running for state wide office isn’t for everybody...but the opportunity is there.
I’m not form Texas, but some people on facebook from Texas are putting this guy out there.
David Barton
...and a certain plaid-clad Volunteer.
If he were Joe Barton he might have a real shot. lol.
David Barton seems to generate more press than the other “also-rans” who have announced.
The day for candidates to file for the primary is Nov. 9 with a Dec. 9 filing deadline.
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This is the key as someone has to get in and then be able to gather the funding necessary
to run an expensive media campaign. I’m not there now so I don’t have a feel for any
potentials with the backing to accomplish this. Have you got any info worth sharing?
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