Tuesday, September 6, 2011
1:57 PM
Conservative bloggers rip Neumann in letter to CFG
Seven conservative bloggers from Wisconsin have joined together to urge national conservatives to reconsider their support for Mark Neumann's U.S. Senate campaign.
Last week, the national Club for Growth endorsed Neumann's candidacy for the GOP nomination, while U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint's PAC asked its supporters whether the group should back Neumann as well. The email appeal stopped short of an endorsement, but sang Neumann's praises while taking a veiled swipe at former Gov. Tommy Thompson.
"This is not only a choice of ideology but of character, and it is our responsibility to bring Mark Neumann's lack of character to your attention," the bloggers wrote in an open letter to the head of the Club for Growth and DeMint. "While we do not question Neumann's past contributions to conservatism while he was a Congressman, his actions during last year's campaign are completely unbecoming of a conservative candidate."
The letter goes on to ask the recipients to "talk to true Wisconsin conservatives to find out what they think of Neumann before attempting to foist their choice upon Wisconsin" and to "trust in the faith of Badger State conservative activists."
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