“That the kind of leap of logic I would suspect of someone willing to replace one of the most conservative senators just because he’s been there “too long”.”
Whatever!
From the Washington Times:
“Election-year shifts?
Mr. Roberts‘ opponents say voters shouldn’t be fooled by his voting record this year and point out that he ranked much lower on Heritage Action’s 2012 list, with a score of 65 percent.
They also accuse him of adopting the same strategy that Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, employed during his re-election fight, running to the right during the campaign only to return to his moderate ways after he won another six-year term.
“It’s important to remember that some of these incumbents are not liberals or even moderates,” Daniel Horowitz, the group’s policy director, said on their website. “But they are not conservatives either. They are a ruling class of special-interest career politicians who pursue personal power as an end to itself. When it suits their need to cast some conservative votes, they will do so. But when they need to placate the special interests, they will jump in head first. They certainly will never put their careers on the line to fight for us.”
So much for your assertion that Roberts is a Conservative!
He was with Cruz when Cochran and McConnel stabbed him in the back to re-open the government, and he didn't have to be to keep his rating high.
Even in the articles you reference they come out and admit that he's done some good things they just think it's "time for a change". I don't know how to break it to you but the advent of Obama should have demonstrated that change isn't always for the best.
Roberts is a reliable conservative that has had a few questionable votes. Wolf is an unknown with no history whatsoever and a lot of personal baggage that is going to cause a lot of problems in a general election. Why go after Roberts to replace him with an unknown quantity? Is there some problem with having Wolf start with a state office before a national office so we have some idea that what he says he believes in is actually what he believes in?