October 28, 2008

NRCC Bails Out on ANOTHER Conservative in a Tight Race?

I previously reported on the fact that the NRCC has dropped its support for Michele Bachmann.

Earlier today I found out that the NRCC has pulled all its support for Marilyn Musgrave.

Marilyn Musgrave is the most conservative member of the U.S. House, and one of the most conservative members overall. She received a rating of 94 from the Club for Growth in 2007, and consistently rates 90-100% ratings from Gun Owners of America. She's one of the last people any conservative should want to see lose her race, and the NRCC is pulling its funding:

In a surprise move, the National Republican Congressional Committee canceled its TV advertising buy in the 4th Congressional District for the last week of the election on Wednesday in what some experts say is clear sign Republican incumbent Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s re-election bid for a fourth term is at risk. It could also mean that Musgrave’s challenger Betsy Markey could become the first Democrat elected to the 4th CD in decades.
Michelle Malkin has more (quoting John Gizzi):
Twenty-four hours after learning of the pull-out from Bachmann’s district, I also had confirmed from spokeswoman Karen Hanretty that the NRCC deployed an “exit strategy” in the districts of Republican Reps. Marilyn Musgrave (Col.) and Tom Feeney (Fla.). Like Bachmann. both are in the political fights of their life and both are conservative swashbucklers of long-standing: Musgrave is one of the premier cultural conservatives in the House and Feeney, who gained national attention as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives during the contested election of 2000, founded the House Conservative Fund (HCF) in Congress.
Can we please agree to DE-FUND the GOB (Good Ole Boy) slush funds already?

And instead send the money to these deserving candidates:

Michele Bachmann

Marilyn Musgrave

By Ragnar Danneskjold, Typical Bitter Gun-Clinger at 01:46 PM | |