Club For Growth New U.S. Senate Recommendations

https://www.clubforgrowth.org/ ^ | 05/21/04 | Steve Moore

[pogo101]

Raising Cain bttt.

[Mister Baredog]

Will it be the inspiring pro-growth Republican, Herman Cain?

I hope Zell will campaign for him, that would be cool. I can't even imagine how the NY Times, and their comrades could handle the Republicans electing the FIRST Black male to the U.S. Senate. WOW!!!!!

[zbigreddogz]

Zell has said he won't endorse or campaing for anyone running to replace him from either party.

S'ok. He's more valuable campaigning for Bush anyway. Besides, he campaigns for Bush, Bush campaigns for the R. End result is the same thing, people get the message: Zell says the modern Dems are nuts.

[AuH2ORepublican]

*HERMAN CAIN PING*

[AuH2ORepublican]

"I can't even imagine how the NY Times, and their comrades could handle the Republicans electing the FIRST Black male to the U.S. Senate."

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Actually, several black males have been elected to the Senate, and most (perhaps all?) have been Republican. The most recent was Republican Senator Brooke from Massachusetts in the 1960s and 1970s.

[MplsSteve]

The first GOP black male elected to the US Senate was Edward Brooke.

Unbelievably, he was elected in Massachusetts in 1972 and served one term before being defeated by Paul Tsongas in 1978.

There may have been a GOP black male who was elected to a Senate seat during Reconstruction...but I don't think there was.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Mr. Cain would be the 6th African-American Senator elected. The first was Mississippian Hiram Rhoades Revels in 1870, serving for 1 year. The second was Louisiana Governor Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback in 1873, and was also elected simultaneously to the House, but he was denied his rightful seat in both. The third was Mississippian Blanche Kelso Bruce in 1874, serving a full 6-year term. The fourth was Massachusetts Attorney-General Edward Brooke in 1966, and he served two terms (the longest serving African-American Senator to date), before being defeated for a 3rd term. The fifth was Illinois's Carol Moseley-Braun, the first and only woman and first and only Black Democrat elected, in 1992.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Thanks, DJ, and welcome back to active posting! Hope all is well.

Wasn't Brooke defeated in the 1978 GOP primary by a conservative, who in turn lost to Tsongas in the general?

[familyofman]

Who are they backing in PA?

[Maurice1962]

They were backing the fellow that got beat by Spector. I don't recall the name at the moment, but it was a very close election.

This election is going to be a close one. Herman Cain supporters have to 60 days to network effectively. The groundwork has been laid now the key is keeping the momentum focused.

[votelife]

Toomey from PA

[AuH2ORepublican]

Well, the Club for Growth *was* backing Pat Toomey, but unfortunately he lost by only 1% against that RINO Arlen Specter. I assume the Club will sit out the general election.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I just noticed that between the two of you you had answered the question. Sorry about that.

[NewLand]

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Go Herman Go! Pray for Herman Cain!

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[NewLand]

Herman would become Georgia's first black Senator and, as a bonus, drive the liberals and the Congressional Black Caucus nuts. Imagine how wonderful it would be if the only African-American in the U.S. Senate was a southern conservative who is a champion of free markets! It doesn’t get any better than that.

Oh how sweeeeeet it would be!!!

[Veritas_est]

"Them that's goin' git on the wagon. Them that ain't git outta the way."

Hear that sound behind you getting closer, Johnny?
That'd be the Cain wagon . . . gaining, gaining, gaining.

Go, Cain, Go!!!!

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Thanks, DJ, and welcome back to active posting! Hope all is well."

Thank you.

"Wasn't Brooke defeated in the 1978 GOP primary by a conservative, who in turn lost to Tsongas in the general?"

No, he didn't lose in the primary. You're confusing that with New Jersey where the very liberal Clifford Case was defeated by Conservative Jeffrey Bell, and lost in turn to the newcomer Bill Bradley. Interestingly enough, most liberals were backing Brooke in MA because they felt it important to keep an African-American in the Senate (Brooke's voting record, of course, was almost indistinguishable from his colleague Ted Kennedy's). Then-Lowell Congressman Tsongas was regarded as slightly more Conservative than Brooke. 1978 was actually a year when there was a reaction against the left in MA, tossing out both Gov. Mike Dukakis in the Dem. primary in favor of bonafide Conservative Ed King, and then Tsongas over Brooke (not helping Brooke was his very messy divorce, which contributed to his defeat). I always wondered if Brooke had won a 3rd term, how he would've functioned in a GOP-majority Senate.

[Kuksool]

Welcome back. Your divine political wisdom is in dire need here.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Thank you for your kind comments. Alas, if only my wisdom extended beyond the political realm...