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Erick Erickson: Lean Not on “Beltway Wisdom” in GOP Senate Primary

by | 11:51 pm, December 21, 2009 | 6 Comments

For having an outside perspective, Red State editor Erick Erickson makes one of the most insightful observations about Colorado’s Republican Senate primary:

Why exactly must we support Jane Norton in Colorado instead of Ken Buck? I’m not saying I am or am not, but why must I? Lots of people think we must because the same guys in Washington who said Charlie Crist was our best hope in Florida say she is in Colorado….

…Ken Buck has a very real shot and Norton is about to suffer some very serious high dollar blows about her support for suspending TABOR a while back. We need not go with the inside the beltway wisdom just because the beltway wisdom wants us to go with Norton. We should watch, study, observe, and see where things are heading before going with either Buck or Norton.

Could hardly have stated it better myself.

With posts like the recent one I wrote highlighting Ken Buck’s momentum in head-to-head matchups with Michael Bennet, I have been pegged as a Buck sympathizer. Not so. I am nowhere close to choosing a candidate to back in the primary. Norton’s campaign has received most of the pomp and national establishment backing. From time to time I may take the opportunity to add a little balance to the coverage.

Like Erick, I firmly believe the pro-liberty grassroots and bloggers “should watch, study, observe, and see where things are heading before going with either Buck or Norton.” At least that’s where I am these days.

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  1.   elpresidente
      December 22nd, 2009 @ 2:59 am

    When we want your opinion Ben, we’ll give it to you.

    Didn’t you get the memo?

  2.   StewOnThis
      December 22nd, 2009 @ 6:38 am

    So voters now know Ken Buck and his support is still nearly half that of Nortons, she has almost twice the percentage support above the Dems as Buck. That was before he lost a major legal battle. If he can’t convince a judge about something that seems so simple, how is he going to convince the voters? Just read the Norton website and see her issues. She is a conservative, unless you are living on another planet.

  3.   T.L. James
      December 22nd, 2009 @ 8:05 am

    Doesn’t sound very “scientific” to me…

  4.   Lynn2008
      December 22nd, 2009 @ 10:31 am

    It\’s very unlikely that I will back Norton in the primary.

    We should all remember that primaries are our opportunity to nominate the most conservative candidate that we can.

    In the general election, I will still vote for the most conservative candidate available, who has a chance to win. By definition, will be the Republican candidate and not a third party candidate.

    Let\’s all work hard in the runup to the primaries to boost conservatives so we can vote for them again in the general election.

  5.   Ben
      December 22nd, 2009 @ 11:02 am

    Uh, no, I didn’t get the memo — er, it must have been lost in the mail … uh, huh. Christmastime is so busy for the Post office and all … yeah, that’s the ticket!

  6.   Ben
      December 22nd, 2009 @ 1:09 pm

    Stew, you’re acting a little defensive — no one said anything about whether Norton is a conservative. (And no, I’m not questioning anyone’s patriotism, either.) If the situation is as you describe, and more power to you to make your cause persuasively, then there should be no problem in letting the process play out … Right?

    Or maybe someone can tell me why there should be a major hurry for everyone to rally behind one candidate. Michael Bennet is a prime target and looking more beatable all the time. We should pick the best candidate we can to take him out. You may have come to a conclusion about who that should be, but please be patient with others.

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