Dec 15 2005
THE Race
I participated today in a Club for Growth conference with Pat Toomey and a number of other bloggers (so did Alpha Patriot; his writeup is here). The topic was the Laffey v. Chafee race.
The Club for Growth is targeting Chafee for defeat, for his opposition to smaller government (see the Club’s writeup on Chafee here). Rather than bat around the stances on the issues themselves, I’d like to focus on why this is important to Americans outside Rhode Island.
Can Laffey win the primary? He was elected mayor in a city where only 14% of the voters are registered Republicans, and polling is positive. But more to the point, Laffey winning the primary, or even showing strong, is itself important.
It would send a strong, clear message to the national party, that we are sick of big government Republicans who are nearly indistinguishable from Democrats. No GOP challenger has beaten a GOP incumbent in a primary for twenty-five years, so even a strong showing in the primary would be a wake-up call to the Washington establishment.
So what can you do? Write a letter (or email) to the NRSC and let them know you’ve had it, and instead of contributing to them, you’ll be contributing to the Club for Growth instead – then do it. And while you’re writing that letter (or email), let the President know you don’t want to see him campaigning for Chafee against Laffey, as he did with Specter and Toomey.
My letters are in the mail. And while you’re donating and writing letters, we’ll be hammering for Laffey on the blogs.
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THE Race
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