Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Arkansas Politics Club for Growth wants primary challenger to Crawford
Posted by Lindsey Millar on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:31 PM
The Club for Growth is mad at Crawford for breaking his no-tax pledge last year with a proposal to tax millionaires and for not voting for things that would've taken a real chunk out of the deficit, like cutting $15 million to restore Pacific salmon populations and ending funding to the National Endowment of Arts. How're we ever going to get over our spending addiction with that kind of reckless inaction?
So let's take guesses on what Republican might rise to the challenge to take on Crawford.
Speaking of Rick Crawford, Club For Growth
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