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In Bringing Down Bob Bennett, Club for Growth Proves a Real 'Power Player'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyA few months ago, Chris Wallace of "Fox News Sunday" featured Club for Growth President Chris Chocola as a "Power Player of the Week." Last week, that status was confirmed. Thanks in large part to the Club for Growth -- a powerful, free market, pro-growth conservative organization -- on Saturday an incumbent Republican senator whose name had never been linked to scandal was simply denied his party's nomination. The ouster of Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah "marks the first time the Club's PAC has defeated an incumbent Republican senator," Chocola wrote in an e-mail to supporters. "It will set off a ...
Pressure From the Right: GOP Candidates Bet On Obama Fatigue
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyJohn McCain rails against a bipartisan global warming bill two years after sponsoring one himself? He says he's "dear friends" with Sarah Palin and enjoyed her book? The one that trashes his 2008 presidential campaign? Strange, I thought. Then I saw a poll that showed the sometime maverick-moderate vulnerable to a primary challenge next year from the right.The Republican primary process has triggered an epidemic of identity crises among prominent and promising Republicans. Between Sarah Palin, tea parties, and the Club For Growth, there are Senate candidates scurrying rightward on everything ...
NY-23: How Sarah Palin Stands to Win (and Charlie Crist Stands to Lose)
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyMuch has been made over the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District. For some, the attention might seem a bit much, given that it is merely one of 435 House seats. In reality, this race is about much more than one House seat. It is a proxy battle in the long-running war between establishment Republicans and grassroots conservatives. Although GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava endorsed the Democrat over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, after quitting the race with three days to go, Hoffman looks poised to win. One front in the battle over the heart and soul of the ...
Club for Growth Launches Health Care Ad Campaign
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThe conservative Club for Growth will launch a $1.2 million ad campaign this week aimed at members of Congress whom the organization believes "may be persuaded to reject a government-run health insurance program, as well as members with leading roles in the health care debate." Here is the ad: The ads are slated to begin on Thursday in Nevada, Colorado, Arkansas and North Dakota. In related news, the Club for Growth has also launched a new video blog to track townhall protests across the country. ...
Club for Growth Targets Republicans After Trade Vote
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIn an email Monday, the conservative Club for Growth has asked members to help identify potential primary opponents for Republicans who crossed party lines and voted for Waxman-Markey, the so-called "cap and trade" bill which passed 219-212. It would not have passed without Republican support. The prodigal Republicans identified in the email were: Bono Mack, Mary (CA-45) Castle, Mike (DE-AL) Kirk, Mark (IL-10) Lance, Leonard (NJ-07) LoBiondo, Frank (NJ-02) McHugh, John (NY-23) Reichert, Dave (WA-08) Smith, Chris (NJ-04) The Club for Growth is a fiscally conservative organization, ...
A New Man From Hope?
By Matt Singer - Politics DailyJokes about Chuck Norris's endorsement notwithstanding, there's a very good question facing the Republican establishment: Does Mike Huckabee's candidacy have legs? There are a number of great reasons for Huckabee to emerge. He's a plain-spoken, devoutly religious, moderate appearing, and apparently personally appealing candidate. A small-state Governor from the South. Based on that resume, doesn't he seem a more likely Republican nominee than the New York Mayor, the Massachusetts Governor, or the lawyer-actor-napper?So what's happening? I think Marc Ambinder begins to explain it in a post from ...
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