http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gopprimary/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:21:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419214/posts She is a political novice seeking to unseat one of the most powerful Democrats in the United States Senate. But Linda McMahon does possess one big weapon: a vast personal fortune that she is already wielding to shake up the race. Ms. McMahon has been saturating residents with television advertisements, pouring money into the campaigns of local elected officials and building a campaign organization that dwarfs its rivals. The NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419214/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:21:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416647/posts U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, the front-runner in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate, finds himself the object of an unusual attack ad from one of his lesser-known opponents. Andy Martin, once known as Anthony Martin-Trigona, who has run for numerous elective offices over the last three decades in Illinois, Florida and Connecticut, taped a commercial questioning whether Kirk is gay. Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416647/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:31:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415347/posts It's a call to the Elders of Israel. Idaho's gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell exclusively invites Mormon men to a meeting where he'll discuss Joseph Smith's prophecies regarding the constitution. Critics say it's merely a way to use his faith to further his campaign. Rammell believes it's his duty to rally the troops, his fellow LDS elders who he claims responsible for saving the nation's constitution. But some say his Mormons-only invitation may end up hurting him when it's time to go to the polls. Blurring the lines between politics and religion, that's what some call Rex Rammell's exclusive Elders of... KIFI (Pocatello, Idaho) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415347/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415892/posts Conservative challenger Marco Rubio has surged into a dead heat in his Florida Senate campaign against establishment-backed Charlie Crist in a primary battle that is the first major test of the growing power of the "tea party" movement. Mr. Rubio's once-underdog candidacy, which has been trailing far behind the better-financed Republican governor for months, is suddenly catching fire, helped by the conservative Club for Growth and an army of tea party activists drawn by his unequivocal anti-tax, anti-big government campaign. The latest Rasmussen telephone poll showed Mr. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and Florida's former speaker of the House,... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415892/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:54:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412739/posts If you are under 30, you really need to read this column and pass it on to your friends. Your elected officials are dooming you to a new sort of bondage, a form of 21st Century slavery, if you will. First, some background. On October 16, 1854, Abraham Lincoln, then a former one-term Congressman, gave a three hour speech in Peoria, Illinois in which he decried the extension of slavery into the territories. The Republican Party was barely three months old. Lincoln warned that slavery was a “monstrous injustice” based on the raw principle of “self-interest” at odds with the... Big Government / Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412739/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:18:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412278/posts ‘Wow.” That was the response of a cynical Florida Republican politico recently reacting to poll numbers showing former state speaker of the house Marco Rubio tied with Gov. Charlie Crist. The two are expected to face one another in an August Republican primary for the Senate seat abandoned by Republican Mel Martinez. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, is wowing even the professionals; his performance is especially impressive because the weight of the Republican establishment is behind Crist, as it has been for most of the year — the National Republican Senatorial Committee endorsed him back in the spring. The... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412278/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409716/posts This is a quick look at the 5 main candidates currently running for the United States Senate against Patty Murray. I say main candidates because, Wayne Glover a trucker , and Rod Rieger have created websites but neither have gained any traction. This is the race that will be at the top of the ticket in Washington and so far the GOP has struggled to come up with a credible candidate. I am currently undecided in this race, but wanted to lay out the negatives and positives of each candidate as I saw them. I will do a post in... The Evergreen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409716/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:48:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408287/posts Election 2010: Florida GOP Senate Primary 2010 Florida GOP Senate Primary: Crist 43%, Rubio 43% Tuesday, December 15 Governor Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio are now tied in the 2010 race for the Republican Senate nomination in Florida. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely GOP Primary voters finds Crist and Rubio each with 43% of the vote. Five percent (5%) prefer another candidate, and nine percent (9%) are undecided. Crist’s support has fallen from 53% in August to 49% in October. Rasmussen Reports noted at the time, “The fact that Crist has fallen below... RasmussenReports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408287/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404274/posts Friend,   Yesterday we were able to win with 89% of the vote and I'm so proud of you and the support you have given this campaign.  The Brown Brigade has grown to over 1,875 activists with 176 local Brigades organized to help us Get Out The Vote on January 19.   I started the day yesterday like any other day by taking out the garbage and doing some chores around the house.          However, I ended the day with you and other energized supporters that want to stop the 'bailout culture' and clean up Washington from... SeekTheTruth (thanks) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404274/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:24:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401828/posts For Republicans, the picture is a political Rorschach test. The photo shows a cluster of Florida Democrats surrounding President Barack Obama this year at a Fort Myers town hall meeting to sell his economic stimulus package. Smack in the middle of the pack: Florida's Republican governor, Charlie Crist. Though Crist has since distanced himself from the stimulus program and has been tacking to the right in an attempt to shore up support for his bid for the 2010 Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, conservative activists are mobilizing in support of former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio's Senate candidacy. A year... (South Florida) Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401828/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 04:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398146/posts I apologize in advance for the Vanity Post. I rarely use 'em - but in this case, I need some Freeper advice. Like all of you, I despise Harry Reid. Next year, I want him gone in the worst possible way. But I was gonna wait and see how Nevada's GOP primary turned out before I wrote a check. In the last three weeks, I've received two fundraising letters from Danny Tarkanian's campaign for US Senate. I've read thru both of 'em. I've visited his website. And you know what? I still don't know much about this race. I don't... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398146/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 03:13:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400509/posts Across the land, grindstones sing as axes are sharpened for the RINOs. For years, conservatives have railed against these moderate "Republicans in Name Only," launching primary campaigns against them, pouring money into their opponents' campaign funds, and excluding them from committee chairmanships. But since 2006 the party's pulse has weakened, and the GOP's leaders have decided that nothing is more healthful in such a situation than hacking off a limb or two. That, evidently, is the thinking behind the 10-point test for GOP candidates that was proposed last week by a group of Republican national committee members. If a candidate... