Lincoln Chafee Makes a Good Point on Rachel

Namely, the GOP are as dumb as rocks. Primarying a moderate repub opponent with a far-right winger when the repub represents a blue state is just all sorts of stupid. You don't hear about Dems primarying Ben Nelson, or the Dem rep from Idaho. Sure, trying to oust Lieberman made sense because it was Conn (and it would have worked if they had the sore-loser law), but continuing to try and oust moderate repub reps/sens from swing/blue states is just stupid.

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Some of those idiots want to run McCain out - I believe he is being primaried in Az. I McCain comes knocking on the door we don't want him. The tent ain't that big.

Of course they supported him in the primary, but supported the dem candidate in the general election.

what the GOP is doing in PA right there in th OP. Did you miss that?

Lincoln Chafee had to say on this, mikiturner.

I'd catch Rachel's segment with him if you can. Very informative.

in 2010. The Dems have outraised the Repukes 2 to 1 in this state.

I used to canvass all over Maryland for non-profits when I was in high school, and the Republicans were unbelievably rude to nice little me.

Because if we were to throw up a far-left guy, the Repubs would walk to victory.

... there aren't more Republicans like Lincoln Chafee... (a moderate, basically decent guy who couldn't put up with their crap any more either.)

Oh yeah, I forgot -- they become Democrats!

First, "primarying" itself suggests top-down, inside-the-beltway thinking. Voters are not top-down thinkers, and they don't think strategically. Its a local thing.

If you were a radical right-winger, would you want Specter, or would you take your chances with Toomey, win-or-lose?

But the GOP isn't doing "a local thing." They're having the Club for Growth fund these candidates.

No question about that.

And most grassroots action is initiated by activists.

What's frightening is that people actually listen to RW nonsense and believe it. If not for that, the Pat Toomey's of the world would not exist.

Limbaugh has been on the radio for almost 20 years now, complaining about the "evils" of liberalism. And a small pct of voters believe that junk. That small pct of voters provides an opportunity to ppl like Toomey to win a primary.

Otherwise, Limbaugh would be wasting his money.

Great shot of The Obama Group.

How did any of these bozos think this would help their cause?

My (republican) boss was highly agitated about all this yesterday.

"So I guess you guys are feeling pretty smart right now."

"I'm not crazy about Specter, but if you guys keep driving the moderates out of your party, where do you think they're going to go?"

He was so mad he ended the conversation.

NV-2. They opposed GOP party-picked candidate Dean Heller, believing he wasn't conservative enough based on performance in statewide office.

I was ecstatic at the masochistic potential. Jill Derby had a great chance against the wing nut but Heller was sure to defeat her. Unfortunately, the damn Club for Growth candidate came up a few hundred votes short in the primary.

Then Heller turned into exactly what I knew he would be, more right wing than it appeared and now a potential threat for high statewide office down the road. Club for Growth almost did us a huge favor by potentially derailing his career. Frankly, I wish they dictated every GOP nominee nationwide.