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The following GOP senators have endorsed Carly Fiorina as a candidate for Senator Barbara Boxer’s seat in the US Senate as reported by CQ.

Those endorsing Fiorina included Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Assistant Minority Leader Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; 2008 presidential nominee John McCain, R-Calif.; Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe. All cited her experience as a business leader.

Coverage of this news and related items include obvious political considerations. Is Chuck DeVore being thrown under the bus by the GOP? Will this race be the next NY-23? Is the GOP committing political suicide? And more repeats of past speculation on the future of party politics in the US round out the typical discussions.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) endorsed conservative California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R) Tuesday, once again going against the wishes of his party.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has made no endorsement in the California Senate race, but party leaders favor former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina (R), a wealthy centrist whom many believe could give Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) a strong challenge.

The excerpt above from The Hill points to what this story should be about in terms of both the future of the GOP and conservative principles. Senator Jim DeMint is one of the few members of the GOP demonstrating conservative values on a regular basis. His support of the conservative candidate in this race is a case in point.

The overwhelming opposition during the August recess, Tea Party protests and other events during the past year including gatherings this week in Washington supports the notion the voting public is angry about less than conservative strategies displayed by members of Congress Pundits and talking heads in the media establishment exhibit the same refusal to accept reality as the establishment GOP. Conservative principles driving good governance and a return to basic and traditional American values to restore sanity in the United States is what the majority of citizens are demanding.

While McConnell, Kyl and Coburn are perhaps the more conservative of the eight listed in Fiorina’s corner the rest are like the description of Fiorina. Centrist or moderate or RINO is what the GOP establishment has favored for some time and most of those supporting Fiorina fit that mold. The others seem to be moving in that direction. But not Senator Jim DeMint.

Is it possible Senator Jim DeMint gets it and many others in the GOP ranks do not? Seems a reasonable conclusion to draw. The GOP risks a huge opportunity in 2010 if they continue to ignore the writing on the wall. Some have suggested you win some elections by moving center and others by moving to the right in terms of the GOP. Has it occurred to them there may be a sea change coming in American politics and those rules no longer apply?

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