RedState Identifies Potential Tea Party Targets for 2012

[jefferson_dem]

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Potential Tea Party Targets for 2012

Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)

Wednesday, November 3rd at 8:00AM EDT

As you are settling down from yesterday’s victories, you will want to also pay attention to this list. While many will be focusing on a potential Presidential pick for the GOP, we should not all get distracted by that.

We have a significant opportunity to improve the Senate GOP through some primaries. Here is a list of potential targets for primaries — these are all of the Senate Republicans up for re-election in 2012:

John Barasso (WY)
Scott Brown (MA)
Bob Corker (TN)
John Ensign (NV)
Orrin Hatch (UT)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Jon Kyl (AZ)
Richard Lugar (IN)
Olympia Snowe (ME)
Roger Wicker (MS)

Note that this is just the list of Senate Republicans running. Not all will be targets, but it will be from these men and women that the tea party movement starts looking for targets.

Now, before you all get giddy about Olympia Snowe, I would respectfully suggest that Corker, Hatch, Hutchison, Lugar, and Wicker make better targets as we have a much greater certainty of both beating them in primaries and also winning the general election.

Wicker and Corker in particular make exciting prospects for the tea party movement.

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/03/potential-tea-party-targets-for-2012/

[sharp_stick]

1. I would worry about Hatch and Barasso

on that list as the pukes/teabaggers could probably run a dog in those States and pull off a win. Not a lot of Democrats in WY and UT at any time.

[Ter]

4. Exactly

Mike Lee was as far-right as Paul, Angle, or Miller, and more right-wing than Buck, yet no one said a peep.

[Ian David]

2. Kay Bailey Hutchinson isn't conservative enough? REALLY? n/t

[Ter]

5. She's pro-choice

Michael Bennett in Utah and Lisa Murkowski in Alaska were more conservative than her, and both lost their primaries this year.

[Arkana]

3. Targets for Dems...let's see...Brown, Hutchison, Snowe, Kyl, and Ensign.

We'll get Brown as long as we put up a GOOD candidate this time.