Conservative PAC vows to primary Collins, Snowe and Specter

[ccharles000]

All for the unforgivable sin of supporting an economic recovery plan. The right eating it's own once again. And they wonder why they are down to 41 Senators and counting.



An influential conservative political action committee is pledging to support primary challengers to any Republican senator who supports President Obama's stimulus package - the latest public show of dissatisfaction from the right over the massive measure before Congress.
"The American people don't want this trillion dollar political payoff that will just line the pockets of non-governmental organizations who supported Obama in the election," said Scott Wheeler, the executive director of The National Republican Trust PAC, an organization that calls for less government spending and lower taxes.

"Republican senators are on notice," Wheeler said. "If they support the stimulus package, we will make sure every voter in their state knows how they tried to further bankrupt voters in an already bad economy."

In a Senate vote Tuesday, only three Republicans backed the $838 billion measure - Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter.

All three senators were involved in cutting spending proposals from the plan, and have said they may not vote for the final version bill if more spending projects are added to it.


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[babylonsister]

1. You're right; they're eating their own, with no shining stars on the

horizon to replace them. Boneheaded.

[ej510]

2. Thanx we could use the assistance.

:evilgrin: :toast: :bounce: :headbang: :yourock:

[KingFlorez]

3. They do realize that an arch-conservative would lose the general election for these seats?

Neither of these states is friendly on a statewide level to radical conservatives, but obviously they don't get that.

[Honeycombe8]

4. Those 3 are in purple or blue states. A conservative Pubic wouldn't stand a chance.

That's my thinking, anyway. Plus, those three are very popular in their states.

[Renew Deal]

9. They should run Santorum

:bouce:

[liberalmuse]

5. I think the Obama fundraising machine can counter this.

And on top of funneling money to the three, we have a lot of orgs like ACT and MoveOn that will help us with this by running ads.

[MrPerson]

6. Mom's Basement doesn't carry the same weight anymore.

[Jennicut]

7. Soooo, they are gonna give us those seats huh?

Maine and PA are moderate states, no way will a typical conservative win there. Maybe they would win in a primary but would lose in the GE. That's okay. Then we can get more liberal Senators in. Or maybe Snowe, Collins and Specter should just change parties.

[Renew Deal]

8. 3 very winnable seats for us

Especially if they run typical rw lunatics

[backscatter712]

10. We win no matter how this turns out.

Either Collins, Snowe and Specter figure out a way to beat off the fundies and neocons, which is always a good thing - they're the few genuine moderates left in the GOP, and if they can figure out how to survive and thrive, and maybe become a power base in the Republican Party which serves to bring them back into the tent of sanity, that's a good thing.

It's that or the fundies and neocons replace them with yet more raving lunatics, and the Democrats in those states whoop their asses, probably bumping our majority in the Senate well over 60. The Republican party continues its fall into lunacy, rants and raves, but has prominence in all of five states. We'd be able to freely ignore them and steamroll them.

[Doctor_J]

11. ENominate some more fringe loonies for us to trounce

:thumbsup:

[tsuki]

12. Good luck with Snowe and Collins. Spend lots of money. Tons

of money. The Maine I visit is center-right not Republicon.

[saltpoint]

13. I think the conservative folks who plan to target these three might more

profitably spend their time and money assessing why their political party is in the toilet.

They need a vision and targeting 3 moderates members of their own party doesn't qualify as a vision.

If voters in Maine, for example, return Snowe and Collins by large numbers each election, this PAC should honor their colleagues' support from their constituencies and make plans instead to find at least one damned idea on which to move forwrad as a viable political entity.

At the moment, the conversatives' cupboard is bare.

[4lbs]

14. If the GOP primaries them and wins, there will be 3 Democrats elected instead.

In other words, those 3 Senate seats occupied by Specter, Snowe, and Collins, are in Blue states, and they are moderate GOP. They'll be occupied by moderate GOP that can work with President Obama, or else the people of those states will simply elect a Democrat to those spots.

