Posted on 10/07/2010 2:11:59 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn
Tea-party activists, keen to build on their success toppling GOP incumbents in primaries this year, are already targeting more Republican veterans in the 2012 election. GOP senators like Bob Corker, above, have drawn criticism from tea-party activists for some of the positions they have taken over the years. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress, already has a conservative GOP primary opponent. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah), Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.) and Sen. Richard Lugar (R., Indiana) have all drawn fire from the right wing of their party. Tea-party activists have put these and other incumbents on notice that the anti-establishment sentiment defining this year's politics will not end on Election Day 2010. It is too early to say if these incumbents will face serious peril when they are up for re-election in 2012, but they are already taking steps to burnish their conservative credentials. "The tea party is right," said Ms. Snowe, who is campaigning for a tea-party-backed gubernatorial candidate in Maine this fall. "We've lost our way on fiscal issues." The threat of a primary challenge may put more pressure on Republicans to steer clear of compromise with Democrats when Congress reconvenes. When the Senate recently voted on small-business tax breaks, the bill drew support from only two Republicans—both of whom are leaving office at the end of this term. Centrist efforts to compromise on an extension of expiring Bush-era tax cuts fizzled. Even Ms. Snowe, a perennial swing vote on taxes, resisted agreement with Democrats on the issue. Tea-party challenges to GOP establishment candidates in this year's primaries showed how committed conservative activists are to changing the party from within.
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Youbetcha Rinos—we are coming after you. Do not rest well at night, we have you figured out.
Aww, so we won’t get to see the “compromise”. You know, the stuff that’s been so great for us in the past.
No ambush about it. They know darn good and well they are the prey and we are the hunters. Hear that Lindsey?
You betcha! Burn the RINOS.
We are going to get a lot of jailhouse religion. Liars, like McCain.
I don’t care how much a liberal Republican “claims” to see the light. All that matters is what that person HAS DONE, *NOT* WHAT THEY CLAIM THEY WILL DO.
Vote on their record. You can empty your bladder on what they promise to do in the future. Because if you reelect them, they will surely empty their bladders on you.
as milton freidman once said. The goal is not to elect the right ppl, but to get the wrong ppl to vote the right way. Make it profitable and in their own self interest to vote the right way with incentives like their job on the line
How’s that “reaching across the isle” crap going for ya now, RINO’s?
Good.
RINOs up in 2012
Lugar
Snowe
Corker
Brown
Hatch
I believe this is called a 'Snow(e) job' but elephants have long memories & we're not forgiving & forgetting this one: Sen. Olympia Snowe, the sole Republican to vote in favor of a health care reform bill that passed the Senate Finance Committee today told ABC News she chose to break with party lines because, "I do happen to believe that we have to move the process forward, on this very difficult and challenging issue."
Lugar would be 80 years old in 2012. That man ought to retire and live a bit. I am sure that Indiana has some good candidates to step to the plate.
Yep - Wouldn’t the fact that they are running this story 2+ years in advance kinda negate the “ambush” assertion.
Olympia Snowe is personally responsible for the Health Care fiasco. Without her vote to get it out of committee, it would have died there. She gave Ben Nelson political cover and figured we would all forget. She knew it would pass if it got to the floor.
Benedict Arnold was not forgiven. She won’t either.
The really great opportunities exist in solidly red states where the GOP nominee is going to win.
It is in those states where we need to OUST the RINOs and put in a red meat conservative - who will win! Like Miller in AK!
it’d be great to get David McIntosh back in the game....
When is her bobsy-twin Collins up for re-election?
Brown
Uh, not so fast there on Brown. He may be a tad squishy, but for goodness sakes he is in Massachusetts.
RINO Kill (politically speaking, of course) operational success is a necessary prerequisite for Our Precious Republic’s restoration.
RINOs are just as guilty as CommieCrates for the present danger of Constitutional government loss that we are facing.
RINOs in every corner must be eliminated ASAP. JMHO
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