RMSP
PAC
Ready to Defend One of Our Own (Sen. Specter), Fight to Retain
Senate GOP Control and Support the White House "Interest in
seeing Arlen Specter Win.”
Washington
,
DC
–
The
Republican Main Street Partnership Political Action Committee is ready to help Main Street
Senator Arlen Specter beat back any challenger in the 2004
Republican primary, including Rep. Patrick Toomey (R-PA).“We
will do all we can to help Main Street Senator Arlen Specter,”
said the RMSP PAC's
Sarah Chamberlain Resnick
.
“We’re
not surprised. We look at this as another direct attack on our
moderate Republicans by the “single-issue” Club for Growth and
its apparent goal of purging the GOP of all moderates,” added
Ms. Resnick. “RMSP PAC drew a line in the sand with the
Club’s ‘purging’ attempts in the 2002 elections and wants it
to be perfectly clear that we have been raising money for 2004. We
are ready to fight and fully prepared to go head to head with the
Club for Growth AGAIN to defend Senator Specter, and all of our
GOP Main Street
moderate Senators and Congressmen. We have never lost a
head-to-head battle with the Club, and are confident we’ll keep
that record in tact.”
In the 2002
primary elections, Main Street successfully defended a similar
challenge, re-electing Main Street member Rep. Wayne Gilchrest
(R-MD) and beating back the single-issue opponent who was given
$150,000 in that primary race from the Club. At the same time,
RMSP defended
Main Street
leader Rep. Sherwood Boehlert from another last minute attack from
a Club-backed candidate in
New York
.
“The
question we ask now is the same we asked in the 2002 primaries,”
insisted Ms. Resnick. “Why is this group that calls itself
‘Good Reagan Republicans’ both attacking and trying to defeat
fellow Republicans, especially fiscally conservative Main Street
Republicans? Reagan’s 11th commandment of not attacking your own
is being ignored by the Club and ultimately costing fellow
Republicans millions of dollars that would be better utilized
defeating Democrats and maintaining GOP control of the House,
Senate and White House.”
The question
of the Club’s so-called “Republicanism” is more timely, now,
than ever before. This week, White House Chief of Staff Andy Card
gave Senator Specter a ringing presidential endorsement. With
Senator Specter at his side, Card said, “It’s unusual for the
White House to take interest in a congressional race this early,
but the White House is very interested in seeing Arlen Specter
win. We need his senior leadership in the Senate.” That
presidential endorsement came at a fundraising luncheon in Rep.
Toomey’s home district that helped bring in nearly $100,000 for
Senator Specter’s re-election campaign.
"The
supposedly conservative Republican Club, it should be noted,”
said Ms. Resnick, “also opposed the President’s choice of
Stephen Friedman to be his Chief Economic Adviser, while
Main Street
supported the choice. Rep. Toomey reportedly has spoken several
times with Club for Growth about a possible Senate bid. Ms.
Resnick said, “Rep Toomey is an active member and expects Club
for Growth to make him their ‘poster child’ in 2004.”
For
further information, contact Ron Talley at (888) 260-1371, (202)
682-3143, or 703-622-6722, or visit our website at www.mainstreetpac.com