However, if the RNC wants to give President Obama 62 Democrats in the Senate, go right ahead.

[Danger Mouse]

15. What fucking idiots. The only 3 GOP Senators worth a damn...

so of course they want to get rid of them. Morons.
They deserve what they get.

[Occam Bandage]

16. Good. If they primary them, we win those seats. nt

[SoCalDem]

36. not unless WE have a strong candidate.n/t

[WeDidIt]

17. Conservative PAC vows to replace Collins, Snowe, and Specter with Democrats

There, fixed the headline for ya.

:evilgrin:

[ejpoeta]

18. they are nuts! if the economy even appears to be turning around

by the midterm elections, then they would have a better chance of winning with these three candidates. the only reasonable republicans. but, hey.... bury yourselves even more.

[rox63]

19. These folks obviously don't know Maine very well

That would guarantee the seats would go blue.

[northernlights]

20. so, like, is that a threat or a promise?

Bwah!hah!hah!hah!hah!

And should I temporarily switch to rethug the get a hard right nut up against a dem here in Maine?

Or stay where I am and let Collins and Snowe continue on. They're very popular here. The only way those morons will replace them is with a dem.

[Arkana]

21. Say hello to Senator Tweety, if that's the case.

And Collins and Snowe aren't going anywhere. Maine's invested in them.

[rvablue]

24. No thanks. We don't need any weather-vane Dems in the Senate. We can do better. n/t

[WolverineDG]

33. He already said he's not running nt

[AspenRose]

22. Those three better get out while the gettin's good.

They're destined to suffer Lincoln Chafee's fate.

[Arugula Latte]

23. Oh, that is fabulous.

Pretty please, do it.

[IsItJustMe]

25. Good. Bloody them up so we can get some Democrats in there.

[LynnTheDem]

26. The rushlicans are VERBOTEN to march out of lockstep.

To do so means retaliation.

It's childish.

It's simple.

It's the rightwingnut way.



Rightwingnuts; stupidest MFers ever.

[Yavin4]

27. This Is Why The Dems Are The Majority Party - We Tolerate Dissenting Viewpoints

Here, the cons are going to primary their own moderates and get killed in these states. Contrast that to the new Senator from NY, Gillenbrand. The Dem establishment supports her even though she has a right of center stand on guns.

[quakerboy]

28. Rock on.

Lets get them to do the same to some more. The more they eat their own, the better we will do.

[Juche]

29. Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

Maine is probably not going to elect a wingnut senator. So if Snowe or Collins is primaried out, then the replacement will lose the election. Same with Specter.

Anyway, Specter said more GOP senators wanted to support the stimulus but were afraid of this happening (being primaried out). Kudos to Snowe, Collins and Specter who had the courage a lot of the other GOP senators did not have.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

30. why does maine keep re-electing republican senators??????

were the democratic options just that bad?

Pennsylvania is more understandable...its like someone said, the reddest of the blue states.

[WonderGrunion]

34. Not necessarily bad

But usually they're horribly organized in their campaign and message or they're long time politicians with lots of baggage inside of the state.

[WonderGrunion]

31. Snowe and Collins

both have had conservative challengers every election up here in Maine. We are not a conservative state. It would be impossible to successfully primary either of them without ceding the seats to Democratic candidates in the general election.

Come to think of it, that's not bad either.

Go Scott Wheeler and NRTPAC (which will heretofore be called NerdPAC)

:rofl:

[WolverineDG]

32. Goodie!

:bounce: :bounce:

dg

[SoCalDem]

35. Snowe is running in '10..Specter '10 and Collins in '12

I think they are all "safe", although Specter's age/health mnay make him vulnerable..

[tanyev]

37. Party uber constituents.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

38. If they try to run a rabid conservative in Maine, they'll lose.

But they're welcome to waste money attempting to do so. The city of Portland alone would completely outvote any wingnut.