Tom Cole Deathwatch Thread, No. 10

[ccharles000]

http://swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=F94771025B887D2BF3E0C9409729EAD1?diaryId=3636

Faced with the likelihood of unprecedented November losses and piss-poor fundraising, the NRCC has been forced to make some very hard choices lately, including ones to cut the plug on GOP Reps. like Marilyn Musgrave, Tom Feeney, Michele Bachmann, and Joe Knollenberg. Understandably, though, some major GOP allies are furious with NRCC Chair Tom Cole for abandoning some staunch social conservatives without so much as a life preserver.
From The Hill:


The Family Research Council's (FRC) political arm ripped Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) Thursday for withdrawing ad spending on behalf of two endangered Republican candidates.
FRC President Tony Perkins said in a letter to Cole, chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), that the committee "is abandoning social conservative candidates" by pulling ads from the reelection races of Reps. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) and Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.). <...>

Perkins, an influential conservative leader, said in his letter that he believes Cole, whose committee has been hemorrhaging money in an uphill battle against Democratic congressional candidates, "made a grave error in judgment" by pulling ads from Musgrave's and Bachmann's districts.

"The left is attacking both of these outstanding women because they are true conservatives," Perkins said. "They vote pro-life and pro-family."

Perkins wrote that both candidates are in "winnable districts," and that "pulling funds from their campaigns sends the wrong message to their supporters and gives their opponents a chance to produce headlines that the NRCC has undermined these campaigns."

"This is no time to cut and run from a fight," Perkins wrote.

He added that he will "urge supporters" of the FRC to stop contributing to the NRCC "until it starts supporting and fighting for conservative candidates in close races."

Time's almost up, Mr. Cole.

[Catch22Dem]

1. Couldn't happen to a more deserving douche nozzle.

:evilgrin:

[madokie]

2. I have to agree

him being the dickhead that he is and all

[Z_I_Peevey]

4. I'll third that. n/t

[FLyellowdog]

6. Oh man...I LOVE this photo of Obama. I need a poster!!!!

[mikeargo]

3. If Tony Perkins is pissed...

Mr. Cole better be careful taking a shower

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. FRC to NRCC: We're gonna take our Bibles and go home :cry: nt