Senator Jim DeMint for the Senate Conservatives Fund

Fellow Conservatives:

It was only a matter of time before establishment Republicans started openly attacking conservatives. They did it aggressively in 2010... and now they're doing it again in 2012.

A column published last week in the Wall Street Journal outlines the establishment's strategy to blame conservatives if Republicans fail to win a majority in the U.S. Senate this year.

Kimberly Strassel writes, "Two things stand between Mitch McConnell and the Senate majority leader's office: Democrats, and the conservatives who might help elect Democrats."

We've heard this before.

We heard it when the establishment told us Pat Toomey was too conservative to win in Pennsylvania.

We heard it when they said Marco Rubio couldn't win in Florida.

And we heard it when they said Rand Paul would lose in Kentucky.

Toomey, Rubio, and Paul are all United States Senators today.

What the Establishment wants you to forget is that Republicans suffered major losses in 2006 and 2008 when party leaders failed to fight for conservative principles. But in 2010, with insurgent Tea Party conservatives leading the way, Republicans regained a majority in the House of Representatives and made significant gains in the Senate.

The Republican Establishment has been proven wrong time and time again, yet they continue to attack conservatives who offer the Republican Party the opportunity to regain its standing with the American people.

If Republicans fail to retake the Senate this year, it won't be because of conservatives. SCF-endorsed candidates Ted Cruz (R-TX), Don Stenberg (R-NE), and Mark Neumann (R-WI) all lead their Democratic opponents in recent polls. And now even the establishment acknowledges that Josh Mandel (R-OH) is the strongest candidate Republicans could have in Ohio. The electability argument used against these conservatives is designed to help their moderate opponents who have supported a number of liberal policies, including higher taxes, wasteful stimulus, ObamaCare, and the nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General.

When the Establishment puts party before principle, they do great harm to our country and the Republican Party. As President Reagan once said, promoting pale pastels instead of bold colors is not a winning strategy.

If Republicans fail to retake the Senate this year, it will have more to do with the failure of Establishment candidates to inspire confidence with voters. It will also have a lot to do with the failure of Republican leaders to offer voters a real choice between the two parties by fighting President Obama on key issues like the debt limit and the full repeal of ObamaCare.

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing these people lecture us about how to win a majority. Their strategy handed the keys of our government to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama.

I'm also tired of watching them work behind the scenes to defeat conservative candidates who have the courage to save this country.

Support the Senate Conservatives Fund

As a member of the Senate Conservatives Fund, you know how important it is for freedom-loving Americans to work together in a coordinated way to win races in key battleground states.

I hope these Establishment attacks against our efforts will motivate you to work even harder to elect true conservatives to the U.S. Senate this year.

If you're tired of Republicans in Washington and New York blaming you for their mistakes and if you're tired of being told to abandon your principles, then please help the Senate Conservatives Fund fight back.

We're trying to raise $100,000 for SCF and its endorsed candidates by this weekend and we need your help to do it.

If everyone makes a contribution today, we can overcome these establishment attacks and elect principled leaders to the U.S. Senate who will fight for less government and more freedom.

Thank you for your continued support for the timeless conservative principles that make this country great.

Respectfully,

Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund