The Crony Capitalists at the US Chamber of Commerce LOVE Kelly Ayotte!!! - Granite Grok

The Crony Capitalists at the US Chamber of Commerce LOVE Kelly Ayotte!!!

Careening off the beaten path of conservatism.
Careening off the beaten path of conservatism.

You’ve already seen the kissey-face political ads celebrating US Senator Kelly (R-NH) running on NH stations with the message of the US Chamber of Commerce NH NEEDS KELLY.  Methinks it is more for the Chamber than for NH.  But the Chamber is already going for her as no one has step to primary her as of yet.  If someone does, you can be sure this will happen (reformatted, emphasis mine).  And no, as their actions already indicate, it won’t be limited to US House conservative candidates:

Chamber Plan to Oust Conservatives Will Stir the Base

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is threatening to run primary challenges against incumbent conservative members of the House of Representatives.

The Chamber has had it with conservatives mucking up their agenda on issues like immigration reform, the Export-Import Bank reauthorization, and highway spending, as Politico reported. The group is ready to start picking off troublemakers.  But the move is likely to backfire against corporate America’s voice in Washington, D.C., by inflaming grassroots conservatives. As much as the Republican base loathes big government, it despises big business profiting from the favors of big government almost as much. To many conservatives, that is exactly what the U.S. Chamber of Commerce represents.

The Republican brand will suffer as the bedrock of the party comes under assault from the Washington establishment.

And as I have been pointing out for a while, the Republican brand itself is in tatters from the view of the base, all self-induced.  Do they really want to see someone shoving that mine cart along as it hurtles towards that deep dark hole at the end of the track?

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