Rep. Steve Stockman to challenge Sen. John Cornyn in Texas GOP primary

[TexasTowelie]

Source: CNN

(CNN) - Republican Rep. Steve Stockman is launching a primary challenge against fellow Texan Sen. John Cornyn.

The Senate's second-ranking Republican, Cornyn is up for re-election next year.

Stockman, a tea party favorite, told WND that he decided to challenge Cornyn in part because he “undermined” fellow Texan Sen. Ted Cruz’s fight to derail Obamacare.

"And now, it looks like Cruz was right and Cornyn was wrong. He [Cornyn] sided with the President, essentially, in making sure Obamacare became law while Cruz did everything possible to stop it,” Stockman said.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/09/rep-steve-stockman-to-challenge-sen-john-cornyn-in-texas-gop-primary/

[Gothmog]

1. This will be fun to watch

Stockman is crazy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Oh boy

A douche bag fight.

[nyquil_man]

3. Ah, two mental giants on the field of battle.

I can't wait to see their debate:

"Obamacare was a failure from day one."

"With all due respect, my opponent is out of touch. Obamacare was a failure before day one."

[QuestForSense]

4. Not one entire brain (or heart) between them.

Let the mud slinging begin.

[Left Coast2020]

5. Now throw a Dem into the race and watch from sidelines.

And then come out with some more common sense proposals to counter the sewer-level crap likely to come from these freaks.

Perhaps proposing a jobs package...
Perhaps proposing entering the health exchange...
Or maybe offering solutions on issues important to women.

Just those those alone sends your poll numbers up---with Wendy Davis running--which encourages women to vote.

[Cha]

7. That's what I was thinking!

[blogslut]

14. Her name is Maxey Scherr

[neverforget]

6. There's crazy and then there's Stockman crazy.

[Coyotl]

8. A lot of republican money going down the drain.

[DFW]

9. Stockman is a whacko even by our Texas standards

I guess that these days, it means he has a chance.

[alp227]

10. THIS GUY INVITED TED NUGENT TO THE STATE OF THE UNION

after Ted's "dead or in jail" comments about the president.

Seriously Texas? You want THAT classless fool in Senate? Ted Cruz was not enough huh?

[freshwest]

11. ACA becomes law, 2010. Cruz takes office, 2013. Couldn't stop the ACA becoming law. DERP! n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. Stockman does pass the BATSHIT test

Voters turned Stockman out of office after one term in 1994; he drew widespread ridicule by claiming that the Branch Davidian siege near Waco was a pretext for widespread gun confiscation. After a comeback last year, he brought rocker Ted Nugent to the State of the Union address, to dramatize his views on gun rights. And he’s called for Barack Obama’s impeachment.

Cornyn, who’s been ranked as the second-most conservative senator, “looks forward to discussing his conservative record with Texans,” said campaign manager Brendan Steinhauser.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20131209-tea-party-firebrand-steve-stockman-to-challenge-texas-sen.-john-cornyn.ece

[blue14u]

13. Texas will need some

serious Mental health Obamacare after the 2014 elections.

Its going to be madness down there. The constituents will be so

confused, exhausted and upset... A safe pick would be a Dem. Maybe one will show up..

I'm rooting for Wendy already. Why not another woman Dem in the mix..

Wendy is on my "donate to" list.

[Submariner]

15. I guess it's time to break out the "Big BAD John" video

WARNING: Don't watch if you have just eaten.

[joshdawg]

16. Neither are worth

the air they breathe nor the skin they wear.
Both are as worthless as tits on a boar hog.

[Vogon_Glory]

17. When, Oh When, Will Texas Democrats Start Pointing Out The Obvious?

When, oh when, will Texas Democrats start pointing out the obvious--that as long as too many of The Lone Star State's shirt-sleeve and minority voters sit on their backsides during the general elections, the looniest of the looniest of the Texas Republican Party's right wing are going to pick Texas' next US Senator or governor? It is time for the majority of Texas' electorate to start electing people who will represent them and THEIR interests and not the interests of the most selfish of the 1% or the legislative wranglers for the ultra-right's ideological hobby-horses.

[tanyev]

18. Awesomesauce.

[yellowcanine]

19. Mother Jones on Steve Stockman........

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/steve-stockman-nuttiest-freshman-congress-again

[Paladin]

20. Irrefutable proof that God loves Democrats.

The debates between these two douchebags are going to be priceless. Cornyn is an empty suit (with an empty head to match), and Stockman makes Sarah Palin look like Winston Churchill by comparison. A definite jump-start to turning Texas blue, sooner rather than later.

[Gothmog]

21. Freedomworks is supporting Stockman

http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/jwithrow/senator-john-cornyns-top-ten-bad-votes. This may mean that the Kochs are supporting Stockman

[rdking647]

22. may they waste millions fighting each other

and throw enough dirt on each other that a dem can sneak in and win the general election

[Dawson Leery]

27. With KY and GA, as well as another 11 months to go, it is too soon

to count the Democrats out of the Senate majority.

[bayareaboy]

23. As LBJ once said ...

What is the difference between the House and the Senate? the house is chickenshit and the the senate is chickensalad!

I really think that Cornyn seems to be a broken record and of course Stockman could be the third stooge behind Paul and Cruz.

[underpants]

24. If you thought Cornyn was making a public ass out of himself before....

Just wait- he is going to have to out asshole this Stockman joker.

This should be fun to watch

[Gothmog]

25. Juanita Jean is looking forward to the debates between these two

http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/12/09/yipppeeeeeeee/

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

26. Fratricide,

Texas style. Let me gather up extra snacks for the show!