My Advice to Prospective Republican Members of Congress

Here goes...

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Bottom line... true conservative Marco Rubio is going to kick RINO Charlie Crist's ass and win the Florida GOP nod to be the Republican standard-bearer in this year's election against likely Democratic opponent Kendrick Meek... AND... Rubio will win the general election and be sworn in as a United States Senator in 2011.

Bottom line... true conservative J.D. Hayworth SHOULD kick John McCain's ass to the curb and win the Arizona GOP nod to be Republican standard-bearer - SHOULD by dint of DESERVING the nod - but truth be told... McCain is the heavy favorite and will probably win the nomination and then the general election.

So? My point? (Aside from the predictions themselves...)

My advice to conservative prospective Republican candidates across the nation is to stick together.

You folks want "Tea Party" support? You want Libertarian support? You want Constitutionalists on your side, in your camp? Then show you're willing to risk offending the GOP establishment(s) by reacting as ordinary fed up conservative voters would want you to by PUBLICLY ENDORSING fellow insurgents such as Rubio and Hayworth.

The political "pros" managing your campaigns would no doubt jump back in horror from what I'm proposing. "Making enemies" of folks like Crist, McCain, and their supporters "isn't the way it's done."

Sorry, boys... and girls... that's the old paradigm you're talking about. It's 2010. "Politics as usual" is over; at least for Republican candidates who hope to win elective office come November.

People are MAD...

People are PISSED...

The gloves are OFF...

Now I'm not saying that every conservative office-seeker should be giving his or her two cents regarding every other Republican primary race throughout the nation. That's just stupid. Obviously that's not what I'm proposing.

However...

When it comes to these major intra-Party contests pitting nationally known conservative challengers against nationally known RINOs... take a stand!

The grass roots of the Republican Party will thank you for it. Those "Tea Party folks" will love you for it! Hell... regional and perhaps even national media may well take notice and the next thing you know... you'll be receiving $5/$10/$15/$20 donations from regular Americans across the country who are as sick and tired of Democrats and RINOs as you are and who may well give you a concrete "thank you" pat on the back in the form of actual dollars and cents.

And what of McCain? What of Crist?

(*SNORT*)

What are they going to do about it...?!?! Nothing... that's what!

Folks like Jim DeMint and Steve Forbes are in "my" corner. (Or perhaps more modestly... I'm in theirs.)

Remember... the RINO establishment isn't the ONLY Republican establishment. Members of the House Republican Committee as well as the folks working with DeMint on his Senate Conservatives Fund are part of a national movement to reinvigorate Reagan Conservatism and save the GOP from itself.

That's it. Rant off. If any conservative candidates seeking a Republican Committee/Party nod to run for the House or Senate happen to stumble upon this blog posting I beg of you...

Consider my advice.