Just for the Record, a conservative blog, presents an interesting argument for Republicans to vote for Tom Hayhurst, the Democratic challenger to Mark Souder in Indiana’s Third District. The argument goes as follows:
1) Souder is not a conservative.
2) The Democrats seem poised take control of the House with or without Souder.
3) As long as the Democrats will be controlling the House for a time anyway, now is the time to dump Souder. With him gone, it’s more likely that a competent Republican candidate will emerge.
4) Primaries aren’t ideal times to dump an incumbent because the best potential candidates are not as likely to cross the Party leadership by challenging an incumbent.
Update Crap – I’m an idiot. I failed to recognize that it was Jeff Pruitt who made the post. He’s very much worth reading, but he’s not a conservative blogger. Thanks to Jeff for catching my error.
You know, I have similar thoughts as outlined above about Julia Carson. Except that I won’t be voting for Eric Dickerson. I’m just ready for a new Democrat.
Doug,
To be fair, while JFTR IS a conservative blog, I am a progressive Democrat and my posts on that blog represent my views and not that of a conservative.
Having said that, I still think the argument is valid and one that all Republicans in this district should consider…
Thanks for the correction Jeff. I didn’t realize you were a front page poster there and failed to check who actually did the posting. I’ve made a correction to this post.
I agree 100% with Jason.