Underdog Reaganite Candidates Win
Written by Fax Congress on September 03, 2010, 02:32 PM
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Dear Fellow American:
I recently sat down with Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal to discuss my leadership PAC — the Senate Conservatives Fund — and its role in helping elect strong conservative leaders to the United States Senate this year.
I'm proud of what the Senate Conservatives Fund has been able to accomplish and this article does a masterful job of articulating its mission and successes. After reading this message, I encourage you to read the article in its entirety.
But first, I'd like to take a few moments to introduce you to the Senate Conservatives Fund and update you on our fight to elect strong conservative candidates to the U.S. Senate.
Make no mistake: this is a battle on principle that has often put me at odds with members of my own party. You see, I feel strongly that it makes no sense to elect Republicans who aren't going to act like Republicans.
Too many of my Senate colleagues thought that being a Republican was merely their vehicle to get elected. Instead of cutting government spending, they consistently voted to increase spending! Instead of serving the American people, they consistently sought to appease special interest groups and lobbyists!
 Year after year, I saw my own party hurt viable conservative candidates by inexplicably supporting liberal candidate who had no intention of upholding their limited government campaign rhetoric. And as I spoke to voters and fellow conservatives, I could see that I was not alone in my frustration.
I decided that I could no longer stand on the sidelines and blindly help Republicans get elected if they weren't going to act like REPUBLICANS! Instead of toeing the party line, I finally decided that enough was enough and I was going to do everything in my power to elect strong conservatives to office — even if that meant battling the establishment.
And that is why, as you'll see from the Wall Street Journal article, I decided to go rogue and buck the "politics as usual" wing of the Republican Party.
I vowed to support and help only those candidates who displayed an unwavering and un-apologetic commitment to these principles. And that is why I founded the Senate Conservatives Fund.
Support the Senate Conservatives
 As Steve Moore points out in the Wall Street Journal article, our first endorsement of the 2010 election cycle came in April of 2009 when I went against the pleas of the Republican establishment and endorsed conservative Pat Toomey over liberal Arlen Specter. To me, the endorsement was a no-brainer. Specter had for years abandoned conservative principles (if, in fact, he ever truly had any) and instead consistently voted to support a big government agenda.
On the other hand, as a former Pennsylvania Congressman, Pat Toomey had a voting record that backed up his strong conservative positions. He consistently fought for free market, pro-growth fiscal policies.
Yet, despite this obvious disparity, as soon as word hit of my endorsement, I was chastised by members of the Republican establishment for not being a team player. In short, it was suggested that I had somehow betrayed the Republican Party with my endorsement.
In the end, though, I was vindicated as it became clear who really had betrayed the Republican Party. As you know, shortly after I endorsed Pat Toomey, Arlen Specter showed his true colors and admitted that he was no Republican — opting instead to switch parties and run for Senate as a Democrat.
The Senate Conservatives Fund's endorsements didn't stop there.
We quickly moved to support an unknown, but staunchly conservative, state legislator named Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate in Florida.
 At the time, the same establishment that attacked me for endorsing the conservative Pat Toomey over Arlen Specter had inexplicably recruited and endorsed Florida Governor Charlie Crist for this seat.
With their actions in this race, the Republican establishment proved once again its willingness to sacrifice conservative principles on the altar of political convenience.
Their endorsement was based upon name recognition alone and was certainly not based upon his principles because Crist had shown consistently that he was no conservative. And thanks in part to our endorsement and the efforts of thousands of Americans, Marco Rubio experienced unprecedented surges in the polls.
Before long, the writing was on the wall for Charlie Crist as well and, just like Specter before him, Crist showed his true colors and left the Republican Party.
Support the Senate Conservatives
 After this victory, we continued to fight the good fight. Over the last year, the Senate Conservatives Fund has made key endorsements in races across the country.
In fact, in addition to Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania and Marco Rubio in Florida, the Senate Conservatives Fund has also endorsed Rand Paul in Kentucky, Mike Lee in Utah, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Ron Johnson in Wisconsin, Dino Rossi in Washington, Ken Buck in Colorado and, most recently, Joe Miller in Alaska.
These principled leaders represent the future of the conservative movement and are the first wave of candidates to represent the American awakening that is sweeping the country.
The Senate Conservatives Fund has gone "all in" in each of these races — a total investment that has exceeded $2.5 million thus far and has included:
- Nearly $440,000 for Marco Rubio in his election battle to defeat establishment (and now supposedly Independent) candidate Charlie Crist;
- Over $350,000 for Sharron Angle to defeat Harry Reid;
- Over $220,000 for Mike Lee to counter the "dirty trick" tactics employed against him in Utah;
- Over $400,000 to propel Ken Buck to victory over the moderate establishment choice in Colorado;
- Over $150,000 for Pat Toomey as he seeks to win the seat formerly held by Arlen Specter;
- Almost $80,000 for Rand Paul as he seeks to win the Senate seat in Kentucky;
- Over $60,000 for Ron Johnson in his efforts to defeat liberal poster boy Russ Feingold; and
- Over $80,000 to help our newest endorsed candidate, Dino Rossi, defeat the ultra-liberal Patty Murray in Washington.
Support the Senate Conservatives
These investments were made possible because of generous members of the Senate Conservatives Fund from across the country. We are not supported by big money donors, special interest groups.
We have achieved this unprecedented success because of the support from over 50,000 contributors nationwide, and I want to ask you to become one of those members today.
My hope and prayer is that after reading this email and the Wall Street Journal article, you will be as fired up as I am to take back the Senate for true conservatives.
And, if that is the case, I would encourage you to dig deep and join our team by making your most generous contribution today. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. We'll keep fighting.
Respectfully,
 Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund
P.S. With only two months left until Election Day, your donation is needed now more than ever to help conservatives take back America! So please, join our team by making your most generous contribution today.
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