Karen K: Movin' on up ...

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Karen Kwiatkowski is gaining traction among GOP stalwarts in the VA 6th district primary race. Her opponent, Bob Goodlatte, has never been primaried in the 20 years (10 terms) he's been in the US House of Representatives. Unitl now ...

If there's an establishment position (TARP, bailouts, wars, debt-limit increases, NDAA, SOPA, etc. etc.) that Goodlatte has NOT supported, I haven't heard about it.

The people of VA-6 seem to be waking up to the fact that Goodlatte needs to go.

Dateline May 1st: http://www.examiner.com/article/kwiatkowski-and-radtke-tea-party-favorites

Joshua Huffman said:
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Moving on to the House of Representatives race, Karen Kwiatkowski continued to widen her lead over ten-term incumbent Bob Goodlatte. Looking back to the first poll in December, she narrowly edged out Goodlatte 47% to 43%. Then in January, she improved, capturing 62% of tea party respondents. Last week, she gained even more ground as 75% or 48 of the 64 ballots expressed support for Kwiatkowski.

Even though some of Bob Goodlatte’s employees have attended and spoken at the tea party meetings, this poll may herald a troubling future for the representative. Has Kwiatkowski, who has become a familiar face at these monthly gatherings, successfully captured the hearts and minds of this group of activists?

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When considering the proximity to the June Republican primaries, both the straw poll results for Senate and House of Representatives ought to be of particular interest. True, even though tea party groups, like the ones in Harrisonburg and Staunton, are only small portions of the electorate, even in the 6th district, one would expect that members of both will turnout heavily for the primaries. And given that overall turnout for a late spring/early summer single party primary is expected to be poor, tea party groups should enjoy an even greater influence in these kinds of elections.

So, will Jamie Radtke and Karen Kwiatkowski continue to gain support among the tea party groups in the Shenandoah Valley and elsewhere? And, if so, will they both be able to successfully leverage that support to upset their well-known rivals? After all, presumably the title of a “tea party favorite” ought to play well with the conservative electorate. However, June 12th is less than a month and a half away and, given that a few thousand votes could determine the election, none of the campaigns ought to take the support of their local tea parties for granted.
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Let's help make sure that the answers to the questions Mr. Huffman asks in the above quoted matter is "YES!!"



EDIT: Yaaay! 1000th post!
 
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trey4sports said:
anyone got a scientific poll of this match-up?
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Second that request. It'd be great to see if there is broad support, or if these are tea-party meetings that are simply dominated by our people. Exciting news, regardless!
 
Watch that election like a hawk.

DEMAND that each precinct totals FOR EACH CANDIDATE be made public right after the vote. This is extremely important.
 
Cowlesy said:
trey4sports said:
anyone got a scientific poll of this match-up?
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Second that request. It'd be great to see if there is broad support, or if these are tea-party meetings that are simply dominated by our people. Exciting news, regardless!
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No scientific polls have been done. The Goodlatte team is doing a push poll without mentioning Karen's name so if they release any numbers, be sure to look closely at what they are claiming.
 
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