RSS Feed MenuApparently unfazed by its failure to swing the New York 23rd to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman (it pumped upwards of $1 million into the race), the Club for Growth is picking up right where it left off, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The group’s President, Mark Chocola is quoted as stating that the group will target not only Charlie Crist in Florida, but Rep. Mark Kirk and Rob Simmons, both of whom are about to mount Senate runs in Illinois and Connecticut respectively. Chocola told the Journal “the best Kirk and Simmons can expect is that we leave them alone.”
In case Mr. Chocola failed to notice, the two major races that GOP candidates won yesterday were won by candidates that the “Club” wouldn’t exactly approve of. The only major race Republicans lost…..was heavily backed by the group. If Republicans succeed in 2010, it will be in spite of the Club for Shrinkage, not because of it.
ottovbvs // Nov 5, 2009 at 9:13 am
……..You only have to read the spin from the right to recognize there are going to be many more Hoffmans……..The NRSCC has already essentially caved by saying it won’t support their candidates in primaries…..where does this leave the likes of Fiorina
sinz54 // Nov 5, 2009 at 12:07 pm
ottovbs: where does this leave the likes of Fiorina
The California primaries are open. Independents can vote in GOP primaries there.
So by reaching out to Independents, Fiorina could still fend off the challenge from DeVore, who will have to rely on votes from the conservative base.
The issue then becomes: If Fiorina beats DeVore in the GOP primary by relying on the votes of Independents, will the conservatives then close ranks behind her and work to elect her in the general? Or will they stalk away in a huff?
I think that if Fiorina beats DeVore, the RedStaters will still vote for Fiorina in the general. Unfortunately, Michelle Malkin’s TeaPartiers won’t.