A
Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint has been filed against Senate
candidate Dwayne Stovall for allegedly coordinating with Sen. Cornyn's
campaign. The speculation arose when
Stovall mostly attacked Congressman Stockman rather than Cornyn who both
Stockman and Stovall want out. This race is not a situation where you have to
attack other conservatives in the race in order to make the runoff. The race is
a race where there will not even be a runoff unless all the conservatives in
the race go after the incumbent and draw enough votes from Cornyn to force the
runoff. I like Stovall, but none of them are going to make a runoff if Stovall
is only going after Stockman, who is a top conservative, instead of focusing on
Cornyn, the real man that votes need to be taken from.
A
leading Republican consultant who contacted me stated, "This strategy of
attacking Congressman Stockman is really odd because if Stovall really believed
that he would make it to a run off with Sen. Cornyn, he would need Stockman's
support. Instead, he is attacking Stockman,
a popular Congressman from East Texas who won
with an overwhelming vote two years ago."
Just
last week, Stockman received an award for his 100% conservative voting record
by the American Conservative Union (ACU), the most renown national conservative
organization, and is endorsed by Jerome Corsi, senior commentator for
TeaParty.org.
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Cruz and Congressman Stockman are the only Texas Washington Texas
The
FEC complaint alleges that Stovall accepted an in-kind contribution from a known
Cornyn supporter and did not report the funding on his FEC report.
Stovall
has accused Stockman of paying the Austin American-Statesman, a liberal
newspaper, for their poll that has 5% margin of error and shows Stovall with
less than 5% of the vote.
"This
accusation that Stockman is behind every poll showing Stovall losing is sheer
insanity," said Dallas Stockman supporter Al Lee. "Stovall's
allegations make it clear that he wants to blame others for his lag in the
polls and that he can't accept responsibility for his own campaign. Making up
polls and conspiracies is a hallmark of failing campaigns. Stockman has
repeatedly turned the other cheek, but has taken note that Stovall can only
praise Cornyn."
