Tea Party-backed candidate Sasse wins GOP Senate primary in Nebraska

Quote:Tea Party favorite Ben Sasse won the Republican nomination for an open Senate seat in Nebraska Tuesday night, AP reports, after a heated and costly primary battle that drew heavy national attention.

Sasse, a university president, was able to hold off former state treasurer Shane Osborn, and dark horse candidate Sid Dinsdale who had begun to surge in recent weeks,.

Sasse grabbed 45 percent of the vote to 25 percent for Dinsdale and 23 percent for Osborn, according to preliminary returns.

The seat was GOP-held (Johanns) to begin with, but this is still encouraging news. Sasse is a leading proponent of repealing-ObamaCare.

Hopefully Mitch McConnell is choking on Lyndsey Graham's feeble little manhood when they learn this news. Tea Party are not the ******* of these RINOs.

How did Sasse become a university president? Who screwed that one up?

(05-13-2014 10:06 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  Hopefully Mitch McConnell is choking on Lyndsey Graham's feeble little manhood when they learn this news. Tea Party are not the ******* of these RINOs.

Sasse and McConnell have agreed to a truce. I doubt they will ever be allies, but at least for now they seem to be focusing their political-fire on the Democrats rather than each other.

(05-13-2014 10:11 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(05-13-2014 10:06 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  Hopefully Mitch McConnell is choking on Lyndsey Graham's feeble little manhood when they learn this news. Tea Party are not the ******* of these RINOs.

Sasse and McConnell have agreed to a truce. I doubt they will ever be allies, but at least for now they seem to be focusing their political-fire on the Democrats rather than each other.

which is how it should be once the primaries are done....

I'm not predicting a Bevin win against Mitch in the upcoming Kentucky Primary but I think many will be shocked how well Bevin is going to do against the entrenched McConnell.

(05-13-2014 10:41 PM)WKUApollo Wrote:  I'm not predicting a Bevin win against Mitch in the upcoming Kentucky Primary but I think many will be shocked how well Bevin is going to do against the entrenched McConnell.

If it's close, I would be REALLY surprised. Last digits I saw had McConnell up by about 25 points minimum....

(05-13-2014 10:41 PM)WKUApollo Wrote:  I'm not predicting a Bevin win against Mitch in the upcoming Kentucky Primary but I think many will be shocked how well Bevin is going to do against the entrenched McConnell.

I don't live in Kentucky and don't claim to keep up with the political facts there too closely. But I would be stunned if McConnell gets less than 60% of the GOP primary vote. I honestly think he will get 65-70% of it.

Turkey Neck McConnell needs to be gone.

Rock N' Roll

(05-14-2014 12:19 AM)mathenis89 Wrote:  Turkey Neck McConnell needs to be gone.

The polling shows a neck-and-turkey-neck race for November.

ALG is definitely the best candidate the Dems could get in KY. Good for them. But I think you'll see McConnell open up a significant lead after the primary.