Yep, but still a long way to go.Originally Posted by jct74
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In a sea of constant losses? This only really validates the idea that 'Tea Party' styled candidates have more losses than wins this year. Katrina Pierson, Greg Brannon, Elaine Hays, McMillin right now, Chris McDaniel (He lost, folks. Let it go.) A few wins doesn't make Tea Party types invincible. In fact, it proves to people that they're mostly fire and brimstone, but can't get the votes or support to beat politicians who you may not like, but use words that Americans like to hear, like 'compromise.' What good is staying ideologically pure when you can't get elected?
Last edited by Mr.NoSmile; 08-05-2014 at 08:16 PM.
Because those that cave in a vote for the "safe" option aren't the enemy. They won't revolt if our kind do win. Because it is worth it. Because it means more than rhetoric and empty promises. Because it's the right thing to do. Because we can sleep with our consciences in good order. Because, if there is a god, he will approve. Because there are people hoping for it. Because there is the need for it. Because it's better than caving in and giving up and drying in the sun.
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I can't tell if you're being optimistic or realistic, really.
Where in the hell are the results?
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Amash and Jones stood their ground on their foreign policy records and denounced NSA spying and the national security state. Maybe if more "Tea Party" candidates took the same line instead of trying to be more conservative than their opponents, they might get more votes. Perhaps win a race or two.
http://www.politico.com/
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HE WON!!!
According to Ted Cruz's FB post, Amash will represent Michigan's Third District for 2 more years!!!!
J. Amash (i) 55.1% 16,775
B. Ellis 44.9% 13,680
I think they updated the page so you have to click on the thing now....
Last edited by Natural Citizen; 08-05-2014 at 08:43 PM.
Milton Wolf would be winning if not for the two no-names...
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Good news!HE WON!!!
According to Ted Cruz's FB post, Amash will represent Michigan's Third District for 2 more years!!!!
Politico just called it for Amash!
"Paper money has the effect to ruin commerce,oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice"
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This link is better:
http://www.politico.com/2014-electio.../#.U-GX6fiBtG4
Ellis can suck it!
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@cleaner4d4
I am a libertarian. I am advocating everyone enjoy maximum freedom on both personal and economic issues as long as they do not bring violence unto others.
Yay!
http://www.wzzm13.com/story/news/pol...mash/13653545/Ellis concedes to Amash
Gregory Ghering, WZZM
10:39 p.m. EDT August 5, 2014
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) -- Brian Ellis has conceded to Rep. Justin Amash.
Businessman Ellis was challenging Rep. Amash for the Republican nomination in Michigan's third congressional district.
At about 10:20 Tuesday night, Ellis spoke to his supporters at Grand Rapids Brewing Company in downtown Grand Rapids, saying he was giving up his effort to unseat the incumbent. Results had come in from 44% of precincts at that point, showing Rep. Amash with a 55% lead over Ellis.
Rep. Amash's Democrat challenger in November's general election is Bob Goodrich. Goodrich is the president of Goodrich Quality Theaters.
Currently, just over 11% margin. Are we thinking that will hold?
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read more:Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash beats back primary challenge
By ALEX ISENSTADT | 8/5/14 10:51 PM EDT
Michigan GOP Rep. Justin Amash beat back a forceful primary challenge Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
With 56 percent of precincts reporting in the Grand Rapids-area 3rd District, Amash led businessman Brian Ellis, 55 percent to 45 percent.
Amash, an idiosyncratic congressman known for posting full explanations on his Facebook page for each vote he takes, has been a thorn in the side of the Republican establishment ever since he arrived in the House in 2010. In January 2013, the libertarian-minded Amash famously voted to oust John Boehner as speaker. He would later vote for the deal to end the government shudown.
Ellis cast Amash as an ineffective congressman and peculiar outsider who cast “bizarre” votes. He received the backing of interest groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Ellis ran a well-funded campaign, drawing on his considerable personal wealth. Through the middle of last month, he had spent over $1 million from his own pocket.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...sh-109751.html
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/uncateg...-justin-amash/CLUB FOR GROWTH PAC CONGRATULATES JUSTIN AMASH
Barney Keller - August 06th, 2014
Club for Growth President Chris Chocola: “Justin Amash won because he gave Republican voters a clear choice between a constitutional conservative promising more freedom and a liberal Republican In Name Only with a record of supporting more government.”
Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC issued the following statement in response to news that incumbent Congressman Justin Amash won the Republican Primary for Congress in Michigan’s Third Congressional District. Club members donated $277,285 directly to Justin’s campaign and the Club’s Super-PAC, Club for Growth Action, spent nearly $500,000 on a TV and Radio ad campaign exposing the record of Amash’s opponent.
“Justin Amash won because he gave Republican voters a clear choice between a constitutional conservative promising more freedom and a liberal Republican In Name Only with a record of supporting more government,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. “Justin will continue to be a stalwart member of the pro-growth caucus in Washington and he’ll always stand up to the big-government liberals in both parties. Club members were happy to support his candidacy.”
