Texas business groups ally to counter tea party influence in GOP primaries
AUSTIN — Some of Texas’ biggest business trade groups are moving to counter tea party and anti-government forces that have dominated recent Republican primaries.
The Texas Future Business Alliance — a mix of 10 major business groups, including the chemical industry, bankers, builders and contractors — is sending out mailers and providing other support on behalf of GOP candidates who have supported water infrastructure development, highway construction and education spending.
Many of the incumbents have been pilloried as big government spenders and liberals by fiscal hawk groups.
The movement mirrors the schism happening nationally between hard right and establishment Republicans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently pledged $50 million to back pro-business Republicans in U.S. Senate primaries and fight tea party insurgents. Republican leaders, such as House Speaker John Boehner, have castigated hard right groups, accusing them of wanting contributions more than solutions.
More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20140104-texas-business-groups-ally-to-counter-tea-party-influence-in-gop-primaries.ece .
Cross-posted in the Politics 2014 forum.
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I'll admit that I've also tried to place myself into the planted audience member on some of those Republican marketing phone calls.
