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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged recruitment

The Joy of Recruitment

By | 07.09.09 | 11:30 am

[UPDATE: I originally misidentified Fiorinia's abortion stance. She's pro-life.]

Josh Kraushaar notices that Republicans have gotten the U.S. Senate candidates they wanted in New Hampshire and Illinois, where they “lacked a deep bench of viable recruits — and their political hopes were largely dependent on one specific candidate running.” More…

Strike Two for Cornyn

By | 01.08.09 | 11:57 am

Following up on the news of Sen. Kit Bond’s (R-Mo.) retirement — that’s two Senate seats in one week for which the GOP has lost its preferred candidate. The first was Florida, now wide-open (possibly even leaning Democratic) with former Gov. Jeb Bush out of the race.

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