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UPDATE: Senate Conservatives Fund issued a statement late on Thursday saying that Patrick Hughes is still being considered for endorsement
As Jim mentioned, it was announced earlier today that Senator DeMint and his Senate Conservatives Fund are supporting Michael Williams for Senate in Texas.
DeMint appears to be picking fights he believes he can win. Patrick Hughes, a conservative candidate from Illinois running against a much more moderate Mark Kirk, has received little support. The Illinois businessman had reached out to DeMint in November, and the Conservatives Fund conducted an online poll asking who it should support. Hughes won 73.9 percent of the unscientific vote. In an interview with David Brody released today, Senator DeMint seemed to suggest that Hughes would not receive his endorsement:
"I've talked to Patrick. He is very intriguing. I can only help a certain number of candidates. I want to make sure we have viable candidates; folks who have at least some base out there that they can raise some money put together a campaign organization."
It looks as though Congressman Mark Kirk will not face that much national conservative opposition as the February 2 primary approaches. Kirk has been criticized by the right for his "yes" vote on Cap and Trade as well as his pro-choice views. In 2008, the congressman received a lukewarm "48" rating from American Conservative Union -- second to lowest among GOP Congressmen. But as I mentioned last week, there are several reasons why electing a conservative Republican in Illinois this late in the game would be very difficult.
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Pingback| 12.10.09 @ 1:18PM
Twitter Trackbacks for The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : DeMint Not Affirmative links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Interested Conservative| 12.10.09 @ 1:18PM
I live in Il-10, and Rep. Kirk, for the flaws noted, is otherwise an excellent rep.. This race is getting very little attention, even on the democratic side, and as many note, Kirk is hardly a RINO.
Keep in mind that many traders live here (hence the vote on cap and "trade"). Even Rush noted this. Further, Kirk is scandal and machine free - notable for Illinois politicians especially those vying statewide.
Finally, he'll be a very reliable GOP vote on all party discipline matters.
The Illinois GOP can and has done much worse, very recently.
Kirk can and should win, and will fit very well with his more conservative brethren south and west of here.
PS - he also will not be a one-term isolate like Sen. Fitzgerald (whose seat you-know-who filled, which led to this race)
DeMint Still Looking at Hughes| 12.10.09 @ 9:17PM
You've read WAY too much into Sen. DeMint's comment. If you look at the website for DeMint's PAC -- the Senate Conservatives Fund -- you will see that DeMint has not made a decision and is still evaluating Hughes. Here's the post: http://tinyurl.com/yzcoz4l
Phil Collins| 12.11.09 @ 3:57PM
I also live in Rep. Kirk's district, and I think that he's more liberal than many Democrats. His latest rating from Planned Parenthood is 100%; his latest rating from Gun Owners of America is 0%. He ensured that his district received federal money, for HUD, Headstart, commuter trains, and local police departments, although that spending violates the 10th Amendment. In May 2007, when 11 republican congressman went to the White House and told Bush that they opposed the Iraq surge, Kirk was the group's leader.
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