[Tennessee Nana]

Well at least we dont get RINO Robin..

and Chuck is OK..

[no dems]

So, the Conservative side came out alright on this one; eh?

[J Edgar]

What we have here is ? : (Good, Bad);

[MplsSteve]

Robin Smith was endorsed by the Club for Growth and the Eagle Forum.

Those two groups generally don’t endorse RINO’s.

[Ken H]

He won by a narrow margarine!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Thank you for posting this and the elaboration in your comments! I will be happy to contribute to Chuck’s campaign!

[BloomNTn]

I disagree! Fleischmann is just another rich attorney who bought his seat. He was self funded and hired Chip Saltsman, the Huckabee presidential campaign manager, to run his campaign. Those two things should set off warning bells for true conservatives. Saltsman called in some favors and got the Huckabee endorsement for Fleischmann. Robin came up through the Republican ranks as TN party chair, but was not a RINO. Yesterday was a sad day when two rich candidates, Fleischmann and Haslam, were able to buy their seats with slick campaigns and negative ads. It seems like campaigns are now won on the basis of who can afford to hire the best PR/Advertising company.

[maryz]

former state GOP chairwoman Robin Smith's

Are all the state GOPs RINOs? (I'm from MA -- 'nuff said! We're never offered a conservative to vote for, and the state party seems to discourage and work against conservatives.) Anyone know of a state with a solidly conservative GOP party apparatus?

[St. Louis Conservative]

I hope you’re right. The Club for Growth endorsed Robin Smith, and Huckabee endorsed Chuck. I will virtually always support the Club for Growth and their candidates over Huckabee, but hopefully he’s ok.

[SunkenCiv]

With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Fleischmann had 25,820 votes, or 29 percent of the vote, to former state GOP chairwoman Robin Smith's 24,968, or 28 percent. Fleischmann won the endorsement of former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and mostly self-funded his campaign.

[rmlew]

Sorry, he's a Mets fan from out of area. Can't donate to him on principle ;-)

[cdcdawg]

Chuck is a good guy. I would say he will be at least as dependable a conservative vote as the man (Zach Wamp) he will replace, and that’s better than average. Chuck IS a trial lawyer, but still one of the most honest people around. The association with Huckster is troubling, but he will be fine. Certainly NOT a RINO.