From Fox News Insider, when Mitch McConnell
claimed 'We're Going to Crush Tea Party Everywhere'
in Primaries"
Senate
Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) and conservative groups are headed toward a showdown
over GOP primaries in 2018.
McConnell has
voiced confidence that Republicans will nominate “electable” candidates
as they seek to grow their narrow majority during an election cycle in which
Democrats will be defending 23 seats to just eight for the GOP.
. . .
A few battles
are already shaping up in 2018.
In Ohio, it is
unclear whether the GOP establishment will back Mandel, who lost to Brown in
2012.
The Club for
Growth is backing Mandel. In 2010, it helped defeat former Sen. Bob Bennett
(Utah), one of McConnell’s best friends, in a GOP primary.
Rep. Pat
Tiberi (R-Ohio), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, has amassed
$6.3 million in campaign funds and might be seen as a stronger candidate by
Washington Republicans.
“We’re
supporting Josh Mandel in Ohio. I think the establishment would probably prefer
Pat Tiberi, but any competent Republican consultant would strongly advise
Tiberi not to run,” said Andrew Roth, vice president for government affairs at
the Club for Growth. “The establishment should like Mandel.
That word “electable.” The GOPe wanted
Jeb! as the 2016 candidate, because he was “electable.” That’s how they
described Mitt Romney. Sounds like the GOPe is going to go to the mat to keep
the UniParty intact (read: their noses in the trough).
Read the rest here.
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