6/25/14, "Democrats Put Cochran Over the Top," John Fund, NRO
"You have to hand it to the GOP establishment. When their interests are threatened, they pull out all the stops. They demonstrated that in dragging GOP senator Thad Cochran across the finish line in tonight’s runoff in Mississippi....
Thad Cochran’s
allies performed a version of that ploy tonight by openly encouraging
liberal Democrats to vote in the primary. Turnout was up by some 15
percent from the June 3 contest between Cochran and Chris McDaniel. The New York Times
reported that “turnout increased by 92 percent in Jefferson County, the
county where black voters represent the largest share of eligible
voters in the country.”
Thad Cochran will continue in the Senate only because the GOP establishment used “walking around” money to drum up minority liberal voters for Cochran. In Mississippi, despite an unenforceable law saying that only voters intending to vote Republican can participate in GOP primaries, there was nothing preventing that kind of primary manipulation....
Austin Barbour, a relative of former governor Haley Barbour, even went so far as to claim of the Cochran campaign:
Thad Cochran will continue in the Senate only because the GOP establishment used “walking around” money to drum up minority liberal voters for Cochran. In Mississippi, despite an unenforceable law saying that only voters intending to vote Republican can participate in GOP primaries, there was nothing preventing that kind of primary manipulation....
Austin Barbour, a relative of former governor Haley Barbour, even went so far as to claim of the Cochran campaign:
“We’ve spent a lot of time bringing a conservative message to black voters, as well as to white voters, the old and young, men and women.” Actually, the message was the antithesis of conservatism — that only an aging 76-year-old incumbent can bring home pork-barrel projects that largely benefit a business elite while the state’s voters are saddled with more federal debt."
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Among comments to NRO, Mississippi "open" primary system coming to Utah:
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I won't vote for establishment Republicans ever again."
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Pathetic Romney backed open primaries in Utah:
2/23/14, "Big boost: Mitt Romney backs Count My Vote," Salt Lake Tribune, Robert Gehrke
Romney backed Utah's "Count my Vote" which is open primaries similar to what Mississippi has and which can be gamed by the rich to silence the voice of the ordinary:
Among comments to Salt Lake Trib:
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Nothing
new here. More big money politicians trying to buy votes and power. If
you value your voice you must go beyond just not signing this petition,
you need to educate friends, neighbors and family members."
"orionspyramid
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believe CMV is about Mike Lee having powerful enemies. Few people in
Washington have made any effort to protect our Constitution but Mike Lee
has. After the TARP bailouts across the entire nation people said
throw them out, but 97% were re-elected. Not Bob Bennett, Utah
Republican Delegates fired their Senator who was named in The House of
Representatives investigation as being responsible for the mortgage
crisis. Talk about having primaries, the Caucus/Delegate system put
Senator Orrin Hatch in a primary. Arnold Schwarzenegger became the
governor of California because of their direct primary election. CMV is
going to end up creating a system where candidates can buy your vote.
That's exactly what these wealthy people want."
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Utah politicians agree to open primaries championed by RNC hack Romney along with Bush crony Leavitt. Both Democrat and Republican elites want to get rid of Sen. Mike Lee and get Bob Bennett back or perhaps Romney's son Josh:
Among comments to Deseret News about Utah open primaries:
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"wjalden, Cottonwood Heights, UT
Sweet - the legislature has given us a primary without a runoff, per Buy Your Vote's demands. A candidate can now win with just 20-30% of the vote, if there are enough people in the race.
Sweet - the legislature has given us a primary without a runoff, per Buy Your Vote's demands. A candidate can now win with just 20-30% of the vote, if there are enough people in the race.
They have given us a system that will destroy More.."
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