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01-31-2011, 08:20 AM
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Scott Brown
Seeing red, PAC is down on Scott Brown (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/30/seeing-red-pac-is-down-on-scott-brown/)
Donor wants its green back
Washington Times
January 30, 2011
The National Republican Trust spent nearly $100,000 last year to help Scott Brown win the U.S. Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, but now the conservative political group wishes it had that money back to help kick Mr. Brown out of office.
Saying the Republican senator is no different from a Democrat, the head of the group is calling for Mr. Brown to donate to charity or disgorge campaign money equal to how much the trust spent supporting him during the 2010 campaign.
The trust’s executive director, Scott Wheeler, said supporters knew Mr. Brown wasn’t going to be a die-hard conservative when they supported him early and often in his run against Martha Coakley, the Democratic state attorney general and once heavy favorite to succeed Mr. Kennedy.
But Mr. Wheeler said he and his group’s conservative backers are now disillusioned, citing Mr. Brown’s vote to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia, which the group sharply opposed.
“New START is something he should have been able to vote against,” Mr. Wheeler said.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/30/seeing-red-pac-is-down-on-scott-brown/
Scott Brown
Seeing red, PAC is down on Scott Brown (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/30/seeing-red-pac-is-down-on-scott-brown/)
Donor wants its green back
Washington Times
January 30, 2011
The National Republican Trust spent nearly $100,000 last year to help Scott Brown win the U.S. Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, but now the conservative political group wishes it had that money back to help kick Mr. Brown out of office.
Saying the Republican senator is no different from a Democrat, the head of the group is calling for Mr. Brown to donate to charity or disgorge campaign money equal to how much the trust spent supporting him during the 2010 campaign.
The trust’s executive director, Scott Wheeler, said supporters knew Mr. Brown wasn’t going to be a die-hard conservative when they supported him early and often in his run against Martha Coakley, the Democratic state attorney general and once heavy favorite to succeed Mr. Kennedy.
But Mr. Wheeler said he and his group’s conservative backers are now disillusioned, citing Mr. Brown’s vote to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia, which the group sharply opposed.
“New START is something he should have been able to vote against,” Mr. Wheeler said.
...
Full Story:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/30/seeing-red-pac-is-down-on-scott-brown/