Sen. Lisa Murkowski's apparent defeat in Alaska's Republican primary isn't just a defeat for the Republican establishment and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which -- in keeping with standard practice -- backed her renomination.Hello Mitch, it's the Tea Party calling. We're not interested in getting along with Democrats. We're interested in defeating them and implementing conservative policies and governance. Time to get on board or we'll be looking for a new majority leader.
The Alaska result is above all a blow to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. As with the primary defeat of Utah's Bob Bennett in the spring, challenger Joe Miller's likely win replaces a close McConnell confidant with an unaccommodating conservative.
McConnell, since becoming minority leader in 2007, has built his own "kitchen Cabinet," consisting of two or three official "counsels" -- senators, handpicked by him, who attend GOP leadership meetings along with the elected party leadership. Both Bennett and Murkowski are in this inner circle. And both lost their primaries this year to conservatives running against Washington.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Washington's GOP Inner Circle Getting a Bit Smaller
Those wascally conservatives keep ousting RINO Senate incumbents:
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Here here. Why should we attempt to work with a bunch of democrats that intend nothing less than stripping our freedoms away one at a time?
I don't think all democrats are bad people. I just don't have to agree with or try to work with them on political issues where I think they're 100% wrong.
It's nice that the GOP establishment is now getting that message loud and clear!
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