By not really a great margin. If Amash runs again in two years, his challenger will be emboldened by that, so Amash really has a lot of work to do on the ground in Michigan.
He won by double digits.
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http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/05/am...ublicans-primaAmash Beats Back Crony Republican's Primary Challenge
Robby Soave | Aug. 5, 2014 10:59 pm
Incumbent Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) survived a closely-watched primary election Tuesday night, defeating challenger Brian Ellis 55 percent to 45 percent and retaining the Republican nomination for the west Michigan House seat. Ellis conceded around 10:30 p.m. ET, according to the Grand Rapids Press.
Amash, a liberty-friendly Republican whose principled opposition to NSA spying, crony capitalism, and foreign entanglements has earned him support from libertarians—as well as the enmity of the GOP establishment—was forecast to win the race weeks ago. However, his political survival was not always a matter of fact. Neoconservative Republicans and corporatist special interests backed Ellis early in the race. Their attempts to portray Amash as the "best friend" of both Nancy Pelosi and al-Qaida backfired, however. District voters told Slate's Dave Weigel that they were tired of Ellis's negative campaigning and agreed with Amash that it was wrong to trade liberty for security.
Having secured the Republican nomination, Amash is all but guaranteed to be re-elected in November. Undeniable good news: It seems a libertarian Congressman can fight an uncompromising battle against big government and big business and keep his seat, after all.
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read more:REBEL LEADER JUSTIN AMASH WINS BIG IN MICHIGAN
by CHARLIE SPIERING
5 Aug 2014, 8:05 PM PDT
Rebellious Republican Rep. Justin Amash has won his re-election battle in Michigan’s 3rd district against his challenger Brian Ellis, a blow to the GOP Establishment which had put significant resources into the race.
Ellis conceded the race as Amash had 55 percent of the vote and Ellis had 44 percent with 44 percent of the precincts reporting.
Allies of Speaker John Boehner had rallied for pro-establishment candidate Republican Brian Ellis and to take out Amash, the first lawmaker to vote against Boehner for speaker on the House floor in January 2013.
Ellis, a Grand Rapids businessman, loaned his campaign over $1 million and earned the support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
Ellis used his money for an onslaught of negative ads that painted Amash as "Al Qaeda's best friend" and accused the pro-life congressman of voting to allow “gender-selection abortions to continue."
After winning his 2010 election, Amash went to Congress at the age 30 making him the second-youngest sitting congressman in Congress.
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...ig-In-Michigan
Looks like he may have covered the spread afterall.
92.9% Reporting
Winner J. Amash (i) 57.1% 35,309
B. Ellis 42.9% 26,498
He won by 10 percent (barely above double digits, really), when people here had higher expectations and figured there'd be a greater win. People, not myself. Just going off what people expected, particularly how close the race was early on.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014...da-brian-ellisGOP Rebel Justin Amash Just Beat a Guy Who Called Him "Al Qaeda's Best Friend"
By Tim Murphy | Tue Aug. 5, 2014 10:35 PM EDT
The GOP's business establishment talked openly about making conservative hardliners pay after tea partiers helped push Washington toward a debt ceiling crisis last fall. But that wave of Chamber of Commerce-funded primary challengers to conservative incumbents never materialized. The Chamber settled on trying to take out Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), a second term congressman and Ron Paul disciple famous for voting on no on pretty much everything—even the Paul Ryan budget—and for cobbling together a bipartisan coalition to rein in the NSA's domestic surveillance programs. It was the first part that drew the ire of business interests in his district, and the second part that made him the villain in one of the year's nastiest campaign ads. Amash, challenger Brian Ellis warned, was "Al Qaeda's best friend" in Congress.
Ellis received a rare primary endorsement from an incumbent member of Amash's Michigan delegation, GOP Rep. Mike Rogers, an NSA defender. But we're not in 2002 anymore; it turns out Amash's civil libertarianism plays pretty well in the western Michigan district that gave America Gerald Ford. Boosted by deep-pocketed donors of his own (including the DeVos family), Amash eased past Ellis, making him a sure-thing to win a third term in November.
92.9% Reporting
Winner J. Amash (i)
57.1% 35,309
B. Ellis
42.9% 26,498
This is a 14.2% margin of victory at this point!
Last edited by Cleaner44; 08-05-2014 at 09:28 PM.
Citizen of Arizona
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I am a libertarian. I am advocating everyone enjoy maximum freedom on both personal and economic issues as long as they do not bring violence unto others.
14% might be enough to stave off another challenger. Ellis was a terrible candidate, but he basically bankrolled his entire campaign. Are there really that many people in MI-3 willing to spend their kids' inheritance on a race they'll probably lose?
Bentivolio cooked his own goose. If you are sent there by the liberty folks, you better be their champion like Amash and Massie, or no one will be excited enough for you to go knock on doors, donate or phone bank. While we may not hate you, we won't be enthusiastic about you either. The end result would be that you would be neither here or there, and a well-funded challenger will knock you off.
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