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400509/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:41:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395191/posts The Lou Dobbs-for-Senate rumor had barely crested when the Lou Dobbs-for-president rumor suddenly overtook it this week. Mr. Dobbs, the former cable television anchor of the sonorous voice and tough-talking immigration politics, parted ways with CNN on Nov. 11, reportedly receiving an $8 million severance payment, and immediately stirred questions about his plans. His name was quickly floated as a potential challenger in 2012 to United States Senator Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat, an ardent advocate for immigrants’ rights and the chamber’s only Hispanic member. (Mr. Dobbs, 64, lives on a horse farm in rural Wantage, N.J.) Then, on... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395191/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:51:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394764/posts Former Eagles' offensive lineman Jon Runyan plans to run for Congress in South Jersey next year after finishing this football season with the San Diego Chargers. Runyan, a Mount Laurel resident who signed with the Chargers Tuesday, said he will run as a Republican in the 3rd Congressional district. Runyan, who has not been active in public politics, may face a challenge in a district where two Republican-heavy counties have battled for supremacy. Philidelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394764/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:09:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394664/posts Few people knew that he was thinking about it in the first place, but Theodore Roosevelt IV, a wealthy investment banker with serious credentials on environmental issues and in foreign policy — and of course, that famous name — now says he will not seek the Republican nomination for the Senate from New York in 2010. Mr. Roosevelt, the great-grandson of the 26th president, worked at Lehman Brothers and is now a managing director at Barclays Capital. He said he began studying a run against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a Democrat, over the summer and was encouraged by talks with... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394664/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392953/posts A Republican political hopeful interested in serving as governor of Massachusetts announced Monday he has chosen Richard R. Tisei, an openly gay state legislator, to be his running mate in the 2010 gubernatorial election. "Want you to be the first to know: I've chosen State Senator Richard Tisei as my running mate," Republican Charles Baker wrote on his Twitter account. "Excited about this team." In the photo at left, Baker stands to the left of Tisei outside the civic center in Wakefield, Mass. Baker is the former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and a former adviser to two Republican... cbsnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392953/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:49:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392883/posts November 23, 2009 G.O.P. Considers ‘Purity’ Resolution for Candidates By ADAM NAGOURNEY The battle among Republicans over what the party should stand for — and how much it should accommodate dissenting views on important issues — is probably going to move from the states to the Republican National Committee when it holds its winter meeting this January in Honolulu. Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support to demonstrate that they “espouse conservative principles and public policies” that are in opposition to “Obama’s socialist agenda.” According to the resolution, any Republican candidate who broke with... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392883/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:04:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390884/posts Could Illinois Senate candidate Patrick Hughes be the next insurgent Republican candidate to get the backing of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)? Hughes is slated for his second meeting with DeMint on Thursday (the two also met in September), and DeMint’s Senate Conservative Fund website is currently polling visitors on whom they support in Hughes’s primary with Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). DeMint has backed former Rep. Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania, Marco Rubio in Florida and Chuck DeVore in California, all in the face of establishment favorites. Toomey, of course, soon assumed that mantle when Sen. Arlen Specter switch to the Democratic... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390884/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391240/posts Link only, per FR copyright rules The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391240/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:46:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391150/posts Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell announced today he's passed the $1 million mark in fundraising, nearly doubling what he had raised by the end of June. The former congressman has largely been seen as an experienced but poorly funded challenger to his two GOP opponents, wealthy former Silicon Valley CEOs Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, who are spending much of their own wealth on their candidacies. Whitman has already given $19 million to her own campaign. Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391150/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390722/posts Trouble for McCain in 2010? By Tony Romm - 11/20/09 09:21 AM ET A new poll perhaps foretells of a tough primary fight for Arizona Sen. John McCain (R). In a hypothetical match-up against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who is reportedly considering a 2010 bid, McCain holds only a two-point lead, besting his potential opponent 45 percent to his 43 percent, according to Rasmussen. That means Hayworth is already polling within the margin of error -- a tough spot for any incumbent to be in, especially one who formerly won his party's presidential nomination. Nevertheless, Rasmussen is quick to point... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390722/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2390806/posts State Rep. Beth Coulson, one of the most moderate Republican candidates running for Congress, will be meeting with Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele tomorrow in Illinois to discuss her campaign – and the need for Republicans to have a big-tent party so it can compete in Democratic-minded districts. POLITICO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2390806/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390865/posts John McCain's problems inside his own party were hardly overcome by his place as its nominee, Rasmussen reports. The new poll shows McCain up just two points, 45% to 43%, in a hypothetical contest with former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, now a popular local radio talker, who's mulling a bid. Politico / Rasmussen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390865/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390067/posts Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year after months of mulling a candidacy, according to people who have been told of the decision. .. It remains unclear whether the former mayor is considering any other political race in 2010. Some have urged him to take on the newly installed Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, who has never run statewide and is still introducing herself to voters in parts of the state. The decision will be a boon to other Republican contenders. So far, Rick Lazio, a former congressman from Long Island,... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390067/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387897/posts “After 2010 you can have a polite conversation about who should be president in 2012,” Norquist continued. “But until then the only thing you’re doing is sucking oxygen out of the room. And you’re not being helpful. If you’re the governor of Indiana and you want to be presidential, don’t send me a press release about how you didn’t raise taxes. Beat [Sen.] Evan Bayh [D-Ind.]. Then I’d say, ‘Hey, there’s a guy to talk to.’” But Norquist also had an equally strong message for conservative activists — warning that they should not look to enforce ideological purity tests on... Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387897/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:36:31 GMT