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Fighting guys like Cornyn, Dewhurst & Perry is what needs to be done in Texas. It looks like Stockman "Gets it", similar to Ted Cruz.. He's damn sure worth a much closer look. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...challenge-texas-sen-john-cornyn-in-2014/ Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) will reportedly launch a primary challenge against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is seeking reelection in 2014. Cornyn is the U.S. Senate�s second-ranking Republican.
Stockman, who is favored by the tea party, told WND that part of the reason he is running against Cornyn is because of his handling of Sen. Ted Cruz�s (R-Texas) fight to defund Obamacare earlier this year.
�And now, it looks like Cruz was right and Cornyn was wrong,� Stockman said. �He sided with the President, essentially, in making sure Obamacare became law while Cruz did everything possible to stop it.�
He accused Cornyn of making a � big show of removing his name from a letter supporting Cruz,� adding that he should have voiced his disagreement with Cruz more privately.
�Texas Republican Party spokesman Spencer Yeldell confirmed reports that Stockman withdrew his application for his congressional seat and filed papers to run in the Senate race,� CNN reports. �Monday was the filing deadline to enter the race. The primary is March 4.�
Defeating Cornyn will be no easy task for Stockman and will require a lot of grassroots support. The veteran lawmaker reportedly has a accumulated a massive war chest of roughly $7 million, Federal Election Commission records indicate. He also has the support of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Running for his second term in 2008, Cornyn reportedly received 55 percent of the vote against his Democratic opponent. Texas voters sent Stockman to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. He served one term as a congressman from 1995 to 1997.
Cornyn recently spoke with Glenn Beck on his radio show to discuss some of the concerns some conservatives have expressed regarding his strategy in Washington, D.C. Watch the interview below:
"The Bigger the Government, the Smaller the Citizen" - Dennis Prager LINK
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I hope more of these contests are fought in the primaries rather than introduce 3rd party candidates in the general election.
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That depends on how stubborn the RINOs are in stopping the repair of the party they've ruined.
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The RINO's are as beholding and addicted to BIG company money as the Dems. are. BIG companies get big benefits from big govt. at the populations expense. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others of such ilk are opposed to the TEA party,conservatives, and small govt. advocates of all sorts of all stripes. They will fight tooth and nail to keep BIG govt. RINO's in office. Expect a VERY determined fight.
All RINO's need to go.
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The RINO's are as beholding and addicted to BIG company money as the Dems. are. BIG companies get big benefits from big govt. at the populations expense. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others of such ilk are opposed to the TEA party,conservatives, and small govt. advocates of all sorts of all stripes. They will fight tooth and nail to keep BIG govt. RINO's in office. Expect a VERY determined fight.
All RINO's and Detards need to go. There I fixed it for yah.
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Cornyn, might be OK in Minn-oo-sotoe or Montana but he is not working out in Texas. Hasbeen
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