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Originally posted by Carseller4
Great work TEA Partiers!
Originally posted by anon72
Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, becomes emotional while thanking his volunteers and family after being rejected by delegates at the 2010 Utah GOP Convention on Saturday in Salt Lake City[edit on 5/8/2010 by anon72]
He garnered just under 27 percent of the vote while businessman Tim Bridgewater had 37 percent and attorney Mike Lee got 36 percent.
Tim Bridgewater is the Chairman and founder of Interlink Capital Strategies, serving there since 1994. He has also served as a managing partner and chief financial officer for several businesses, including an investment fund focused on small businesses.
Tim Bridgewater began his career in commercial banking ....
Working in Washington, Bridgewater met Dick Richards, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, and went to work for the Ogden native.
"We were doing government consulting, I guess I'd call it lobbying business," Richards said.
Richards also introduced Bridgewater to the politically powerful, including President George H.W. Bush and his son Neil, who partnered with Bridgewater to launch Interlink Capital Strategies in 1994.
In addition to his business ventures, Bridgewater has been active in politics for years. He supported the Bush family's political endeavors, becoming a "Pioneer" by raising more than $100,000 for George W. Bush's presidential bids in both 2000 and 2004 and he raised money for the senior Bush's presidential library.
Originally posted by Carseller4
Great work TEA Partiers!
This was a GOP convention that voted him out...what do you mean "great work Tea Partiers"?....I thought the Tea Party wasn't GOP?
Originally posted by mishigas
reply to post by maybereal11
This was a GOP convention that voted him out...what do you mean "great work Tea Partiers"?....I thought the Tea Party wasn't GOP?
I think what the point here is, is that an incumbent is not safe just because he/she has an R after their name. The TPM supports candidates that have a certain set of values. Party affiliation by itself means nothing.
Does that mean that they would support a DEM with strong conservative values over a weak R? I don't know?!
It would be difficult for them to support a Democrat while they are registered GOP Delegates voting in Republican Conventions...seeing as this was a GOP convention and Bennett was voted out by registered GOP delegates.. THAT is the point !
So we can drop the charade that the TPM is anything other than far right registered (even delegates) GOP members who voted for a former Republican Lobbyist who is currently partnered in a wall street firm with GW Bush's son...or we can drop the claim that this was the TPMs doing...or we can pretend that we don't understand basic logic...Your choice.
Originally posted by mishigas
reply to post by maybereal11
It would be difficult for them to support a Democrat while they are registered GOP Delegates voting in Republican Conventions...seeing as this was a GOP convention and Bennett was voted out by registered GOP delegates.. THAT is the point !
Really? They are registered GOP Delegates?
Where did you get that from? I hadn't heard that.
Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was rejected Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in a stunning defeat for a once-popular three-term incumbent who fell victim to a growing conservative movement nationwide.
'Too much at stake'
Bennett survived a first round of voting Saturday among roughly 3,500 delegates but was eliminated when he finished a distant third in the second round.
Originally posted by maybereal11
So we can drop the charade that the TPM is anything other than far right registered (even delegates) GOP members...