WASHINGTON— Twice burned, Republicans are treading carefully around tea party groups as they pursue a Senate majority that slipped through their fingers in 2010 and 2012.
“You’d have to be an idiot not to prepare” for primary election challenges from the right, no matter the state, says Rob Jesmer, who was executive director of the GOP Senate campaign committee when flawed, conservative candidates captured primaries, only to lose winnable races in the fall.
While incumbents work to ward off or repel challenges from within their party, a Republican tempest already is flaring in Georgia, where GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss is stepping down. Party officials also look apprehensively toward Iowa, where Sen. Tom Harkin’s decision to retire down opens up a seat long in Democratic hands.
The developments come at a time the Republican Party nationally is involved in a well-chronicled period of introspection after failing to win the White House last fall. President Barack Obama’s support reached 53 percent among women who cast ballots, 60 percent among voters under 30, some 71 percent among Hispanics and 93 percent among blacks. Numerous officials have said the party must find a way to broaden its appeal rather than continue to steer rightward.
Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for Republicans, said consternation about a replay of recent politically damaging primaries “at least for the moment, doesn’t seem to be an issue” for the GOP. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, who chairs the campaign committee, declined a request for an interview.
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Massive voter fraud was what made the Republicans lose the last Presidential election.
Turnout was 141% in some precincts. and 59 precincts where hagel’s machines were used to cast vores were lost by republicans with 100% vote for OCommie and 0 votes for Romney. Never in history has the vote ever been that lopsided, if for no other reason than it is statistifally Impossible. Even Hitler never got 1000% of the vote.
It would seem Americans should be smart enough to see where you end up with Idiots Like Obama,Biden,Feinstin and other Assorted Democrats! They make a bunch of stupid promises which should tell all of us they are lies! They promise us free Obama phones and other assorted Free Bee’s we never get, they promise us lower insurance costs if we vote for Obama care and then it all costs more than most of us make.
Then thanks to Obama type democrats we he $3.00 bread, Five and soon Ten Dollar gas, clothes we can not afford to buy not even Blue jeans to work in! Since we can’t afford to buy gas or pay for Insurance on our cars,homes or Health we now have to ride the bus if we have one that will work for us and all thanks to Obama and his other democrats promises of all the free bee’s. How long before people will see Democrats aren’t the way? We can thank Obama for Homosexuals and Muslims for taking over our country thanks to democrats! We can thank Obama for firing all of our good generals because they wont fire on American, men women and children and or his Muslims Brothers! We can thank Obama and democrats for firing Our Fighting men and women for not hugging and kissing the Homosexuals Obama has forced on them and the same with all his Muslim brothers who he has placed all over our government and Armed Services! Thanks Stupid American Voters for voting for our Homosexual,Muslim President who hates white people [ even the one's dumb enough to vote for him ] hates god and straight people and America! Thanks you bunch of Idiots! Maybe you will learn one day who is really best for America!