October 25, 2006 04:52 PM UTC

NRCC Puts Lamborn on "Final Push List" along with other Club for Growth "winner" in Idaho 1st CD

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• by: DemoGirl

Colorado CD-7 did not make the list.

Below is an excerpt from “The Hill” that discussess Colorado’s 5th and Idaho’s 1st CD races. (BILL SALI is the GOP candidate in Idaho that the Club for Growth backed in the Republican primary.)

Looks like the Club for Growth’s recent plea for help for Lamebrain evidences his campaign is failing.  The NRCC is answering the call to help his failing campaign by putting Lamebrain on the “Final Push List”.

http://www.thehill.c…

“The NRCC is concerned about the open seat of retiring Rep. Joel Hefley (R-Colo.). Even though Bush won the district with 66 percent in 2004, GOP candidate Doug Lamborn is struggling and trails the money race to Democrat Jay Fawcett. Hefley has refused to endorse Lamborn, criticizing how Lamborn ran his campaign in the GOP primary. Lamborn was included on the Final Push list.

Similarly, Bush won 68 percent in Idaho’s first district, but NRCC wants more resources put into the race. Retiring Rep. Butch Otter (R-Idaho) is running for governor and GOP nominee Bill Sali has struggled to gain traction against political neophyte Larry Grant.

Political observers say that House Republicans are headed for a long election night if they have to worry about seats in these two conservative districts.”
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Here is an excerpt from another resource I read about on a blog that discusses the Club for Growth’s involvement in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District’s primary race where BILL SALI (the Club for Growth’s candidate) beat Robert Vasquez:

“The example provided in Idaho by Club for Growth should serve as notice to those of us battling the invasion of illegal aliens.” . . . (Robert Vasquez) . . . specifically warns of a GOP commitment to “Crush Challengers who are against Illegal Immigration.”
More here:
http://www.forthecau…

It appears the Club for Growth’s strategy has been to get federal officials elected in safe seats who can weather the storm of voting the way the Club for Growth wants them to vote on illegal immigration policies.  The Club for Growth needs a large cheap labor pool for the corporations that don’t want to pay wages that would keep American citizens working so that’s why it wants candidates from safe districts that will vote the way the CFG wants and still keep their seats after voting against the wishes of the people who sent them to office.  It’s bait and switch.