Prodding Colleagues, Ensign Gives $300K To NRSC

http://www.nrsc.org/ ^ | September 09, 2008 | Josh Kurtz

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National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Ensign (Nev.), who has spent a major part of the election cycle hectoring fellow GOP Senators to contribute to the outgunned committee, told his colleagues at their weekly luncheon Tuesday that he was contributing $300,000 from his re-election fund to the NRSC.

Last month, Ensign bleakly informed his colleagues that he would have to scale back on the NRSC's independent expenditures because they had not ponied up enough money to compete with the Democrats.

Through July 31, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had almost $43 million in the bank; the NRSC had $25.4 million in cash on hand.

Ensign is not up for re-election until 2012. At the Senate GOP luncheon Tuesday, Sen. Kit Bond (Mo.), who is up for re-election in 2010, said he would kick in $150,000 from his campaign fund to the NRSC.

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This is great! John Ensign is really leading the charge here. We need more this! McCain also should do some high profile endorsements of candidates with Palin. Reagan was an expert at not just lifting himself but lifting the whole team. He didn't just think about himself he was about conservatism.

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The NRSC would have more of a chance if the various senators - including John McLame - had behaved responsibly over the past few years.

As it is, I reserve my donations for worthwhile local candidates, and when the NRSC gang calls, I tell them to take a hike.

[impeachedrapist]

McCain/Palin will be doing a lot of fundraisers for Pubbie candidates - senators, Congresscritters and gubernatorial candidates.

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Ensign is a mensch (A real man for those of you who don’t speak yiddish).

He is used to be my family veterinarian before he ran for Congress back in the 90s. He has been as straight a conservative as you can find. And he is also pretty good looking. Ensign could be a VP candidate for Sarah Palin in 2016 (or sooner, God forbid).

Can you imagine a Palin/Ensign ticket? Hollywood couldn’t propose a better looking ticket.

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I hope the senators from safe areas like Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, start kicking in some funds.