A few weeks ago, I noted in this space that the
anti-Tea Party Main Street Partnership
is openly appealing to conservative paranoia in a high-profile Idaho race. The super PAC, run
by former Rep. Steve LaTourette,
R-Ohio, ran an ad hinting that the challenger to Republican U.S. Rep. Mike
Simpson is being backed by a liberal, pro-Nancy Pelosi group from outside
Idaho - namely, the uber-conservative Club for Growth.
At the time, I wrote that Main Street might win a couple
of races with this dishonest approach – and in fact Simpson will likely win on
Tuesday. But to whatever extent this tactic succeeds, it only reinforces the
very distrust that has turned primary voters against the “Main Street” model of
Republican.
The same thing is now happening in Michigan - except it isn't a super
PAC, but actual Republican lawmakers who are launching conservative-sounding
attacks against a colleague for holding a principled conservative position......To Read More....
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