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May 5, 2009
RECRUITING STRATEGY.... The New York Times reported the other day that National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn of Texas intends to "recruit candidates who he thought could win in Democratic or swing states, even if it meant supporting candidates who might disagree with his own conservative views." This sounds sensible. Cornyn saw the DSCC and Chuck Schumer boost their numbers using a similar approach, and apparently realized Republicans could do the same thing, even if it caused grumbling with the party's base. "Some conservatives would rather lose than be seen as compromising on what they regard as inviolable principles," Cornyn added. It's curious, then, that the NRSC chairman seems to be backpedaling.
Obviously, primary voters are solely responsible for choosing their party's nominee. But Cornyn knows full well that the party recruits candidates for a reason, and then supports those candidates -- with varying degrees of subtlety -- to give the party the best chance of success. That's one of the reasons the parties' campaign committees exist. Indeed, that's precisely why Cornyn indicated to the NYT that he would deliberately recruit less-conservative candidates to compete in less-conservative states. Why back off of that now? Perhaps someone explained to him the value of maintaining "inviolable principles"? —Steve Benen 2:55 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (7)
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"Senator Cornyn, Rush Limbaugh is on Line Two!!" Posted by: Curmudgeon on May 5, 2009 at 2:57 PM | PERMALINKobviously toomey is a formidable candidate in a republican primary. picking a fight with him by backing a more moderate candidate that could win a general election seems to me to be a losing proposition that would make it even more difficult for the republicans to win in november '10. in other words, cornyn in pennsylvania, at least, is in a no-win situation. his only hope is a bloodbath in the democratic primary that produces an equally damaged candidate. good luck john! Posted by: mudwall jackson on May 5, 2009 at 3:14 PM | PERMALINKFar be it from me to defend the likes of Cornyn, but of course he's not going to endorse Ridge -- at least not today. Ridge isn't even a declared candidate, so why would he want to alienate the only idiot who IS a declared candidate at this point? Let's see if he says anything different if a true primary contest develops. So Cornyn is trying to breed his own crop of Blue Dogs? Posted by: martin on May 5, 2009 at 3:32 PM | PERMALINKDoing the Devil's Advocate thing here, but maybe, after seeing Michael Steele's unique brand of open-mouth-insert-foot for the past few months, Cornyn recognizes the value in not discussing every scrap of his strategy in the news. Especially since so many members of his party are ridiculous zealots who might want to win elections badly enough to consider running more moderate candidates but would NEVER EVER want to admit doing that to the public at large. Why, that's like inviting the help to your daughter's coming-out party! As GUESTS! Or admitting that somewhere there may be "a gay" in your family! Some things you just do not do! Posted by: slappy magoo on May 5, 2009 at 3:54 PM | PERMALINKWhatever, every knows that moderate republicans aren't real conservatives and don't deserve to mingle with the real deal. Bush, McCain, and Specter all fakes, not to be trusted. Posted by: ScottW on May 5, 2009 at 3:54 PM | PERMALINKThis is exactly what one would expect if your whole existence was built around a faith based philosophy rather than a reality based philosophy. It is the reason that even if the Republicans do manage to regain control, there will be no difference from the last eight years. They work entirely on faith which means that learning from experience is not an option. For this reason reality has a liberal bias. Posted by: Texas Aggie on May 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM | PERMALINK
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